Senior Section

Seniors Captain Ronald Milne

 

2023 Turriff Seniors Interclub matches

Date	Club	Venue	Time	Notice	Closing	Numbers
Tues 11th April	Meldrum House	Meldrum House	10:00 for 11:00	21st March	4th April	16
Tues 18th April	Royal Aberdeen	Balgownie	9:15 for 10;00	3rd April	18th April	16
Tues 2nd May	Fraserburgh	Turriff	10:15 for 11:00	10th April	22nd April	16
Frid 12th May	Murcar	Murcar	9:45 for 10:30	17th April	7th May	16
Frid 19th May	Newmachar	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	24th April	13th May	16
Tues 30th May	Meldrum House	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	5th May	24th May	16
Frid 9th June	McDonald Ellon	Ellon	9;15 for 10:00	15th May	3rd June	12
Mon 26th June	Cruden Bay	Cruden Bay	10;15 for 11:00	29th May	10th June	12
Thur 29th June	Murcar	Turriff	10:15 for 11:00	8th June	20th June	16
Tues 11th July	Deeside	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	19th June	1st July	16
Mon 17th July	Cruden Bay	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	26th June	8th July	12
Tues 25th July	Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh	9:00 for 9:45	3rd July	16th July	16
Tues 8th August	Aboyne	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	17th July	29th July	16
Mon 14th August	Deeside	Deeside	9:15 for 10:00	24th July	5th August	16
Tues 22nd August	Royal Aberdeen	Turriff	10;15 for 11:00	31st July	12th August	16
Tues 5th September	Moray	Moray	10:15 for 11:00	14th August	26th August	16

Seniors Monthly Medal Monday 8th May 2023

Gents White Tees

Name	H/Cap	Nett
G Martin	22	68
N Clark	10	69
W Innes	21	78
L McCulloch	10	79
D Connon	24	86

Gents Yellow Tees

Name	H/Cap	Nett
W Gardiner	28	70
J Nicol	27	75
R G Milne	25	76
S Downie	21	83
D Ward	28	83

Ladies

Name	H/Cap	Nett
M Milne	37	78
U Ogg	30	81
I Dall	29	81
C Bruce	24	85
K Ward	29	87
M Barnes	24	89

21 Gents and 7 Ladies Played

Seniors Summer Golf Arrangements 2023

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 or themy Scottish golf app.
You can find your current handicap index on the Scottish golf app or howdidido.
Senior Members will be allowed their full playing handicap up to 54 for all senior
competitions
Recording scores during and after the round
Please exchange your score cards with your playing partners at the start of your round.
At the end of the round you and your playing partners should agree each other’s final score \ points
for the round and sign the score cards.
You should record your score using 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 Ladies competitions will be played from the Red tees.
Senior Gents competitions will be played from the Yellow Tees with the exception of the
following competitions which must be played 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.