What a brilliant day for golf at the Open Qualifying venue, West Lancs. Despite the forecast for incoming storms and rain late in the day, we had an almost perfect day for Links…
What a brilliant day for golf at the Open Qualifying venue, West Lancs. Despite the forecast for incoming storms and rain late in the day, we had an almost perfect day for Links golf. Blue skies, sunshine and just enough wind - for once West Lancs did not bear all of its teeth!
Some great scoring took advantage of the conditions, with only 5 points separating our top 12 teams.

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Our winners on the day from Blackburn GC were Craig Yates & Reagan Bolton with 45 points, pipping Mike & Simon by just 1 point. Mike & Simon took advantage on the day for maximum OOM points.
Here are the full results from West Lancs on Wednesday, 26th August:
Results Table
The details
HCPHCPStablefordCraig Yates15.9Raegan Bolton15.445Simon Bolam0.3Mike Sutton7.244David Acland18.1Ian Smethurst18.544James Ferguson4.7Paul Burns12.843Joe Woodhead10.8Gary Thorner5.943Neil Timby3.7Alfie Timby2.742Declan Strain24.4Steve Reid18.941Jon Makin17.1Tracey Makin21.141Steve Williams10.1Mark Worsley4.141Jason Armstrong10.7Richard Temple9.341David Wade13.4Matt Hindle741Ian Bonser4.7Andy Cook7.540Nathan Oxendale10.6Tom Hindle19.539Steve Bryan1.7+Jon Entwistle6.439Ryan Windfield3.5Lee Tatters6.739George Turner10.4Mark Walker7.339Andrew Cornes10.3Max Cornes12.239Duncan Stephenson15.3Stuart Green839Colin Elliott10.1Barclay Douglas12.839Chris Kearton13.7Liam Dunn18.938Paul Timby6.3Jack Timby1.337Mark Hambleton7.1Chris Kippax5.137Mel Gillibrand6.1Rob Wyke14.137David Holloway6.3Neil Wood16.337Dave Silous Holt11.2Matt Buckley2.937Mike Cummins11.3Richard Johnson3.936Lee Sculpher3.9Gary Bolton9.935Carl Porter15.8John Houston19.635Mark Woodruff8.7Andy Surtees6.835Ian Roberts12.1Keiron Ellis11.435Steve Bolton9.1Tim Murphy19.735Mark Loughlin4.6Kev Whittaker3.434Toni D'Cesare6.9Robert Stafford4.234
Nearest the Pins
3rd – George Turner 6th – Nathan Oxendale 12th – Richard Johnson 17th – Steve Bolton
Longest Drive
- Steve Bryan






















