New/Existing Members Information Re – Competitions & Handicaps etc.

All members must display a membership tag attached to their bag. Tags are available from the Professional’s shop. 

Obtaining a Handicap 

A new handicap is obtained by submission of 3 cards to the Handicaps committee; the rounds played under R & A rules.

 Each card must display the following: 

The date of completion.

A legible name and signature of the competitor.

A legible name and signature of the marker. 

Where possible the marker should be a member of long standing.

Completed cards may be posted in the box provided on the upstairs bar or handed to a member of the Handicaps Committee. 

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE WILL INVALIDATE THE CARD YOU SUPPLY.

In the event that the new member has previously been a member of another club, a recent handicap certificate from their previous club will suffice. 

Inactive Handicaps

A members handicap will become "Inactive" if he/she fails to complete 3 recorded medal rounds during a calendar year.

Should your handicap become "Inactive" you will need to submit 3 scores to the Committee. There are two ways of doing this:

1. Complete a Supplementary Score(s) - Advise the Professional before you tee off and have him enter your intention in the file he has for this purpose. Complete your round (at DPGC), your card should be completed as advised for a new handicap above. Return your card to the Committee.
2. Play during a Sat. Competition - An "Inactive" handicap member may play on a Saturday in a normal competiton, without payment of entry fee and may not win prizes/trophies in said competiton but his score will count towards removal of his inactive status.

Competition Entry

Entry to a normal Saturday competition is by ticket draw some 11 days before the event on a Tuesday evening at approx. 19:45 (7:45 p.m.) Unless advised otherwise. 

A drawn member may append 3 names during the summer season but may apply 4 names during the winter season when 4 Ball events are more the norm. 

Draws for Captain’s and President’s Weekends are drawn on a Friday evening approximately 3 weeks before the event. Again at 19:45. The specific dates are shown on the annual Fixture List. Entry to these 2 major competitions is subject to conditions agreed with the Captain & President and posted on notice boards well prior to the draws being made. 

The draws for Invitation Days of which there are currently 2 again take place approximately 3 weeks before the event but on a Tuesday alongside a normal draw. The format for these are 4 Ball Better Ball Stablefords involving shotgun starts at 09:00 and 14:00. 

A ticket for the normal draw also entitles a member to append his name to the Invitation sheet at the same time. 

Once the booking sheet has been posted on the notice board, members may add their names to any blank space.

Competition Additions /Deletions 

An Addition/ Deletion sheet is posted beneath each tee time sheet. 

Members wishing to delete from a competition MUST put their names on this deletion sheet indicating the date of the deletion and the time they wish to delete from. 

Members wishing to be added to the sheet MUST add their names to the additions part of the sheet. (See below for Blank times)

If a BLANK  tee time is showing on the main time sheet, members may fill in this themselves directly.

Changes to the main competition entry sheet may not be made by members, only by Handicap Committee members.

MID WEEK MEDALS 

Mid Week Medals are open to all classes of membership, Men, Ladies, Juniors and 5 day members.

Your intention to compete MUST be recorded by the Professional a fee paid and your card dated and complete as for a normal competition. 

Failure to record your intention with the Pro will invalidate your entry, failure to return your card will incur the usual penalty. 

Should the Professional’s shop be closed after completion of your round, post the card under the door of the shop. 

The competitions will be handicap qualifying events unless otherwise stated. They are managed by the Professional and his staff and recorded against the members playing record. 

Results and prize values will be posted on notice boards by the Professional, prizes are credited to members accounts with the Professional.

Results

For Men's competitions the official point of notification to members is the holder on the upstairs notice board, results are posted here for a Saturday comptition, usually on or before the Tuesday after the competiton.

Information is also available on the internet within our website although this may not be updated at the same time as the notice board, it will certainly be posted during the week following a competition. All results are also viewable within the GCGOLD portal on our website.

Presentations

Presentations will normally take place at fortnightly intervals on a Tuesday evening at 7:45 p.m.

These are exceptions to this, namely Captain's & President's Weekedns, Invitation Days and Bank Holiday competitions. Each competition sheet and Results sheet indicates the dates of presentation.

Prize Vouchers

Players who have won prizes are expected to attend the presentation suitably attired (jackets & ties). Players unable to attend must make apologies directly to the Captain or by email to the Handicaps Committee on handicaps@davyhulmeparkgolfclub.co.uk 

Failure to apologise via either of these routes will result in forfeiture of any prize voucher.

IMPORTANT NOTE

All vouchers issued by the Handicaps Committee have a finite life of 12 months from the date of presentation. Vouchers once issued are the responsibility of the member  to whom they are presented. Duplicates will not be issued.

COMPETITION PENALTIES

Failure to arrive on the tee beyond 5 minutes – Disqualification.

Arrival at the tee outside your allotted tee time but within 5 minutes of your designated time. – 2 Stroke Penalty.

Failure to return you card from a competition. -  1 Match Ban

Identified slow play will result in a 2 stroke penalty being applied to your score.

Mixed Golf 

Bank Holidays

There are 4 Bank holiday competitions, these are normally played on a Monday with a shotgun start at 13:45 and the booking sheets are posted on the notice board outside the Ladies Locker room entrance in the entrance hall approx. 3 weeks before the event. The usual format is teams of 4. 

Entry to these competitions is, if spaces are available and not at the expense of club members, open to non-members accompanying our own members with the proviso that they must be bona-fide members of other golf clubs and in possession of current handicaps. 

In addition to the normal competition entry fee, non-members must pay the appropriate green fee for the day.

 

Ladies Day 

This takes place annually as a shotgun start at approx. 12:45. Ladies invite the gentlemen. Lady Captain decides upon the format and the number of prizes to be presented. The prizes are usually more significant for the Ladies. 

Slow Play

It is important players are aware of their obligations under the Etiquette of Golf, 

We should all attempt to keep up with the group in front. If you are unable to do this you should invite the group behind you to play through.

The Rules of Golf state you may take 5 minutes looking for a ball before it is deemed lost. This does not mean holding up following players for that time. If it becomes evident that a ball will not be found easily, following players should be invited to play through. 

Please note, earlier in this document is the penalty for failure to observe this important point of etiquette, the game of golf is meant to be enjoyed by all and not result in frustration for the majority.

Website

This website has many interesting features, not least;

News Items

Competition Results

Golf Diary – Forthcoming competitions. Societies etc.

Function Diary – Function room bookings.

Local Rules.