Winter foursomes trophyThis winter will see the return of the RND Winter Foursomes order of merit, where players earn points based on their finishing position in each of 5 events scheduled from November to March (dates below).

Steve Morrish won last years series, closely followed by Richard Hughes and Chris Drew in 2nd and 3rd place. The points scoring system made for a close finish, which we will hope will be the case again this year.

The event has a great prize fund and we'd really like to see a good entry again this winter. 

 

How it works:

Players sign up individually online to enter the Winter Foursomes Order of Merit by entering all 5 events online. The cost is £5 per event. Those players who play in all of events 1 to 4, can play in event 5 free of charge. For everyone else it will remain £5 entry. 

The format is foursomes stableford, half combined handicap, with partners to be drawn. You can only play with the same person twice during the series, so if you happen to be drawn together for the 3rd time there will be a redraw. We will play off a selection of different tee's during the season depending on weather conditions. 

In the case that we have an odd number or a partner does not turn up, the remaining odd player will play Individual Stableford with 90% handicap allowance. 

Maximum handicap - 24.

 This has been increased slightly this year to allow for those squad players looking to compete in the high handicap cup for RND. The Winter Foursomes is open to any male member of the club with a handicap of 24 or better. 

The aim being to improve the performance of our club teams by finding new pairings and giving current players the chance to play foursomes with a range of other players. Building off our success in the Rosebowl last year we are hoping for a good entry to the Winter Foursomes again this year so we can push on to more silverware. 

Competitors must confirm their intent to play in each event online prior to the draw being made for that event. The draw will be made at least 3 days prior to the event with tee times posted online. 

Event Dates and times. Tee times subject to change depending on entry numbers.  

3rd  November
1st December
16th February
1st March
22nd March

All tee times are 10am to 11am

Players will gain order of merit points based on their finishing position in each event as follows:

Position       

  Points      

Position  

  Points

Winner

25

11th

   10

Runner up

20

12th

    9

3rd

18

13th

    8

4th

17

14th

    7

5th

16

15th

    6

6th

15

16th

    5

7th

14

17th

    4

8th

13

18th

    3

9th

12

19th

    2  

10th

11

20th or worse

    1

A players best 3 scores out of 5 will count towards the season ending prizes.

 

*Players who withdraw after the draw for each event has been made without notifying the organiser will be deducted 5 points.

Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 places in each individual event, plus top 5 places in the final order of merit places. 

Should players be level on points at the end of season order merit table, places will be decided by the 4th score the player has returned. 

Results and updated order of merit placings will be posted shortly after each event and updated throughout the season.

Prize fund - subject to change based on entries 

Per Event 

   Order of Merit

Place

    Prize           

 Place

  Prize

1st

  £25 each

 1st

  £100

2nd

  £15 each

 2nd

  £50

3rd

  £10 each

 3rd

  £30

   

 4th

  £20

   

 5th

  £10

Encourage any of your friends that haven't played in it before to consider it this year. 

Please get your entries in early! 

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Regards

Chris Brown
Match Manager