Alliance leader Archer on target

THE latest Manchester and District Golf Alliance fixture suffered a late postponement due to a waterlogged course at Styal but the day was saved as Bolton Old Links Golf Club and Don Milligan of DJM Dairies stepped in to move a full field of players to Bolton Old Links for a great day’s golf.

It proved to a great move as the Old Links course received fulsome praise from the players for its excellent condition, particularly the greens, and the quality was shown with some big scores.

Runway Order of Merit leader Phil Archer (Poulton Park) kept on target and extended his lead with a round containing ten birdies for a winning individual pro score of 43 points.

He was closely followed by Ashtonunder-Lyne assistant pro Matty Kay with 42 and in-form Scott Howarth (Davenport) 40.

It was a close contest in the pro am section with three pairs tied on 46 points and getting the nod in the cpo was Glossop Golf Club’s new professional Gary Brown and his Mottram Hall partner Richard Blackwell.

Next in were Phil Archer and Anton Johnson (Warrington) from Ashton-onMersey duos Ollie Pantoja and Josh Corrigan.

The long wait for Alliance success was at last realised in the am am section with Stamford Golf Club’s Will Fox finally finding an ideal partner in club colleague Carlton Weldon to post a winning 47 points to lead in from home duo Alan Schofield and Roland Dootson 46 and Stamford’s Paul Traynor and Richard Margrave 45.