Wednesday, January 29, 2020

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION COMPETITIONS - Two days to go until entries close for 2020 events

Clubs have just two days remaining to submit entries for the six extended Ayrshire Golf Association competitions in 2020.


The entries in each event received to date are:-


CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY
SHAUN HEDGER (West Kilbride)
ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)
STEVEN KNOX (Malletsheugh)
MICHAEL S. S. SMYTH (Royal Troon)
PAUL O’NEIL (Beith)
CONNOR MARTIN (Braehead)
STEPHEN MURRAY (Troon Portland)
ANDREW CARROLL (Drongan)
GORDON MUNRO (Caprington)
STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
PAUL GIFFNEY (Ardeer)
ALAN WATSON (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS (Moorpark)
ALASDAIR BERRY (Irvine Ravenspark)
ANDREW MacDONALD (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG (CAAGS)
GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)
CAMPBELL McCLUSKIE (Crosshouse)
DAVID PRATT (Annanhill)
MARK WATT (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
STUART CAMPBELL (Ayr Seafield)
JOHN SHANKS (Irvine)
ADAM CAMBERS (Ayr Dalmilling)
JOHN HAGGARTY (Loudoun)
SIMON BERRIE (Prestwick St Nicholas)
CRAIG MENZIES (Muirkirk)
KEVIN THOMAS (Troon Welbeck)
ALAN BAILLIE (Routenburn)
STEVE ARRANDALE (The Chase)
STUART ROBIN (Rowallan Castle)
FRANK DRUM (Troon St Meddans)
GAVIN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)
JAMES RAESIDE (Glacier)
SCOTT BUNYAN (Doon Valley)
STUART WHITE (Girvan)
MARTIN RIDDALL (New Cumnock)
ALAN GRAY (Tam O Shanter)
JOHN DOOLAN (Ayr Carrick)
JOHN R. ANDERSON (Skelmorlie)
TOM REID (Stewarton)
CALLUM IRVINE (Ayr Belleisle)
SCOTT DAVIDSON (Largs)
STEVEN STAMPER (Turnberry)


AYRSHIRE FOURBALL
MARK COWAN & DREW ROBERTSON (West Kilbride)
ROBERT CONNER & JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Abbotsford)
JOHN CAIRNEY & MICK SAVAGE (Malletsheugh)
KEVIN O’NEILL & MATT BLAKELEY (Alton)
I. GRAEME CONN & KEVIN JOHN JENNINGS (Royal Troon)
EDDIE GILMOUR & STEPH HOLLAND (Braehead)
BRIAN WILSON & FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)
COLIN GILMOUR & DAVID HANNAH (Drongan)
MARC SMITH & MARK PROVAN (Caprington)
HYLAND HAMILTON & SCOTT BROWN (Ardeer)
JAMES RANKIN & DEREK McMURDO (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS & DAVID GILMOUR (Moorpark)
JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE & COLIN CRAIG (Irvine Ravenspark)
WILLIAM BARK & SCOTT TURNER (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG & JOHN TANNER (CAAGS)
MARK McKINNON & MICHAEL BRANNAN (Crosshouse)
TOM WILSON & DAVID BOLLAND (Annanhill)
PAUL DONNELLY & TOM McALINDEN (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
FRANCIS McNEILLIE & GRANT WILSON (Ayr Seafield)
JIM BRENNAN & SANDY McLAUGHLAN (Irvine)
STUART THORBURN & SEAN THORBURN (Ayr Dalmilling)
SCOTT GILCHRIST & ANDY GILCHRIST (Loudoun)
GORDON WILSON & MARK MENEY (Prestwick St Nicholas)
HUGH MOORHEAD & JOHN ARLOW (Muirkirk)
DEREK McEWAN & ALAN YOUNG (Troon Welbeck)
DEREK WILSON & RYAN TWEEDIE (Routenburn)
DAVID CONNOR & DOUGIE BEATTIE (The Chase)
DREW PARSONS & MARK GALLAGHER (Rowallan Castle)
BRIAN LAWSON & STUART PENNINGTON (Troon St Meddans)
KEITH McKENZIE & COLIN YAIR (Ayr Neptune)
GORDON JOHNSTON & ALAN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)
STEVEN KIRK & COLIN STEELE (Glacier)
WILLIAM SLOAN & ADAM HOLLAND (Doon Valley)
MICHAEL McMASTER & STEVIE JOHNSTONE (Girvan)
JOHN McGINN & JIM BROWN (New Cumnock)
ALAN GRAY & SHAUN SMITH (Tam O Shanter)
STEVEN GRAY & SCOTT McNEIL (Ayr Carrick)
BILLY POLLOCK & SANDY RIDDELL (Skelmorlie)
ALAN STEWART Sr. & ALAN STEWART Jr. (Stewarton)
EVAN ARMSTRONG & ANDREW McFARLANE (Ayr Belleisle)
PAUL ROBERTSON & COLIN FRATER (Wallacetown)
ANDY HAYNE & NEIL GIBSON (Largs)
RUSSELL WOOD & GORDON McKIE (Kilmarnock Barassie)



GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
AYR DALMILLING
LOUODUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
GIRVAN
AYR BELLEISLE
LARGS
TURNBERRY



PRESIDENTS PUTTER
WEST KILBRIDE
ABBOTSFORD
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BRAEHEAD
TROON PORTLAND
DRONGAN
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
ARDEER
BALLOCHMYLE
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
MUIRKIRK
TROON WELBECK
REDBURN
THE CHASE
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE
GIRVAN
TAM O SHANTER
SKELMORLIE
STEWARTON
AYR BELLEISLE


HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST KILBRIDE
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BEITH
TROON PORTLAND
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
CAPRINGTON
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
ANNANHILL
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
TROON WELBECK
ROUTENBURN
REDBURN
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE
TAM O SHANTER
STEWARTON
AYR BELLEISLE
TURNBERRY


AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES
WEST KILBRIDE
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
ROUTENBURN
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE
GIRVAN
AYR BELLEISLE
LARGS
TURNBERRY



Any club not listed who are still wishing to enter any of the competitions should submit entry forms to the Area Secretary as soon as possible, and in any case by midnight on Friday 31st January.
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Monday, January 27, 2020

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMEPTITIONS 2020 - One week to go until entries close

Clubs have until the end of the coming week to enter the six extended Ayrshire Golf Association competitions for the 2020 season, with the closing date being Friday 31st January.


Entry forms were sent to club secretaries in early November 2019, along with the annual subscription forms. Any club secretary needing further copies of the forms should contact the Association Secretary ASAP at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com.

Entries received in the six competitions, up to and including Sunday 26th January are:-
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY
SHAUN HEDGER (West Kilbride)
ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)
STEVEN KNOX (Malletsheugh)
MICHAEL S. S. SMYTH (Royal Troon)
PAUL O’NEIL (Beith)
CONNOR MARTIN (Braehead)
STEPHEN MURRAY (Troon Portland)
ANDREW CARROLL (Drongan)
GORDON MUNRO (Caprington)
STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
PAUL GIFFNEY (Ardeer)
ALAN WATSON (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS (Moorpark)
ALASDAIR BERRY (Irvine Ravenspark)
ANDREW MacDONALD (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG (CAAGS)
GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)
CAMPBELL McCLUSKIE (Crosshouse)
DAVID PRATT (Annanhill)
MARK WATT (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
STUART CAMPBELL (Ayr Seafield)
JOHN SHANKS (Irvine)
ADAM CAMBERS (Ayr Dalmilling)
JOHN HAGGARTY (Loudoun)
SIMON BERRIE (Prestwick St Nicholas)
CRAIG MENZIES (Muirkirk)
KEVIN THOMAS (Troon Welbeck)
ALAN BAILLIE (Routenburn)
STEVE ARRANDALE (The Chase)
STUART ROBIN (Rowallan Castle)
FRANK DRUM (Troon St Meddans)
GAVIN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)
JAMES RAESIDE (Glacier)
SCOTT BUNYAN (Doon Valley)
STUART WHITE (Girvan)
MARTIN RIDDALL (New Cumnock)


