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Aim - Friendly, enjoyable, competitive golf improvement.
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Tee off - 7.40 for 7.50 start on Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holiday.
- Usually Stableford except in club stroke and bogey medal rounds.
- Playing groups - determind by throwing up of balls.
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On course the normal rules of golf apply at all times.
Handicaps;
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No player shall play off a handicap higher than their club handicap.
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Players shall play off their current adjusted handicaps if lower than their club handicap in non-club competitions.
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Reductions will be applied for Stableford points scores of 37 and above - divisional points adjustment in line with normal divisional adjustment.
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Players scoring 33 - 36 points will have no adjustment to handicap (buffer zone).
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Players scoring 32 points or less will have an increase of 0.2 strokes to their adjusted handicap for Divs 2 - 4 and 0.1 for Div 1, provided that this does not take them above their club handicap.
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Additionally the winning or joint first placed player(s) will be cut an additional 0.3 regardless of score.
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Guests and players new to the goup shall be required to play off their stated handicap less one shot for their divisional grouping, i.e. a 24 handicapper (div 4) will play off 20 (24 - 4), 10 handicapper (div 2) off 8.
Remember - All handicap adjustments are self-imposed!
Handicap calculation table
| Category |
Playing Handicap |
Above buffer zone add
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37 points of greater |
| 1 |
Up to 5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
| 2 |
6 - 12
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0.2 |
0.2
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3
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13 - 20
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0.2
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0.3
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4
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21 - 28
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0.2
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0.4
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Bits;
If played, each group of players is to decide on side bets. If Bits are played, the following rules are recommended:-
- You do not have to putt out if you can no longer score, but if you continue and three putt, it counts.
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However, if two putts have been taken and the second putt was for a point, the player is deemed to have three putted.
Bits & Plonkers table
| Term |
Award
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Details
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Bits
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20p
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Gross birdie
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+1 bit
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Gross eagle
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+2 bits
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Gross albatross
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+4 bits
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Sandy par
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+1 bit |
In a greenside bunker of the hole being played, with a gross par or better. |
Plonker
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+1 bit
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Ball on green and nearest the pin on a par 3. Gross par or
better. Unclaimed plonkers to be rolled over to the next Par 3, until
won. |
| 3 putt |
-1 bit
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If more than two strokes are taken to hole out after the ball is on the green. |
3 out of a bunker
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-1 bit |
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