Ladies News

13th August 2016

Committee Away Day – Largs – 11th August 2016

LADIES COMMITTEE COUTING TO LARGS KELBURN, THURSDAY 11 AUGUST 2016 24 intrepid ladies set off from Douglas Park on Thursday Morning, in suspect conditions, to LargsKelburn for the annual Committee outing, organised by Lady Vice-Captain Christina.  Undaunted by the conditions, which deteriorated during the day, Teams Europe and USA competed for the Douglas Park version of the Solheim Cup.  The […]
2nd August 2016

Ladies’ Patrick Trophy Team Results – 2016

The Douglas Park girls won the overall league with a total of 43.5 points, with nearest rivals Lenzie managing second place with 39.5 points. We won 5 out of 6 matches convincingly and drew one match against Hilton Park at home. Having not won the trophy for the last 20 plus years, we have now won it twice in the last […]
27th July 2016

Fiona Rattray Wins Handicap Award at the West Of Scotland Championships

Many congratulations go to Fiona Rattray who won the Handicap Award at the  West of Scotland Championship which was played at Bonnyton Golf Club on Sunday 24th July. (SSS 71,  CSS: 72) Scratch: Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 73 (BIH) Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)  73 Molly M Richmond ( Strathaven) 74 Handicap Leading Scores: Fiona Rattray (Douglas Park) 77 (7) 70 Joanna Scott (Machrihanish) 78 (7) 71 […]
20th July 2016

Club Team Slots Now Available for the Proam

We are pleased to announce that there are now a number of slots available in the ProAm programme to welcome Club Team entries. The cost of entry for Members will be £100 + VAT per team member (teams of 3 plus a Tartan Tour Professional) This includes entry, breakfast tea/coffee, rolls on arrival (for morning slots) and after match meal.  […]
17th July 2016

Tee Surface Protection Project

Photos below show the challenge which golfers present our greenkeeping staff with in terms of basic golfing etiquette. We commenced an initiative in the Spring, to ensure that Tee surfaces (particularly at 2nd/3rd/12th/17th) were kept in tip-top condition.  (by using seeded soil and/or biodegradable tee pegs) These photos show the state of the tee at 17 during the Assistant Pro’s […]
3rd July 2016

Isobel Currie Trophy (mixed Greensomes) – Sunday 3 July 2016

[slideshow_deploy id=’8966’]This always popular, annual competition, took place today.  The format was a mixed greensomes stableford and the winners were: 1st – David Gallacher and Anne Terry – 36 points (BIH) 2nd – Alistair Forrest and Barbara Aitchison  – 36 points  Thank you to all members who played today. Remember – the next mixed competition will be the Jubilee Trophy Texas Scramble […]
30th June 2016

Care Of Our Greens

Ladies & Gentlemen, in case you were unaware, here is (one of ) the source of some of the large holes which have appeared on a number of our tees and greens.  (12th in particular is bad) May we encourage you to ALWAYS repair pitchmarks which are encountered on a green, whether caused by your own shot or not. Also, […]