Boards Golf Society 2026

Did you contact @Seve OB yet and ask him to register your?

Hi All, have been "volunteered" by El Capitain to announce a couple of changes to the way we're approaching things this year with the society. With the committee, there's been copious discussions, votes, re-votes, re-re-votes, but we've eventually gotten to a bit of concensus and for the 2026 season the following will apply:

• There will be no change to the scoring system in terms of points allocation for GOTY
• Everyone will as per usual start the year off their GI index, and your index on the day of each round will be used to calculate your society playing handicap
• We're removing the split cuts (ie the reduced cut for registering a round vs not registering)
• Instead, if we're playing in qualifying conditions, and you do not register your round, you are not eligible to collect a prize.
• We're getting rid of the buffer calculation and there will be no more 0.5s back for anyone over the year. The thinking here is that the GI index is already much more reactive, and if you're playing bad golf, it will be moving out quickly anyway, especially with the 5 shot hard cap.
• Traditionally we had a standard cut for all players who finished in the top 3 at an event. 3 for a win, 2 for second, 1 for third. When we've looked back at the scoring over the past few years we've noted that this is disproportionately impacting on lower indexes (ie a cut of 3 shots to a 3 index is a bigger hit than a cut of 3 to a 23 index). To that end, we're going to switch to a percentage of index cut:
• 15% for 1st
• 10% for second
• 5% for third
• Cuts will continue to accumulate over the whole season and only reset at the end of the year.

We're going to try these out for the year and see how it plays out. We think it'll help give a fairer playing field for everyone and should lead to a competitive race for GOTY this year.

Look forward to seeing ye all at the Jameson and throughout the year.

Happy golfing!

Just try relax and enjoy it. We've all been in your shoes...arriving for the first time to meet a bunch of weirdos off the Internet.

Captain Tiger will be set up with cards, etc... in the clubhouse to welcome everyone and point them in the right direction.

I'd say get there early enough that you don't feel rushed. There's nets to take a few full swings, a chipping and putting green, all close to the first tee.

And don't worry about people watching your game, ultimately every golfer is completely self involved and only cares about what they're doing with the ball themselves 🤪

The lads you play with will give you a good steer. As mentioned

• Keep pace with the group ahead
• Its stableford. Again the lads will explain if you're not familiar. It helps with pace, as long as people follow the rules of it. Namely...once you've scratched a hole, pick up and move on. If a 7 is a scratched hole, you don't need to keep playing out and hole out for a 10. All thats doing is slowing everyones pace down.
• At the green, try leave your golf bag on the side of the green closest to the next tee box (again speeds things up a bot between shots and holes)
• We don't play "The Honour". Its ready-golf on the tee box. If you're ready to hit, step up and do so.
• Similarly, in between shots on fairways, around greens, etc... you can get yourself prepped for your own shot while someone else is hitting theirs. You don't need to wait till after they've finished their shot completely to start your own routine.
• Be prepared for the weather. Its February, on the east coast. You may see all four seasons on the day, so have rain gear, wooly hat, etc… with you even if the forecast says no rain 😬
• Generally people tend to stick around afterwards for a bit of food, chat, and to hear the results and prize-winners. Its as good a way as any to have a chat and meet a few people and get engaged with the society, but if you need to escape, don't worry, life gets in the way sometimes. I guess here, there is a hope that people will involve themselves in the society, there should be a social element to things, and not an feeling that people are just using the society for access to courses and green fees that they couldn't otherwise get.
• Mostly though, as people say, just try enjoy your golf and the day. You'll be on a great course, playing a great sport in a great location. Take in the views, enjoy the shots, hopefully more good than bad. Even a bad round will have some good moments to remember.

Are they 🤣

Would you be able to let the committee guys you were on to, Tiger or Seve probably, what your society handicap was. We usually cap handicaps for someone with no official handicap until they have an official index