Greetings golfers,

The best week of the golfing season is over and what a week it was. There were record crowds at Royal Birkdale for an English Open, over 230,000 passed through the gates, no doubt many of those were our own members, I know I saw a fair few there on Wednesday. Hopes were resting with Tommy Fleetwood once again, who produced a superb round of 69 on Friday to make the cut by one. Andrew ' Beef ' Johnston made it 2/2 for Alan Thompson as both his players made the weekend. The Americans, however, dominated the leaderboard and the back 6 holes from Jordan Speith have to be one of the best examples of mental strength that there's ever been. His long game went missing but his putter and his head certainly didn't. He was in the end a deserving winner of the Claret Jug and will be excited to try and complete the career Grand Slam at Quail Hollow in two weeks' time.

Well done to those who triumphed in our sweep, especially Liz Grayson who pulled out Jordan.

Click here for a full list of winners.

Trotter Series

For many, the continuation of the Trotter Series on Thursday was more important than events at Birkdale. Ade Wright carded an impressive 42 points to steal the show, second with 39 was Howard Williams, third on count back was Dave Cederholm.

The ladies event was won with 37 by Barbara Jamieson

Summer Meeting & Yellow Tee Stableford

Saturday was the Summer Meeting off the blue tees, incorporating the yellow tee stableford. Firstly, keeping up tradition, it was Joe Williamson's turn for an Ace, his 4 iron off the 4th tee coming to rest in the bottom of the cup! Nice work Joe!

Dave Cederholm didn't want to hear the klaxon that went off at about 5pm as he was 3 under par at the time. We managed to get people restarted after the thunder very quickly and he brought his score home, handing in a superb 69 for a winning nett score of 65. Runner up with 71 was Mark Bentley, third with 72 was Daniel Ince.

In Division Two, Mike Thomas recorded his debut win since joining the club earlier this year, his 71 was 4 better than Paul Hennity in second, Dave Banks was third also with a 75.

In the Yellow Tee Stableford, Joe's grandad Alan made it a great weekend for the Williamson family with a winning score of 37 points, runner up with 36 was Terry Hurst, third with 36 was Peter Stokes.

Flora Edwards Trophy

The ladies played for the Flora Edwards trophy on Tuesday. Division one was won by Clare Palmer with a 72, runner up and best gross was Lucy Jamieson with a 72 also, third with 74 was Judith Brown.

In Division Two there was the same winning score for Margaret Shepherd, runner up with 75 was Christine Hancock, third with 77 was Annemaria Kitchen.

Alka Tank topped Division 3 with a fine 71, two back was Jaqui Hynes in second, and Ann Scriven was third with 74.

The overall winner of the trophy however was Deborah Mintowt in Division Four with a superb 68, runner up with 82 was Jayne Dixon, third with 83 was Joyce Richmond.

Scratch Team Update

The Scratch Team were back to winning ways on Tuesday night with a 2-1 win at home to Bromborough. Tom Dolan & Dan Ince halved, Adam Moore & Ethan Smith won 4&3 and Jon Little & Dave Cederholm halved.