AYRSHIRE FOURBALL
MARK COWAN & DREW ROBERTSON (West Kilbride)
ROBERT CONNER & JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Abbotsford)
JOHN CAIRNEY & MICK SAVAGE (Malletsheugh)
KEVIN O’NEILL & MATT BLAKELEY (Alton)
I. GRAEME CONN & KEVIN JOHN JENNINGS (Royal Troon)
EDDIE GILMOUR & STEPH HOLLAND (Braehead)
BRIAN WILSON & FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)
COLIN GILMOUR & DAVID HANNAH (Drongan)
MARC SMITH & MARK PROVAN (Caprington)
HYLAND HAMILTON & SCOTT BROWN (Ardeer)
JAMES RANKIN & DEREK McMURDO (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS & DAVID GILMOUR (Moorpark)
JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE & COLIN CRAIG (Irvine Ravenspark)
WILLIAM BARK & SCOTT TURNER (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG & JOHN TANNER (CAAGS)
MARK McKINNON & MICHAEL BRANNAN (Crosshouse)
TOM WILSON & DAVID BOLLAND (Annanhill)
PAUL DONNELLY & TOM McALINDEN (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
FRANCIS McNEILLIE & GRANT WILSON (Ayr Seafield)
JIM BRENNAN & SANDY McLAUGHLAN (Irvine)
STUART THORBURN & SEAN THORBURN (Ayr Dalmilling)
SCOTT GILCHRIST & ANDY GILCHRIST (Loudoun)
GORDON WILSON & MARK MENEY (Prestwick St Nicholas)
HUGH MOORHEAD & JOHN ARLOW (Muirkirk)
DEREK McEWAN & ALAN YOUNG (Troon Welbeck)
DEREK WILSON & RYAN TWEEDIE (Routenburn)
DAVID CONNOR & DOUGIE BEATTIE (The Chase)
DREW PARSONS & MARK GALLAGHER (Rowallan Castle)
BRIAN LAWSON & STUART PENNINGTON (Troon St Meddans)
KEITH McKENZIE & COLIN YAIR (Ayr Neptune)
GORDON JOHNSTON & ALAN CHESNEY (Kilbirnie Place)
STEVEN KIRK & COLIN STEELE (Glacier)
WILLIAM SLOAN & ADAM HOLLAND (Doon Valley)
MICHAEL McMASTER & STEVIE JOHNSTONE (Girvan)
JOHN McGINN & JIM BROWN (New Cumnock)



GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
AYR DALMILLING
LOUODUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
GIRVAN



PRESIDENTS PUTTER
WEST KILBRIDE
ABBOTSFORD
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BRAEHEAD
TROON PORTLAND
DRONGAN
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
ARDEER
BALLOCHMYLE
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
MUIRKIRK
TROON WELBECK
REDBURN
THE CHASE
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE
GIRVAN


HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST KILBRIDE
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BEITH
TROON PORTLAND
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
CAPRINGTON
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
ANNANHILL
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
TROON WELBECK
ROUTENBURN
REDBURN
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE


AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES
WEST KILBRIDE
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
ROUTENBURN
ROWALLAN CASTLE
TROON ST MEDDANS
KILBIRNIE PLACE
GIRVAN

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Monday, January 20, 2020

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION - Invoices sent out to clubs

Invoices for the 2019 - 2020 annual susbcription to the Ayrshire Golf Association have been sent out to member clubs on 20th January.

All subscriptions are due for payment by 31st March 2020.

Any club who has not received their subscription invoice should email the Association Secretary at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com
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AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - Eleven days remaining to enter six Ayrshire events

Clubs have eleven days remaining to enter the six Ayrshire Golf Association extended competitions, which are played throughout the summer and culminate in the Finals Day in early September.


Entry forms for the six events were emailed to club secretaries at the beginning of November 2019, along with the annual subscription data form.

Any clubs requiring further copies of the entry forms should email the Area Association Secretary at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

Entries already received by Sunday 19th January in the six competitions are:-

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

 SHAUN HEDGER (West Kilbride)
ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)
STEVEN KNOX (Malletsheugh)
MICHAEL S. S. SMYTH (Royal Troon)
PAUL O’NEIL (Beith)
CONNOR MARTIN (Braehead)
STEPHEN MURRAY (Troon Portland)
ANDREW CARROLL (Drongan)
GORDON MUNRO (Caprington)
STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
PAUL GIFFNEY (Ardeer)
ALAN WATSON (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS (Moorpark)
ALASDAIR BERRY (Irvine Ravenspark)
ANDREW MacDONALD (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG (CAAGS)
GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)
CAMPBELL McCLUSKIE (Crosshouse)
DAVID PRATT (Annanhill)
MARK WATT (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
STUART CAMPBELL (Ayr Seafield)
JOHN SHANKS (Irvine)
ADAM CAMBERS (Ayr Dalmilling)
JOHN HAGGARTY (Loudoun)
SIMON BERRIE (Prestwick St Nicholas)
CRAIG MENZIES (Muirkirk)
KEVIN THOMAS (Troon Welbeck)
ALAN BAILLIE (Routenburn)


