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March 2022 Update

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Greenacres (Men’s) Golf Club will be held on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Golf Centre. Full details can be found on our AGM Page.

2022 / 2023 Membership

Due to a change in the Golf Ireland billing process, the deadline for the 2022 / 2023 Membership to be paid will be 30th March 2022.  Membership forms are available in the members room or can be downloaded from the Membership Page.

Competitions

The last of our Winter League competitions will be Friday 18th March 2022.

Saturday 19th March – Stableford Competition over 2 x 9 Holes – Courses 2A & 2B
Saturday 26th March – Stableford Competition over holes 1 to 9 – Summer Start Sheet in Operation
Saturday 2nd April – Start of 2022 Schedule which can be viewed on the Schedule Page.

Rules Night

All members have been invited to Ballyclare Golf Club on Monday 21st March 2022 to attend a Rules Night hosted by Golf Ireland. The evening will start at 7:30 pm.
As Golf Ireland have asked for a confirmation of number attending please email info@greenacres-golfclub.co.uk as soon as by Thursday 17th March if you plan to attend.

Rules

From 1st April 2022 all Clubs will revert to the rules of golf regarding score cards with the requirement for a marker to complete and return a physical score card with both signatures on it.  Members can still enter their scores into the handicap system via the Touch Screen or the HowDidiDo app.
Also we expect members to put all Handicap Index, Course Handicap and Playing Handicap on the score cards. DQ penalties will apply to the Handicap Index.

Handicaps

Our Course was re-rated in August 2021, and we have received a new rating for our tee boxes as follows:

TeeCourse RatingSlope Rating
White69.9123
Blue68.3117
Red71.1124

Alternate Day Competitions – 60 Plus

As Golf Ireland have stated that ‘alternative day’ competitions can be run over no more than three consecutive days we are going to let our members decide which days to run the 60 Plus Summer competitions over. See notice board for further details

To date the majority of members have voted for the competition to be played from Wednesday to Friday each week. There is still time to have your say.

February 2022 Update

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Greenacres (Men’s) Golf Club will be held on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Golf Centre. Full details can be found on our AGM Page.

2022 / 2023 Membership

Due to a change in the Golf Ireland billing process, the deadline for the 2022 / 2023 Membership to be paid will be 30th March 2022.  If a member has not paid by then they will be resigned from the Golf Ireland Central Handicap database. Then in early April 2022 members will be blocked from entering Club Competitions.

Membership forms are available in the members room or can be downloaded from the Membership Page.

Members wishing to pay via Bank Transfer should email info@greenacres-golfclub.co.uk to request and electronic form and Bank Details.

Competitions

The last of our Winter League competitions will be Friday 18th March 2022. Weather conditions will determine when the Sunday, 60 Plus and Midweek summer Leagues will start.

The aim is to hold The Open 9 Hole Championship qualifier on 26th March and then have the first of our summer Saturday competitions the following weekend.

2022 Schedule has been published and can be viewed on the Schedule Page.

Rules

From 1st April 2022 all Clubs will revert to the rules of golf regarding score cards with the requirement for a marker to complete and return a physical score card with both signatures on it.  Members can still enter their scores into the handicap system via the Touch Screen or the HowDidiDo app.

Handicaps

Our Course was re-rated in August 2021, and we have received a new rating for our tee boxes as follows:

TeeCourse RatingSlope Rating
White69.9123
Blue68.3117
Red71.1124

Alternate Day Competitions – 60 Plus

As Golf Ireland have stated that ‘alternative day’ competitions can be run over no more than three consecutive days we are going to let our members decide which days to run the 60 Plus Summer competitions over. See notice board for further details

Cards for Handicap

General Play Scores / Cards for Handicap

Just a reminder to all members we can not accept score cards for handicap as we are currently playing from Winter Mats and are lifting the ball through the general area.

Any cards submitted will be kept for reference only.