East Lothian Junior Golf League

Supporting junior golf in East Lothian, Scotland

Junior Comps – East Lothian Schools OOM etc

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A message from Kate Green – Hi there, a quick reminder that we have the below junior events planned over the next few weeks/months for all ages and standards. Please could you share this information with your clubs and with your junior members/juniors that attend coaching at your club.

Pre Season 9 hole Stablefords

https://www.activeeastlothian.co.uk/news/pre-season-9-hole-stablefords-2258

Open to players with and without handicaps as they compete in separate divisions. ALL standards welcome and the age range is generally 7 – 14. The booking deadline for this Friday’s competition is today so anyone wishing to enter just need to email me asap to be added to the draw.

Dates

  1. Fri 7th Feb 2020, Shotgun start 1400 finish 1515 (approx.)
  2. Sat 15th Feb 2020, Shotgun start 1400 finish 1515 (approx.)
  3. Fri 21st Feb 2020, Shotgun start 1400 finish 1515 (approx.)
  4. Fri 6th March 2020, Shotgun start 1400 finish 1515 (approx.)

Venue:  North Berwick’s Wee Course

Price:  £3 payable on the day (for the prize pot!)

To enter email: [email protected]

Booking deadline:  Friday a week prior to each competition

Secondary School Golf Order of Merit

These events count towards handicap and are free of charge to enter.

Please see details below and online:  https://www.activeeastlothian.co.uk/news/secondary-school-golf-order-of-merit-1935

Our local clubs are kindly hosting our events free of charge so players are asked to book in as far in as advance as possible. 

Booking deadline:  Friday a week prior to each competition

  • Secondary School Order of Merit Event 4

Venue:  Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

Date:  Fri 20th March 2020

Closing date for entries: Fri 13th March 2020

  • Secondary School Order of Merit Event 5

Venue:  Kilspindie Golf Club

Date:  Fri 27th March 2020

Closing date for entries: Fri 20th March 2020

  • Secondary School Order of Merit Event 6

Venue:  The Glen Golf Club North Berwick

Date:  Fri 24th April 2020

Closing date for entries:  Fri 3rd April 2020

Criteria:  open to players that attend Secondary School in East Lothian and have an official handicap

Please note:  P7’s with official handicaps of less than 36 will be considered if times are available

Format:  18 hole Stableford  and counts towards handicap

Players clock up points at each event and the winners of the Scratch and Handicap Divisions will again hopefully have the opportunity to play in the Council’s Pro Am team at one of the PGA Pro Opens.

Times:  1330 -1430 To enter email [email protected] confirming:

Players Name

Home Club

Handicap 

CDH number (Central Database of Handicaps)

The current 2020 Secondary School Golf Order of Merit is available online:

https://www.activeeastlothian.co.uk/media/201920_east_lothian_secondary_school_order_of_merit_copy1.pdf

This Girl Golf’s Winter Series

With support for the East Lothian Ladies County Golf Association and local clubs the focus is fun and to build golfing friendships.

Open to all ages and standards.

Please find details of all of our forthcoming Girls Golf events online: 

https://www.activeeastlothian.co.uk/news/this-girl-golfs-winter-series-2259

This Girl Golf’s Event 3

Venue:  Craigielaw South Course

Date:  Sun 23rd Feb 2020

Shotgun Start:  1330

Estimated finish time:  1500

Format:  6 hole short course Stableford

Organiser on the day:  Frances Hall

Price: £3 payable on the day

To book email Kate Green:  [email protected]

 This Girl Golf’s Event 4

Venue:  Longniddry Golf Club

Date:  Sun 15th March 2020

Times from:  1330

Format:  6 or 13 hole Stableford from varying tees depending on ability

Organiser on the day:  Maree Rudd

Price:  £3 payable on the day

To book email Kate Green:  [email protected]

East Lothian Junior Golf League News

Orders of Merit – Final results!

There were many OOM positions and prizes to sort out after the final Match-Day at the West Links. Thanks are due to Stuart Martin, now a TV star, (see below) of the host Club for assisting with the compilation of these.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The OOM positions, with thanks to Golf Genius, are pasted in below the photographs and an analysis and the prize list. There were 130 Juniors who competed in at least 1 Match Day this year. The format is that Players count their best 5 placings at the 10 Match Days. The outright Scratch OOM winner was current Lothians Boys Champion Fergus Brown of Gullane who won by 9 OOM points from Luke Greig of Royal Musselburgh. Fergus’ 7 appearances in the 10 Match Days, resulted in these finishing positions (with T indicating a tied place) – 1, 1, 2, T2 and a T4. He was able to discard other finishes of T5 and T9. Fergus showed a consistently high standard all year and thoroughly deserved his voucher for £100 and an Open Championship woolly hat! His handicap was reduced from 0.5 at his first MD to +1.1 by the end of the season. Luke, the current East Lothian Junior League Champion, was placed T1, T2, T3, T4 and 4 in his best 5 placings from 7 appearances. The 3rd to 5th placed Players, who all received vouchers and prizes, were Jack Lucas of Gullane, Magnus Braby of Craigielaw, and Jack Collingswood of the West Links.

