TUESDAY COMP

Tuesday comps are run our lady members, however men are also welcome to join.

The Ladies Club Championships are played over 3 consective weeks. In 2021, these are planned for Tues April 20th, Tues April 27th and Tues May 4th.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Eligibility: The player must be a financial member Full, Country and Junior. (Membership is from January 1^st to December 31^st).

Stroke Play: 54 holes from Championship tees. Final round Top 6 in each grade to be seeded. Into 2 group as follows 1-2-3 and 4-5-6. (Others can Play anytime)

Grades: A, B, C & D. Grades to be evened up as near as possible.  Lowest scratch score is championship winner.  A Score in lower grade can win the Club Championship. (If Sufficient Numbers)

Handicap: Best aggregate handicap score, all grades.

Junior: Will be decided in the qualifying rounds.  Best scratch score.

Ties: In the event of a tie after 54 holes, a playoff of stroke play over 3 holes which are 1st, 10^th & 18th will be contested, if a tie still exist                                   after the 3 holes of stroke play sudden death will apply playing the 1^st 10^th & 18th recurring until a decision has been reached.

MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Match Play Top 4 from each grade qualify for the match play championships.

Ties: All ties for order of qualifying to be played as the same for stroke play championships (to be contested only if they change who they play), All semi finals to be played over 18 holes on specified dates.

• All qualifiers for the match play rounds must be available for all rounds. If unavailable, players must inform the match committee before the first round. Failing to do so will result in disqualification at the match committees’ discretion and the matches will be re drawn.
• Final for A, B, C & D grades to be played over 18 holes match play.  In the event of a person from a lower grade qualifying for the overall Club Champion, he will forego his eligibility for his grade, and will be included in the top four for the match play format.
• In the event of a tie at the end of specified holes, the match is to be completed by sudden death.

STROKE

Stroke is a true test of a golfer's ability. Every shot counts—good and bad—and there is no ability to pick the ball up and move to the next hole or rely on your team members to carry you.

Almost all the golf tournaments we see on television and read about in the news are played according to a stroke format (the exception being "matchplay", which was popularised with the accenture World Matchplay Championships held in Melbourne, Australia).

Example of Stroke Format

As the name would suggest, a stroke competition requires each golfer to count every shot they take during the course of the competition round.

Because of this the scores can be quite high as there is no option to pick the ball up after a certain number of shots have been reached (as is the case in the stableford and par).

Additionally stroke is an individual game so there is no-one else to blame but yourself for a bad score!

Stroke is easy to record on the scorecard as well. You simply write down the number of strokes that you had on a particular hole.

Key Features of Stroke

• It is a true test of a golfer's ability to play 18 holes
• Most golf courses do not allow corporate days to involve stroke competitions (because they take too long)
• Play can be very slow due to every shot counting. This can affect the whole field who may be hindered by a slow golfer

Positives of Stroke

• It is a true reflection of a golfer's score because every shot is counted