BGC Away Trip

I have been sent this photo of John Keen who seemed to be the life and soul of the party on the BGC away trip to Deal in Kent. Clearly the long walks around some fantastic courses took its toll! Hope everyone involved had a great time.

Millennium Plate 

Congratulations to Trevor Sales on winning the Millennium plate with 37 points. In recent years this competition has been played off the yellow tees due to the enforcement of winter rules. This year because we have received limited amounts of rain and the course is still relatively firm with very few worm casts the competition was played from the white tees.

SSS Update 

Following the rating of our course using the USGA system our Standard Scratch Score has now been amended. 

Ladies Red Tees - 73 
Men's Yellow Tees - 71 
Competition Tees - 73 

This is now in effective and please disregard the standard scratch scores on the current scorecard. 




Great for the game

At a time when the game of golf is desperate for a wider audience, recent events will have gone a long way to helping its cause. From Justin Rose's Olympic gold to America's dominance in the Ryder Cup to last week's British Masters, things are certainly on the right track.

The British Masters was supported by Sky Sports and as such Sky were giving away thousands of free tickets prior to the event, ensuring that The Grove was full to capacity throughout. Once again the event was coupled with some innovative ideas designed to bring a fun factor to the week; and they nailed it!

Tuesday night saw the Hero Challenge take place under the floodlights with over 2,000 spectators transfixed by the one-hole knockout contest. The 18th hole was converted into a 156-yard par-3 for both professionals and celebrities to battle it out until there was one man standing. This was followed by the ISPS Handa Pressure Putt Challenge on Wednesday. Professionals teamed up with a celebrity and went head-to-head in knockout fashion as each player attempted to hole putts of increasing difficulty.

Not to take away from the main 72-hole competition from Thursday to Sunday, which was superbly won by Alex Noren, these new concepts were a huge success and will certainly bring some much-needed new faces to the game.