Given the fluctuation in COVID restrictions, we did not plan a formal Burns Supper this year. However, Neil has stepped into the breach and will be running a Burns Supper Club on Saturday 29th January to enjoy in the Clubhouse.

The menu includes everything you would expect from a Burns celebration and more. There are 40 spaces for the Burns Supper Club, so please do book your place asap to avoid disappointment.

The bar staff team will be taking reservations by phone and in person.

Those lucky enough to get a space should be seated and suitably hungry for 19:30 on 29th January. Tartan encouraged!

We're delighted to have Neil Moodie joining us to provide an outsourced catering service to members.
Neil brings with him a distinctive catering van which will allow us to start providing a limited service to members in the near future. When you do see him in the car park, please drop by to introduce yourself and give him a warm Kilmacolm welcome. As soon as the restrictions permit and the membership is comfortable, Neil will move into the clubhouse and we will move towards a more normalised service.
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As part of the new WHS, the R&A and USGA advise using the stroke indices (SI) provided, which is based off the information used to calculate the courses slope rating.

Following discussion and approval from both the Ladies committee and the Gents Handicap committee your Golf and Social committee has decided to adopt these for both sections to ensure that both the WHS handicap calculations and our own club competitions use the same Stroke Index.

The new yardages and stroke indices have been uploaded on to the SG App. Tee signage has been ordered and the current tee signs will be updated and repositioned by March. Score cards are in the process of being ordered and will be with us shortly. 

Match-play competitions having started under the old SI will continue with those through to completion. 

General Play Scores and qualifying competitions for handicap are now under the new SI. 

For anyone looking to do a general play score (GPS) without using the App, you can get a scorecard from the pro shop with adjusted SI on them. Please remember that anyone doing a GPS without the App must register in the pro shop before going out or your score will not count. GPS are permitted with the use of mats but you may not move your ball to the side.

Stroke Index Changes

Following the article in The Scotsman last week regarding the appointment of Megan Briggs as our Club Vice Captain, Martin Dempster has published a follow up article regarding high profile golfers taking up roles within Golf Clubs.
It's been good to be part of some lively debate.

Martin Dempster: "Why more Scottish golf clubs should appoint high-profile captains"

"It’s always pleasing to generate a debate on golfing matters and that was certainly the case with a news story last week about Megan Briggs, a former Scottish Women’s champion, having been lined up to become Kilmacolm’s club captain next year."

By Martin Dempster
Monday, 18th January 2021, 12:30 pm

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Kilmacolm line up former Scottish Women's champion Megan Briggs as club captain
Former Scottish Women’s Amateur champion Megan Briggs is set to become just the second lady captain of Kilmacolm in the Renfrewshire club’s 130-year history.

By Martin Dempster
Thursday, 14th January 2021, 3:13 pm
Updated Thursday, 14th January 2021, 4:20 pm

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