Saturday's teams of 2 aggregate stableford attracted quite a small field. Possibly the hot weather was against us, temperatures in the afternoon were around 33 deg.
The new handicapping system is in operation and members now are more familiar with it. The software from Golf Computer Systems is being updated continually. The touch screen for score entry, near the locker rooms, has also been giving problems but we will get to the bottom of the problem to restore reliable operation.
On the results now, we have the daily scratch rating. This reflects the difficulty of the course on the day experienced by the players in the field. For example, Saturday's results had a DSR of 70 - 1 harder than our rating of 69. So that means that a "normal" score for a player on Saturday would have been 35 stableford points instead of 36. The DSR is taken into account when our handicaps are calculated.
Ball Comp. - Saturday's competition had balls awarded to those teams who scored the best scores in the competition but excluding the prize winners. The idea here is that outside of the winners or runners-up, more players will win balls. As Frank puts it - "spreading the love".
When we have a single stableford in conjunction with our stroke rounds - as per the recommendation of Golf Australia - the stroke round winners will be excluded from winning the stableford competition. Once again to "spread the love".
New Captain's Blog Page - During the coming week the "Men's Golf" will be replaced with the 'Captain's blog'. The Captain's blog will incorporate the men's golf results, draws and general matters of interest to the golfers at the club. It will be accessed the same way - off the menu off the side from "Our Club" page.
Maximums ranged from 17 degs to 33 degs in the last 5 days.
all the best
Kevin