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Introducing our new Business Pay As You Play Initiative.

The Old Firm Derby will be shown in the Clubhouse this coming Sunday. Kick off 12.00. We would like to confirm that out Super Sunday promotion of all pints at £2.50 remains in place for this weekend.

A warm welcome to Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club from Alan Brown Club Captain 2018 I consider it a huge honour and privilege to welcome you all as Captain of Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club 2018 and thank all the Members and Committee for electing me. Can I also thank our outgoing Captain Steven Friel for all his hard work as he now takes up the role of Club President. If you are a first-time visitor to our website and social media platforms these give an insight of what Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club has to offer. Please accept my warm invitation to pay us a visit in person as that is the best way to experience all the facilities available. Our Golf Club, established in 1905 is one of the finest courses in the Central Belt of Scotland and is a fabulous test for golfers of all levels. Our modern Club House situated close to the town centre of Kilsyth benefits from fantastic views due to its elevated position over the Kelvin Valley. We have an exciting social calendar planned for 2018 and are looking forward to seeing many of you supporting these fantastic evenings which are almost sold out as quickly as they are announced. 2017 was once again a successful year for our Club Golf Teams entered in the various golf leagues throughout the Central Region and would encourage golfers of all abilities to join in and represent the Club as the various teams cater for all handicaps. I would like to wish our new President Steven Friel, Lady Captain, Catelyn Heaps, Vice-Captain Steven Kelly good luck for the forthcoming year and I very much look forward to working alongside them and our Club Committee. My Captain's chosen charity this year will be Brightest Star and with your help and support I hope to raise a significant amount of money for this very worthy cause. Please take a few moments to visit the website https://brighteststar.org.uk/ for information on this magnificent charity and the incredible work they provide in what must be the hardest of circumstances. I hope you enjoy browsing our website and social media platforms, any comments are most welcome via our contact us pages. On a final note, may I take this opportunity to wish all Members and Visitors to the Club an enjoyable year’s golf and every success with their game and I look forward to meeting you all Members and Visitors alike on the course or at our many social events. Alan Brown Club Captain 2018

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The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by The R&A and the USGA, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a consistent measure of playing ability. The new World Handicap System, to be implemented in 2020, follows an extensive review of systems administered by six existing handicapping authorities: Golf Australia, the Council of National Golf Unions (CONGU) in Great Britain and Ireland, the European Golf Association (EGA), the South African Golf Association (SAGA), the Argentine Golf Association (AAG) and the USGA. The new system will feature the following: ➤ Flexibility in formats of play, allowing both competitive and recreational rounds to count for handicap purposes and ensuring that a golfer's handicap is more reflective of potential ability ➤ A minimal number of scores needed to obtain a new handicap; a recommendation that the number of scores needed to obtain a new handicap be 54 holes from any combination of 18-hole and 9-hole rounds, but with some discretion available for national or regional associations to set a different minimum within their own jurisdiction ➤ A consistent handicap that is portable from course to course and country to country through worldwide use of the USGA Course and Slope Rating System, already successfully used in more than 80 countries ➤ An average-based calculation of a handicap, taken from the best eight out of the last 20 scores and factoring in memory of demonstrated ability for better responsiveness and control ➤ A calculation that considers the impact that abnormal course and weather conditions might have on a player's performance each day ➤ Daily handicap revisions, taking account of the course and weather conditions calculation ➤ A limit of Net Double Bogey on the maximum hole score (for handicapping purposes only) ➤ A maximum handicap limit of 54.0, regardless of gender, to encourage more golfers to measure and track their performance to increase their enjoyment of the game Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, "We are working with our partners and national associations to make golf more modern, more accessible and more enjoyable as a sport and the new World Handicap System represents a huge opportunity in this regard. "We want to make it more attractive to golfers to obtain a handicap and strip away some of the complexity and variation which can be off-putting for newcomers. Having a handicap, which is easier to understand and is truly portable around the world, can make golf much more enjoyable and is one of the unique selling points of our sport." Mike Davis, CEO of the USGA, commented, "For some time, we've heard golfers say, 'I'm not good enough to have a handicap,' or 'I don't play enough to have a handicap.' We want to make the right decisions now to encourage a more welcoming and social game. We're excited to be taking another important step – along with modernising golf's Rules – to provide a pathway into the sport, making golf easier to understand and more approachable and enjoyable for everyone to play." The tenets of the new system focus on three main objectives: * to encourage as many golfers as possible to obtain and maintain a handicap; * to enable golfers of differing abilities, genders and nationalities to transport their handicap to any course globally and compete on a fair basis; * and to indicate with sufficient accuracy the score a golfer is reasonably capable of achieving on any course around the world, playing under normal conditions. Given worldwide alignment towards a single system, all parties will now embark on a two-year transition period targeting implementation in 2020. When adopted, the World Handicap System will be governed by The R&A and the USGA and administered by national and regional associations around the world, with safeguards included to ensure consistency as well as adaptability to differing golf cultures.