[Keano A Legend]

The society has been created in such a way to be as fair as possible to golfers of all abilities. It is a chance for everyone to play the game we love in a more relaxed environment. Everybody from beginners having never hit a ball to a scratch golfer are welcome to play. The main aims and objectives are for everybody to get out and have fun, meet new people, get to play some great golf courses and hopefully during the year be in with a chance of winning something for your efforts should you happen to play well. Official handicaps are not essential as the society can provide one for you. Remember everyone is welcome.

• From next season and every subsequent season a €30 joining fee will apply . Other costs may arise throughout the year but these will be advised in the various threads we start regarding each outing.

• There will be 7 golf outings per year including the Captains prize. All outings will be marked in stableford points. For each outing there will be prizes for the following. 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, lowest gross, longest drive and nearest the pin. In conjunction with these prizes there will also be a 2’s club, player of the year and a match play event.

• To qualify for Captains prize you must have 3 cards in on the given year and have your society membership paid in full to be able to win the event.

• The player of the year will be measured again on a Stableford point’s basis. As there will be 7 outings per year including your best 5 scores shall be added together and the person with the most amount of points at the end of the year shall take the title.

• For the match play event, the top 16 players from the previous year will qualify to go head to head. The same situation of top 5 cards from previous year shall apply to qualify, provisional handicap scores do not qualify for this event. Match play format: Player’s shall play off their handicap as it stands at the beginning of the society year and this will not change for the remainder of the match play event. Lowest player goes to scratch and it’s the full difference in handicaps. E.g : Player 1 plays off 5 and Player 2 plays off 18. Player 1 goes to scratch. The difference in handicaps is 13 shots. Player 2 has a shot over player 1 on index 1-13. Should the game go to extra holes the shots should be taken where they fall again as on the initial 18 holes.

• 2’s club works as follows: A par 3 hole will be chosen before each event. Entry fee is €3. For anyone who has a birdie or better on this chosen hole shall win the spoils. If there are multiple winners the pot shall be divided equally. If nobody has a birdie the pot shall carry over to the next event. If the pot carries over anybody wishing to enter the 2’s club who had not entered the previous event will be asked to pay for previous event also.

Handicap System:


• All golfers new to the society shall be reviewed. This is on the basis of their GUI handicap if any, ability, experience playing the game, recent scores etc. to try and obtain a fair handicap for the society. Golfers with an official GUI who are actively still playing club/society golf shall play off their official handicap for the first two comps until the committee can observe their scores and adjust it accordingly if needed.

• Golfers with no official GUI shall be reviewed and then given a provisional handicap to begin based on the assessment. Complete beginners shall receive a handicap of 18 and somebody who has played a limited amount of golf but who does not obtain an official handicap will receive 14. The committee feels this covers most abilities and can give a very good reflection of a more accurate handicap going forward. Please note : This society is about having fun. Honesty and etiquette are valued much more than prizes so it’s up to all golfers to be honest about their abilities when being reviewed.

• Prize winners: 1st place and Gross winners in any competition shall be cut 2 shots from their handicap. 2nd and 3rd shall receive a 1 shot reduction.

• A handicap buffer will be in place in all outings. It will again be based on stableford points. It will be a 5 points rule. It works as follows: The average score of the overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners on the day will be worked out. If any player falls within 5 points of this average score their handicap shall remain the same for the next event.

• For all other golfers who do not fall within the 5 points rule they shall receive .5 back to their handicap for the next outing.

• The committee shall have the option to cut or award handicaps as they see fit. When deciding on a player’s handicap it will go in front of the committee of and be based on the 2 cards given while playing on the provisional handicap. All decisions will be made in the best interest of the whole society and not any individual.

New Additions
• No buggies allowed unless for medical reasons

• Prizes will be awarded after every second outing, prizes unclaimed by Captains day will be forfeited and added to prize pool for said day.

Non Members / Visitors Section
• Non-members pay cost of course + €10 at each event

• They are entitled to win visitors prize, nearest the pin, longest drive, 2's club but must collect the prize at the following outing or get it collected, otherwise this is forfeit

• They are not entitled to enter GOTY, Captains Prize and are not eligible for selection to the Ryder Jug

• Non-members can become members by paying the €30 less anything they have paid over the members price at outings? ie. if members paid €30 and non members paid €35 at Thurles, non-members can join for paying an additional €25 at the next outing


Prize Categories:

1st
2nd
3rd
Visitors Prize
Nearest the Pin(*)
Longest Drive (*)

Please note: the committee can at their discretion substitute prizes for green fee's received from courses we play.

