A short message from your Competitions Secretary...
I have been advised of several recent incidents where members have played the wrong ball, or worse, have found an errant ball on their fairway and knocked it to kingdom come. The most recent incident occurred in the seniors medal yesterday where a member suffered the penalty of going back to play three off the tee from a drive that was clearly in play! Can I please ask that you adopt the following protocol:
Clearly mark ALL the golf balls in your bag with your personal cipher with a permanent marker pen
On the tee share your cipher with your playing partners so all know who is playing which ball
Where you choose to play a provisional ball on the course make sure the second ball has your cipher and a different number to the first ball played (I actually use a different make of ball with the provisional!)
Only play a ball marked with your cipher when on the course
Please leave errant balls well alone - hitting one means loss of hole in match play and a two shot penalty in stroke play. Remember, in these Covid times you are advised to leave them well alone anyway.
