Fees (changed from last year) The joining fee for our Winter Stableford Series will be £10 (£5 will go towards Junior Section Funds and £5 will go into the Order of Merit League Pot - previously a percentage of weekly fee went to Junior Section Funds - now full amount of weekly fee goes towards Prizes)
Each week you play the entry fee will be £3.
Joining fee (£10) should be placed in an envelope marked with your name and "Winter Stableford" then posted in the scorecard box - closing date is 30th November 2019.
Weekly entry fee of £3 should be placed in an envelope marked with your name and date and then posted in the scorecard box (C Class) - this should be completed before going out on the course.
Who can play in this competition? The Winter Stableford Series is open to ALL Gents, Ladies and Junior Members of Falkirk Golf Club who have a CONGU Handicap.
When does the Winter Stableford begin and end? The competition will begin week commencing Monday 4th November 2019 and will end on Sunday 22nd March 2020.
What will the format of the competition be? The format is Stableford using full handicap and shots are to be taken at the holes determined by the stroke index.
What par will we use for the 1st, 3rd and 18th holes? The 1st hole will always be a par 4 from Yellow Tees and forward and a Par 5 if playing further back from the Yellow Tees at the old 2nd green or medal tee. The 3rd hole will be a Par 3 when it is on the winter green. The 18th will be a Par 4 at all times.
Prizes? There will be weekly prizes – 2 categories when 20 or more members play and the best 3 scores in each category will receive prizes – categories will be playing handicaps 0 to 14 and 15 to 28.
When less than a total of 20 members participate during the week then only 1 category will be used for prizes but handicap adjustments will still be made. (this is a change from last year)
All weekly prizes will be credited to your bar card. Scores All scores must be entered via the “Winter“ section of the Club Website before 7pm on the Sunday and cards posted in the club scorecard box – no scores will be accepted following this time.
Handicapping (changed from last year) Scores of less than 32 = increase in handicap of 0.5
Scores of above 36 = decrease in handicap of 0.5 PER POINT above 36.
Handicaps will be adjusted when less than 20 members play.
Handicaps will not be adjusted for “NO RETURNS”.
Handicaps will be adjusted when less than 20 members enter during the week. (this is a change from last year and previous info. on previous flyers)
Order of Merit Leagues (changed from last year)
There will be Order of Merit Leagues for the 2 categories– Hcaps 0-14 and 15-28.
There will be prizes for the top 5 players in each League following the final week.
Each members top 8 points scores will be used to produce our Leagues.
Your score will count for Order of Merit League whether less than 20 members play or not (this is a change from last year and previous info. on previous flyers).
Results Results will be published on the Club Website and on our Club FACEBOOK Page.
Further Rules
Registration book within shop (if open) must be signed before start of play.
