Tthis year The British Masters was at the Grove, hosted by Luke Donald. Yet again it was an excellent week, the brand new Hero Challenge on the Monday evening was great fun. Andy ' Beef ' Johnston won the Pro Am with members of Boyzone and Westlife, but it was Sweden's Alex Noren who lifted the trophy for his 3rd win in 8 starts.
Tiger pulled out of the Safeway Open in the US, disappointing millions of people; however he is back hitting balls so it won't be long. The season opener was still a great event with Brandon Steele carding a final round of -7 to top the list.
The Midweek Stableford was popular again, winning the ladies section with 41 points was Jackie Walker, meanwhile in the men's section it was seniors only as the first of their series took place, John Body's 40 points edged out his pals Rick Austin AND Geoff Kimpton by one to take top spot.
Saturday saw the last comp of the year off the summer tees in an individual stableford. Division 1 was won by Mark Dewhurst with 39 points after a 4 way car playoff. Pat Rodgers was second with Jim Eddowes third, nudging Harry Kennedy into 4th. In division 2 Ken Davies plotted his way around in a very impressive 40 points to win by one from Colin Nugent in second, third with 37 was Ben Kelly.
The ladies played foursomes off the winter tees on Tuesday, keeping up their rich vein of form were Helen Billington & Jackie Walker with 37 points and a one shot victory from Sandra Cohen & Pat Kearon in second, third, also with 36, were Christina Hornsby and Barbara Jamieson.
Congratulations also to Tom Dolan who was presented with his Northern Region Order of Merit title at the Cheshire Dinner at The Mere on Saturday.
The Scratch Team Triumph
Huge congratulations to Dave Cederholm and his scratch team for winning the Cheshire County league title with a victory over Prestbury at Wallasey golf club on Sunday.
The team (pictured) was Adam Moore, Ethan Smith, James Hornsby, Charlie Berry, Jon Little and Dave Cederholm.
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Thanks to those who attended the Short Game Clinic on Wednesday. Much was learned in this pitching / chipping / putting session. Please ring the shop for availability on a week by week basis over the winter. The reason for the clinics being shortgame biased could be seen in Noren's victory stats last week, he was only 44th in driving distance, just 43rd in fairways hit, 30th in Greens in regulation, but 1st in putts per GIR, 1st in birdies and 2nd in bogies.
The work is now well underway out on the course. 3 greens have been cored, drained and filled with the gravel blanket and root zone. Guy and the team have already turfed the 10th, and the 15th will be completed this week.
The workforce started work on deepening the 3rd pond on Tuesday, with the reconstruction of this green imminent
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