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Saturday 31st July – The WBGC Ladies Open

 

Dear Lady Golfers

We hope that you and yours are well and no doubt like us looking forward to more normality and lots of golf!   We are delighted that we are once again able to hold our Whiting Bay Ladies Open competition with lots of lovely prizes and a warm welcome.

 We are pleased to invite you (and your friends on or off island) to play in our Ladies Open  on Saturday 31st July and this year it is an 18 hole Stableford, 2 or 3 balls.   The cost is just £10 per person payable on the day. To book a tee time, please contact Lesley Wood at lmwoodarran@gmail.com  or phone her on 01770 700466 as soon as possible to get your preferred tee off time.   If you require a buggy they are on special offer at just £10.  During the day John will be serving his delicious hot and cold snacks.

If you would like to sponsor a hole, there is a notice up in the clubhouse or just let Lesley know.  As always any donations for the raffle or prizes will be gratefully received. As yet we do not know if we will be able to hold a prize giving but our famous raffle will definitely go ahead!!

Any players without handicaps are also welcome to play but are only eligible to win hole prizes. 

We do hope that you will be able to join us for fun, friendship as well as competitive golf!  

Best wishes

The Ladies Section

Whiting Bay GC.

January 2021 – Lockdown Measures & Midweek Sweeps

Golfers will no doubt be aware that with effect from Tuesday 5th January, the country has been placed into further ‘lockdown’ measures. Fortunately the measures announced mean that golf can continue, PROVIDED all social distancing protocols etc. are strictly adhered to. This will mean that three and four ball games may be played only when all participants are from the same household. For the vast majority of us that means only two ball games are allowed and of course the pre existing prohibition on using the clubhouse continues.

It has therefore been decided to suspend the Wednesday and Friday sweeps (the Tam Young Tankard and the Srixon ball sweep) until such time as conditions are eased, hopefully in the not too distant future.

Golf can still be played and bookings should be made via the online system whenever possible, but remember, only two ball games unless all players are from the same household.

Sunday 6th December – AGA Winter League

Match against Machrie Bay at Whiting Bay, 9.00am tee off. Course reserved until 11.30am.

WBGC Team is John Pennycott & Dougie Auld; Stan Rainey & David Blair

A Testimonial from Four International Members

Those of us who are members of Whiting Bay know how fortunate we are. We live on (or regularly visit) a beautiful island, we play a course that is invariably in good shape with some of the finest views imaginable and we meet some wonderful people. For some people however it’s not so easy. Here’s a letter from four of our US based visitors. They travel thousands of miles every time they play Whiting Bay. It’s clear from the letter just how much the club means to them and it’s heartwarming to read their supportive comments. It’s nice to know we are doing something right! 

Jonathan, Neil, Brian and Tyler are now members of Whiting Bay GC and we look forward to seeing them the next time they can make it across the pond. 

Thanks for writing guys and welcome to the club.

 

Saturday 29th August – Fun Texas Scramble

The ever popular Fun Texas Scramble is back! Get your teams organised for 15 holes of golfing fun followed by a burger and some beers at the clubhouse, hopefully outside in the sunshine but if not indoors in the bar. Either way we’ll be maintaining social distancing so it’s a safe environment for all. Don’t miss it. It’s always a fun day.