Seniors Golf this Friday

• Playing for – Autumn League – Round 4
• Format – Single stableford over 15 holes
• Handicap – 95% of course handicap
• Entry to competition on IG necessary? – Yes

Rules quiz

A player hits their shot out of bounds from the fairway. When dropping the ball under stroke and distance, they must drop the ball as near as possible to the spot from where the last stroke was made, no nearer the hole.

A – True
B – False

Answer at the end of this newsletter

Autumn League – Round 3 – Friday 9 October

Reporter: Steve Bird

I had the dubious pleasure of collecting the soggy cards for today’s competition and the big subject of conversation in the clubhouse afterwards was the anomaly as to what was par on the 15th. 

To clarify, as per Keith Melias email of 7 October, ‘stroke indexes and pars for all holes remain the same as the equivalent summer courses’ 

So the 15th remains a par 5. The problem was that, for whatever reason, it was allocated as a par 4 on ig. I spoke to Steve and Fizz about this and was informed that only Keith could correct the issue and he would do so when he returned after a day off. So, hopefully, by next week ig will be correct.

So, for the sake of clarity, I have shown both the ig score (in brackets) and the correct ‘card’ score.

A total of 36 players registered for today’s event which was marred by intermittent torrential rain. 24 completed the full 15, 6 started but didnt finish and 5 departed before starting.

No twos were recorded today.

Results

Division 1

Division 2

Happy Mondays Report – 12 October

Reporter: Steve Bird

Fifteen players today in three teams of 3 and three of 2.

The number of holes played, and indeed, which holes we played was very ‘fluid’ as initially Hole 1 was closed for work but by the time we reached the 11th this was also closed.

So not only did we have different numbers in teams but we had a variety of holes played in permutations of between 13 and 16, and the big challenge in the clubhouse was how to decide the Winners.

However, without resorting to Pi, integral calculus, Pythagoras, sines, cosines and tangents and the rules of thermodynamics, our Club Treasurer came up with a formula based on number of players in a team and number of holes played which was acceptable to all – some of us understood it and the remainder were probably too embarrassed to admit they didn’t.

So the winning team was that of Peter Willson and Andrew Barker (again) with a score of 5.34 (don’t ask!!)

Runners up were Steve Barlow, Kevin Bocquet and Tony Dixon with 5.23.

And the leading individual scorer for the day was…. who knows? My brain was, by now, frazzled after spending most of the weekend trying to understand last Fridays cards and whether the 15th is a par 4 or a par 5. (It IS still a par 5 by the way)

But most importantly….. a good morning was had by all.!!!

Tee booking schedule for tomorrow Thursday 15 October

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 18 October

Rules Quiz answer

Correct answer B
Explanation: See Rule 14.6b. When dropping a ball under stroke and distance in the general area, a ball must be dropped within one club-length of the point from which the previous stroke was made and in the same area of the course as that point.