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2025 FIXTURES
....Confirmed
Spring Trophy April 16th Denbigh Golf Club
TSB Trophy
May 1st Hazel Grove Golf Club
Captain’s Day June 5th Mo;d Golf Club
Remenham Trophy July 17th Helsby Golf Club
Summer Trophy Aug 12th Blundells Hill Golf Club
Golf Holiday --- Hawkstone Park 3 & 4 Sept 2025
For information & bookings contact Dave Thompson
on 07896 727551
Autumn Trophy Sept 19th Aldersy Green Golf
Club
President’s Day Oct 10th Eastham Lodge
Golf Club
Christmas Cup
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HANDICAP RULES
(Amended April 2025)
CCOGS COMPETITION and HANDICAP RULES for ‘Qualifying’
(for the purpose of handicap adjustment) and ‘Non-Qualifying’
competitions.
CCOGS handicaps will automatically be adjusted after
each Qualifying Competition as follows:
Where there are up to and including twenty entrants;
The winner of the trophy will have their handicap
reduced by three shots.
Players in 2nd – 3rd places will have their
handicap reduced by one shot.
Players in 4th – 7th places will have no adjustment
made to their handicap.
All other players taking part in the competition
will have their handicaps increased by one shot.
Where there are twenty-one and over entrants;
The winner of the trophy will have their handicap
reduced by three shots.
Players in 2nd – 4th places will have their
handicap reduced by one shot.
Players in 4th – 10th places will have no adjustment
made to their handicap.
All other players taking part in the competition
will have their handicaps increased by one shot.
Qualifying Competitions are made up of the seven
core CCOGS trophies played for each year, which are counting competitions
towards the annual ‘Golfer of the Year’ award, as follows:
Spring Trophy
TSB Trophy
Remenham Trophy
Captain’s Cup
Summer Trophy
Autumn Trophy
President’s Salver
The winner of any of these trophies will have their
handicap ‘capped’ after that competition and will only be
given handicap decreases/increases below that cap until that trophy
has been played for the following year’’
All other competitions will be ‘non-qualifying’
competitions and will not be subject to automatic handicap adjustments.
The Handicap Committee will, however, consider all performances on their
merit following every event and may make adjustment where it is deemed
appropriate.
The maximum CCOGS handicap any member can have will
be 45.
New members’ handicaps will be assessed by the
Handicap Committee when they join - by reference to their club handicaps
off yellow tees (where relevant) for gents, red tee’s for ladies,
any previous performances within CCOGS and any other information considered
relevant by the Handicap Committee.
Guest handicaps will be assessed by the Handicap
Committee by reference to their own club handicap off yellow tees (where
relevant) for gents, red tee’s for ladies, any previous performances
within CCOGS, information provided by their host and any other information
considered relevant by the Handicap Committee.
Guests cannot win any CCOGS trophy – but they
are eligible for all prizes. In the event that a guest wins first prize
the CCOGS member with the best score would lift the trophy and both
they and the winning guest would be given the same first prize and any
handicap reduction.
Members’ CCOGS handicaps will generally continue
into subsequent seasons. The traditional annual handicap review process
will, in addition, take into account changes in members’ club handicaps
which are considered by the Handicap Committee to be significant enough
to merit attention.
The Handicap Committee will, on an ongoing basis,
continue to review all individual handicaps and the Handicap Rules themselves
and will make any adjustment considered necessary in ensuring that the
integrity of the overall system is maintained.
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