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Monthly Medal

 

The monthly medal (or simply medal competition) is played at every golf club regularly throughout the year, and may consist of both Saturday morning, and or, the afternoon for male golfers and during mid-week for female golfers.

 

Most men.s competitions follow the same basic format: Sign-up sheets are on the notice boards in the foyer. You can put your name down with a partner(s) or on your own. It.s very unlikely that you.ll be left on your own as the Professional will sort things out near the time of the competition.

 

Rules:

 

1/. All golfers are handicapped according to their course rating (which is rated according to the same set criteria), such that their handicap is relevant and competitive against players from other clubs, namely their nett score against the course rating, such that every player's score can be compared against players from other clubs.

2/. Participants in their monthly medal competition need to play out every hole in order to submit their score at their club for possible prize consideration.

3/. Their score is cross-checked by their playing partner who needs to counter-sign the scorecard

 

 

The monthly medal is a very exciting an challenging competition in Golf. Just to give you a flavour here are some examples of results and write-ups of past medal held from different places around the world.

 

 

 

Monthly Medal Competition . From a Golf course in the UK

 

 

The April men.s Monthly Medal stroke competition was entered by more than sixty competitors on Saturday last.

 

Division 1

The closely fought low handicap division was won by 3 handicapper Simon Cramwith a 2 over par gross score (73) and a net 70. 

 

Ricky Marlow (2nd) and Mark Johnson (3rd) also carded net 70 but were beaten by JSimon on a count-back. 

 

Division 2

Ed Kennedy was the clear winner of the middle section with the lowest gross (82) and the best net score of 68. 

 

Runner-up was Peter Smith (72) followed by Tom Greggs (74) in third place.

 

 

Division 3

The high handicap section was also tight with Rob Simpson being victorious on a net 72.  Fred Linford was second on the same net score with Henry Irvine third on net 73.

 

It was therefore quite a week-end for Steve Bates because, as well as winning his section in the monthly medal,

 

he managed to predict the winner of the Augusta Masters prior to day 1 of the competition.  So next year go to Steve for advice on who will win Masters.

 

 

Monthly Medal Competition . From a Golf Club in Shangai

 

Shanghai: The bitter cold did little to deter Silport members from contesting the start of the second year of the monthly medal competition as the January edition attracted 30 hardy souls.

 

Perhaps feeling the need to warm up a bit, literally, Jiang Ruichang played nine holes before the start of the medal and such preparation made all the difference. Playing over the North and West courses under sunny but cool conditions, the 16 handicap proved in fine form come competition time as he shot a 16-over 88 for a nett 72 to earn the nett champion honor in group A (handicaps 1-18).

 

Ten-handicap Kuze Kenichi shot an 85 for a nett 75 and the group A nett runner-up. The day proved memorable for the Japan native as he was also the lucky draw winner, receiving a two-day trip to Lijiang, Yunnan province, as his prize.

 

Jurgen Fritz emerged nett champion of group B (handicaps 19 group and above) when the 21 handicap carded a 96 for a nett 75. Ito Hiroshi was runner-up in the group.

 

Fritz and Jiang both qualify for the year-end grand monthly medal competition later in the year to determine the second club champion.

 

Tu Ye Weilin, the youngest Silport member, served notice 2009 could be his breakout year. With his older brother and father also club members, the 13-year-old Tu unleashed a 260-yard blast on the West Course ninth hole to earn the long-drive prize. His proud father later presented his son with his prize at the award dinner afterwards.

 

Kong Qi claimed the nearest-the-pin prize when he put his ball to within 4.2 feet of the cup on the North Course sixth hole.

 

As its title implies, the monthly medal is a competition strictly for Silport members. All club members are welcome to participate in this event designed to bring members together in a competitive situation. We look forward to seeing you.
 

 

Monthly Medal Competition . From a club in United Arab Emirates

 

 

Dave Clark came out on top in the BMW April Monthly Medal at Tower Links Golf. Starting on the 10th hole he recorded an amazing 27 points over his first nine holes which could have been more if not for an 8 on the 18th hole. His second nine of 12 points gave him a total of 39 points and the Overall Winners prize.

Division A was won by Soo Hyeon Kim who went one better then his second place in the division in March. Kim shot a gross 86 nett 71 with a fine back nine which saw him only drop 5 shots to par. Second place in the division went to Paul McCullough how also shot a nett 71 but lost out on a card play off to Kim. Another card play off was required to separate the three players tied on 72 nett, Joe Rundus, Paul Williams and Matthew Hart, seeing Joe Rundus taking third place.

Division B was won by Malcolm Richards with nines of 17 and 20 points for an impressive total of 37. His consistent play saw him score points on each of his 18 holes. Second place in the division went to Liezel Parry with 35 points, her back nine of 22 points was one point better then Robert Barrett who also scored 35 points but had to settle for third place losing out on countback to Liezel.