Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Very simple.
Does your club run qualifiers all year round, or do you have a 'season' for them?
Does your club run qualifiers all year round, or do you have a 'season' for them?
Qualifying Season?
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D
Deleted Member 1156
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My home club (heathland) has a 'season' but my away club (links) has qualifiers all year round.
D
Deleted member 1147
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My place is a parkland course built on clay, accordingly we stop the qualifiers in October and resume in late March/early April.
D
Deleted member 15344
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We don't have any comps in December , Jan and most of Feb - this allows the club the freedom to protect the course by removing use of tees at stages or bunkers being rebuilt maybe the odd winter green being used
dufferman
Journeyman Pro
Yes, all year round. And I played before the monthly medal went out yesterday in the frozen conditions... glad I wasn't part of the comp. Greens were awful! Wouldn't have been worth playing, just return your card empty and take the +0.1!
Craigg
Q-School Graduate
Yes, every fortnight and some midweek, although the Monthly Medal is replaced by Stableford from November up until March
Hosel Fade
Tour Rookie
Ran year round on what at times becomes an exceedingly wet course unless the specs can't be met
drewster
Tour Rookie
No unfortunately.
Fyldewhite
Tour Winner
Winter (short) course from end October to Mid-March. Lift, clean and place through the green....and boy it needs to be.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I used to think that, then one year we did and the phrase "be careful what you wish for" bit me on the ass.
Too many layers to swing freely, cold, often wet and windy, no run on the ball and occasionally frozen ground, horrific lies in the rough that has got soggy and churned up, and in our case at least, SSS of 2 less than par from the yellow tees.
I'm now happy that we don't have qualifiers year round, and can enjoy winter golf for what it is: a bit of fun until it's polo shirt weather again.
IanG
Tour Rookie
Stablefords for everyone just once a month in Nov-Feb. Ladies have also started running some 9 hole medals over the winter too. (They go out first thing so can skip 5-13 without cutting in on anyone).
Yes we have qualifiers all year round, and still off the white blocks in winter. If conditions are that bad and the scores reflect that, it becomes RO.
louise_a
Money List Winner
Sadly not for us, end of March until early October is our qualifying season
MendieGK
Tour Winner
Largely the same, Home Club (Parkland) is a duck pond in the winter. Away club (Links) is exceptional all year round
Capella
Journeyman Pro
April 1st to October 31st at ours, usually.
rosecott
Money List Winner
But only if less than 6% of the field manage to buffer or better.
NWJocko
Tour Winner
I've never played qualifiers through the winter but don't think I'd like to so agree with this.
By the time I've played comps, opens, team games all season etc it's nice to play some social golf/roll ups through the winter.
I wouldn't fancy going out in winter, weather turning absolutely foul and feeling I had to stay out if I had a decent score. Sooner just walk in and have a brew in the bar.
Spear-Chucker
Tour Rookie
Qualifying medals all year round, trophy comps run from April to September
moogie
Tour Winner
No, and I don't believe any club in our county area does
1st weekend in March
Til
Last weekend in October
That's my club season
1st weekend in March
Til
Last weekend in October
That's my club season
chellie
Tour Winner
This, although I do usually still go out in our Thursday comps even if the weathers horrendous.
