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The Shotsaver s430 Order of Merit

With just two events left things are incredibly tight at the top of the Shotsaver Order of Merit.

There is a titanic battle to finish in the top ten of the Order of Merit to make this years historic Knutsford Shotsaver shootout. Maxitours legends such as Neville Dennis and Carl Kennedy are struggling to sleep at night as they know their places in the Shootout are far from guaranteed.

Consistent John Reilly has a healthy lead however with plenty of points to play for on the final day Shotsaver Singles Event at Knutsford GC on 26th April (25 points for a win,1point for 25th position) anything is possible!

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‘The Cleveland Classic’ at The Mere

The Mere was presented in tremendous condition for todays latest Maxitours event. The emerald striped fairways were lush but incredibly dry despite recent heavy rain and the April greens were really excellent, many thanks to Head Greenkeeper Gwen and his hard working team.

The golf bar was also in excellent condition due to a recent full refurbishment and the Mere is now recognised as possibly the premier golf location in the North. Paul Taylor has a fully refurbished premier golf swing and this is also starting to pay dividends as he moved out of his regular bottom three position and was delighted with a joint 21st placing.

The food at Mere is always first class and the tasty bacon sandwiches were served this morning by an incredibly attractive waitress. Alan Clough kept shaking his head for some reason and commented on more than one occasion about the quality of the baps.

It is rumoured that many of the Mere Cheshire set clientele regularly use botox and other age reducing techniques to make themselves look younger and more attractive. Baby face assassin Marcus Kaye has no such worries and he teamed up with Phil Davies to finish in 7th spot with 41 points.

I like to ensure everybody leaves my events happy however Paul Crisp had a very upsetting day at ‘The Mere’ today. On the course he resembled a short legged Lee Westward as he missed several short putts to lose out on first place by just two shots. On completion of his round his day went from bad to worse when he wasn’t able to buy his usual peanuts from behind the bar, ‘you only do vegetable crisps?!’ exclaimed the devastated Chorlton man.

Back on the course John Webb and the larger than life Dave Madely (who kindly sponsored me for many years in my younger days) finished in fourth spot after an excellent 42 point haul, Richard Palmer and Declan Fitzhenry matched that score with a better back nine and were delighted to claim third spot.

Ex Manchester United keeper Jeff Wealands paired up with ex- Chorlton Albion star Pete McManus who birdied the 2nd and 7th holes as they racked up a terrific 43 points to finish second. This matched Andy Bradley and Mark Graingers score however talented 2 handicap Grainger finished with two excellent birdies to close out the back nine to record his first Maxitours victory.

Many thanks to John Gallagher from Srixon/Cleveland for his terrific support of Maxitours at Mere. Thanks also to his stunning wife Karen who is Mere’s brilliant Golf Coordinator.

Thank you to all players for your support today, Tim

Nearest the pin at the 8th Ian Latham Dozen Srixon Z Stars
Nearest the pin at the 14th Dave Madely Dozen Srixon Z Stars
2’s £75 2 pro V1s each or 4 Srixon AD333s Peter McManus Andy Bradley Mike Grainger x2 Paul Crisp Marcus Kaye Lee Scott Matt Robinson Dave Collinson Larry McDonald Mike Lynch Geoff Sherburn Nigel Reed Dave Madely

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next event Cleveland Classic at fantastically refurbished Mere! Tuesday 10th April-
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‘The Yonex Masters’ at Conwy

The eagerly anticipated Masters Tournament has been the talk of most golfers in recent weeks, today sweet swinging Frank Massey from Swinton hit his drive down the middle of Conwys first fairway to signal the start of this prestigious event.

The early groups got the worst of the weather conditions before clear blue skies and a freshening wind produced wonderfully challenging seaside links conditions to be enjoyed by the hundred strong field.

All the staff at Conwy Golf Club are exceptionally nice and very friendly. In recent years Maxitours regular Alan Clough is used to being totally ignored by attractive women. However he is never happier than when in the Conwy clubhouse bar chatting up the stunning Welsh barmaids who actually laugh at his jokes and genuinely think he is funny.

