Upcoming Event
Autumn Meeting 2010
Effingham Golf Club
08/Oct/2010
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Spring 2010 Meeting
Effingham Golf Club
14/May/2010
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The London Shipowners Golfing Society Upcoming Events
The Society meets in the Spring and Autumn to play golf in events organised in a unique format involving company teams playing against each other for a number of unique trophies. we play for a variety of Trophies, many of which have names that reflect Britain's Maritime Heritage - Blue Star, Shaw Saville, Fyffes, Port Line, British & Commonwealth, Glen Line. Like these great Shipping Lines who conducted their business in a variety of trades worldwide, the trophies whose name they bare are competed for in a variety of formats including singles, partners and team events.
We use a number of golf clubs to hold our events, most notably Effingham Golf Club (http://www.effinghamgolfclub.com/) and Sundridge Park Golf Club (http://www.spgc.co.uk/).
Prior to an event you will be able to sign-up using an online form which will appear below, if there isn't a form it means we do not currently have an event organised.
Upcoming Event on 14 May 2010 at 07:30
Spring 2010 Meeting
Team and Individual Stableford Competitions played over 18 holes in the AM and 9 holes in the PM. The day starts with coffee and bacon rolls from 0730 and at 0830 a shotgun start. Playing four ball team and individual Stableford competition over 18 holes in the AM, then lunch, followed by team foursomes in the PM over 9 holes. Finishing the day with trophy presentations during afternoon tea.
Play the ball as it lies. Play the course as you find it and if you can't do either, do what is fair, but to do what is fair, you need to know the rules of golf.
If four players average 90 shots for their round and loose 15 seconds preparing for each shot then the time taken for the round is increased by 90 minutes. This takes a 3.5 hour round of golf into 5 hours. Let's see where we can shave those accumulating 15 seconds from our shots and therefore from our rounds.
Effingham Golf Club
Effingham has been a members club since 1927. The 6500 yard downland course is set on 264 acres of chalk downs with mature trees and exceptional views of London and across five counties from the undulating fairways designed by Harry S Colt.
The highest part of the course is 500 feet above sea level and the chalk subsoil makes for one of the driest courses in the country. Visiting golfers find the course a delight throughout the year.
The Georgian style clubhouse is a listed building dating from 1770 and provides superb facilities for societies and company days and is the spiritual home of the London Shipowners Golfing Society. For 2010 Effingham GC is one of The Open regional qualifier courses and in preparation a number of new tees have been created providing added to spice to an already exceptional course.