Hello Golfers, Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email we launch a new era for our weekly communications, we take a closer look at your options in-store, and we pose an interesting question regarding the season's first major. Enjoy the read. |
Proposed new Rules of Golf The proposed 24 new rules, reduced from the current 34, have been written in a user-friendly style with shorter sentences, commonly used phrases, bulleted lists and explanatory headings. The initiative also focuses on assessing the overall consistency, simplicity and fairness of the rules for play. The rules are currently delivered in more than 30 languages, and the proposed wording will support easier translation worldwide. When adopted, the rules will be supported by technology that allows the use of images, videos and graphics. Highlights of the proposed rule changes are as follows: - Elimination or reduction of “ball moved” penalties - There will be no penalty for accidentally moving a ball on the putting green or in searching for a ball; and a player is not responsible for causing a ball to move unless it is “virtually certain” that he or she did so.
- Relaxed putting green rules - There will be no penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits an unattended flagstick in the hole; players may putt without having the flagstick attended or removed. Players may repair spike marks and other damage made by shoes, animal damage and other damage on the putting green and there is no penalty for merely touching the line of putt.
- Relaxed rules for “penalty areas” (currently called water hazards) - Red and yellow-marked penalty areas may cover areas of desert, jungle, lava rock, etc. in addition to areas of water; expanded use of red penalty areas where lateral relief is allowed; and there will be no penalty for moving loose impediments or touching the ground or water in a penalty area.
- Relaxed bunker rules - There will be no penalty for moving loose impediments in a bunker or for generally touching the sand with a hand or club. A limited set of restrictions (such as not grounding the club right next to the ball) is kept to preserve the challenge of playing from the sand; however, an extra relief option is added for an unplayable ball in a bunker, allowing the ball to be played from outside the bunker with a two-stroke penalty.
- Relying on player integrity - A player’s “reasonable judgment” when estimating or measuring a spot, point, line, area or distance will be upheld, even if video evidence later shows it to be wrong; and elimination of announcement procedures when lifting a ball to identify it or to see if it is damaged.
- Pace-of-play support - Reduced time for searching for a lost ball (from five minutes to three); affirmative encouragement of “ready golf” in stroke play; recommending that players take no more than 40 seconds to play a stroke and other changes intended to help with pace of play.
- Simplified way of taking relief - A new procedure for taking relief by dropping a ball in and playing it from a specific relief area; relaxed procedures for dropping a ball, allowing the ball to be dropped from just above the ground or any growing thing or other object on the ground.
For more details please click here.
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Pairs Scramble Result In our first Saturday Competition of the year, a good field of 66 enjoyed the warmer weather, following last weekend's snow. With Mothers Day today the corresponding competition last year had a field of just 45, so the decision to switch to Saturday seems the right one. So to the results and an incredible 12 under score from Percy and Voce took home the spoils. The top five are as follows:
- C. Percy and J. Voce - 60.0.
- D. Edwards and S. Melbourne - 63.4.
- D. Sumner and L. Bailey - 64.2.
- L. Cornwall and K. Oakes - 64.4.
- M. Cheffins and G. Nixon - 65.2.
Next weekend sees the double header with a competition on both Saturday and Sunday. Still spaces available and with the weather looking dry and warm it could be a great weekend. |
Ladies Knockouts Entry sheets for the Ladies Individual Knockout, Ladies Pairs Knockout and Mixed Knockout will be in the locker room from this week. Cut off date for all competitions is Monday, 2 April and the draws will be done on Tuesday, 3 April. Please pay your entry fee when signing up for the competition(s) using the usual procedure. See entry sheets for full details. We hope to get started a bit earlier this year to give us more time to get the matches played.
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Golf Express Open The Golf Express Open takes place on Saturday, 7 April from 2:30pm - to book online please click here. |
Mid-week Events Mid-week Competitions return on Wednesday, 25 April and run every week throughout the summer, please look out for further details.
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Friday Night Club Friday, 4 May - Express golf after work, please look out for further details. |
Trentham Park Away Trip Our Trentham Park Away Trip takes place on Friday, 18 May and is open to all annual members. Please call or speak to the pro shop for more details. |
Wychwood Park Golf Club Easter Open - Friday, 30 March (10:02am – 12:02pm)
Details for the Easter Open are as follows:
- Entry - £60 per pair.
- Format - Pairs Better ball included on the day.
- 18 Hole Competition.
- Fish and chip supper.
- Prizes for top four teams.
Please use promotion code ‘EASTER10’ to save £10 on entry. Click here to book your spots today.
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Tee off and watch the US Masters from £59 per person at Wychwood Park Hotel and Golf Club Is there a more glorious sight than the Tiger fist pump? He’s ready for Augusta, are you? Fortunately, Wychwood Park has your back. We’re offering an unmissable opportunity to any guests wanting to watch the US Masters unfold while enjoying a round or more of Championship golf, a delicious evening meal and full buffet breakfast, golfers will be treated to the ideal breakaway. The European PGA Tour-standard course has USPGA greens, giving golfers a refreshing challenge whilst enjoying spectacular views. Prices start from just £59 per person for a one-night stay with dinner, bed and breakfast, including one round of golf (based on two sharing a twin room). For more information or to book a golf break at Wychwood Park Hotel and Golf Club, call the Golf Team on 01270 829 219 or click here to send us an email.
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Our new era has begun Last week you received an email from us asking for your help. It wasn’t anything too onerous or time-consuming; simply sparing 20 seconds of your time to complete your golfing profile. |
The reason we’re asking you to do this is so that we can start sending you personalised content that is more relevant to your golfing needs. For example, if you’re a lady golfer with a handicap of 28 then the weekly emails you receive will include ladies product that will be suited to your playing ability. Likewise, if you’re a gentleman off 12, we will begin sending you content that will help you to get your handicap down to the holy grail of single-figure digits. Thank you to everyone who has already completed their profile and for those of you who haven’t been able to as of yet, please try and do so in the near future. |
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