Events
2025 CALENDAR
EVENTS OVERVIEW
This section provides information on how our events run, what to expect before, during and after an event and sets expectations on what golfers should do to play their part in having smooth and efficient competitions.
We play our regular competitions (a mixture of singles events, mostly Stableford with some Medal, plus frequent team games like Pairs and Scrambles) at golf courses in and around Bangkok, every second and fourth Saturday of the month. We normally have ~30 players at each event and we arrange discounted weekend green fee prices.
PRE EVENT
Registration for events takes place in True Handicap. Email announcements and website postings are made to alert members that event registration is open.
Guests of members are welcome to join our events. Members will play with their guests and be responsible for them.
Players need to have a valid handicap in True Handicap to be eligible for flight and overall winners prizes. Technical prizes can be won irrespective of handicap.
Start Sheet groupings are issued by email and available in True Handicap the day before an event.
With the exception of our major events, 4-ball groups comprise golfers of mixed abilities. Groupings are arranged to allow everybody to golf with a wide variety of members. Requests for groupings are discouraged. If you want to play with the same three people at each event, you are at the wrong club.
With an average turnout of ~30 golfers, there are always first and last groups, so we endeavour to move people up and down the running order, irrespective of their golfing abilities. We start simultaneously on tee boxes 1 & 10, so that all things being equal, our last groups will arrive at the clubhouse at the same time.
Players in the first groups are asked to help by placing technical prize markers on the course. Players in the last groups are requested to bring in these markers for the committee.
DURING EVENTS
Please arrive at least 45 minutes before the first tee time. Pay your green and caddy fees at the pro shop then come to our registration desk to pay your match fee (250 baht), collect your scorecard label and check for any changes to groupings and event conditions such as preferred lies.
Swap scorecards with another player in your group - your marker. Record the gross scores for each hole clearly for yourself and your marker. Please put the Stableford scores too as it helps with score entry after the round. Do a hole by hole check with your marker after 9 and 18 holes.
It is the players responsibility to mark scores correctly - the player, not the caddy, should write the scores on the card. Use a pen as pencils are not clear enough.
Players are responsible for knowing the rules of golf, Londoners’ local rules and local rules of the golf course. If you are unsure how to proceed in a certain situation, check with your marker to avoid misunderstandings and disputes and check with the committee before submitting your card if still unsure.
We play Ready Golf, we putt out and we do not use drop zones unless specified on the competition start sheet. To assist with pace of play, hit a provisional ball if you suspect your ball may have gone out of bounds.
AFTER EVENTS
Sign your card and your markers card and submit them to the committee scorer before having a shower.
Scores are entered into True Handicap by the committee after each event and results are calculated and published
We gather after the round to eat, drink and chat. Results are announced at a presentation given by the captain and prizes are awarded.
At each of our regular events, there are trophies for the overall event winners, plus those who return the best score in each of the three flights: A (0-11), B (12-20) & C (21+). The handicap boundaries are reviewed every season and for 2025 Flight B's range is increased from 12-19 to 12-20.
We award technical prizes for Near Pins and Longest Putts of wine, vouchers or balls, all generously donated by our sponsors. Players can only win one technical prize per event with additional prizes being distributed via much-enjoyed Lucky Draws. Similarly, prizes won by players who are not at the presentation are shared on a Lucky Draw basis.
MAJOR EVENTS
We have three Majors each year; the Club Championship, The President's Cup and the Masters. The Club Championships and Presidents Cup are Away Weekends with 2 daily golf competitions, an evening function and a combined 2 day competition to win the Major. The Masters is currently played across 2 regular events in September (Medal score minus Stableford score to create a players Masters score with the lowest score winning). The Club Championship has both a Net 'Club Champion' and a Gross 'Scratch Champion'.
Winners of a Major receive a trophy and their name is inscribed on the Perpetual Trophy plate for posterity. Masters winners also receive a special winner’s shirt to proudly display at future tournaments.
QUALIFYING GAMES FOR MAJORS
For all majors you must have an active handicap having played at least 1 Londoner game in the last 6 months and also have played at least 6 qualifying Londoner events in the last 12 months.
Games played at the previous year's away weekends count as 2 games each weekend assuming both rounds are played.
To qualify for The Masters, the 6 game qualifying criteria does not apply, but you must have won an overall competition or a flight or Eclectic, Order of Merit, Matchplay or Pairs, since and including the game constituting the first round of the previous year’s Masters. Previous Masters Winners do not have to meet the additional criteria of having won an overall competition or flight but need to have an active Londoner handicap having played in the last 6 months.
Pairs Weekend - since 2022 our annual Pairs event was held as an Away Weekend and we plan to maintain this format going forward.
ANNUAL COMPETITIONS
Order of Merit - Each year we run an Order of Merit competition to find player who plays with the best consistency in the season. Various scoring mechanisms have been used over the years and each has the same goal of revealing the most worthy winner of our perpetual Crystal Trophy. Leaderboards exist on this website or on True Handicap depending on the scoring format chosen that year. For 2025 the leaderboard is in this post on the website.
Match Play - each year, we have a knock-out match-play between our members, for which the eventual winner receives a trophy. To be eligible you must have competed in a Londoner event in the last 6 months and so have a valid handicap. This applies at the start date and throughout the year.
Following the changes to the rules of golf in 2019. Matches should be played at a regular Londoner event to ease the competition administration and you are obliged to follow the stroke play rules for the duration of the match. It is not permitted to concede putts or to recall your opponent's shot if they play out of turn.
As always competitors should agree at the commencement of a match their preference to complete the match in the event of a draw, which could be;
Replay the game if time permits, or replay the 1st hole you started on and continue from there using the same stroke index for handicaps that you used for the match, or best number of putts on the putting green, or spin a coin.
Eclectic - We have eclectic competitions that run throughout each season, where we log every member’s best gross score on each hole. There are three flights (A, B & C) and the person from each of the three flights, with the lowest score at the end of our year, receives a trophy.
Best of Series - for our monthly Stableford, which is played at two different courses during the year, our annual event is the Best of 4 matches; meaning, the members best 4 Stableford scores are maintained. Like the eclectic, the standard 3 flights are maintained and the winner of each flight at the end of the year will be the best overall Stableford score of the 4 events. Depending on the schedule for the year, this comp may not run.
Inter-society Matches - Every year we play matches against other golf societies such as the Bangkok Wanderers and the British Club for bragging rights and for the glory of holding a trophy for the ensuing twelve months.