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Thank you to all that supported and played in the Men's Open AM-AM on 2nd July.

It was Great to see the members and visitors all enjoying a fantastic day, Thanks to Carl for Providing a Full Breakfast for all participants and Leanne and the team in the Clubhouse for keeping everyone hydrated. Thanks to Jon and the Staff in the Professional shop for Organising the Day, and as always to Graeme for all his input.

Also a massive thanks to the Greenstaff, the course is in excellent condition and the feedback was very positive.

Congratulations to the Winners who have banked a Whopping £500, so if you didn't participate this year its well worth a consideration for Next years event.

1st: 88 Points
Andrew Kind (Beedles Lake)
Graham McNaughton (Rutland Water)
Simon Chester (Peterborough Milton)
Alex Carter (Peterborough Milton) 

2nd: 84 Points
Tommy Buckmaster, Dale Gregory, Pete Lyon, Simon Boulter (Mapperley)

3rd: 83 Points
Ian Hopkin, Kirk Wesselby, Paul Cookson, Andy Spray (Mapperley) 

Nearest Pin: 8th Hole
Ian Hopkin

Nearest Pin: 18th Hole
Dermot Booth

Two's
Dave Brewster: 11th Hole
Brian McCrackle: 17th Hole
Andrew Craft: 17th Hole

Congratulations to all above, your winnings are now available from the Professional Shop.

Hemingway Cup

Click to see the draw and handicaps as at 8th July

It is a Mixed foursomes medal with a draw for partners. It is open to members in FULL membership categories (as defined in Appendix A ) that have submitted a minimum of 6 Acceptable Scores (including 3 in competitions) in the last 12 months.

• Men and Ladies enter in pairs
  
  
• Single players may enter on a reserve list and will be paired up before the draw on a first come first served basis. In the event of a withdrawal after the draw, the first-named will be taken from any names remaining on the reserve list. If there are no players on the reserve list the Committee may arrange an alternative player.

How to Enter

• Mixed Pairs
  Select the competition called "Hemingway Cup: Mixed Pairs entry" and fill in the first available spaces between 12:00 and 13:00
  
  
• Individuals
  Select the competition called "Hemingway Cup: Individual entry" and fill in the first available space between 13:20 and 14:00

Entry closes at Midday on Sunday 2nd July after which there will be a draw for pairs and starting times.

Terms of Competition

Mixed foursomes medal. Ladies play from the Red tees on the odd numbered holes. Men play from the White tees on the even numbered holes. The 10th hole is played as a par 4.

Handicap Allowance is 50% of combined Course Handicaps with an adjustment for play from different tees in accordance with Appendix N7  rounded to the nearest whole number as shown in this look-up table.

Prizes of commemorative glassware for the 1st and 2nd pairs. Subject to having a sufficient number of entrants to cover costs, additional prizes may be awarded.

Captains' Texas Scramble

Entry is free and includes food after the round - cold meat baguettes with potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad, etc.

• The competition is a Texas Scramble Medal, teams of 4, with a shotgun start at 1:00pm. The entry sheet is in the Spike Bar
  
  
• Play the 10th hole as a par 3
  
  
• Minimum of 3 tee shots required from each player (4 for short-handed teams)
  
  
• Place your ball within 12 inches in in areas cut to fairway height or less
  Place within 6 inches on Greens
  Drop within 1 club length elsewhere
  
  

Handicaps

• Handicap allowances from lowest to highest handicap are 25%, 20%, 15% and 10% of Course Handicap.
  
  
• Short-handed teams receive extra strokes equivalent to having a ghost player with a Course Handicap of 20.
  
  
• Ladies receive an extra 0.53 strokes in the calculation of Playing Handicap, equivalent to the difference in Course Ratings (72.4 -70.3) divided by the number of players in the team.
  
  
• Click to view the full club handicap lists including Texas Scramble allowances
  (last updated: 25th June):
  
    Men's Playing Handicaps  
  
    Ladies Playing Handicaps 
  
  
• Alternatively, you can use one of the Handicap Calculators on this website to determine your Team Handicap; see below

Handicaps Calculator 1 (Mens Teams only)
Click to go to the Handicap calculator page, then proceed as follows:

1.  Scroll down to where it says Texas Scramble Tees and select Men: White Alt from the drop-down list
2.  Enter each player's Handicap Index from lowest to highest to display your Total Team Handicap in the table below  (for a ghost player enter 18)

Handicaps Calculator 2 (Any Team)
If you have Excel on your device, click to open the Mapperley  Handicap calculator file, then proceed as follows:

1. Click the Download button
2. Click the Enable Editing button
3. In Table 2 enter each player's Handicap Index from lowest to highest and select the appropriate gender from the drop-down lists
4. The Team Playing Handicap is shown in Table 5

Competitions open to all members with a handicap (including 6 day members)

Entry is free:

Men: 18 hole stableford

• Enter the draw in the Pro Shop
• Play from white tees on 1st hole, yellow on the 2nd, red on the 3rd and repeat for the remaining holes
• Non-qualifier using Yellow Course Handicaps
• Enter scores at PSI screen as normal
  
  

Ladies: 9 hole stableford

• Non qualifier
• Tee times from 4:00pm to 4:30pm
• Play from white tees on 1st hole, yellow on the 2nd, red on the 3rd and repeat for the remaining holes
• Use 18 hole Yellow handicap chart and 18 hole stroke indexes
  
  

There will be sandwiches and cakes in the halfway house, with a raffle in aid of the Captains' Charity, Trent Dementia

The Captains and Vice-Captains look forward to greeting you all with a drink at the back of the 18th green after the round!

There will be evening entertainment and Presentation, prizes will be pick of the table for people in attendance

Congratulations to the winners in the Mapperley Seniors Open Better-ball stableford on 31st May 2023:

Nearest the Pin (Bottle of Wine each)
8th hole: Phil Whitaker
18th hole: Simon Boulter

Two's (£27 per pair)
8th: Nick Lilley & Alan Ackerman
8th: Paul Derbyshire & John White
11th: Rob Andrews & Bob Dakin
11th: Ian Best & Malcolm Swannell
11th: Ian Underhill & Graeme Bunting

• Mapperley members - winnings will be added to your card in the Pro Shop.
• Visitors - please contact the Pro shop (0115 955 6673) to discuss the options for spending your winnings

A big Thank You to everyone that supported the event including especially the magnificent Mapperley Bakers!