Blevins Franks Masters, Monthly Medals, etc.
Because of difficulties with the GolfSoc website in keeping track of entries to the Society competitions (Masters, Monthly Medals, etc), the Society has decided to leave the entry lists online until a couple of days before each competition. Please be aware however that when the maximum entries for the competition are reached those entries will be recorded and any additional entries will be added to a reserve list. The Society will advise via the GolfSoc website when the maximum entry is reached for each competition.
Withdrawing from competitions
Note: We have had to introduce some potential penalties for withdrawals. The last masters was oversubscribed by some 10 people. The draw was made and then within 48 hours of the comp ten people withdrew. However by then the reserves had found something else to do and so not only is a late withdrawal unfair on the reserves by depriving them of a game it also means the committee have to phone around drumming up extras to take the place. So please, please, please, only enter a competition if you are sure you can make it. We accept there will be last minute changes for everyone that can't be avoided but simply double booking something and withdrawing 24 hours before isn't fair on our other members
We will endeavor to post tee times at least 48 hours prior to the start of a competition. Players withdrawing once the tee time are posted may at the committee's discretion be banned for one subsequent competition unless they have an excuse the committee deems acceptable. Players registered to play who do not attend without advising the Committee will face a one match ban for a subsequent tournament
Canceling comps
Canceling a competition. You can cancel an entry into a competition yourself if you need to by going into golfsoc and clicking on Usermenu. There you will see a note saying You are currently entered into one or more future events. CLICK HERE to view or cancel event entries.
If you click where instructed you will see the events you are listed to play and you can cancel your entry there.
Please make sure you also email or text the competition secretary (currently Karla) to advise her also that you are withdrawing. And please make sure you do so in plenty of time and before the draw is made. Failure to follow this procedure may lead to a one match ban at the committee's discretion.
golfsoc
A very common question we are asked is 'Why is my handicap wrong on golfsoc…' The answer is we don't use those handicaps on Golfsoc. They were posted many moons ago and they cant be linked to any federation. So to change them it would mean each week someone has to go in and physically amend 250 handicaps. So to be clear they are not valid and are not used by the Committee for our competitions. We access the Spanish Federation website directly to check handicaps and going forward for non fed members we will apply handicaps as referred to above through a website called Golfatomic (which we use merely to maintain all of our competition scores).
Due to difficulties with the GolfSoc website to keep track of registrations to the Society's competitions (Masters, Monthly Medals, etc.), the Society has decided to leave the registration lists online until a couple of days before of each competition. However, please note that when the maximum number of entries for the contest is reached, those entries will be recorded and additional entries will be added to a reserve list. The Company will notify through the GolfSoc website when the maximum number of registrations for each competition is reached.
withdrawal of funds
Nota: Hemos tenido que introducir algunas posibles penalizaciones por retiradas. El último máster tuvo un exceso de participación de unas 10 personas. Se hizo el sorteo y a las 48 horas de la competición diez personas se retiraron. Sin embargo, para entonces los reservas ya habían encontrado otra cosa que hacer, por lo que una retirada tardía no sólo es injusta para los reservas al privarles de una partida, sino que también significa que el comité tiene que llamar para conseguir extras que ocupen su lugar. Así que, por favor, por favor, por favor, inscríbete en una competición sólo si estás seguro de poder hacerlo. Aceptamos que habrá cambios de última hora para todos que no se pueden evitar, pero simplemente hacer una doble reserva y retirarse 24 horas antes no es justo para nuestros otros miembros.
Intentaremos publicar los horarios de salida al menos 48 horas antes del comienzo de la competición. Los jugadores que se retiren una vez publicados los horarios de salida podrán, a discreción del comité, ser expulsados de una competición posterior, a menos que presenten una excusa que el comité considere aceptable. Los jugadores inscritos que no asistan sin avisar al Comité serán sancionados con un partido de suspensión en un torneo posterior.
Cancelación de competiciones
Cancelación de una competición. Puedes cancelar una inscripción en una competición tú mismo si lo necesitas entrando en golfsoc y haciendo clic en Usermenu. Allí verás una nota que dice Estás inscrito en uno o más eventos futuros. PULSE AQUÍ para ver o cancelar inscripciones en eventos.
Si haces clic donde se te indica, verás los eventos en los que estás inscrito y podrás cancelar tu inscripción allí.
Asegúrate también de enviar un correo electrónico o un mensaje de texto a la secretaria de la competición (actualmente Karla) para informarle de que te retiras. Y asegúrate de hacerlo con tiempo suficiente y antes de que se realice el sorteo. El incumplimiento de este procedimiento puede dar lugar a una prohibición de un partido a discreción del comité.
Golfsoc
A very common question we get is 'Why is my handicap wrong at golfsoc...' The answer is that we don't use those handicaps at Golfsoc. They were published many moons ago and cannot be linked to any federation. So to change them would mean every week someone has to go and physically modify 250 handicaps. So to be clear they are not valid and are not used by the Committee for our competitions. We access the website of the Spanish Federation directly to check the handicaps and from now on for non-federated members we will apply the handicaps as mentioned above through a website called Golfatomic (which we use simply to keep all our competition scores).