Men’s Golf

By Nigel Jones

Participation in the Champions Cup events continues to be high, with 40 members playing the April Super Men’s Day, and 27 signed up to play the second Major of the year – the Individual Match Play Championship. Super Men’s Day was a closely fought event, with just 1 stroke separating the first 4 teams. Winners with the low score of 121 was the team of Jeff Clary, Landon Gates, Kevin Nattrass and Bill Whalen – congratulations to all.

The Men’s Golf Committee in April met to review the learnings and improvements from the 2-Man Stroke Play Championship. There was good discussion on the learnings, and unanimous support for the following improvements for all Stroke Play Championships. These will be in effect immediately. The major learning and premise is that for stroke play Championship events, all players should play on the same day of competition, ensuring that everyone plays the event under the same course conditions. Here is a summary of the changes which will be incorporated into the Men’s Championship Rules: • DAYS OF PLAY - For Stroke Play Championships, including Super Seniors, all rounds must be played on the designated dates of play (including any rain dates). It was agreed that there will be no exceptions to this rule. • FLIGHTS AND TEES - Upon review, the only time that white tees are played exclusively is currently during the

Majors. It was agreed that everyone should play the event under the same course conditions. This means that for

Stroke Play Championships, everyone will play from the members tees (including those who typically play Black tees) with the appropriate handicap adjustment. The Champion would be the player who scores the lowest gross score. Champions points would also be awarded for the best Net score in each flight. For example: o 20 teams would be divided into 2 x 10 team flights, based on Handicap Index with everyone playing off Member Tees o The lowest gross would be Champion, and awarded 40 points o Net players in each flight would be awarded the normal points based on their position in each flight - 40, 28, 18, 14, 10, 6 Upcoming Events - Look out for the Invitations for these events, and sign up Super Men’s Day – Wednesday 11 May Super Seniors Stroke Play Championship – Friday 20 May & Wednesday 25 May Super Men’s Day - Wednesday 8 June