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| Microsoft Summer Series at Al Badia: Round 1 Results | I hope you all enjoyed the first match of the Microsoft sponsored Summer Series hosted by Four Seasons (Al Badia)? Although hot, the course was in good shape and ensured some great scores.
Winners on the day were:
1st: Aman Sangar (41 points)
2nd: Pete Lindsay (38 points) – countback
3rd: Ted Green (38 points)
NTP (hole 3): Pete Lindsay
NTP (hole 11): Franck Michaud
Note: All vouchers for the winners will be handed out at the prize giving of the final mach of the Summer Series in September.
So, who is vying for the xboxs? Obviously Ted and Pete have started their Summer campaign well and are now leading their respective divisions (Cat 1: 0-14; Cat 2: 14-28) although there are a few golfers biting at their heels. In category 1, John Wilby (37 points), Dean Moss (34 points) and Sat Sembi (34 points) posted good scores. In category 2, Peter Dally (36 points) and Rosslee Wahid (35 points) still have everything to play for! However, with still two matches to go, everything is still up for grabs – see you at the next event (registration is open)! | |
| Microsoft-sponsored Summer Series at Four Seasons Resort (Al Badia) | We have organised a "Summer Series" event which will be hosted by Four Season Golf Resort (Al Badia) and the prizes are being sponsored by Microsoft. Details are as follows:
- Each event is to be held at the Four Seasons Course (Al Badia) and will cost not more than AED 350 /- per person. (Note, only "fully-paid" members of the Society will be allowed to register for the events).
- Dates of the events are: (1) Friday 19th June, 0700 rolling start. (2) Saturday 25th July, 0700 rolling start. (3) Friday 25th September, 1230 rolling start.
- The series takes place over three events where the final winning score will be taken from the best two stableford scores over the three match series (i.e. the two best scorecards out of three count). If you only play in two events, then these two scores will count towards your total.
- Where there is a tie, the most recent scorecard will be taken; if this is the same then the best back 9 of the most recent card will be the deciding factor, and so on.
- Microsoft have provided some fantastic prizes: 3 Xboxs with the latest Tiger Woods game (2010) - this game is yet to be released to the general public. The prizes will be distributed between two categories: Cat 1 (Handicaps of 0 - 14) and Cat 2 (Handicaps of 15 and above). The third Xbox will be raffled at the presentation after the last match - raffle tickets for this will be sold at the prize ceremony. (Note: based on the high stableford scores at Sharjah we are reviewing the handicaps of Society members - watch this space for further details....)
- There will be small prizes given for winners of the individual events.
The first game of the Microsoft / Four Seasons Summer Series is now open for registration.
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| Handicaps: New Society Rules | Since the closure of Nad Al Sheba, many of our Society members have taken the option of joining the various seasonal, corporate and mid-week deals which have been promoted. As a result, the administration of handicaps has obviously been more difficult as the clubs, for these memberships, will generally not administer handicaps.
Therefore, the Committee have introduced a simple form of handicap administration based on a version of the the EGA rules:
For every shot over a stableford points system of 36 points, a players handicap will be cut in the following manner:
- H/cap 5 and below: 0.1 per point
- H/cap 6 to 17: 0.2 per point
- H/Cap 18 and above: 0.3 per point
For example, if a player of handicap 20 (exact: 20.0) scores 41 points, they will be cut (5 * 0.3 = 1.5) = 18.5. This equals a playing handicap of 19 (18.4 would indicate a playing handicap of 18). Note: where we have a medal format, scorecards will be converted into stableford points and adjusted accordingly. Also, there will be no increases in handicap - handicaps will only be cut (reduced) by the Society, not increased.
We recognise that these handicaps will not be official, but we also wish to ensure there is an even distribution of prizes during our calendar year. We will then review at the end of the year to see how successful it has been to achieve this objective and whether we continue doing this task.
For your information, we will initiate this system from our last event at Sharjah. Therefore, there were several handicap changes (a "*" represents a change in playing handicap):
- Wayne Classen: 18.0 -> 15.9 (16)*
- Wolf Lennert Didszuhn: 22.0 -> 21.7 (22)
- Iain Lachlan: 5.0 -> 4.7 (5)
- Craig McBride 11.0 -> 10.8 (11)
- Dean Moss 15.0 -> 14.4 (14)*
- Phil Stuckle 20.0 -> 19.4 (19)*
- Donna Tapp: 36.0 -> 35.1 (35)*
- Mike Woosley: 16.0 -> 15.6 (16)
If you are a member of a club and do get your handicap monitored on a regular basis, you should ensure that this is updated on the website.
