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Where Stableford Golf was invented
Yes, that’s correct. Dr Frank Barney Gorton Stableford from Wallasey Golf Club gave his name to the most popular points scoring system ever to be adopted.
At CUGC, we are dedicated to growing the game of golf and our work benefits around 120 golf clubs and thousands of players.
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Cheshire win Four Counties Junior Tournament
The 51st renewal of the Four Counties Junior Tournament brought the boys teams of Cheshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Shropshire & Herefordshire to the wonderful Formby Golf Club. Given how few inland courses are actually open at the moment, it was very fortunate that Lancashire chose Formby to host this prestigious event.Hosts Lancashire came into the tournament having won 10 out of the last 11, and on home territory they were hot favourites to continue this
IMPORTANT: County Card 2024
All affiliated Golf Club members with an official WHS index will be able to subscribe for a free County Card from the start of April 2024. From this date the County Card is now part of the Golf Genius app. We no longer use the previous app provided by Intelligent Golf, so users of this can delete the IG app from their phone. THE PROCESS TO SET UP YOUR APP IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) You first
England Golf Sustainability Seminar at Tytherington
Tuesday 23rd April, 2024.
This is open to all Cheshire Clubs
2024 Championship Entries are now open
Entries for our 2024 championships are now open. We have a superb line-up of venues for this year’s events and are expecting bumper entries for each one. To enter, go to the Fixtures / Entries page, scroll down to Entries and select the event/s you wish to enter. This will take you to the page for each specific event where you can follow the process to register.
Sustainability forum a big hit
Sustainability is one of the biggest issues surrounding golf clubs today and the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs were delighted to hold a Sustainability Conference at The Tytherington Club.The event was open to all of the Cheshire affiliated clubs to attend and the day was led by Owen James, England Golf’s Sustainability Manager, along with other guest speakers in this field from the R&A, BIGGA and othersCUGC secretary Steve Doughty said: “ It’s a very
Romiley host Faldo junior event
Romiley Golf Club made club history as they hosted a Faldo Futures Qualifying Series round for young golfers, boys and girls aged between 7-12 years attracting players from across the region and North Wales to play the competition over nine holes.Playing a big part in the organisation of the event was Melissa Clapham who was nominated in the final three for the England Golf Volunteer of the Year award at the England Golf Centenary Awards
Magical week for Oscar
Sandiway’s Oscar Craig, 17, has a rather well-known golfing step-father: Tommy Fleetwood. Oscar, whose current handicap is a very impressive +4.5, recently played his part in Cheshire’s boys winning the Four Counties Junior Championship. It was then back to warmer climes, with an invite to play in the European Challenge Tour event in UAE. So who better to have as a caddie than Tommy! Oscar shot an impressive first round of 69 to be well
Cheshire take on the Army….and win!
Cheshire’s men kept up their great start to the season with a big win in their Annual fixture with The Army at the fine venue of Wychwood Park.The fixture came about as a result of a conversation between Cheshire team manager Chris Peterson and Major Jack Musgrove, the Army team captain who is a fellow member of Royal Liverpool GC.At the time Cheshire needed a tougher pre-season fixture list as they prepared for the Northern
Juniors to the fore at Heaton Moor
Many golf clubs across the region and the country have been struggling to get more juniors into golf.But Heaton Moor Golf Club have bucked this trend with some great efforts by club members producing great results.Moor’s junior organiser Jackie Hall outlined how they have achieved this: “Currently we have 95 juniors at Heaton Moor which consists of 66 juniors (over 10) and 29 cubs (10 and under).“Recruitment comes in several forms. We have a seven-person
Ben at the Edge
Ben Spanton has a wide experience as a golf professional and is looking to use his skills and experience after being appointed as head professional at Alderley Edge Golf Club.He will be working alongside former Edge professional Charles le Sueur who has now taken on the role as Golf Director at the club.Ben outlined his career in golf to date and ambitions in his new role.He said: “I started to learn to play golf at
Tom enjoying move to Tytherington
Tom Fenton provides a great example of what ambition, dedication and hard work can achieve in professional golf.Tom outlined his pathway from being a junior golfer in some Stockport clubs to being a members of the golf operations team at Tytherington Golf Club.Tom said: “Having started my golfing journey at Gatley golf club at 12 years old I picked up a love for the game and haven’t looked back since.I then moved on to play
Golf Genius
From 2023, Cheshire will be using Golf Genius as our competition management software application.
To enter and compete in County events, all players are required to register their details into our database, known as the Master Roster.
Once registered you can view, enter and play in events.
Please complete your registration using the register button below
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Sponsors
The President and Executive of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs wish to express their gratitude to the companies, golf clubs and individuals listed below for their kind and generous sponsorship of our Teams and Coaching programme.
Clarion Wealth Planning Ltd
Based in Alderley Edge we are pleased to announce that specialists in Financial Planning, Clarion, have kindly agreed to sponsor the Life Member golf day at Chester on Friday 22 September, as well as supporting our Junior Golf Development Programme
Woodbank Office Solutions
With offices in Stockport, Liverpool and Leeds they have provided the printer and print management service at the County Offices for over 5 years. They have kindly donated the printer to the County while continuing to ensure our printing solution runs smoothly.
The county coaching programme would not be possible without the ongoing support of the following clubs and facilities.
Wallasey Golf Club, Dunham Forest Golf Club, The Beeches Golf , Marton Meadows Golf Club, The Mere Golf Academy
The county is grateful to the following Patrons who made a donation to help the Junior Development Programme : Alex Jerman & Angela Yore
