Competitions

Dear Club Members,
The first round of the club championship will happen on Saturday September 10th, and will be combined with the Walker cup.

Club Championship
The club championship is  our annual Stroke Play competition, with no handicap compensation, and played from yellow tees. This year we are back with the usual format with 3 rounds. There will be a cut, only the players with the 18 best scores will be qualified for the 2nd and 3rd round on Sunday 11th.

Walker Cup
The Walker Cup is our annual Category 2 championship. Only players with a handicap of 24 or more can participate (from any tees). The competition format is Stableford. Participating in both competitions is possible for cat 2 players, as long as the yellow tees are used.
Sign up is open in Proware: https://estec.prowaregolf.nl/match/index/id/932

Standing per 05/08/2022
TEAM	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	diff	Points
PIT	8	4	1	3	27.5	16.5	11	11
EPO	6	4	1	2	19.5	16.5	4	8
Misfits/Shell	8	2	4	2	22	26	-4	6
ESTEC	5	2	2	1	12	16	-6	5
BP	7	2	5	0	20	22	-2	4

Note that ESTEC had to concede a game to BP due to too many people dropping out at the last minute.

We still have 3 games to play: 2 home games on August 23rd August 30th (against EPO and BP), and another yet to schedule away game against EPO in RGC.

We still have a very tiny chance of winning the league this year, but that would require a clean sweep, 3 6-0 wins. Not very likely, but we have to try!

Since 2013 EGC have been running annually (except 2020 & 2021) an invited golf event named “Unusual”. This event use a different course lay-out where 3 additional par 4’s are created and is played over 5 par 4’s and 1 par 3, thus 6 holes played 3 times = 18 holes = course par 69.

Out of 35 invited players, who do something for the club this year or has done for years, 15 players registered and turned up at 17:15 under Unusual weather conditions considering week 29/’22 (18 deg./high humidity/course partly wet/light rain). Fortunately all agreed to play 18 holes (if it stayed dry) and could look forward to some exiting holes to play followed by soup/sandwiches/drinks and prize giving in ESCAPE. Participating players, their scores and winners of nearies in two on the new par 4 holes, as well as the overall winners can be found attached. This year Anders surprised us all with an outstanding performance of 39 Stp (see winner photo attachment) followed by Garry with 35 Stp. Also Alex and Erik did very well with 34 Stp and finally Clare claimed the prize of most lost golf balls. Many thanks to Brian for coping with many practical “Unusual” issues and to the ESCAPE staff for their friendly and positive support.

Reno, 21 July 2022.