MEMBERS INFORMATION
DOCUMENT
Welcome from Gents Captain – Mike Stiell
I would like to take this
opportunity to welcome you to Strathmore Golf Club. I am immensely proud to be given the
opportunity to be Captain of this great wee club and I look forward to meeting
everyone in the near future.
We are a small club that
is diverse, friendly and welcoming and we hope you will join us by embracing
these qualities.
The Club has an excellent
relationship with the Centre, who are generous with the requests of the Club
for which we enjoy a full programme of fun and competitive golf. Responsibilities of The Club extend to
members golf handicaps, competition golf and inter club friendly matches with
other clubs. The Centre have
responsibility for everything in the clubhouse and on the course.
We have a web / blog page
http://strathmoregolfclubgents.blogspot.com/ in which club information is
published. There are pages for the
various sections within the club, Ladies, Seniors and Juniors. The blog page contains links to policy
documents and links to relevant golf web pages.
Each of the committee
members has an area of responsibility and an explanation of their role and
responsibility will follow in this document.
I ask that if you have any questions on a specific area of golf, then
could you please address these to the convenor in the first instance. If you have a complaint of any sort, these
should be in writing, addressed to the Gent's Captain and sent to the Gent's
Secretary, these will be dealt with as soon as possible and within the
timescales set in the club constitution.
Likewise, if there are any comments in which the club and its operations
could be improved then we also welcome these.
I want to thank you for
joining Strathmore Golf Club and I hope you enjoy your time with us. Keep your ball on the short stuff and hole
all your putts.
The committee for this
year is as follows:
Captain Mike Stiell
Vice Captain Gavin Greig
Secretary Steve Saunders
Handicap Secretary Ian Cameron
Competition Secretary Craig Muir
Senior Convenor Keith Ewan
Match Secretary Chris Flannigan
Committee Scott Thompson Fred Barber
Handicap Secretary Ian Cameron
The handicap secretary is
responsible for every members handicap. To
play in any of the club competitions, the member must have a valid handicap index. If any member wishes to obtain a handicap, they
must submit either 3 cards of 18 holes over any course or 6 cards of 9 holes
over any course. The card must be marked
by a member holding a valid handicap.
The cards must be returned to the handicap secretary who will issue a
handicap as soon as possible.
In 2021 the new World
Handicap System (WHS) comes into being.
New terminology has to be learned by all golfers of all abilities. The term Handicap Index is the constant number and one which
will be the one every golfer will use when playing golf either at their home
course or when visiting at another club.
Every golf course has a slope rating and a course rating for every tee. These ratings can be found near the 1st
tee at each club and will give players their Playing / Course Handicap which is the handicap a player will
play off during a competition. The
introduction of the WHS, scores counting towards handicap can be submitted on
any day that the players desires. The
player should go to the Scottish Golf App or to the clubhouse PSI and notify
through any of these portals their intention of submitting a General Play Score.
There are phone apps which
are available to help players in the calculation of their Playing / Course Handicap and Entry of scores and are available
on Apple Store or Play Store these are:
Scottish Golf App
HowDidiDo App
Course Handicap App
Competition Secretary – Craig Muir
The club has a full fixture
list of competitions over the season and these can be viewed in the fixture
book given to all members on payment of their annual subscription.
A list of all the competitions
and the rules and conditions on each can be found in a folder within the club
area of the clubhouse or on the blogsite.
There is a summer league competition (Catlaw Competition) each Sunday though to Friday either from the white or yellow tees, with the seniors
holding a counting competition every Thursday.
The Saturday competitions have two periods of a tee priority, from 07:30
to 08:37 and 11:37 to 12:07. When a
player chooses to play in these times it is through a draw process. This is to allow members to meet other
members and get a game of golf on a weekend.
