29 January 2018

Monday 29th January
Canadian Greensomes


12 early birds played today plus 28 late starters in a grey cloudy day which turned windy with a light drizzle towards the second half, the mud between some holes & tees is becoming more of a bog than a golf course unfortunately it’s so wet that it only needs a few showers to top it up. The guys who need a buggy to play 18 holes have had a particularly bad month and have only been able to play 9 holes on this side of the course, I think we need to be aware of this when we see them as they are also trying to make the best of it and play some golf when they can. 


A decision on Wednesday’s winter league will be made tomorrow by early PM.
Heavy Rain forecast for Wed Morning should ring Alarm Bells.

Rumour Mill tells us we have lost young Johnny Bloys again as the 6 hours round-trip was too much and Gordon Hughes is considering his options after not being able to play for quite a while due to buggy ban..but honestly Gordon, it's been pretty bad up there and the surface has been deadly, hence all the publicity about spikes etc...another 17 Days we calculate and things will start to normalise..honest !
Oops - Gordon has been on the phone to correct  comments above and says he will be back with us as soon as he can. Good News Gordon, we look forward to seeing you again soon. I'll sack my news correspondent !  JKP

Captain announced lots of Handicap Changes that are all on the Notice Board. Seniors like Bryan Frost for example have gone up 3 shots to 27.4 - but quite a few of you Stars have been cut again.
Messrs Potter, Gane, Burt, Dobson, Ireland, Frost all gone up 2 or 3.
Messrs Bargery plus about 4 more down 1 shot.
Men can now go up to 54 handicap.

 Go to very bottom of this Post to see what Club have posted for 2018 Updates to Intelligolf which is the system we run for  Handicaps.


14 Birdies today paying £0:75 each.  
2 of them were from an Eagle 2 on the 5th by today's stars.
TEAM
Points
£ each
Birdies
Total each
1st
I. Housham/ N. George
42
7.00
5
£10.75
2nd
C. Gingell/ B. Rees
40
6.00
2
£7.50
3rd
D. Dowell/ C. Ireland
39
5.00
1
£5.75
4th
B. White/ N. Hill                             (B9)
37
3.00


5th
F. Martin/T. Hackling                     (B9)
37

1
£0.75
    6th
G. Wallace/ E. Smallwood
37



    7th
M. Bargery/ R. Miller                     (B9)
35



    8th
M. Leigh/ R. Hall                             (B9)
35



    9th
R. Withers/ M. Roy
35



  10th
M. Arnold/ M. Hone                      (B9)
34

1
£0.75
  11th
T. Rutherford/ G. Bareham
34



  12th
B. Barrow/ Roy Miller                   (B3)
33



  13th 
B. Skeels/ P. Dewar
33

1
£0.75
  14th
R. Davis/ M. Mosser                      (B9)
32

1
£0.75
  15th
A. Chance/ J. Evans
32

1
£0.75
  16th
B. Marsh/ A. Beale
31



  17th
B. Heath/ B. Frost
30



  18th
T. Downey/ J. Stephens
29



  19th
B. Robinson/ A. Davis
27

1
£0.75
  20th
R. Stone/ B. Hilson
26



  21st
J. Pearce/ N. Hodder
20




B. Heath (Capt.)

Firstly, noticed this affixed to NB outside Pro Shop. We were all aware that you could Pick, Clean & Place on the Fairway...but have you also been taking advantage of this 'Local Rule'. Even in the long stuff, you can clean & drop if it is sitting as described...which is pretty common in current soggy conditions. Make sure you call over other players and confirm ball is 'Plugged'



Through the Green: A ball is considered to lie "through the green" anywhere on the course except the teeing ground or putting green on the hole the golfer is playing, or in a hazard.



and here' a timely reminder from a Police Officer...try it full size.



CONGU 2018 Changes - UPDATED


Firstly, happy new year!  I hope 2018 proves to be a wonderful year for you all.
The summary list of changes doesn't look like much, but there are some real fundamental changes in there.  The relaxation of the maximum handicap is probably the greatest update, now essentially allowing handicaps to 54 for men and ladies.  This has a number of knock ons in our system, especially around edge cases such as annual review adjustments and GPA.
  • When calculating the CSS in a medal round, use the Stableford Point Adjusted net score to determine whether the score is within the players buffer zone, in order to bring in line with Stableford and Bogey/Par. (Section 2.3.4.1). Also require facility to identify those scores in BZ only when SPA Score taking into account.
  • Supplementary Scores – relaxation of restrictions on submission – no limit in the number of submissions and no restriction on 1 per week. (Secton 2.4.2)
  • Continuous Handicap Review – additional starting points of any manual adjustment to the handicap. New Report Layout introduced. (Section 2.5.3)
  • Introduction of Category 5 for Men and Category 6 for both Men and Women. Retirement of Club Handicaps and Disability Handicaps. (Various sections)
  • 9-Hole Competitions – limited ability to support 9-hole medal competitions and the ability to support 9-hole Open Competitions. Clarification of Handicap Allowance for mixed tee 9-hole competitions.
  • Combine Competitions to provide a single CSS Adjustment calculation, restricted to the ability to provide separate results from a single competition.
  • Irish 1 Shot Limit no longer applies to Category 1 Golfers.
  • Annual Review Report to show Software Version/Release details in document footer. Additional Grouping and totalling for the Annual Review Report Layout. Facility to provide the AHR Report for all players regardless of performance.
One of the key balances we have tried to maintain is that handicaps are still calculated sequentially, and will obey the rules in effect at the time.  For example, despite a number of missed buffer rounds in December, a 28.0 handicapper will only be increased above 28.0 when they play a round from the 1st of January 2018.  Changes to earlier competitions should have no bearing on this.
Similarly, a junior Club handicap won't have the other changes made to it until they play after the 1st January either.  Significantly, this means their previous reductions of 0.5 per shot will stand, replaced by 0.6 per shot in 2018.
We fully expect there will be a few tweaks needed here and there in the system, but the support team are logging any issues and we are responding to them as required. 
Jamie

UPDATES

Some responses to your questions.
* CSS does not use the new divisions at all - it is still calculated using on 1,2,3 & 4.  However changes for players in cat 5/6 are calculated using CSS, rather than just SSS as before.  It also allows them to benefit from a reduction only competition which they couldn't before.
* Anyone on 28/36 who does not make buffer will now get a 0.1 increase (assuming the usual rules, qualifier, not reduction only etc).
We've also just released changes to allow those on 28/36 to be shown as recommended for Annual Review increases.  A tweak to the logic was required where the start handicap for the year equalled the finish handicap, as it previously had to be less.  So someone on 36.0 for the year would not have shown in annual review, but does now.
A couple of other fixes have been needed for some of the other places where handicaps are increased above 28/36 such as GPA, ARI, CHI etc.
* Initial handicap awards now follow the new rules, allowing only for CONGU handicaps with no mention of Club, and also that adjusted scores are calculated using par * 2, rather than par + 2 or par + 3 as before

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