* = Can be either / both, to be decided prior to the event

[westtipp]

How does one join?
Going to join Ballykisteen in the next week or so, so this might be a good way to get some competitive action!

[blockic]

Send a PM to pistolpete11 with number and email address and he will add you

[DULLAHAN2]

Will there be a list available at the start of the year listing what course and dates we will be playing them?

[pistolpetes11]

Originally Posted by DULLAHAN2

Will there be a list available at the start of the year listing what course and dates we will be playing them?

Yep we will be doing them up over the next few weeks

[pistolpetes11]

Decided Dates

23rd March
20th April
25th May
22nd June
20th July
17th August
14th September

Locations to be drawn out over the next week or two

[Golfgraffix]

Just to add, we will be sponsoring a very nice prize for the best golfer over the year.

I was thinking a sliding scale of 10 points for winner and 8 for second 7 for third and so on down to 1 for ninth.

3 events minimum participation

J

[ajcurry123]

Originally Posted by Golfgraffix

Just to add, we will be sponsoring a very nice prize for the best golfer over the year.

I was thinking a sliding scale of 10 points for winner and 8 for second 7 for third and so on down to 1 for ninth.

3 events minimum participation

J

The Race to Athlone???

[Golfgraffix]

Originally Posted by ajcurry123

The Race to Athlone???

It will be the race to somewhere alright, still waiting on one of our clients to commit.

[charlieIRL]

Some new additions added to the society rules, please have a read of them when ye get a chance.

[Rickylovesuall]

2 shot cut for gross winners is a bit harsh!

[ssbob]

Originally Posted by Rickylovesuall

2 shot cut for gross winners is a bit harsh!

Given the lack of low handicappers involved, we don't want to be giving you every prize every month

Anyway Gross is gross so no matter your handicap if you shoot a good score you'll win that!

[ajcurry123]

Originally Posted by ssbob

Given the lack of low handicappers involved, we don't want to be giving you every prize every month

Anyway Gross is gross so no matter your handicap if you shoot a good score you'll win that!

Would it be an idea to do away with the gross altogether?
I'd say the low handicappers would prefer to compete for the stableford comp and overall golfer of the year comp rather than winning a gross prize where only a few are really in contention of winning.

I.e Ricky could win 5 gross comps this year... could end up playing off +4, +6 towards the end of the year but yet have no chance of coming in with a shout of the golfer of the year.

[Rickylovesuall]

And compete with all the bandits off 23 for the main prize ? - No I dont mind winning the gross week in, week out. I just dont want to be cut 2 shots for it



Serious post ::

I'm not genuinely arguing anything. Just poking a bit of fun. I definitely dont expect to win the gross everytime either as we do have some very solid golfers that are not that much higher than me in handicap and I would expect there to be a bit of competition for the gross. It might also help those golfers keep their card going if they think I might be having a bad day[ WHICH I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE NOW AND AGAIN ], if they keep going, they could still pick up the gross prize

[ajcurry123]

The COM IT TEE will kill me, but.....

Is counting the best 5 scores out of 7 events a bit too aggressive of a target for Golfer of the Year?
I know the idea is to get people out as much as possible, but I feel this may not be attainable for most of us.
(I should have mentioned sooner, but up until recently... before nappy changes, real compromises etc entered my life... it wasn't something that I thought much about)

This may be just me and my new circumstances, but I seem to remember not many getting to the level of 5 outings last year.
A lower and more achievable target, set at 4 or even 3 best scores, may possibly achieve the goal of getting more people out better than leaving it at 5.

With 99 signed up for teamer.
Taking out 22 that haven't responded as inactive, that leaves 77 active members that I'm assuming would like to get involved and make an effort to attend.
The golfer of the year is a great way of getting people to attend more than a couple of events.
But even if the bar was set at the 3 best scores, that's 77 * 3 = 231 rounds spread out over 7 events leaving an average of 33 people per event.
Those who can get to more, will do so, and be rewarded with additional opportunities to improve their 3 best cards.
Those who are limited, but still would like to participate, should be able to make 3 events.

I certainly think setting the target at 5 may mean that a lot of people are out of the running early on, and may have an negative impact towards attendance towards the latter stages.

Just my thoughts, sorry for being a pain, appreciate all that goes on behind the scenes!