It was great to welcome a strong contingent of Golfers from my wonderful home Club Knutsford to todays event. The only downside was watching humble Phil Smeathers wandering around telling everyone he bumped into how well he played when beating the Captain and Pro last Sunday morning. My exceptionally underrated father-in-law Rob Weston and Neil McKinley were the top Knutsford scorers today with a creditable 37 points.

As Manchester United virtually sealed the Premiership with a great victory over Blackburn last night, John Reilly also hoped to seal his Shotsaver Order of Merit crown today. A poor back nine however saw him just miss out on accumulating more points as the winter season nears its exciting conclusion.

It was also great to see Chris Cyprus playing again and he all but secured his place in the Shotsaver shootout later this month as he finished in third place partnering the classy Paul Dalby.

Big George Gregson from Hindley Hall near Wigan has a low ball flight and is desperate to hit his driver more than six feet in the air. In soft, wet, winter conditions George is delighted if he hits the ball more than eighty yards. Today as the big hitters saw their towering drives stall into the gale force wind, Georges ‘top spin worm burner’ just kept scuttling on by. Superb birdies on the 2nd and 18th holes saw this gentle giant finish in a career best 2nd place as he played alongside the gifted Geoff Cogswell.

First place went to Phil Ashcroft (Gathurst) and Connor Winstanley (Fishwick Hall) who scored a terrific 44 points. An ‘awesome’ front nine saw Winstanley pick up three birdies as they turned in 27 points, a nervous 17 points on the back nine was enough to give them their first Maxitours victory.

Many thanks to Graham Mitton from Yonex for his terrific sponsorship of todays event. The new Driver and Irons look fantastic and remain the best Graphite Clubs on the market.

Nearest the pin 2nd hole Paul Conchie Dozen AD333
Nearest the pin 15th hole Brett Sutcliffe Dozen AD333
£72.50 2 pro V1 balls or 5 srixon AD333 2’s George Gregson Gerry John Mick Mahon Dave Collinson Andy Bradley Ted Biddlecombe Martin Murray Chris Lowe John Woodall Connor Winstanley

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Results from beautiful Ringway

One hundred and sixteen Maxitours golfers played at beautiful Ringway Golf Club today. The conditions were idyllic and the blue skies, tall pines and yellow azaleas (or were they daffodils?) saw the course resemble the setting for next weeks first major of the year, Augusta , Georgia.
New wealthy Maxitours player Graham Aspinall had a bad start to his day when he nearly choked on his pre round bacon sandwich after he was quoted £5250 (plus vat) for a new gearbox on his broken Porsche. Aspinall recovered well to make a great par at the first hole, with a shot, all his worries suddenly faded away.
Pete Moores also had a poor start to the day. He phoned his boss and explained that he would spend the day working on a long term project at home, at the same time whistling to himself as he gently cleaned his Mizuno clubs in preparation for a carefree day on the links. He nearly dropped his groove cleaner however when he was told a report had to be in at 5pm. Pete had to finish his round 3 holes early to complete his work and his team collapsed from a terrific 7 under score to finish just 3 better.
Ex state PE teacher Mike Haynes has an absolutely terrific pension and this enables him to spend his winters skiing in Austria . On his Maxitours return today he found it was his golf game that was heading rapidly downhill as he struggled on the first few holes. Good friend Norman Quick said he had spent far too much time on the piste this year.
Frank Garvey, John Dolan, Mike Wilson and Paul Bradley are playing some great golf in recent weeks and today they scored a terrific 83 points. John Dolan dropped just four shots on the tough back nine as the likeable quartet came home in some style to finish a very creditable third.
Malcolm Wells (6) assembled a dream team of class players for todays event. Alex Pritchard (+1) eagled the 2nd and 4th holes whilst Matty Robinson (1) eagled the 9th as they scored a terrific 46 points on the front nine. Cheshire star James West (+2) then birdied the 10th and 12th before the team suddenly realised they may actually win a Maxitours event. The enormity of the situation saw them drop a shot on the closing six holes to lose out on a card play off.
Ian Baker Finch, Sandy Lyle, Jonny Miller, Maxitours legend Neville Dennis and Tony Jacklin have all scaled the heights in their golfing careers before suffering an inexplicable loss of form. Seventy four year old Neville is currently languishing in 44th position in the Shotsaver Order of Merit and blames his inability to compete on his handicap.
‘Tim, can’t ya give us a few more shots, I’m an old man, me bloody andicaps too low, I can’t compete against them young bu**ers’.
Today Neville was back in the winners circle after helping his team of Pete O’Niell, John Reilly and the impressive Frank Massey score a very hard fought 84 points, well played chaps.
Many thanks to all Maxitours players for your terrific support today.
Nearest the Pin 13th Geogg Cogswell Dozen AD333
Nearest the Pin 16th Charles Herbert Dozen AD333

