Gathurst Golf Club

Course Status 25/9/2020 : open

There are no restrictions in place.

News

World Handicap System

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When does the new World Handicap System come into place? 

Any golfer with a current CONGU handicap will be given a World Handicap System index on Monday, November 2, 2020.

Is the new golf handicap system mandatory?

Yes. In Great Britain & Ireland, the current handicapping system, which is maintained by CONGU, will be replaced by one single, global system. It is designed so golfers will be able to obtain and maintain a handicap index and use this to compete on a fair and equal basis across any format, on any course around the world.

For more information you can download this presentation :  WHS_Presentation

Ladies’ Open, 7th August

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Results of the Gathurst Ladies Open Competition  7th August 2020

 

WINNERS: GATHURST GOLF CLUB with 84 points

TEAM: Liz Price, Tia Leyland, Jayne Tyrer, Marianne Halliwell

 

2ND PLACE: HINDLEY HALL GOLF CLUB with 83 points

TEAM: Liz Hartley, Linda Bailey, Key Bibby, Barbara Hatton

 

3RD PLACE: PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB with 82 points (back nine of 48 )

TEAM: Gill Jolley, Irene Whittam, Janet Moorby, Liz Evans

 

Congratulations to the winning teams and a big thank you to all who helped organise a great day.

Elaine King,
Lady Captain.

Captain’s Blog, July 2020

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Hello Everyone,

Little did I think that the first 6 months of my year as Captain would be such a unique experience!

It’s been great to get back to playing golf and to be able to get the first Major of the year under our belts.

I’d like to thank the Scratch Cup / Keith Memorial Trophy prize donors. On Saturday this was Tom King and Frank Fanning – sorry Frank I forgot to get a photo of you – unless you were social distancing off screen; on Sunday Brian Coupe and Stephen Haigh provided the prizes.

Congratulations to the winners, Andy Halladay is the Scratch Cup winner with 71+73 = 144 Gross, and Paul Willis won the Keith Haigh Memorial Trophy with 73+66 = 139 Nett. Considering the difficult conditions, these were fantastic scores.

It was great to see the clubhouse reopen, a massive thank you to Keith and his staff, David & Mickey for the catering, the greens staff, Pro shop, all the directors, and helpers. A special thanks you, the members, for sticking to the rules during these difficult times and making the opening of the club house a great success.

Ben

Scratch Cup & Keith Haigh Memorial Trophy

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This weekend sees us playing for the Club Championship over two days. COVID-19 restrictions will impact on the course, and also in the clubhouse.

As always, local rules of the day are displayed on the noticeboard and in the Proshop, and it is the responsibility of ALL PLAYERS to familiarise themselves with ALL of these rules BEFORE PLAYING.

On completion of your round ALL PLAYERS MUST enter their score electronically, either using the HowDidIDo phone APP, or using the touch screen in the games room. Once you have entered your score electronically please put your signed scorecard in the box provided.

This is a two-day competition and it is vital that you complete the electronic score entry accurately. Scorecards will not be checked until 24 hours after the event as a COVID-19 safety measure. Your playing handicap WILL, however, be adjusted for Sunday using the scores you entered electronically.

Concerning the electronic entry of scores and the marking of scorecards:

  1. Players must always enter their GROSS score for each hole on the touch screen or APP.
    This is the case for both Stoke Play and Stableford. The system automatically calculates your nett score or Stableford points. Failure to enter your GROSS score will log incorrect results and wrong handicap adjustments. These errors cannot be corrected until the cards can be checked manually.
  2. Under COVID-19 restrictions players are responsible for marking and signing for their own scores.
    Players must mark their own score in the PLAYER column on the righthand side of the scorecard, putting down their GROSS score in the column marked A. They can, if they wish, also put down their nett score or Stableford points, but your GROSS score is the only one which counts for the purposes of checking the results.
    You should also mark the score of one of your playing partners in the MARKER section of the card so that you are able to cross-check each other’s score.
  3. Under COVID-19 restrictions, all cards must be signed by the player only.
    Do not sign your playing partner’s card.

 

Scorecard Entry Using the HowDidIDo Phone APP

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Club systems V1 have now opened an on line score entry system for all singles competitions. In the near future they will have the same option for team events.
To enter your score you need to open HOWDIDIDO on either your mobile phone or using web browser. Only your score can be entered by this method.
Below is a guide to using this score entry system.
Cards will still need to be placed in the competitions box for ratification.
By using this system it will greatly reduce the amount of work needed to manually enter scores for everyone. We will continue to use this system even when the clubhouse has been opened. This will reduce the number of people using the touch screen.

The HowDidIDo APP can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

OnlineScoreEntry

 

 

Local Rules (June 2020)

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Bunkers

All bunkers will be in play for competition golf.

The ball may be lifted and placed within one club length in the bunker and no nearer the hole.

Having played your ball, the sand should be smoothed using a club.

Slits on Fairways

Ball resting on any of the open slits on the fairways may be lifted and dropped no nearer the hole and within one club length without penalty.

Golf Committee 6 June 2020