All monthly medals are drawn in handicap order within the tee priority
tee times. To enter the draw all players
must enter the competition by midday Thursday prior to the competition. This can be done by entering online by going
to the HowDidiDo site. The process is as follows:
1. Go to the HowDidiDo
website or App
2. Log In
3. On the top toolbar click on the
Booking Tab
4. In the booking tab click Book Now
5. Choose Booking Zone
6. Enter your name and confirm
The draw for the tee
priorities will be published on the Gent's blog site on Thursday evening.
Playing in the Saturday
competitions out with these priority tee times can be done by the player(s)
booking a tee time anytime after 12:45 and letting the Competition Secretary be aware.
Competitions played on
any other day of the week it is the responsibility of the players to book their
own tee time.
In all competitions every
player must Sign In for the competition prior to teeing off. This allows the competition secretary to reconcile
all the scorecards returned in the competition.
To Sign In, players should go to the HowDidiDo website or App or to the Clubhouse
PSI terminal, click on Todays Golf and click on Sign In for the appropriate
competition.
All competitions have an
entry fee (£1) an optional sweep (£1) an optional 2’s (50p). These fees must be paid before teeing off in
the competition. The monies must be
placed in an envelope marked with PLAYERS NAME, COMPETITION NAME, DATE, AMOUNT
OF MONEY IN THE ENVELOPE. The envelope must
be posted in the Gent's scorebox in the Clubhouse, which is to the left of
the Clubhouse PSI terminal.
When the competition is complete
the results will be published on the blog site as soon as possible. The sweep pot is paid out to the top 3 places
on roughly the following basis, 1st place 50% of the total pot, 2nd
place 30% and 3rd place 20%.
The magic 2’s pot is divided between all the 2’s returned on the
day.
During the summer, the
club have 3 knockout competitions to play in.
The Summer Singles, Summer Doubles (4BBB) and Summer Foursomes. These can be entered online by going to the HowDidiDo website or app, clicking on Knockouts,
click on View Info for the competition you wish to enter, click Enter Knockout.
If you haven’t found a
playing partner, please send your name by email or text to the competition secretary, we’ll then pair you up with someone who is also looking for a
partner.
Trophy winners will
receive their prize at the annual prizegiving at the end of the season
Winter competitions start
in November with a Winter League played over the winter course and the
Rannaleroch Winter League which is played over the full course when
available. Winter singles and doubles
knockouts are other forms of competition available for the winter months.
Senior Convenor - Keith Ewan
The senior section is highly
active across the season by playing a counting stableford competition every
Thursday, with a strokeplay monthly medal each month from April to
October. The method of entry to the
senior competitions are the same as the gents section by entering on line and
following the above process. The senior competitions
have 2 divisions, plus to 18 and 19 and above.
All senior competitions
have an entry fee (£1) an optional sweep (£1) an optional 2’s (50p). These fees must be paid before teeing off in
the competition.
The monies must be placed
in an envelope marked with PLAYERS NAME, COMPETITION NAME, DATE, AMOUNT OF
MONEY IN THE ENVELOPE. The envelope must
be posted in the Seniors Scorebox in the clubhouse, which is on the table
directly in front of the bar
When the competition is
complete the results will be published on the blog site as soon as possible. The sweep pot is paid out to the top 3 places in
each division on the following basis, 1st place 50% of the total
pot, 2nd place 30% and 3rd place 20%. The magic 2’s pot is divided between all the
2’s returned on the day.
The seniors have several
friendly matches over the season both home and away. This is a great opportunity to play other
golf courses and meet fellow senior golfers.
These matches and competitions are open for all members to play in. Intention to play in these matches, names can
be added to a competition sheet on the seniors noticeboard. Teams will normally be drawn a week in
advance of the match.
Match Secretary – Chris Flannigan
The gents section has
across the season several inter club matches and county competitions. The dates of these are noted in the fixture
list. These
matches and competitions are open for all members to play in. Intention to play in either, names can be added
to a competition sheet on the noticeboard.
Teams will normally be drawn a week in advance of the match.
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The competitions in which
the club compete in are
Strathmore League
Bell Trophy
Coronation Foursomes
Scratch League
County Team Championships