An awesome round by Jason blew the field away as he scored a great 36 points on a wet course but a dry day.

Results:

• Jason 36
• Paul K 33
• Pete S 32
• John 31
• Graham 29
• Paul M 29
• Mike 27
• Ade 26
• Frank 25

Requests for a stewards enquiry were rejected and the course played easy, and allowed those with a good few holes under their belt to play the best golf. Ade had a 63, and his handicap will be sneaking in the right direction….. See here for the full results. And here for the RC table and here for the handicaps.

In a new bonus feature, see if you can spot Donald Trump in this picture, whist Paul watches on, disguising himself as a little teapot, tall and stout.

After an odd year we managed to finally break free and get in a game of golf. Some people took it a bit far and have played nearly every day, but for those with jobs, this was the first game of 2021 in SMXIXHGS. We played at Portal Premier, and it was like the course had been reserved all year for just us to play. The order for the winner, which is basically the same as last year and the Ryder Cup table are here; COMP RESULTS, LATEST RC TABLE

With the lockdown ending (for now) we are starting the winter league again – unfortunately every other golfer has the same idea so getting tee times on the weekend is not as simple as it was.

But the first event has been arranged to kick off the winter league and the new WhatsApp chat is being introduced to allow quicker responses to event suggestions (to allow us to get tees booked). The WhatsApp chat can be seen here.

Handicaps for 2021

With the new World Handicap System being introduced, things will be changing in the new year across the whole of amateur golf worldwide. For the winter league we will be continuing to use our existing handicaps, but the committee is looking at the new system for the new year.

So

The Handicap index is what we currently call handicap (our normal one decimal number).

The Slope Rating is what the course is rated as (different for different tee colours)

The Course Handicap is what you play a match play round off

The Handicap Allowance is what fraction of your handicap you play in each competition – so for us we normally play it as 100% for either medal or stableford rounds, but the new system has the following fractions:

Individual stroke play, Stableford, par/bogey, maximum score: 95%

Fourball stroke play: 85%

Fourball Stableford: 85%

Fourball par/bogey: 90%

Individual match play: 100%

Fourball match play: 90%

Foursomes: 50% of combined team handicap

Greensomes, Pinehurst/Chapman: 60% low handicap + 40% high handicap

Best 1 of 4 stroke play: 75%

Best 2 of 4 stroke play: 85%

Best 3 of 4 stroke play: 100%

Best 4 of 4 stroke play: 100%

Scramble (4 players): 25%/20%/15%/10% from lowest to highest handicap

Scramble (2 players): 35% low/15% high

Total score of 2 match play: 100%

Best 1 of 4 par/bogey: 75%

Best 2 of 4 par/bogey: 80%

Best 3 of 4 par/bogey: 90%

4 of 4 par/bogey: 100%

Some great golf was played in the legacy Ryder Cup that saw Marconi take on the Rest of the World. Jason Kept his 7 year winning streak as Captain going as ROW were defeated 3.5 to 2.5. Full results are;

Marconi		ROW
Frank Sherlock	Lost to	Andy Booth	2/1
John Shearn	beat	Mike Adamson	8/6
Jason Moss	Halved	Paul Kelsey	half
Ade Levin	Lost to	Callum	3/1
Ian Crook	beat	Pete Lyons	7/5
Frank Buckley	beat	Graham Copsey	4/3

The last time I can find results for a Marconi vs the ROW was 2003… There were the scores;

4 balls
	Marconi	Vs ROW		Results
	Jason Moss	V Gerry Hale		Marconi 4&3
	Frank Buckley	Gordon Jones
	John Shearn	V Gary Gilbert		Marconi 3&2
	Tony Lee	Pete Lyons
	Pete Dixon	V Greg Murphy		ROW 2&1
	John Thomson	Charlie Hazelehurst
	Adrian Levin	V Harry Casserly		ROW 3&2
	Ian Crook	Andy Booth
Singles
	Frank Buckley	v	Andy Booth	Marconi 5&3
	Jason Moss	v	Harry Casserly	Marconi 2 up
	John Thomson	v	Lyndon Ellams	ROW 7&5
	Greg Murphy	v	Tony Lee	ROW 1up
	Dave Fell	v	Gerry Hale	ROW 6&4
	Pete Dixon	v	Pete Lyons	Marconi 2&1
	Ian Crook	v	Gary Gilbert	ROW 4&3
	John Shearn	v	Gordon Jones	ROW 2&1

Ryder Cup Record
	P	W	L	D	PTS (W2/D1)
Graham Copsey	10	7	2	1	15
Jason Moss	10	6	2	2	14
John Shearn	10	6	2	2	14
Pete Lyons	10	5	4	1	11
Frank Buckley	7	5	1	1	11
Frank Sherlock	10	4	4	2	10
Mike Adamson	6	5	1		10
Pete Sherlock	9	4	4	1	9
Ade Levin	10	3	7		6
Ian Crook	4	3	1		6
Andy Macleod	3	2	1		4
Andy Booth	3	2	1		4
Paul Kelsey	4	1	2	1	3
Brian Humphries	2	1	1		2
Chris Webster	1	1			2
Callum McCulloch	1	1			2
Vic Webster	5		4	1	1
Paul Morrissey	4		4		0
Les Holmes	4		4		0
Dave Fell	1		1		0
Jeff Sherlock	3		3		0
Ray Smith	3		3		0
Andy Roberts	1		1		0
Gary Gilbert	2		2		0
Alan Rutherford	1		1		0

Whilst the RC leader took a sabbatical in Scotland he lost top spot to Adrian for the 2nd year running. Whilst Jason won at Leasowe, Ade finished a good second to win this years Ryder Cup league. Someone needs a handicap cut !! 🙂

Sunny and windy weather, Pete Sherlock wins the day in a close battle with the President. The outgoing Captain remains steady in mid-table

• Pete S 34 (wins on back 9)
• Ade 34
• Frank 28
• Mike 25
• John 24 (on back 6!)
• Paul 24
• Pete L 22
• Ray 7

Many thanks to John, the best Captain we have ever had in a Covid crisis, for hosting this years comp at Hawkstone Park. The weather was shite, but it held up better than we hoped in the afternoon. Housewives’ favourite Pete Sherlock was narrowly beaten by Grannies’ favourite Frank Buckley. Both played solid golf in tough wet conditions. See here for full results. Graham won’t need to be dropping any handicaps!!

The texas scramble was won by Jason, Ray, Ade and Frank Sherlock. See here for result

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The Ryder Cup table is also looking closer at the top with 9,000 separating the top 4. Pete is very close to John and has played 2 less games. Does he have enough in the tank to take top spot before the Ryder Cup? See here for the table.

• 9 holes
• Lunch
• 18 holes
• Dinner and prizes

Friday 28 August 2020

Price is £72 – £12 (society subsidy) = £60/player

John had a top round today and with Pete not playing has moved in to second place in the RC table. A smooth 36 points will protect his handicap nicely, so is he peaking just in time for Captain’s Day? See http://www.smxixhgs.com/?page_id=1428 for today’s results.