AWAY DAY TO MONIFIETH - Thursday, 10 July

This year we will be going to Monifieth for our annual Away Day.  First tee time is 1pm.

A sheet will be posted on the noticeboard in the Ladies Locker room for sign-up by 31 May.

I hope to see as many of you there as possible for a fun day out !!

WINTER LEAGUE FRIENDLY MATCHES - FINAL RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who gave up their time to represent the club over the winter.  

As you can see from the results, it was very close!

1st - Anstruther = 10 pts

2nd - St Michaels = 9 pts

3rd - Crail = 8.5 pts

4th - Blairgowrie = 8 pts

5th - Dunfermline = 7.5 pts

6th - Earlsferry Thistle = 2 pts

I would also like to thank Heather Dawson for taking on the role of Winter League Match Secretary and to all Team Captains for their reports.

Well done everyone  !!

GUESS THE NUMBER OF GOLF BALLS COMPETITION - APRIL 2025

In aid of Alzheimer Scotland, I will be running a "Guess the number of Golf Balls" competition for the month of April.  This idea, I believe, originally came from one of the Wee Course Ladies, Jean Laburn who kindly donated a sleeve of golf balls, which I will incorporate into the prizes.  (thank you Jean!)

I have put my own special spin on this..... have a look in the foyer of the golf club!

It costs £5 per guess (guess cards are available to purchase at the bar).  Simply purchase and complete a card then pop it into the box.

Have a look at the exciting prizes on offer !!

The exact number of golf balls will be announced on 30th April.  If there are cards with the same guess on it, a further draw will take place with the first drawn winning first prize and so on....

Good Luck everyone!  

SUMMER COMPETITIONS

The new season is almost upon us, so I thought I would give you a reminder of what's on offer.....some of which is not mentioned in my Newsletter.

Ladies Competitions - Wednesdays and Saturdays

We now have competitions on Wednesdays and Saturdays which are bookable 16 days in advance and will be played on the opposite course to the gents medal.  These competitions are for Ladies only and time zones have been set aside for us as follows on both days*:

8.30am-10.40am (split 8.30am-9.10am and 9.20am-10.40am)
12.30pm-1.20pm
5.30pm-5.50pm

(*unless there is an event which has been agreed last year, which will be honoured by the Club)

Please note that after the competition window has closed (see closing date on IG), unused tee times will be released.

Ladies Information Sheet and Terms of Competition can be found online by clicking on "Information" then "Club Information Sheets" and a hard copy is also in The Bible in the Ladies Locker Room.

Friendly Matches

There are 16 friendly matches this year (a mixture of home and away).  Marion Kay (Match Secretary) has put up more sign-up sheets, so please put your name up.  It is a great opportunity to represent your club in a fun format and to meet new friends.  (also open to Lansdowne Associate members)

Birdie Tree

When a player has a Gross Birdie (or better) during any SGL medal, Stroke play or Stableford competition, she can put her name on a flag and pin it on the first ‘nest’ on the Birdie Tree in the upstairs Ladies Locker Room.  When she has another Birdie, she progresses up to the next ‘nest’ and so on.  There is a Robin trophy for the player with the most Birdies in Division 1 and a Pheasant Trophy for the player with most Birdies in Divisions 2 & 3 combined.  The office will provide birdie reports for each competition as a means of verification.

Par Bar

Similarly, Gross Pars may be recorded by entering the details (name, date, hole on which Par was scored) on a card and posting it in the pocket of the Par Bar chart behind the door in the Ladies Locker Room.  A trophy will be presented at the end of the season for the player with the most Pars in Divisions 2 & 3 combined (i.e. with an end of season handicap index of 20.5 & above).  Again, the office will provide a report for verification purposes.

Summer Ringer

Similar to the Winter Ringer, cards can be submitted for the Summer Ringer for rounds played as part of a competition or during bounce games (up to a maximum of two cards per week) on Lansdowne.  The first score recorded must be over 18 holes; thereafter at least 9 holes must be played.  Players can improve the score on up to three holes on each card and the score on each hole can be improved only once after submission of the first 18-hole card.  The Hilda Hendry Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player with the lowest final score less half her handicap index as at 30th September. 

Summer Eclectic

The Eclectic runs on all Strokeplay and Stableford competitions on Rosemount over the summer.  This is administered by the office and updates will appear on Intelligentgolf.

Competitions - signup / general info

There is an entry fee of £1 payable prior to every full section competition (50p for all Wee Course competitions).  In addition, all ladies wishing to enter the full section competition will have the chance to enter an optional sweepstake and an optional twos which will cost £1 and 50p respectively per competition. 

On a medal day, all ladies should check in at the PSI system in the Foyer OR use their Smartphone app to check in before play.  At this point the compulsory entry fee of £1 (50p for Wee Course competitions) will be taken and all full section competition ladies will then have the option of entering the sweep/twos competition.

Sweep money won will be returned to the members Clubhouse (bar) account and twos money won will be put on to the members Pro Shop account.  Please note failure to check in before play will mean that the player will be unable to enter their scorecard after their round.

Full details of all Summer competitions are available in the Ladies Competition Bible in the upstairs locker room.

I wish you all an enjoyable and successful golfing season !

SEASON OPENER: LADIES CAPTAIN v. VICE CAPTAIN - Friday, 28th March

Fifty three ladies enjoyed sunshine and laughter in the Ladies Captain v. Vice Captain competition.  The format for the day was 4BBB with a group photo on the 1st tee of Rosemount before the drive-in by myself (which was rather nerve racking!).  Teams then headed off to their starting holes for the shotgun start at 10am.

The matches were played in a friendly manner with the Ladies Captain's team triumphant with a 31-17 win.

Post golf, thirty three ladies enjoyed a  welcome drink, lunch and compared stories of their round.

Free raffle prizes were presented along with a gift of chocolates to everyone who stayed for lunch.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who played and/or were at the lunch.  

I really appreciate you making my day so special.  I wish you all the very best of luck for the coming golfing season but most of all.....I hope you have fun and make new friends along the way.

Here are a selection of photos.....

FINAL BRIDGE SESSION - Tuesday, 25 March

The last session of this winter's Ladies Afternoon Bridge took place today with a fun competition.  Everyone kept a card with their Plus and Minus scores  and the winner with 2201 points was Louise Whitehead, closely followed by Maureen Urquhart.  There were consolation prizes for Ladies  with  Minus scores, but no names!

This year we are pleased to have had several ladies, who are  relatively new to the game, joining in.  Margaret Hunter, Moira Stewart  and Maureen Reid have been on hand with help and advice and have noticed improvements in everyone’s card play as the weeks went by. 

The Bridge  sessions normally begin again in mid October.   Details will be announced later in the year.

My thanks go to everyone involved in keeping this going after Noreen Fordyce left and also to Margaret Hunter for the report and lovely photos from today.

PINEHURST - Friday, 21st March

Another great turn-out of forty ladies, including some new ladies for the fun Pinehurst competition.  Hazy sunshine tried to warm everyone up but the cool breeze made it very chilly.

The results were:

Winning team - Gill Tissell and Marion Kay with a nett 64 who were presented with golf balls.

Closely followed by runners-up Lynne Bell and Liz Fertacz with a nett 65 on c/b.

Congratulations to the winners!   My thanks go to Heather Dawson for providing a report and photo.