The winner of the Net OOM, and a voucher for £100 and an Open Championship woolly hat, was Connor Cook of Gifford, who was placed T1, T2, T4, T6 and T7 in his best 5 placings from 8 appearances. In the final Match Day of the season at West Links, Connor’s closest pursuer, Daryl Yuill of Craigielaw, could not make up the gap and improve on his worst placing of T13. During the season Connor reduced his handicap from 24 to 16! Other prizewinners were Adam McLean of Craigielaw, Jamie Barker of Royal Musselburgh and Harry Dunkinson who filled the next 3 places. Five players also received a prize for playing in all 10 MDs!

There were additional prizes for Girls and for for Age Groups U14 and U12. The winners in all categories can be seen in the table below. The top Girl in the Scratch section was Evie McCallum, and in the Net section it was Rebecca Wilson, both playing for the East Lothian Ladies Girls Team. They both received golf caps from the recent Solheim Cup which were both signed by the European Team Captain Catriona Matthew.  All the other players in the prize list below received prizes donated either by the League, the R&A, or by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield. Our thanks are due to all of them.

Photos of Evie McCallum, and Rebecca Wilson, winners of the Girls Scratch and Net OOMs respectively, with their prizes signed by Catriona Matthew.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos of the winners with League Secretary Dave Warren – Fergus Brown (top) and Connor Cook (below)

 

 

 

Goodbye to some Juniors!

As somehow happens every year, Juniors have a habit of becoming too old for the following year so we wish them well in their further education and future careers, and hope they will keep playing golf for the rest of their lives. The Players in this category who have regularly supported the League are: – Gregor Thomson, Carl Schmidt, Blair Welsh, Sam Hall, Neil Canavan, Annie Wilson, Connor Currie, Lucy Morrison, Angus Mather, Natalie Fowler, Mikey Shepherd, Byron Archibald, Scott Marnoch, Caelan Pugh, Emma Chapman and Ala Gorka. Sadly, Alexander Yuill and his family will be moving away to Surrey, but we hope he stays in touch. The following attributes you may have learned through golf may serve you well in future.

David Rudd – EuroPro Tour card!

David Rudd, one of our former League and Watson Cup Players has managed to secure a PGA EuroPro Card for 2022. David played well in tough conditions at Formby Hall at the end of last month to finish T2 and secure a spot in the final qualifying stages at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club last week. In a field of 195 players he finished the third round in the top 40 players and therefore he will have a full playing category for next year. This will ensure he is able to start all of the PGA EuroPro events that he decides to add to his schedule. Attached is a photo from last weeks pre-dawn warm up with thanks to Mum Maree!

“OOM” – SORTED!

18th Sept 2021 – I have corrected the errors in the set up for awarding OOM points and this resulted in significant changes. Thanks are due to GolfGenius for resolving these.

You can NOW view the Scratch and Handicap OOMs on your Golf Genius App under “Season Points.” If you click on your names, you can see your positions in all the MDs in which you have played. You can also see on the “Standings’ how many points behind you are and how you can quickly catch up!

For our 2021 season, the League is using a new system on “Golf Genius” for our Scratch and Handicap Orders of Merit. Previously, Players’ best 6 points scores in the fields at all 10 Match Days counted for both Scratch and Handicap OOMs. However, this year only, this will be relaxed to 5 out of 10 due to the shortened season and several fixture clashes. The new system, now awards OOM points only to the top 25 Players at each Match Day. The top 25 Players in each of the Scratch and Handicap OOMs will receive points for their placings in the field, as per the table below. The Player(s) finishing with the most Gross and Net Stableford points at each MD will receive a bonus of 5 points. Every Player attending will receive 5 additional points for competing. The finishing positions at the first 8 MDs have now been calculated and can be seen your Golf Genius App. Boys and Girls are all competing for the same OOM prizes. Players tied with the same Stableford points at any MD will receive the same points in the OOMs as no count-back will be applied to the MD placings. There are trophies for the 2 winners and prizes and prize vouchers for 1st to 5th placed players in each of the Gross and Net OOM categories. In addition, there will be some prizes for the top Girls, U14 and U12 Boys in the table. Players cannot win more than 1 prize, and they will be given the best prize they could be given should they feature at the top in both OOMs. The positions of Players in the OOMs, will have a bearing on who receives invites to go an any future trips that League Players make to Pinehurst, but consideration will be given to both age and handicaps at the time of any trip, and Covid vaccination status. Players who have been before may receive another invite if the size of the party allows.

 

 

 

 

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