Thank you all for attending the last 2 days at Formby GC and Formby Ladies GC in what is the final event of the 2021 Golf Guide Tour. What a special two days played on two amazing courses and for once despite a couple of hours of rain on the first day the weather gods were on our side.<\/p>
Starting on Monday in damp conditions, Formby was to prove a tough test with our later groups getting the better of the conditions and Stephen Waddicor & Josh Stevenson from Blackburn Golf Club posting 42 points to lead the field. Scoring was tough with only 6 two’s on the day but we had 20 pairs within 6 shots back and still in with a chance.<\/p>
A fun night with a few drinks and far too late for some followed in Southport before we all returned well rested \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026for the challenge ahead of Formby Ladies.<\/p>
Tuesday arrived following heavy rain all night and the delightful thought of 5 hours in tough conditions with the weather reports of 99% chance of rain all day !
Well thank goodness The Golf Guide work on small margins as we fell into that 1% with a near perfect day of golf in t-shirts and a course set up for good scoring. A shotgun start made for more fun and atmosphere out on the course before we all headed back to the clubhouse for sandwiches and the famous Formby Ladies cakes.<\/p>
Our winners on the day Chris Unsworth & Ben Minshall from Cavendish Golf Club posted a 10 under 46 points playing off 1 & 5.<\/p>
Overall the 36 hole competition couldn’t have been tighter with 4 pairs finishing on 82 points over the two days with Chris & Ben winning the Holiday to Spain with a better back nine of 24 points. Stuart Nunn & Matthew Nettleton 2nd place & Rob Lee & Kevin Bloor 3rd place were not too disheartened as their rounds propelled them into our Top Ten order of merit gaining them a place in Spain also.<\/p>
Full Results<\/p>
NP’s
Formby
3rd – Ian Tier
5th – Dave Norton
8th – Gary Morgan
10th – Chris Unsworth
16th – Chris Hart
17th – Dave Shaw<\/p>
Formby Ladies
2nd – Ben Minshull
3rd – Leo Sewell
5th – Liam Kettle
8th – Jeff Haddon
10th – Ben Minshull, Rob Lee, Mark Hughes & Chris Thyer – all eagles
12th – Joe Woodhead
16th – Allan Schofield<\/p>
Overall Results<\/p>
Day 1 Day 2 Total
Chris Unsworth Ben Minshull 36 46 82
Stuart Nunn Matthew Nettleton 40 42 82
Rob Lee Kev Bloor 39 43 82
Steve Waddicor Josh Stevenson 42 40 82
Paul Timby Neil Timby 37 44 81
James Wilson Mike Tarrant 37 44 81
Mick Preston Martin Pritchard 39 41 80
Craig Wilson Andrew Wilson 37 43 80
Aaron Woodward Julian Wildgoose 36 44 80
Chris Hart Allan Schofield 37 43 80
Gary Morgan Chris Thyer 41 39 80
Mark Hughes Paul Fell 34 45 79
Phil Major Jeff Haddon 35 44 79
Tim Matthews Pete Brown 35 43 78
Heath Gibbon Scott Beckett 37 41 78
Daniel Harvey Ross Page 40 38 78
Darren Penn Lee Burns 35 43 78
Will Crisp Matthew Featherstone 38 40 78
Liam Kettle Liam White 36 40 76
Paul Rodway Tony Petrie 34 41 75
Martin Byatte Neil Williamson 33 42 75
Dave Nethercott Joe Smith 40 35 75
George Turner Keith Hanvey 34 40 74
Nick Davis Jacque Wild 32 42 74
Malcolm Forder Mike Oakes 35 39 74
Mike Sutton Simon Bolam 36 38 74
Chris Hoesli Sam Shibil 37 36 73
Dale Persson Ian Jolly 32 40 72
Michael Ratcliffe Dave Taylor 31 40 71
Ian Tier Leo Sewell 31 40 71
Craig Tinto Jake Foster 34 37 71
Phil Bishop Alan Hacking 32 38 70
Phil Dingle Dave Brazendale 33 37 70
Peter Byron Colin Colbourne 32 38 70
Michael Coyne Neil Coyne 33 35 68
Simon Bisset Ben Leach 30 38 68
Mark Walker Dave Norton 29 37 66
Dave Shering Paul Foster 29 36 65
Joe Woodhead Chris Pickles 30 35 65
Andy Ruffle Graham Lockwood 33 31 64
Tony Williamson Pete Booth 30 31 61
Lee McMahon Dave Shaw 29 31 60<\/p>
Final Top 10 – OOM Race to European Finals in Spain<\/p>
1 James Wilson Mike Tarrant
2 Paul Timby Neil Timby
3 Ian Daines Julie Daines
4 Craig Wilson Andrew Wilson
5 Stuart Nunn Matthew Nettleton
6 Nick Davis Jacque Wild
7 Kev Bloor Rob Lee
8 Ian Cook Nick Patey
9 Paul Fell Mark Hughes
10 Chris Hart Allan Schofield<\/p>
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in what has been a difficult and challenging year – we hope you have enjoyed the events and hope to see you all soon.<\/p>
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