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2022 Inter Club Changes

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AIG Men’s Junior Cup

To be eligible, players must have held a handicap index that was not lower than 2.5 in the period 1st July 2021 until 1st January 2022.

AIG Men’s Jimmy Bruen Shield

To be eligible, players must have held a handicap index that was not lower than 3.5 in the period 1st July 2021 until 1st January 2022.

For a pair to be eligible, their lowest handicap indexes during the above eligibility period when added together must not have been lower than 14.0.

AIG Men’s Pierce Purcell Shield

To be eligible, players must have held a handicap index that was not lower than 10.5 in the period 1st July 2021 until 1st January 2022.

For a pair to be eligible, their lowest handicap indexes during the above eligibility period when added together must not have been lower than 25.0.

Men’s Four-Ball

To be eligible, players must have held a handicap index that was not lower than 14.5 in the period 1st July 2021 until 1st January 2022.

For a pair to be eligible, their lowest handicap indexes during the above eligibility period when added together must not have been lower than 34.0.

Fred Perry Trophy

To be eligible, a players lowest handicap index held in the period 1st July 2021 until 1st January 2022 can be no higher than 28.0

When both players in a pair add together their lowest handicap indexes during the eligibility period, their combined handicap index must not be higher than 42.0.

Players’ current handicap indexes will now be used to determine shots, unless their handicap index on the day of the match exceeds the lowest handicap index they held between 1st July 2021 and 1st July 2022, in which case they use their eligibility handicap index to calculate their course handicap.

The playing handicap limit of 15 for each pair will still apply, but using the criteria above as opposed to handicap index on 1st January.

December Update

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Saturday Tee Times

On Saturday 11th December the tee times will be moved back 30 minutes and then from Saturday 18th December the first group will go out at 9:00. Howdidido and the touch screen have been updated accordingly.

The Saturday competitions will remain with a 9:00 start until further notice.

Winter Tees

The Golf Centre will be moving to Winter Tees this weekend with all competitions played of them until further notice.

Course Conditions

With the move to Winter Tee boxes there will be no further handicap adjustments made until we move back onto the grass tee boxes. This means the Sunday and Wednesday competitions will be ‘non qualifying’ and the ability to submit general play scores will be disabled on our handicapping software and the Golf Ireland app.

In conjunction with this change we will amend the E3 local rule to extend it to the General Area as follows:

E-3 Preferred Lies
When a player’s ball lies in the general area [through the green], 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 these Local Rule is the General Penalty

Saturday Winter Update

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Entries

We will still accept the £5 entry from members until Saturday 6th November.

Tee Times

Members who have paid their Winter League Entry fee have been allocated tee times for Saturday 6th November and 13th November and these have been published onto the howdidido.com and via the Touch Screen.

Member who have not paid, will have to book into a tee time for these two dates, and we can not guarantee you will get your ‘normal’ winter tee times until 20th November.

Any gaps remaining on the start sheet after the 6th November will be closed and tee times published from the 20th November will remain the same until the end of December.

Subject to confirmation the first tee time may move to 9:00 from January 2022 until the end of the Winter League to allow the Golf Centre time to open up and access the course conditions.

Course

DateSheet ASheet B
6th NovemberCourse 1ACourse 1B
13th NovemberCourse 1BCourse 1A
20th NovemberCourse 1ACourse 1B
27th NovemberCourse 1BCourse 1A
4th DecemberCourse 1ACourse 1B
11th DecemberCourse 1BCourse 1A
18th DecemberCourse 1ACourse 1B
1st January 2022Course 1BCourse 1A

Handicaps

We have simplified the calculations for Course 1A and Course 1B this year, see example below

Course Handicap = Handicap Index divided by 2 and round up or down accordingly

Playing Handicap = 95% of the Course Handicap

Handicap IndexCalculationCourse HandicapCalculationPlaying Handicap
12.812.8 / 2 = 6.466 * 95% = 5.7 6
19.919.8 / 2 = 9.951010 * 95% = 9.510
23.123.1 / 2 = 11.551212 * 95% = 11.411
42.142.1 / 2 = 21.052121 * 95% = 19.9520

Touch Screen

From 6th November members playing in the Saturday Competition must sign in before you can enter your score. This can be done via the Touch Screen or, as has been the case since the start of Covid, you can use the HowDidiDo app / website.

We will put up printed copies of Master Sheets A & B in the members room and the competitions will be named accordingly so you know which one to sign into and which score card to lift.

Examples: the competitions setup for the first two weeks are called

  • Sheet A – Course 1A
  • Sheet B – Course 1B
  • Sheet A – Course 1B
  • Sheet B – Course 1A