Sign Up on the board in the locker room by Tuesday 18th November.

Cost will go on your fees

Choice of: Traditional Christmas Lunch or Carrot Wellington

                         Christmas Pudding & Brandy Cream or Chocolate Brownie & Ice cream

Any specific dietary requirements please let Bev know.

The measurement of a penalty drop when playing competitions can no longer be two strides from the penalty area. In future for all competitions as the rules state that the ball should be dropped within 2 club lengths of where your ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area. The two club lengths must be measured by using the longest club (excluding the putter) in your bag.

31/10/25

Cathedral Course - Under Temporary local rule E-3, a Ball lying in the semi- rough on holes 4,5,7 and 16 may be lifted, cleaned and placed within 6 inches no nearer the hole.

THIS LOCAL RULE IS NO LONGER IN AFFECT

31/10/25

Please note prize money for non trophy competitions from July to September will be going on your cards in the next few days

1/10/25

The Cathedral Course has been re rated. The new ratings from the Red tees are as follows:

Course Rating 73.0

Slope 127

This will come in to effect from Monday 13th October.

The 100% Course Handicap Table is as below:

The 95% Playing Handicap for the Cathedral Course is as below:

PLEASE NOTE THE TOWER COURSE REMAINS  UNCHANGED. IT HAS NOT AT THIS POINT BEEN RE-RATED.

Handicap Prize is calculated using your handicap allowance (95% course handicap) in the normal way for a Q.Stableford

Scratch Prize (i.e. Senior Club Champion) stableford points are awarded as follows:

1 under Par (birdie) = 3pts,Par = 2pts,  1 over Par = 1pt.

e.g. 1st hole on Cathedral player gets a 5 = 1pt as the 1st hole is a par 4

          3rd hole on Cathedral player gets a 6 = 0pts as it is a par 4

         4th hole on Cathedral player gets 2 = 3pts as the 4th hole is a par 3

YOU MARK YOUR CARD IN THE NORMAL WAY FOR A Q.STABLEFORD APPLYING YOUR PLAYING HANDICAP (95% COURSE HANDICAP)

For the scratch result you do not have to do anything different from marking your card in the normal way - Scratch Result sheet(Gross result) will be produced by the software.

Below is any example of the Brent Lodge this year showing the actual results and the gross results

BRENT LODGE off 95% Course Handicap

BRENT LODGE off scratch i.e. gross i.e. no handicap applied

Wednesday 22nd May 4mm of rain fell over night on the golf course

Can you spot them all? There are in fact 13 "babies" in this photo taken on Thursday 17th April

IF you are not sure whether your email with photo of your scorecard has been sent please check your sent box to see if the email has been sent.

IF you cannot send a photo of your scorecard please ask your playing partner to photo and send your photo to the "cards" email address.

Members of affiliated  clubs are automatically eligible for a county card from the IG County App

Card holders MUST contact clubs prior to going to the club to play and inform them of their intention to use the card to gain a reduced green fee.

The card MUST be produced as proof of identity to obtain the reduced green fee.

Clubs are entitled to amend their County Card offers during the year.

The card expires on the 31st March and will renew on the 1st April.

The expiry date is updated each year, to renew your card you simply need to fully close the App on your phone and reopen it, The expiry date will automatically renew. 

To access County Card initially download IG County App.

Select Sussex as County

Bottom right click on County Card

Fill in CDH Number

Surname

Email Address

County Card appears as County membership. Gives your name, county, home club, CDH number and Handicap Index

Click on the here to see how to repair a pitch mark correctly

The following Local Rule is in use from Saturday Nov 30th

Areas in bunkers where sand has been removed by the movement of water, resulting in deep furrows through the sand are Ground Under Repair.

Please note that where this condition exists, the bunker itself remains in play but free relief from the affected area may be taken by dropping a ball in the bunker within 1 club length of it, no nearer the hole.

Information is available at the clubhouse and this Local Rule will appear on the scorecard when the next batch of scorecards are printed.

It is always best to agree with your playing partners that your ball is affected by such an area before taking relief.

The Committee has decided that as well as being played off 100% Course Hcp ( N.Qualifying Competition as not all clubs allowed to be used)) for this year the Competition will be trialled using 100% Course Hcp plus 2 shots.

It is worth reading the definition of GUR in Rules of Golf under definitions as it is very extensive.

Please note you should only enter areas of GUR to retrieve your golf ball

You should not walk through an area of GUR and not with your trolley!!

Relief from GUR is "Free Relief" at the nearest point, no nearer the hole.

Depending where your ball is sitting in the GUR your nearest point of relief maybe to the side of the GUR.

It is always best to check with your playing partner that they agree with the point at which you are taking free relief is the nearest point of relief and not nearer the hole.

The Away Day Competition is not run by the Ladies' Committee, so is therefore not a qualifying competition. It is like a society competition, so can be run using 100% of Course Handicap as the "Society" is not affiliated to England Golf, as is the Ladies' Section.

Did you know the recommended pace of play for a four ball is:

Cathedral Course

Front nine No more than 2 hours 20 minutes

Back nine No more than 2 hours

Tower Course

Holes 1-11 No more than 2 hours 15 minutes

Holes 12-18 No more than 1 hour 45 minutes