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Tonight's achievements are in recognition to our Ladies Section who commenced their competitions in June after a short period of lock-down.

At this time, on this coming Saturday 7th November, we would have been due to commence our 30th annual Presentation Evening.

A Handicap Index is calculated from the best eight scores from a player’s last 20 rounds.

Slope Rating is the number which indicates the relative playing difficulty of a course for Bogey Golfers, compared to Scratch Golfers.

The Golf Course Rating will be used to measure the playing difficulty of a golf course.

For golfers in England, calculating a new Handicap Index will be front of mind when adopting the WHS.

The WHS was therefore developed with consideration given to club golfers who play both sporadically and more regularly.

The World Handicap System (WHS) comes into play on 2nd November 2020 in Great Britain and Ireland.

Captain Steve Simpson made a special trip earlier today to see the winner of the 2020 Captains Day Shield.

A huge Congratulations to Ruby Sutton who after her Hole-In-One on Friday successfully wrapped up her first Major Competition win yesterday.