 AYRSHIRE FOURBALL

 MARK COWAN & DREW ROBERTSON (West Kilbride)
ROBERT CONNER & JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Abbotsford)
JOHN CAIRNEY & MICK SAVAGE (Malletsheugh)
KEVIN O’NEILL & MATT BLAKELEY (Alton)
I. GRAEME CONN & KEVIN JOHN JENNINGS (Royal Troon)
EDDIE GILMOUR & STEPH HOLLAND (Braehead)
BRIAN WILSON & FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)
COLIN GILMOUR & DAVID HANNAH (Drongan)
MARC SMITH & MARK PROVAN (Caprington)
HYLAND HAMILTON & SCOTT BROWN (Ardeer)
JAMES RANKIN & DEREK McMURDO (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS & DAVID GILMOUR (Moorpark)
JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE & COLIN CRAIG (Irvine Ravenspark)
WILLIAM BARK & SCOTT TURNER (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG & JOHN TANNER (CAAGS)
MARK McKINNON & MICHAEL BRANNAN (Crosshouse)
TOM WILSON & DAVID BOLLAND (Annanhill)
PAUL DONNELLY & TOM McALINDEN (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
FRANCIS McNEILLIE & GRANT WILSON (Ayr Seafield)
JIM BRENNAN & SANDY McLAUGHLAN (Irvine)
STUART THORBURN & SEAN THORBURN (Ayr Dalmilling)
SCOTT GILCHRIST & ANDY GILCHRIST (Loudoun)
GORDON WILSON & MARK MENEY (Prestwick St Nicholas)
HUGH MOORHEAD & JOHN ARLOW (Muirkirk)
DEREK McEWAN & ALAN YOUNG (Troon Welbeck)
DEREK WILSON & RYAN TWEEDIE (Routenburn)


 GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER

 ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
AYR DALMILLING
LOUODUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS


PRESIDENT'S PUTTER

 WEST KILBRIDE
ABBOTSFORD
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BRAEHEAD
TROON PORTLAND
DRONGAN
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
ARDEER
BALLOCHMYLE
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
CROSSHOUSE
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
MUIRKIRK
TROON WELBECK


 HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 WEST KILBRIDE
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BEITH
TROON PORTLAND
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
CAPRINGTON
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
ANNANHILL
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
AYR SEAFIELD
AYR DALMILLING
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
TROON WELBECK
ROUTENBURN


 AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES

 WEST KILBRIDE
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT
IRVINE
LOUDOUN
PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS
ROUTENBURN

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Friday, January 17, 2020

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION YEARBOOK - Advertising opportunity in 2020 edition

The 2020 edition of the Ayrshire Golf Association yearbook, the seventeenth consecutive annual edition,  will be launched at the Association's Annual Dinner on 21st February this year, and opportunities are still open for advertisers to support the publication.


Companies, clubs or individuals can still secure advertising space in this year's edition, and support the continued production of the yearbook.

The yearbook is distributed free to the member clubs and golf courses throughout Ayrshire, with the potential of reaching 15,000 or more potential customers for advertisers.

If any clubs, businesses or individuals are interested in the possibility of advertising in the yearbook, they should contact the publishers, Ayrshire media Services of Troon, as soon as possible  by email at info@ayrshiremedia.com who will be able to advise on availability and pricing.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

MyGolfRanking.com - Clubs invited to join or re-register for 2020

MyGolfRanking.net, the countrywide ranking site for clubs and club players is seeking to encourage more clubs to join, and existing clubs to re-register.


The individual behind the organisation, former Scottish Golf Union President David Moir, writes:-

I am seeking to re-establish as many of the Ayrshire Golf Association's clubs as possible in MyGolfRanking.net (MGR). MGR is a free service to all competitive handicap golfers and clubs run by my company, in League with Golf Ltd.

The registration requirement was caused by the necessary adherence to GDPR which was initially a grey area for most clubs and MGR, and the uncertainty resulted in our taking a “better safe than sorry” stance and a resultant de-registration of many clubs from our system.

Fortunately these grey areas are no longer grey and our worries are now allayed, but, unfortunately for MGR, many Scottish golf clubs remain unregistered.

Details have been forwarded by the Area Secretary to the Secretaries of all member clubs, outlining how to register for MyGolfRanking.com for the forthcoming season if desired.

