Captains' Courtesy
The press release below was submitted to local and national media today:-
Captains invest a considerable amount of time and money in their year of office – and, arguably, so they should. In return, they are granted courtesy at most other golf courses. Problem is that there just isn’t time to enjoy this benefit, especially if the Captain is doing his job properly!
In some countries, course courtesy is granted in the following year but this is certainly not the norm in England. However, initiatives are beginning to spring up and Richard Hannam, Captain of Prudhoe Golf Club, has developed an idea that could be followed elsewhere.
Most golf clubs compete in League golf and Prudhoe is no exception, actually competing in two. One of those, the Newcastle & District League has been in existence for over 50 years and comprises 16 Clubs.
At the start of the 2006 season, Richard wrote to all 16 Captains proposing that course courtesy be offered in 2007 to the 2006 Captains and retrospectively in 2006 for the 2005 Captains. The proposal would also apply in future years to save Committees having to make annual decisions.
Up to now, 10 of the Clubs have decided in favour of the proposal meaning that 16 Captains can now enjoy course courtesy on a number of courses for the foreseeable future.
“Harry Cone, Captain of Morpeth, came up with the idea late last year,” explains Richard. “However, it is their Centenary and, with Harry being so busy, I took up the idea on his behalf.”
“Since the majority of the Clubs have agreed, this demonstrates that there is a real need for the tradition of current year courtesy to be re-assessed at national level.”
A separate part of the initiative saw the 16 Clubs forming a 2006 Captains’ Society. “We felt it very important to maintain the bond we had created during our year of office and decided to get together at least once a year to cement our friendship.”
Many of the 2006 Captains played recently in an inaugural competition, held at Morpeth, and this was won by Terry Irving from Newcastle United Golf Club. At the dinner afterwards, the Captains decided that the winning Captain each year would host the following year’s event.
The press release below was submitted to local and national media today:-
Captains invest a considerable amount of time and money in their year of office – and, arguably, so they should. In return, they are granted courtesy at most other golf courses. Problem is that there just isn’t time to enjoy this benefit, especially if the Captain is doing his job properly!
In some countries, course courtesy is granted in the following year but this is certainly not the norm in England. However, initiatives are beginning to spring up and Richard Hannam, Captain of Prudhoe Golf Club, has developed an idea that could be followed elsewhere.
Most golf clubs compete in League golf and Prudhoe is no exception, actually competing in two. One of those, the Newcastle & District League has been in existence for over 50 years and comprises 16 Clubs.
At the start of the 2006 season, Richard wrote to all 16 Captains proposing that course courtesy be offered in 2007 to the 2006 Captains and retrospectively in 2006 for the 2005 Captains. The proposal would also apply in future years to save Committees having to make annual decisions.
Up to now, 10 of the Clubs have decided in favour of the proposal meaning that 16 Captains can now enjoy course courtesy on a number of courses for the foreseeable future.
“Harry Cone, Captain of Morpeth, came up with the idea late last year,” explains Richard. “However, it is their Centenary and, with Harry being so busy, I took up the idea on his behalf.”
“Since the majority of the Clubs have agreed, this demonstrates that there is a real need for the tradition of current year courtesy to be re-assessed at national level.”
A separate part of the initiative saw the 16 Clubs forming a 2006 Captains’ Society. “We felt it very important to maintain the bond we had created during our year of office and decided to get together at least once a year to cement our friendship.”
Many of the 2006 Captains played recently in an inaugural competition, held at Morpeth, and this was won by Terry Irving from Newcastle United Golf Club. At the dinner afterwards, the Captains decided that the winning Captain each year would host the following year’s event.
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