Match Sec Report

Calendar

Now that we finally seem to have some stability over restrictions, the calendar is now available until the middle of July. Please note- it is subject to change!

12^th June	Saturday	All day	Ashludie	Ashludie Scratch and Handicap (Spring)
12^th June	Saturday	All day	Medal	Panmure Medal 2^nd/3^rd class Robertson Medal (Spring)
18^th June	Friday	4.00pm – 6pm	Ashludie	Gilroy Trophy
19^th June	Saturday	1.30pm – 3pm	Medal	Gilroy Trophy
26^th June	Saturday	1.30pm – 3pm	Medal	St Andrew’s Match
3^rd July	Saturday	All day	Ashludie	Ashludie Scratch and Handicap Cup
3^rd July	Saturday	All day	Medal	Corona Gold Medal 2^nd/3^rd class Challenge Medal
7^th July	Wednesday	All day	Medal	Wedding Tankard
10^th July	Saturday	1.30pm – 2.40pm	Carnoustie	Carnoustie Match (even years)

Medal Competitions

For the fixtures on the 12^th June, 3^rd July and 7^th July, simply sign in as normal on the day to be entered into the eponymous competition.

Gilroy and J Philip Trophies

Played over two rounds on consecutive days, this is our first ‘major’ of the season, and comes with a pair of beautiful trophies and large prizes- one for scratch and one for handicap. I have moved our booking forward by half an hour, as some competitors wished to be finish in time for the football. Please email me if you fall into this category.

St Andrews Match

The return fixture of this historic tie takes place in a few weeks’ time. Emails have gone out to the lowest handicappers in our database and most of the places have been filled. However, there are a few more places left, so keep an eye on your inbox for the lucky Golden Ticket!

Carnoustie Match

This takes the form of a scratch match over the Championship course and a handicap match over the Burnside. Details of how to sign up, bus arrangements etc will follow in the weeks to come. In the meantime- save the date!

Arbroath Match

As promised in this very newsletter, the sun shone, the course was in fantastic condition and the hospitality was amazing. The golf, unfortunately, cannot be described in such glowing terms, although the fact the bus found it difficult to get a car parking space next to the Arbroath horses, and there was very little room left in the locker room between all the sombreros and bullet belts, gives an idea of what Monifieth we up against. Bitter? Moi?

Arbroath 5 ½ Monifieth 3 ½

Sweep winners- Andrew Bratton and Thomas Colwill 4 and 2

Sweep

Please check the tables below for accuracy- that’s the point of publishing them! As you can see from the volume of pay outs, there is a lot of scope for a mistake.

FAQs

As promised, we have begun a section dedicated to the miseries, mistakes, and misunderstandings of Monifieth members. Never was it more apt than that a teacher should be Match Secretary when, having presented the same information over and over again in newsletters for a year, as well as citing links to other web pages for further explanation, the same apathetic ruffian at the back of the class still raises his hand to ask “how do you….?”

Q1. My playing handicap is different to my course handicap. Why is this?

A1. Everyone has a handicap index. Depending on the course you are playing, and the tees used, a calculation to do with the slope rating (how easy or difficult a course is) will give you a course handicap. This is used to calculate your score differential, which goes towards your handicap. However, under the new rules, in a stroke-play competition, there is a handicap allowance of 95% of the course handicap which generates your playing handicap on the day. WHS say that this creates a more level playing field.

EXAMPLE: My handicap index is 9.9- what should my playing handicap be on the Ashludie Course?

ANSWER: 9.9 x (110/113) x 0.95 = 9.15530973 which is rounded to give 9.

See here for more; What are Course & Playing Handicap Calculations? | Scottish Golf

Q2. I scored 34 points yesterday and my handicap went up 0.7, how can this be?

A2. Because the new handicap index is an average, it is unlikely, but not impossible, that such big swings in a handicap occur (there are also mitigations which stop too great a swing). In this case though, the system was- as always- correct.

The player’s 21st score- the one that no longer counted in his record (which, incidentally, he can look at on Scottish Golf), had a score differential of 8.2. This was miles better than the one that ended up replacing it, hence such a big swing. His next lowest score differential was 8.6 and then rest of his counting ones are all between 10.1 and 14.0. Hence, the new handicap, far from being “rotten” (as the understandably frustrated golfer described it!), is actually a better representation of how he is currently playing (i.e there is no evidence he can play to 8).

See here for more: Calculating Your Handicap Index Under WHS | Scottish Golf

Q3a. I won the sweep, but it’s someone else’s name in the newsletter. Why?

A3a. Because you didn’t enter the sweep! The table below is for players to check if they have been returned the correct money. If you have not entered the sweep- big or little- or twos, you cannot win it. Please see HowDidIdo for overall places- or as Jim Bowen might have said, “look what you could have won”!

Q3b. I got a Magic 2, where are my winnings?

A3b. The returning of winnings is not automated, the Match Secretary has to run the results, check the results against who has actually entered, assign winnings accordingly, record these winnings in the table which is published each week, record entry fees versus payouts for purposes of accounting and then manually return the correct amount to each of those who have won. The most efficient way to do this is weekly, meaning a short wait before you get your £dosh back!

Q3c. Why is there such a big discrepancy in the amounts paid between the winner and the player finishing second?

A3c. Basically, to save time (see above for details of the logistics involved in running seven sweeps every week- far more than some other local clubs!). Second place prize money doesn’t ‘kick in’ until there is a pot of at least £12, thereby saving the effort of having to return many miniscule prizes.

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Week Beginning 24/05/2021

Wednesday Ashludie

Position	Name		Winnings
1	Kenny M Scott		£13
2	Guido Gaechter		£3
Twos	NO WINNER		£11 CF
Takings	Little Sweep	Twos	Big Sweep
£27	£16	£11

Wednesday Medal

Position/Div		Name			Winnings
1		Ian Wylie			£11
2		Scott McDonald			£2
BS1		Scott McDonald			£12
Twos		Lee Sutherland			£8
Takings	Little Sweep		Twos	Big Sweep
£	£13		£8	£12

Saturday Ashludie

Position	Name		Winnings
1	Philip Crabb		£15
2	Ian Kelly		£5
3	Lindsay R Merchant		£2
Twos	Sean Donnelly		£14
Takings	Little Sweep	Twos	Big Sweep
£36	£22	£14

Saturday Medal

Position/Div		Name			Winnings
1		Andrew Bratton			£15
2		Roger Garbett			£5
3		Brian Murphy			£2
BS1		Jordan Murray			£36
BS2		Craig Mitchell			£9
Twos		Graham Doig			£21
Takings	Little Sweep		Twos	Big Sweep
£88	£22		£21	£45

Sunday Medal

Position	Name		Winnings
1	Sean Diamond		£7
Twos	NO WINNER		£9 CF
Takings	Little Sweep	Twos	Big Sweep
£12	£7	£5 +£4CF

Week Beginning 31/05/21

Monday Ashludie

Position	Name		Winnings
1	Graeme Scott		£4
Twos	NO WINNER		£2 CF
Takings	Little Sweep	Twos	Big Sweep
£6	£4	£2

Monday Medal

Position	Name		Winnings
1	Eric Brown		£11
2	G A Winton		£1
Twos	Graham Doig		£12
Takings	Little Sweep	Twos	Big Sweep
£20	£12	£8 +£4 CF