2’s £115 3 pro V1s each or 6 srixon AD333
Graham Pollitt Alex Pritchard James West Steve Hackett Ben Davies x3
Frank Hindle Moby Rawthore Anne Greenough

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Ringway Thursday 29th March -spaces see below
Mere ‘Cleveland Masters’ Tues 10th April- spaces available (see the terrific new facilities)

Glorious Vale Royal Results

Vale Royal is now recognised as one of the finest courses in Cheshire and it was once again presented in immaculate condition for todays full field of extremely talented Maxitours players. Thank you to all the Vale Royal staff for your warm and very professional hospitality.
Spring officially arrived today when a butterfly was seen fluttering on the course and Martin Bray was spotted in the Car Park. This thin blooded and pasty faced Mancunian only plays golf in the Summer. Today he decided it was just warm enough to dust down his clubs and enjoy the Mediterranean conditions and he was delighted to par three of his first four holes on his way to scoring a very respectable 40 points.
Alex Jerman’s ball must have hit a sprinkler head on the par 4 thirteenth hole as his tee shot finished on the green, he then holed a classy 15 foot eagle putt to send his partner, Dr Martyn Berrisford, wild with delight.
Joe Kirwan is another terrific bloke who is absolutely golf mad. He can be seen scaling the gates of Bramall Golf Club at 6am most mornings in order to get in some valuable time on the practice range. I played with Joe, his brother and his lovely wife in a major Pro Am at Castletown Golf Club on the Isle of Man a few years ago and the team was going well. Cath played a rare errant shot when she missed the green on the stunning 18th hole, her ball came to rest on a rocky precipice with a 200 foot drop down to the Irish Sea below. ‘Don’t try and play it love, it’s only a game and you could kill yourself if you fell of that cliff face, oh hang on, I’ve just realised- you get a shot here’ said a concerned Joe.
The talented 60 year old today teamed up with his good pal the retired fireman Charlie Rooney and they scored a terrific 45 points to finish in 4th place.
John Wraeg and Harry Malpas finished 3rd as they also scored 45 points. They looked like they had found a penny but lost a pound after failing to score any points on their last hole.
A few years ago Chris Heggarty fought well above his weight when he married his very attractive wife Gail. Today the likeable Chorlton member was fighting well above his weight once again as he recorded a career best five birdies to finish in 2nd place with a great 45 points.
An anonymous Maxitours golfer who can’t resist ‘the call of the links’ today secretly played while his wife thought he was at work. He was spotted by his playing partner this morning frantically driving around Northwich town centre searching for a chemist shop in order to buy some sun cream before his game. ‘I made the mistake of buying factor 30 last year but she can spot any slight skin glow, this season it has to be factor 50!’.
Big hitting Pete ‘sunbed’ Holmes from Macclesfield Golf Club always has a healthy glow, this 15 handicapper started his round with two majestic birdies. He then resorted to playing his usual rubbish for the next 13 holes allowing his partner Mark Brierley to step in. Holmes then got lucky once again as he birdied 2 of the last three holes in a storming finish to score a winning 46 points. Well played chaps!

Thank you to Steven and Jason Ballard from Shotsaver for their continued support of my events it is really appreciated. (the new Shotsaver s430 tour is in my opinion the best Golf GPS system on the market).
Many thanks to all golfers for playing today, I hope you had a great day.

Nearest the pin 6th tbc
Nearest the pin 10th tbc
2’s sweep £95 3 pro vs or 6 srixon Ad333 Each Pete Holmes Phil Ashcroft Tony Jennison Dave Bowers Charles Hewitt Gary Whittaker John Aikenhead John Burt Terry Davison Alan Demmy