Senior Section

Seniors Captain Ronald Milne

 

2022 Turriff Seniors Interclub matches

Date	Club	Venue	Time	Notice	Closing	Numbers
Tues 12th April	Meldrum House	Meldrum House	10:00 for 11:00	21st March	2nd April	16
Mon 25th April	Royal Aberdeen	Balgownie	9:15 for 10;00	4th April	16th April	16
Tues 3rd May	Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh	9:00 for 9:45	11th April	23rd April	16
Frid 13th May	Murcar	Murcar	9:45 for 10:30	18th April	7th May	16
Frid 20th May	Newmachar	Newmachar	10;15 for 11:00	25th April	14th May	16
Frid 10th June	McDonald Ellon	Ellon	9;15 for 10:00	16th May	4th June	16
Mon 20th June	Cruden Bay	Cruden Bay	10;15 for 11:00	30th May	11th June	16
Thur 30th June	Murcar	Turriff	10:15 for 11:00	9th June	21st June	16
Tues 12th July	Deeside	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	20th June	2nd July	16
Mon 18th July	Cruden Bay	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	27th June	9th July	16
Tues 26th July	Fraserburgh	Turriff	10:15 for 11:00	4th July	16th July	16
Tues 9th August	Aboyne	Aboyne	10;15 for 11:00	18th July	30th July	16
Mon 15th August	Deeside	Deeside	9:15 for 10:00	25th July	6th August	16
Tues 23rd August	Royal Aberdeen	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	1st August	13th August	16
Tues 6th September	Moray	Turriff	10:15 for 11:00	15th August	27th August	16
Tues 20th September	Meldrum House	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	30thAugust	11th September	16

Seniors JD Pirie Am AM Monday 16th May 2022

Team	Score
Bill Robertson – Doug Connon – Raymond Ogg – Muriel Barnes	115
Gordon Martin – Alan Clitherow – Vera Mitchell – Joan Milne	118
George Manson – Charlie Milne – John Rolf – Ruth Fraser	119

Ladies front nine

Name	Points

Summer Season 2022

Booking Tee Times

If you wish to play in our Monday morning competitions you will have to book a tee time on the BRS system. 

Tee times for the seniors’ 9-hole Stableford competitions will be available between and 8.00 am 10.30 am.

Tee times for monthly medals and Seniors’ Championship will be available between 8.00 am -10.30 am and 12.00 – 12.40pm. 

Registration and payment of the £1.50 competition fee will be in the Pro Shop. 

Competition Handicaps

For most of our summer competitions your playing handicap will be 95% of your course handicap.

Your course handicap can be found by using your handicap index and the poster on display outside the Pro shop. You can find your current handicap index on the Howdidido or Scottish golf Apps.

As decided at the 2021 AGM, Senior Members will be allowed their full playing handicap up to 54 for all senior competitions

Recording scores during and after the round

Please record your own score on your card plus one of your playing partners score. 

At the end of the round you and your playing partners should agree each other’s final score for the round. 

You should record your score in the club house on the computer if available or use the Club’s howdidido remote score entry app. If you are unable to use the app please ask at the office for assistance.

Scores must be recorded before the competition closes at midnight.

Competition Results

Most competition results can be viewed on howdidido.

Ball winners for the nine- hole Stableford competitions will be posted on the club’s website -Seniors’ Section. Ball winners will receive their prizes from the Pro Shop as in winter

Results for the J D Pirie AM/AM, the R Esslemont Texas Scramble and the Sandy Horn match play competitions will be emailed to members.

Competition Tees

Senior Gents competitions will be played from the Yellow Tees with the exception of the following competitions which must play from the White Medal Tees:

• Monthly Medal Championship
• The Seniors ‘ Club Championship
• The Sandy Horn Match Play Competition

Summer Monthly Medal Competitions

There are six 18 hole -stroke play medal competitions played during the Summer, they are played on Mondays as indicated in the Club Diary starting in April with the last one in September.

On each of these dates there will be three medal competitions:

• Ladies Medal Championship  played from the red tees
• Gents Medal Championship played from the white tees
• Gents Medal Salver played from the yellow tees.

The results for the above competitions will be posted on howdidido.com, the top seven players each month are awarded points.

The points awarded are as follows:

1^st         10 points

2^nd        8 points

3^rd        6 points

4^th        4 points

5^th        3 points

6^th        2 points

7^th        1 point

At the end of the Monthly Medal competitions, points are totalled to determine the Scratch and Handicap Prize Winners in each competition.

The June Monthly Medal also includes the Summer Salvers competition.

Salvers are presented to the following players:

• The Lady with the best score in the Ladies medal competition.
• The Gent aged 65 and over with the best score in the Medal Championship (white tees) competition.
• The Gent aged 70 and over with the best score in the Medal Salver (yellow tees) competition.

Seniors Club Championship

The Ladies and Gents Seniors’ Championship competitions are played over two rounds.

Handicaps remain the same for both rounds.

The winners are presented with the following trophies: 

Senior Ladies Scratch winner – The Purdie Cup

Senior Ladies Handicap winner – The Wilma McKilligin Trophy

Senior Gents Scratch winner  – The George Abel Cup

Senior Gents Handicap winner – The Riddoch Cup

Other competitions in the club diary

There are two team competitions in our summer programme: the J D Pirie AM AM

And R Esslemont Texas Scramble.

There is also the Sandy Horn match play competition.

Details of these competitions will be emailed to members.