Club News

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July – WBGC Golf Weekend

Not what we usually do on the middle weekend of the Glasgow Fair but in place of the WBGC Gents Open we’re holding two of our most revered club competitions. On Saturday 25th July we’ll play the Ballantyne Cup, a medal play trophy dating from 1909 and on Sunday 26th July we’ll play the Eric Wood Stablefords, both ladies and gents.

On each day there will be sponsors prizes at many of the holes. For safety reasons we cannot hold an evening prizegiving so prizes will be available for uplift from the clubhouse from Monday 27th onwards.

Weather permitting and subject to the current social distancing etc. guidelines, there will be food and drink available at the clubhouse and we’ll have burgers on the barbie just to remind us of the usual ‘Open’ weekend. Hopefully we’ll be lucky with the weather and we’ll see a good turnout of golfers on each day.

Unfortunately we are unable to run a cash sweep and to help with club funds, much depleted this year for obvious reasons, we are asking each member who plays to contribute £5.00 on each day played.

Please reserve your time by using the club’s online booking system at WBGC Online Booking (Click this link for immediate access) or contacting the clubhouse by telephone (01770 700487) or e mail (info@whitingbaygolf.org.uk)

The suspension of competitive golf during the Coronavirus pandemic effectively rendered the annual fixture list for 2020 obsolete. It is left accessible on the website for information but members should check the notice board, the website, the club’s Facebook page regularly for updated fixtures. We intend playing as many of the ‘lost’ cups and trophies later in the season if practicable.  Meanwhile here is the updated fixture list for July and August. Check regularly though as even this will be subject to alteration as circumstances demand.

Returning Scores

That’s us been back at competitive golf for a few weeks now and on the whole the interim system of e mailing score in is working well. Can we remind you though to make sure your card or emailed score bears a clear note of the date and/or the competition name you are submitting for.

If you have ‘no returned’ a score for holes completed should still be submitted.

Thanks for helping it work so well thus far. Hopefully we can get back to submitting scores in the old fashioned way before too long.

This notice will confirm what we have all known for some time. Publication of the decision was held off in the hope we might be able to salvage what is after all the big day of our year but it proved to be a forlorn hope. We will try and hold some kind of special event over the weekend the Open would have taken place but much will depend on the then situation regarding the opening of clubhouses etc.