Archer sets his sights on Corrigan

THE Order of Merit for the Manchester and District Alliance sees consistent play over a big programme of competitions between September and May given a rich reward on President’s Day which will be played at Davyhulme Park Golf Club on Wednesday May 2.

The professional’s OoM is the top trophy for the Alliance winter season and also at stake will be the Assistant Professionals’ OoM and the Amateur OoM.

When the season resumes in January at Houldsworth Golf Club there will be close to another 20 competitions giving points for the respective OoM’s.

Going into the mid-season break the leader of the OoM is Craig Corrigan with 195 points from reigning champion Phil Archer (Birchwood) 136.

Phil’s appearances have been limited by other calls including playing on the winning GB and I PGA Professionals’ team against the USA.

No doubt Phil will be looking to catch up in the busy second half of the season with plenty of other top local professionals also in the hunt for the title.

The assistant professional’s Order of Merit is also at stake and the current leader is Andy Palmer (Chorley GC) from Olly Smith Ashton-onMersey.

In the Amateur OoM, sponsored by Denton professional Mike Hollingworth, the consistent Jimmy O’Reilly (Swinton Park) leads the way with 39.5 points from Steve McDermott (Ashton-on-Mersey) 36, with reigning champion Vinny Doyle back in eighth slot with 19.