14th to 20th of March
On Saturday 14th of March the competition will be played over holes 1 to 14, with the scores counting towards the Winter League.
We also plan to run the Midweek Competition from Sunday 15th and the 60 Plus competition from Monday 16th, with scores again counting towards the Winter League. Members entering these competitions should be aware that the Centre may change the holes in play, which could mean some players return scores over different sections of the course and that prize winners may have played a different set of 14 holes.
We would not normally run competitions under these circumstances, but as there has been very little winter golf this season, we are making an exception.
2025 Prize Day
The presentation for the 2025 Season winners will take place at Barnaby’s on Saturday, 21 March.
Club Membership Fees
Membership of Greenacres Golf Club is separate to Greenacres Golf Centre. Membership forms are available on the Club Website and in the Members Room.
PAYMENTS are due by 30th March 2026.
Match Play Competitions 2026
Pairs Competition – £5 per person (£10 per pair)
Singles Competition – £5 per person
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 12th of April 2026
HowDidiDo
We would like to make members aware that the new HowDidiDo mobile app carries a subscription charge of £2.99 per year.
Please note that the previous mobile app and the website remain fully available and continue to function as normal. At present, start sheet booking is not working on the new [iPhone] app.
If you have registered for the new app, please be aware that the “Subscription” balance shown relates to the outstanding amount on your Club Membership fee. Once your Club Membership has been paid in full, this balance will show as £0.
The “Competition” balance reflects the value of prize vouchers currently held in your Members account.
Winter League 2025 – 2026
Follow the link for full details of all Winter Competitions
Follow this link for the latest Winter League tables
Course Conditions
Until further notice Preferred Lies remain in place.
When a player’s ball lies anywhere in the general area, the player may take free relief once by placing the original ball or another ball in and playing it from this relief area:
Reference Point: Spot of the original ball.
Size of Relief Area Measured from Reference Point: 6 inches from the reference point, but with these limits:
Limits on Location of Relief Area: Must not be nearer the hole than the reference point and must be in the general area.
In proceeding under this Local Rule, the player must choose a spot to place the ball and use the procedures for replacing a ball under Rules 14.2b(2) and 14.2e.
The penalty for breach of a Local Rule is the General Penalty
IMPORTANT: While these playing conditions remain in place the scores are not acceptable for handicapping which means cards for handicap cannot be returned.
Inter Club Competitions
Team sheets for the Inter Club competitions will be on the Club notice board from Saturday 14th of March 2026.
Pace of Play
Our pace of play policy as defined in our local rules is:
Model Local Rule K-1 Maximum Time for All or Part of Round If a group finishes the round more than the starting interval behind the group in front and 4 hours 10 minutes from the time of starting, all players in the group are subject to a penalty of one stroke.
We would also remind members…
Good Golf Etiquette states players should play at a good pace. It is a group’s responsibility to keep up with the group in front. If it loses a clear hole and it is delaying the group behind, it should invite the group behind to play through, irrespective of the number of players in that group. Where a group has not lost a clear hole, but it is apparent that the group behind can play faster, it should invite the faster group to play through.
“Ready golf” is a commonly used term which indicates that players should play when they are ready to do so, rather than adhering strictly to the “farthest from the hole plays first” stipulation in the Rules of Golf.
Members should also consider this advice from the Drop Zone Email newsletter
Given that pace of play is such a contentious and sensitive topic, there is a small thing you can do to help with other players in the group.
It is important to keep an eye on the play of other players in the group. This can assist with ball searches, which helps with pace of play. Especially, if your tee shot is directly into the sun, different people should stand in slightly different spots to ensure the best chance of determining where the tee shot has gone. Sometimes you think you have hit your ball straight down the middle of the fairway, and it is nowhere to be found.
If a player is playing from among trees, when they have no visibility of where their ball may head, it is important for at least one other person to stop what they are doing and keep an eye for the ball to exit the trees.
Always in the interest of pace of play, if you believe your ball could be lost outside a penalty area, announce and play a provisional ball in accordance with Rule 18.3.
Model Local Rule A-4 [New definition in place from Sunday 5th of May 2024]
- During the play of the 14th hole, the left-hand side of the hole as defined by the White Stakes is out of bounds.
- During the play of the 15th hole, the left-hand side of the holes as defined by the White Stakes is out of bounds.
- These stakes are boundary objects during the play of both holes, and there is no free relief.
- For all other holes, they are immovable obstructions.
Maximum Score is a form of stroke play where a player’s score for a hole is capped at a maximum number of strokes as set by the Committee at Greenacres to 5 over par.
To help pace of play, players are encouraged to stop playing a hole when their score has reached the maximum, as per the table below. If you stop playing the hole or do not complete it then the score to be recorded on your card is in the hole score column.
| Par of Hole | Maximum Strokes | Hole Score |
| 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | 10 | 10 |
New Members
When the course is in acceptable scoring conditions
For members who have never had a WHS handicap, you must submit a required number of nine and/or eighteen cards played over a measured course. Any permutation of nine and eighteen cards may be submitted but must total a minimum of 54 holes. At Greenacres the Men’s measured courses are the full eighteen holes, the front nine and back nine played of the Blue or White tee markers.
As tee markers are rated by gender and not age. Junior Boys can NOT submit cards from the RED tee markers as they have not been rated for male golfers.
For the score cards to be accepted for handicapping.
- You must preregister your intent to submit a score card, by completing the preregistration sheet in the member’s room.
- Please indicate which tees were used and the date the round was played.
- The cards must be signed by a marker who already has an official WHS Handicap.
Cards will be accepted from other courses, provided the round was pre-registered before commencement of play.
Once the required number of cards have been completed, please place them into the Match & Handicap Slot of the cabinet in the members room and brief note of any playing experience. Examples:
- Was a member of X Golf Club Y years ago and played of Z handicap
- I’m member of a society and play X times a year; society handicap is
- I’m just starting to play golf
Until the cards and accompanying information have been submitted and a handicap has been allocated new members can play with another member in any club competition from the competition tees. When your membership payment has been processed the Match & Handicap Committee will enter the score cards into Clubhouse and your initial handicap index will be automatically calculated.
Other Important Information
Click the relevant link to view the page…
- Penalty Scores
- Club Matchplay
- Membership – Membership Forms now available.
- Course Handicap Tables
- Inter Club Competitions
WhatsApp Community
The Golf Club have decided to setup a WhatsApp Community as another way of getting important information out to members. To join the Community click the link below and join the chat.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BlBwSeZQx6LBJLtZkpXzrp