day 2 - friday 24th march 2017
conwy golf club
CAERNARVONSHIRE, wales
tee times from 10:32am
Format: Two-some Texas Scramble Betterball [Matchplay]
All four players will play their own ball throughout and play for their team in pairs. Both players drive off. The players then decide which of the two balls to play. The chosen ball is played as it lies by the player who struck the shot. His playing partner must drop his ball within 12 inches of where the chosen ball lay - no nearer the hole.
[Each player must have a minimum of 8 drives/tee shots which count throughout the round]
A working example of this format is as follows:
Player A has a handicap 14 and Player B has a handicap of 10 representing Bunkers. They are are playing Player X who has a handicap of 18 and Player Y who has a handicap of 18 representing The Grimshaw.
Therefore the combined handicap for Bunkers is 6 (calculated as 25% of 14 + 10)
The combined handicap for The Grimshaw is 9 (calculated as 25% of 18 + 18)
In match play The Grimshaw will receive the full difference between the handicaps ie 3 shots.
The shots MUST be taken at holes with stroke index of 1, 2 and 3.
Handicaps: The pairs will play off 25% of their combined handicap
Drives: Each player MUST have 8 drives used in the round.
Teams: Will be picked by each teams Captain and will be announced in the bar the night before.
Tee: Players will tee off from the yellows
Website: www.conwygolfclub.com
You can view the course hole-by-hole by CLICKING HERE
Conwy, the third oldest course in Wales, is a first rate championship links on the spectacular Caernarvonshire coastline wedged between sea and heather-clad mountains. It mixes challenge with charm to produce an exhilarating links golfing experience.
It stands head and shoulders above anything else on this stretch of coastline and it is very easy to see why it’s such a popular repeat venue for many golfers. The club is strongly linked with Royal Liverpool Golf Club, with Conwy selected as a Local Final Qualifying Venue for The Open Championship during July 2006.
At Conwy, officially founded in 1890 but with play dating back to 1869, you can expect all the thrills and spills associated with links golf including uneven stances and unpredictable bounces but here there is an undeniable fairness to it all. Everything is laid out in front of you, nothing is hidden; you get what you deserve. And that is probably why this respected links has hosted so many notable championships for professionals and elite amateurs.
At 6,910 yards from the blue tees it plays to a par of 72. The exposed nature of the course, jutting out from the Morfa, also means that the wind is an ever-present threat. This is particularly the case on the first two-thirds of the course before you move away from the shore and where gorse-lined fairways then become the main danger.
There doesn’t come anything close to a poor hole at Conwy. Sure, there are holes that are relatively weaker than the others but the real strength of the course lies in its strength in depth and its consistency.
The full adress for the club is:
Beacons Way, Conwy, North Wales LL32 8ER Tel: 01492 593400
All four players will play their own ball throughout and play for their team in pairs. Both players drive off. The players then decide which of the two balls to play. The chosen ball is played as it lies by the player who struck the shot. His playing partner must drop his ball within 12 inches of where the chosen ball lay - no nearer the hole.
[Each player must have a minimum of 8 drives/tee shots which count throughout the round]
A working example of this format is as follows:
Player A has a handicap 14 and Player B has a handicap of 10 representing Bunkers. They are are playing Player X who has a handicap of 18 and Player Y who has a handicap of 18 representing The Grimshaw.
Therefore the combined handicap for Bunkers is 6 (calculated as 25% of 14 + 10)
The combined handicap for The Grimshaw is 9 (calculated as 25% of 18 + 18)
In match play The Grimshaw will receive the full difference between the handicaps ie 3 shots.
The shots MUST be taken at holes with stroke index of 1, 2 and 3.
Handicaps: The pairs will play off 25% of their combined handicap
Drives: Each player MUST have 8 drives used in the round.
Teams: Will be picked by each teams Captain and will be announced in the bar the night before.
Tee: Players will tee off from the yellows
Website: www.conwygolfclub.com
You can view the course hole-by-hole by CLICKING HERE
Conwy, the third oldest course in Wales, is a first rate championship links on the spectacular Caernarvonshire coastline wedged between sea and heather-clad mountains. It mixes challenge with charm to produce an exhilarating links golfing experience.
It stands head and shoulders above anything else on this stretch of coastline and it is very easy to see why it’s such a popular repeat venue for many golfers. The club is strongly linked with Royal Liverpool Golf Club, with Conwy selected as a Local Final Qualifying Venue for The Open Championship during July 2006.
At Conwy, officially founded in 1890 but with play dating back to 1869, you can expect all the thrills and spills associated with links golf including uneven stances and unpredictable bounces but here there is an undeniable fairness to it all. Everything is laid out in front of you, nothing is hidden; you get what you deserve. And that is probably why this respected links has hosted so many notable championships for professionals and elite amateurs.
At 6,910 yards from the blue tees it plays to a par of 72. The exposed nature of the course, jutting out from the Morfa, also means that the wind is an ever-present threat. This is particularly the case on the first two-thirds of the course before you move away from the shore and where gorse-lined fairways then become the main danger.
There doesn’t come anything close to a poor hole at Conwy. Sure, there are holes that are relatively weaker than the others but the real strength of the course lies in its strength in depth and its consistency.
The full adress for the club is:
Beacons Way, Conwy, North Wales LL32 8ER Tel: 01492 593400