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Day 3 - Formby Hall

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  This is the one non-Links course we shall be playing - so a great scoring opportunity for some! An early start today but fortunately no-one has to travel very far...  we shall be playing the Championship Old Course, using the Yellow tees which have a slope index of 133. Tee times for the morning are: Handicaps

Day 2 - Formby Golf Club

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A website full of information available at  https://www.formbygolfclub.co.uk/  which even boasts a dedicated Visitor App... if you can make it work!  A tough course for Day 2 with a slope rating of 142 giving all a few extra shots to play with. Bar is open from 08030 for drinks etc. but please note, golf shoes of any kind NOT permitted in the bar.  One buggy booked for Steve - trolleys available to rent on arrival (please arrange yourselves). Tee Times as below: Handicaps for the day . Dinner arrangements We are dining at Bistrot Vérité in Southport.  Tables are booked at 19:30 at the restaurant.  Taxis are reserved from the hotel entrance at 19:15.  

Day 1 - Royal Birkdale Golf Club

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Lots of info on the Club at  https://royalbirkdale.com/  with all visitor information to be found here .  See below for Dress Code, We have tee times booked from 13:40 to 14:10, off the first tee.  Please be at the Clubhouse in plenty of time for lunch or practice or both! One buggy booked for Steve Owens - anyone needing to rent a trolley, please arrange directly with the Pro Shop. Tee times as per below : Handicaps for the day - Yellow Tees - Slope 132 Playing Handicaps have been calculated taking 95% of Course Handicap as per standard English Golf rules for Stableford competitions. Please let me have your scores at the end of play. Anyone wishing to enter their scores into WHS as an Away card will need to do so using the England Golf App (and will need a fellow Linker to attest their score). Alternatively, for Burhill members only (sorry!), please give me your cards and I can enter them for you. Once the post-golf drinking is over, please make your way the our hot...

Introduction

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  This website has been established to provide all 2022 Missing Linkers with the information that they need to make planning their trip as easy as possible. Please feel free to comment on any of the entries if there is anything you think is missing or needs correcting. The 2022 Tour will take place from  Monday 6th June  to  Thursday 9th June . On this occasion, we shall be sampling the delights of the North West... some great courses await though food options are more limited....  It's a fairly long journey, but once we get there everything is close by so no further long drives required until departure. See you soon! Martin

Schedule

Schedule is shown below. Please do check back regularly for changes/updates. Monday 6th June Please arrange own transport to meet at  Royal Birkdale Golf Club Our tee times are from 13:40, so I would suggest we meet there for a pre-round early lunch by 12:00 latest.  The journey is around 240 miles from Surrey so please allow plenty of time! Once the golf is complete, please make your way to our hotel at Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa , only around 10 minutes away. Dinner in the evening will be at the hotel Fairway Grill and has been booked for 20:30 Tuesday 7th June Morning - at this stage nothing planned.  Our second round of golf will be at Formby Golf Club , again only 10 minutes from the hotel.  Our tee times are from 12:00 so please arrange to be there by around 11:00. Nothing has been arranged for lunch so please cater accordingly. Once the golf is over, please make your way back to the Hotel. We shall need to leave there by 19:15 for dinner at Bistrot V...

Past Winners

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 S. Tyne (Lancashire) S. Owens (France) N. Clayton (Wales) A. Strange (Norfolk) S. Owens (Devon) T. White (Lancashire) P. Tasker (France) A. Katz (Bournemouth) J. Mutsaers (Wales) A. Katz (Kent) J. Mutsaers (Ayr) D. Hogarth (Dublin) D. Hogarth (Devon) G. Davies (Wales) M. Lawrence (St Andrews) Covid 19 (Lisbon) M. Lawrence (Norfolk) TBA