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Monday, January 13, 2020

COURSE RATING - Ayrshire seeking volunteers to assist


The Ayrshire Golf association is seeking volunteers to assist in the servicing of the Course Rating Scheme on the courses throughout the county.



For some background on the Course rating Scheme, the Ayrshire Golf Association's team leader Mike Hazlewood has provided the information below.

COURSE RATING VOLUNTEERS
Ayrshire Golf Association require a minimum of four Course Rating personnel to calculate Standard Scratch Scores and Slope Indices for all courses that are used for Qualifying competitions in the County. 

What is Course Rating?
Course Rating is a core service that is provided to all golf clubs affiliated to Scottish Golf.
The process determines the playing difficulty of a golf course for a scratch golfer under normal course and weather conditions.

It is expressed as a Standard Scratch Score (SSS) and a Slope Index which is provided for all sets of tees from which qualifying competitions are played.

The SSS and Slope Index is also the cornerstone of the current and coming soon the new World Handicapping System based on the performance of the field within each qualifying competition. 
How is the Standard Scratch Score and Slope Index Calculated?

The USGA Course Rating System is used to determine the SSS and Slope Index. It is very objective in nature taking into account all the factors that affect the playing difficulty of a course. It requires numerous specific measurements to be taken on each hole of the golf course, which assists in the consistency of application by course rating teams.

The system is designed to differentiate playing difficulty of all courses relative to each other, which requires a consistent application by all course rating teams.

The USGA Course Rating System takes account of the actual measured length of a golf course, factors that can affect the playing length and other challenges that influence the playing difficulty of each hole (obstacle factors).

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Course Rating Team please contact me at 
course-rating@golftroon.org.   Full training will be given by both Ayrshire authorised and qualified Course Rating members and also Scottish Golf.

Mike Hazlewood – SGL Course Rating Team Leader

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AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER & PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES - Tickets now avaiable

Tickets are now available for the 2020 Ayrshire Golf Association Annual Dinner & Presentation of Trophies.

This year's event takes place at Prestwick St Cuthbert Golf Club on Friday 21st February at 6.30 for 7.00 p.m.

The guest speaker for the evening is former football manager Jim Leishman who managed Dunfermline, Montrose, Inverness and Livingston at senior level and was awarded an MBE in 2007 for services to sport.

Tickets are priced at £17.50 each and are available from the Ayrshire Golf Association Secretary on a first come first served basis.


THE AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION


ANNUAL DINNER

&

PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES


At

PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT GOLF CLUB


FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2020
6.30 P.M. FOR 7.00 P.M.

SPEAKER


Former football manager
JIM LEISHMAN MBE

TICKETS PRICED AT
£17.50 EACH

ARE AVAILABLE FROM

THE AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION SECRETARY

ALASDAIR J. MALCOLM
17 AUCHINCRUIVE AVENUE
PRESTWICK
KA9 2DT
Tel. 01292 477657
Email – ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com
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AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - Entries close in eighteen days

Entries for the six extended Ayrshire Golf association competition, which are played throughout the 2020 season, close in eighteen days, on 31st January.


Entry forms were emailed to all member clubs with subscription forms on 1st November 2019.

Any club secretary needing further copies of the entry forms should contact the Ayrshire Golf Association Secretary.

The entries for each competition received, up to and including Sunday 12th January, are:-

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY
SHAUN HEDGER (West Kilbride)
ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)
STEVEN KNOX (Malletsheugh)
MICHAEL S. S. SMYTH (Royal Troon)
PAUL O’NEIL (Beith)
CONNOR MARTIN (Braehead)
STEPHEN MURRAY (Troon Portland)
ANDREW CARROLL (Drongan)
GORDON MUNRO (Caprington)
STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
PAUL GIFFNEY (Ardeer)
ALAN WATSON (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS (Moorpark)
ALASDAIR BERRY (Irvine Ravenspark)
ANDREW MacDONALD (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG (CAAGS)
GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)
CAMPBELL McCLUSKIE (Crosshouse)

