With Pete scouring Everton for some real true Blues, the reds were a very worried bunch. The golf of the reds though was very much different. Some excellent scores – Graham only 1 over for the first 5 holes and Pete only 8 over for 18, and Jason only 11 over for 18. Overall, there were 3 resounding victories and only Frank managed to get a half as the Reds ran out 4.5 – 0.5 victors.

Pete Lyons beat Dave Fell 7/6

Graham Copsey beat Pete Sherlock 2/1

Jason Moss beat Jeff Sherlock 7/5

Adrian Levin beat Paul Morrisey 7/6

John Shearn halved with Frank Sherlock

Thank’s to everyone that turned up for Captain’s Day at Formby Hall. Whilst there was some pretty dodgy golf, there was also some sparkling golf, with Ian Crook deserving to retain the trophy with a great round. We also chose next year’s Captain, and this will be Graham Copsey. The results for today are below.

• Professional Tour player making an ace: 3,000 to 1
• Low-handicapper making an ace: 5,000 to 1
• Average player making an ace: 12,000 to 1
• Average player aceing a 200-yard hole: 150,000 to 1
• Two players in the same foursome aceing the same hole: 17 million to 1
• One player making two holes-in-one in the same round: 67 million to 1
Read more at http://www.golftoday.co.uk/golf_a_z/articles/hole_in_one.html#jE6IIk0u6uPdIhsU.99

We managed to get 8 people for the Masters at Runcorn, and with a course in great nick and lovely weather, there was no excuse for poor golf. In the end it was a tight bunch, with 5 players being on 74 or 75. In the end, Jason squeezed past Frank by only a single shot. See here for the full table, and here for the current Ryder Cup table. At the moment, Jason has a big lead, mainly due to him playing in each round more than the quality of his golf !

Great conditions and super weather made for an excellent round of golf at Houghwood. For results, click here, and for the latest RC table, click here.

A breezy day and some well played jokers helped Ade to take top spot at Aldersey Green. See here for the full scores and here for the latest RC table.

The first game of 2014 was at Peover last Sunday. We decided on a nice easy team stableford and threw our balls in the air to decide the teams. The bookies would have had John, Jason and Frank as favourites and this is how it turned out after a good middle part of the round saw them score 75 points in total to win by 7 points. See HERE for the full results, and HERE for the RC table so far.

The Red side of the SMXIXHGS Golf society finally managed the regain the coveted Ryder Cup with a comprehensive 4:1 victory. The Reds got off to a great start with Frank Buckley thrashing the President 7 and 6. The following two matches were nip and tuck up to the tenth when the John Shearn and Jason Moss managed to string a few wins together against Andy Booth and Paul Morrissey to eventually both win their games 4 and 3. Whilst it was all over by this point, the final pairings of Graham Copsey vs Frank Sherlock and Peter Lyons vs Peter Sherlock had very close games, with all 4 playing golf much better than their handicaps. With the two reds managing to be 1 up on the 18th tee, the two proud blues won the 18th to halve both games. The full set of scores was;

Ade Levin lost to Frank Buckley 7/6
Andy Booth lost to John Shearn 4/3
Paul Morrissey lost to Jason Moss 4/3
Frank Sherlock halved with Graham Copsey
Peter Sherlock halved with Peter Lyons.

Final Result: Reds WIN 4-1.

The social event of the year was held on a sunny but windy http://www.northwalesgolfclub.org.uk/  after a morning of texas scrambling the afternoon medal was a wild and windy event, except for the eventual winner Ian Crook with a magnificent net 69. See HERE for the full results of the main event, and HERE for the Texas Scramble Results. The New and Updated Ryder Cup Table is HERE.

The majority of the society turned out:

• Ade Levin – Captain
• Ian Crook – Winner
• Jason Moss
• Graham Copsey
• John Shearn
• Frank Sherlock
• Pete Sherlock
• Jeff Sherlock
• Ray Smith
• Frank Buckley
• Paul Morrissey
• Pete Lyons

The Masters was held for the first time in half a decade this year. After talking about playing at this course for many years now we finally had a game at Huyton and Prescot, and although the weather was a tad wet, it wasn’t enough to ruin the day. The winner of the main even this year was also the winner of the first even, many moons ago.

Due to the chance of inclement weather, we played the main event before the warm up 9 holer, which by the quality of some of the golf, showed that a bit of practice is very useful !!

The extra points on the day and Ade’s decision to come off during the main event due to a headache, and Pete Sherlock’s decision to come not play in the drizzle have meant a bit of a change at the top of the RC table. See HERE for details of the event and HERE for the RC table.