For those who wish to take a more active role in administering their handicaps, there are excellent websites to do this:
(1) oobgolf (unofficial handicap tracker, but great statistics and community site)
(2) Today's Golfer (UK): official handicap tracker. | |
| Microsoft-sponsored Summer Series at Four Seasons Resort (Al Badia) | We have organised a "Summer Series" event which will be hosted by Four Season Golf Resort (Al Badia) and the prizes are being sponsored by Microsoft. Details are as follows:
- Each event is to be held at the Four Seasons Course (Al Badia) and will cost not more than AED 350 /- per person. (Note, only "fully-paid" members of the Society will be allowed to register for the events).
- Dates of the events are: (1) Friday 19th June, 0700 rolling start. (2) Saturday 25th July, 0700 rolling start. (3) Friday 25th September, 1230 rolling start.
- The series takes place over three events where the final winning score will be taken from the best two stableford scores over the three match series (i.e. the two best scorecards out of three count). If you only play in two events, then these two scores will count towards your total.
- Where there is a tie, the most recent scorecard will be taken; if this is the same then the best back 9 of the most recent card will be the deciding factor, and so on.
- Microsoft have provided some fantastic prizes: 3 Xboxs with the latest Tiger Woods game (2010) - this game is yet to be released to the general public. The prizes will be distributed between two categories: Cat 1 (Handicaps of 0 - 14) and Cat 2 (Handicaps of 15 and above). The third Xbox will be raffled at the presentation after the last match - raffle tickets for this will be sold at the prize ceremony. (Note: based on the high stableford scores at Sharjah we are reviewing the handicaps of Society members - watch this space for further details....)
- There will be small prizes given for winners of the individual events.
The first game of the Microsoft / Four Seasons Summer Series is now open for registration.
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| Tower Links Special Offer for May and June | We would like to inform you that Tower Links is offering members of the Emirates Golf Society a discount for golf played on a Saturday for the months of May and June. I have enclosed the email sent to me below for your perusal:
Dear Tim.
Tower Links Golf Club is offering a
‘Saturday Special’ for the months of April and May prior to our Summer Rate
coming into effect on the 1st June. During this period we are
charging Society Members 300 Dirhams for 18 holes of golf inclusive of shared
golf cart and range balls. I would really appreciate it if you could relay this
information to all your Society Members so they can take full advantage of this
deal.
Thank you for your help regarding
this matter.
Yours sincerely.
Andy Stuart
Their website (and thus contact details and directions) are shown here.
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| Results: Arabian Ranches Golf Day | | Congratulations go to Tim Burnell who won this weeks golf day at Arabian Ranches. He scored a fine 35 points, one point ahead of his playing partner Dean Moss. Third-place went to Tim Collins who beat off a host of players on 33 points on a countback. To top off a great day on the Desert course, the "nearest-the-pin" prizes went to Paul Nightingale and Tim Burnell (again!). | |
| Season extended to March 31 2009 | | The season has now been changed form April the 1st through March the 31st which allows the Society to be in Sync with the Company Budget.
Your membership for the extended 2008 Season is AED 125.
If you wish to renew your membership the amount of AED 125 must be paid to:
Tim Collins, Chris van Zyl or Iain Lachlain on or before the next event which will be the Club Championship in November.
The AGM will be held in March prior to the 2009 Season.
If you have any questions please contact Tim, Chris or Iain.
Regards EGS Committee. | |
| David Moore Wins Sharjah Event | | David emerged winner scoring 35 points on a warm but pleasant afternoon shot gun start played at the Sharjah Golf and Shooting club.
The course was in excellent condition and the greens played slow but true. Water on and around the course made for interesting club selections.
David had a steady round failing to score on only one hole but made up for it with a good birdie on hole 2 plus net birdies on holes 5,11 and 18 which ensured the well earned victory.
Second place went to Ted Green with 34 points followed by Kader Tazerout third on a count back with several other players.
Nearest the Pin went to Will Loferg on hole 3 and John Reavy on hole 17 - well done to all winners and we look forward to seeing you all at the next event. | |
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