AYRSHIRE FOURBALL
MARK COWAN & DREW ROBERTSON (West Kilbride)
ROBERT CONNER & JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Abbotsford)
JOHN CAIRNEY & MICK SAVAGE (Malletsheugh)
KEVIN O’NEILL & MATT BLAKELEY (Alton)
I. GRAEME CONN & KEVIN JOHN JENNINGS (Royal Troon)
EDDIE GILMOUR & STEPH HOLLAND (Braehead)
BRIAN WILSON & FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)
COLIN GILMOUR & DAVID HANNAH (Drongan)
MARC SMITH & MARK PROVAN (Caprington)
HYLAND HAMILTON & SCOTT BROWN (Ardeer)
JAMES RANKIN & DEREK McMURDO (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS & DAVID GILMOUR (Moorpark)
JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE & COLIN CRAIG (Irvine Ravenspark)
WILLIAM BARK & SCOTT TURNER (Auchenharvie 88)
AIDAN LONG & JOHN TANNER (CAAGS)
MARK McKINNON & MICHAEL BRANNAN (Crosshouse)

GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
CROSSHOUSE

PRESIDENTS PUTTER
WEST KILBRIDE
ABBOTSFORD
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BRAEHEAD
TROON PORTLAND
DRONGAN
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
ARDEER
BALLOCHMYLE
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
CROSSHOUSE

HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST KILBRIDE
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BEITH
TROON PORTLAND
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
CAPRINGTON
MOORPARK
IRVINE RAVENSPARK
AUCHENHARVIE 88
TROON MERCHANTS
  
AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES
WEST KILBRIDE
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
IRVINE RAVENSPARK

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Thursday, January 09, 2020

DUNDONALD LINKS - Club joins The Ayrshire Golf Association following sale to new owners

Dundonald Links are the latest club to affiliate to The Ayrshire Golf Association following the sale of the course by Loch Lomond Golf Club to Darwin Leisure last year.


Previously falling under the auspices of the Dumbartonshire Golf Union, the move to The Ayrshire Golf Association brings the number of member clubs in the county to sixty three.

The Association looks forward to welcoming the participation of the members of Dundonald Links in the various county competitions scheduled in 2020.
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AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATIONS EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - Entries close at the end of January

Clubs are reminded that entries for the six extended Ayrshire Golf association competitions in 2020 close on 31st January 2020.


Entry forms for the Champion of Champions Trophy, The Ayrshire Fourball Championship, The Gary Bryden Memorial Salver, The President's Putter, The Ayrshire Scratch Leagues and The Ayrshire Handicap League Championship were forwarded to all member clubs on 1st November 2019.

Any clubs who have not received the entry forms should contact the Area Secretary as soon as possible.

The entries for the six events received to date are:-

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY
SHAUN HEDGER (West Kilbride)
ROBERT ADAMS (Abbotsford)
STEVEN KNOX (Malletsheugh)
MICHAEL S. S. SMYTH (Royal Troon)
PAUL O’NEIL (Beith)
CONNOR MARTIN (Braehead)
STEPHEN MURRAY (Troon Portland)
ANDREW CARROLL (Drongan)
GORDON MUNRO (Caprington)
STUART MILLER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
PAUL GIFFNEY (Ardeer)
ALAN WATSON (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS (Moorpark)

AYRSHIRE FOURBALL
MARK COWAN & DREW ROBERTSON (West Kilbride)
ROBERT CONNER & JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Abbotsford)
JOHN CAIRNEY & MICK SAVAGE (Malletsheugh)
KEVIN O’NEILL & MATT BLAKELEY (Alton)
I. GRAEME CONN & KEVIN JOHN JENNINGS (Royal Troon)
EDDIE GILMOUR & STEPH HOLLAND (Braehead)
BRIAN WILSON & FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)
COLIN GILMOUR & DAVID HANNAH (Drongan)
MARC SMITH & MARK PROVAN (Caprington)
HYLAND HAMILTON & SCOTT BROWN (Ardeer)
JAMES RANKIN & DEREK McMURDO (Ballochmyle)
ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS & DAVID GILMOUR (Moorpark)


GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER (Scratch club team knockout)
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE


 PRESIDENTS PUTTER (Handicap club team knockout)
WEST KILBRIDE
ABBOTSFORD
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BRAEHEAD
TROON PORTLAND
DRONGAN
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
ARDEER
BALLOCHMYLE
MOORPARK


 HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST KILBRIDE
ALTON
ROYAL TROON
BEITH
TROON PORTLAND
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE
CAPRINGTON
MOORPARK


AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES
WEST KILBRIDE
ROYAL TROON
TROON PORTLAND
CAPRINGTON
KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
BALLOCHMYLE


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