Seniors Golf this Friday

• Playing for – Autumn League – Round 2
• Format – Singles stableford over 15 holes
• Handicap – 95% of course handicap
• Entry to competition on IG necessary? – Yes

Red tees option

All senior members now have the option to play from the red tees for the whole of their round should they choose to do so. Members should sign up for competitions in the normal way.

Handicaps for those playing from the red tees are shown in IG, under Handicap Record, Calculator, the handicap is beside Lymm 9 Minutes (Red) in the Playing Handicap (95%) column.

If you decide to play off the red tees your scorecard should be completed using the Par and Stroke Index next to the yellow column on the card, except for hole 12 which will be a par 4 off the red tees.

If you elect to play off the red tees you should complete your score in IG choosing the red tee option.

All of the above has been approved by the Club, is WHS compliant and your score will be taken into consideration for your handicap as normal.

Rules quiz

A player plays their second shot, searches for the ball briefly and then goes back and drops another ball under penalty of stroke and distance. Before the player can play the dropped ball, the player’s original ball is found within three minutes of when the player first started searching for it. What is the ruling?
A – The player must continue with the original ball.
B – The player must continue with the dropped ball.
C – The player may choose whether to continue with the original ball or the dropped ball.

Answer at the end of this newsletter

Autumn League – Round 1 – Friday 25 September

Reporter: The Editor

Our handicap secretary has ‘delegated’ this week’s report to me; so, I’ll keep it brief. 43 seniors took part in week one of our Autumn League, 18 in Division 1 and 25 in Division 2. You can check the full results, including which division you will be in, on the Club’s website. Congratulations to our week one winners: Grahame Brickell in the First Division with 33 points and Dave Craggs in Division two with 30 points. Compelling evidence that being a committee member is good for your golf. Top placings below:

Results

Division 1

Division 2

Joint winners of this week’s ‘bad planning award’ – Peter Willson and Mervyn Roberts who, on a windy day, both parked their trollies with umbrella mainsails aloft by the second green. Whilst putting out both of their trollies tacked into the bunker depositing their contents into the sand. This didn’t however prevent Mervyn from sinking his putt for a 2. Peter, who had recovered from his trolley tragedy by the 13th, carefully applied his brake and carded a 2 on that hole.

Two’s recorded (worth a sleeve of balls each):

Happy Mondays Report – 28 September

Reporter: Steve Bird

A heavy dew greeted 17 players comprising two teams 4 one team of 3 and three teams of 2. No wind and when the sun appeared a most glorious autumn day albeit with the low sun and fallen leaves sometimes hampering ball searches. But we mustn’t complain – we would take this any time.

The winning team was our starting pair of Eric Cox and Alan Thomas with an average score of 27.5

Runners up were Phil Lomas and Peter Willson with 25.5.

Best score of the day was Kevin Bocquet with 31 points closely followed by Mike Bennett with 30.

Tee booking schedule for tomorrow Thursday 1 October

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 4 October

Rules Quiz answer

Correct answer B
Explanation: See Rule 18.1. Once the player put another ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance, the original ball is no longer in play and must not be played.