GM National Strokeplay championship

[Deleted Member 1156]

I personally wouldn't travel to play in a medal

7/8 Stableford would be very workable IMO

Medal it is then

 

[CMAC]

I think that if you travel three hours for a regional medal event, start with a 10 it might turn into a miserable day. I assume we will be playing in winter months again, so weather could be bad, so would be good to keep moving. Perhaps the final could be medal ?

3/4 handicap should filter out any chancers, and make it more attractive to lower handicaps. I think that is what Trilby Tour do, and high handicaps still seem to do ok. I am sure we have no bandits on the forum though.

We had a forum meet at Blackmoor a few years ago, 40 odd players and played 7/8 handicap. Best score was 36 points from memory, so that seemed to work ok, so worth considering as well.

so why not choose a summer month? #Justsayin

 

[Val]

so why not choose a summer month? #Justsayin

People have plenty on at their own clubs

 

[pokerjoke]

Im certainly happy to run the South West again no problem.
The only problem I see is the travelling for the final whoever wins.
Medal in the final was fine the conditions on the day were the problem,the course was
fine but with the conditions it was tough.
The travelling to the final was a nightmare and I would probably say im not
going to travel 4 hours to it.

 

[CMAC]

People have plenty on at their own clubs

I can easily just choose to miss one medal in the year to play in a big comp in the summer, plus there seems to be a lot of nomads on here as well. Oh well, if it has to be winter then sobeit

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Would playing this in spring not be a better option? How about qualifiers in March and final in April? Or April and May?

Good chance of getting winter rates in March as well to keep the cost down.

 

[richart]

Would playing this in spring not be a better option? How about qualifiers in March and final in April? Or April and May?

Good chance of getting winter rates in March as well to keep the cost down.

March, April, May are winter months to me.

I would be happy to sort something out at Blackmoor in March, or beginning of April as a regional qualifier. Course always drains well, so 'winter' golf not a problem.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Not so good, I should add that although I knew who I was playing with it wasn't necessarily a good thing, although Gaz is a nice fella :rofl:

Oi, I was too busy keeping my level par gross going, at least for 15 holes anyway, after that I tailed off A LOT.

 

[Liverbirdie]

I think medal qualifier is fair enough just to filter out any chancers then 7/8ths Stableford for the final imo.

People travelling for the final wont need a week off then. It was a long day for me last year and I only live round the corner

+1 medal for the regional qualifiers to sort the men from the boys and girls, stableford for the finals day.

7/8 throughout, maybe 20 shots (or 18) max.


Generally the regional qualifiers only had upwards of 20 golfers (we did ours over two weeks, as not everyone could do the one date), so had about 25 overall, iirc. Medal was fine

The Finals day had about 40, so with hindsight, stableford would be a better option next time. Remember, the main comp was the first two fourballs, the remainder had a separate comp and were there for the day out and to meet some other forummers.

 

[Val]

Would playing this in spring not be a better option? How about qualifiers in March and final in April? Or April and May?

Good chance of getting winter rates in March as well to keep the cost down.

Qualifier was March in Scotland the final was the end of May.

 

[Val]

Oi, I was too busy keeping my level par gross going, at least for 15 holes anyway, after that I tailed off A LOT.

To be fair mate you played some awesome stuff that day.

 

[Liverbirdie]

To be fair mate you played some awesome stuff that day.

For 15 (level gross iirc), but then lost two balls in 3 holes and missed an 18 incher, to finish about 8 over for 3.

Thats golf!!!

 

[JCW]

I played at B & B in Feb and was 2nd on countback and fancy it again , GM Open Championships sounds good , play all the region ones with maybe top 5 going forward then have the big comp a 36 hole medal over 2 days , I am sure GM will like to be involved somehow , I keep a look out for it , One at B & B was a good day as we were in the worst spell of rain and just for that one day it stop and we had sunshine

 

[Qwerty]

So who's going to Sail this Ship then?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

So who's going to Sail this Ship then?

I have put my name in the frame but won't be able to do it single handed :thup:

 

[williamalex1]

Dave, if it's early in the year then take it to the links. You'll get a good deal at Dundonald and people will travel for it, also in the area is Barassie, Glasgow Gailes and Western Gailes (possibly the best links on the west coast) who may just do you a deal (we had a plus 4's outing at Western on the same day as the KOK last year for £50).

I'd avoid the Dukes early in the year, it's a nice layout but will be no better than your average parkland course condition wise.[/QUOTE I agree the Dukes isn't great, but i like the sound of the other courses you mention.

I'll go with the flow regarding stroke or stableford, but prefer strokeplay. I think it should be forum members only , not as if its hard to join the forum and get involved is it .

 

[virtuocity]

Western Gailes is only 20 mins from me, I vote for that

 

[williamalex1]

Western Gailes is only 20 mins from me, I vote for that

Can you give us a lift :lol:

 

[virtuocity]

Aye.

 

[patricks148]

Aye.

and me