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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.

In July 2019, The Committee announced to members that we would undertake two course layout trials.

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

A huge thank you to the 96 players who took part in our charity day and raised £2,000 for NHS Charities Together!

Further to the meeting with the Greens Committee, below is our plans for Winter 2020.

Below are the objectives we aim to complete in September prior to the commencement of the Winter Programme. As the season ends, we will...

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

It’s been a strange year and the committee is very conscious that we have been running the club as a virtual entity for the last few months.

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.

On behalf of our Captain Steve Simpson we would like to say a huge thank you to the 120+ players who took part in yesterday's Captains Lockd

We are pleased to announce that on review of the fixtures, we can reschedule all competitions, even those that we appeared to lose.

As of Monday 1st June, we will be increasing the number of players per group to 3-balls (Maximum).

We hope you are well and that the news we are reopening has lifted your spirits.

England Golf Official Statement - 11th May 2020

England Golf's latest Covid-19 Update.

Drax Golf Club to support NHS Charities Together.

This week the club have decided to hold a Charity Golf Day to raise funds for NHS Charities Together!

This week the club have decided to hold a Charity Golf Day to raise funds for NHS Charities Together!