Nick Sargent turns on style for double success in Eaton Ladies pro-am

Sep 22 2009 Liverpool Daily Post

EASTHAM Lodge professional Nick Sargent enjoyed double success in the Eaton Ladies Pro-am.

Three birdies on the inward nine accounted for a two-under-par 70 which took him to top spot. And he combined with his own club members, Margaret Barker, Wendy Jackson and Jean Parton, to claim the team prize. Sargent continued his fine run when he won the Stockport Pro-am with a four-under-par 67.

NEIL PRICE, twice winner of the Leeds Cup who played all four rounds of the Open at Carnoustie 10 years ago, is enjoying his role as community golf coach for Wirral Council.

“It takes me back to when I started playing and the simplicity of golf,” said Price, who quit the tournament scene two years ago.

JAMES CURTIS, who quit as Northenden professional at the start of the year for a new life in Florida, has returned to the North-West because his family could not settle.

And he’s wasted no time in landing a teaching job at PlayGolf, in Manchester, after a short spell at Sutton Fields.

“I achieved a lot out there but the economic situation is much worse,” he said. “The clubs are struggling for members more than those over here.”

Curtis, 33, believes he has improved his coaching skills after spells at Bay Hill resort Windermere, Keene’s Point in Orlando and Kings Ridge at Clermont, where he was head instructor.

“I also worked with Phil Ritson for three months at Orange County National and my clients included the president of Disney World,” he said.

Andrew Matthews has left Sutton Fields for a job in Dubai, where his wife is a teacher.