HSCGS
  • Introduction
  • 2023
    Events
  • Test Valley
    Results
    2023
  • Alresford
    Results
    2023
  • 2023
    Results
    Summary
  • 2022
    Results
    Summary
  • Order
    of Merit
    2023
  • Order
    of Merit
    2010-2022
  • Honours
    Board
  • Handicaps
  • Contacts

Hawley Golf Society

We successfully held our last event for 2023 at Test Valley on Tuesday 19th September, when we also had our Society Championship and Chris Rogers Trophy competitions.

The Hawley Golf Society was started 20 years ago by a group of people who used the Hawley Sports Centre; however, although we still retain the name, there is no longer any connection with Hawley Sports Centre. Numbers have fluctuated over the years with a number of members who joined when other golf societies closed (for example, Companions); we currently have over 25 names on our calling notices, with around a dozon playing at each event. New members are always welcome and if you are interested do please contact us (see the 'Contacts' tab).


Venues and Dates

In 2023 we held six events; at Petersfield, Weybrook Park, The Drift, Tylney Park, Alresford & Test Valley.

At one event, the Drift, there was only one round preceded by a full English breakfast. Three events, at Petersfiled, Weybrook & Tylney, offered of playing 18 or 36 holes with a light lunch between rounds; the last two events, at Alresford and Test Valley, provided a Full Package with one or two rounds, a bacon bap/coffee to start, a light lunch between rounds and a 2-course dinner to finish.

Events Format

Play one round or two rounds. Options (at all except The Drift) include playing either one round or two rounds with a light lunch in-between. One round options are either a morning package or an afternoon package with food before or after playing. Choosing an afternoon option wil enable you to enjoy a sociable drink (and dinner at each of the last two events) at the end of play, followed by prize giving.

Costs.The typical cost for a two-round package is between £70 & £80 and for a one-round package between £60 and £65. These costs include a contibution towards a staff gratuity at the end of an event (when food is provided). In addition there is a 'Membership Fee' which pays for prizes and can either be paid as a lump sum at the start of the season (£20 for those playing two rounds through the season or £10 for those playing one round) or paid as each round is played at £2.50 per round.

Prizes at each event are awarded for the winner and runner-up for both morning and afternoon rounds plus prizes for nearest-the-pin and nearest-the pin-in-2 holes during each of the AM and PM rounds (in any event with six or less players there will only be a winner prize). At any event, no one can be awarded more than one winner/runner-up prize; therefore, the winner in the morning round cannot be a winner or runner-up in the afternoon round, however winning in the afternoon will take precedence over being the runner-up in the morning round.

There is also an optional '2s' competition at each event with a £1 entry fee; anyone making a '2' during either the morning or afternoon round shares the 'pot'.

Handicaps

The handicap for each individual is based on their World Handicap System (WHS) Handicap Index or players without a WHS Handicap Index may use a handicap set by the committee (based on their 'best (honest) estimate' of their handicap). More details can be found under the Handicaps Tab.

Buggies

To make it easier for players having difficulty playing two rounds in a day (or maybe even one round), we have tried to select courses that have buggies to hire; whenever possible, buggies are often shared to make it more cost effective.

Hawley Golf Society Events for 2023


Month Venue Web Site Date Tee/Lunch
Start Times
Format Food Estimated Cost
(full package)
APRIL Petersfield Petersfield web site Friday 28th April 08:30
&
13:30
18/36 holes Light Lunch £84
MAY Weybrook Park Weybrook Park web site Tuesday 23rd May 08:32
&
13:44
18/36 holes Light Lunch £72
JUNE The Drift The Drift web site Wednesday 28th June 11:00* 18 holes Full English
Breakfast
*
£67
JULY Tylney Park Tylney Park web site Tuesday 18th July 08:30
&
13:30
18/36 holes Light Lunch £72
AUGUST Alresford Alresford web site Thursday 17th August 08:30
&
13:30
18/36 holes Coffee/Bacon
Light Lunch
2-Course Dinner
£94
SEPTEMBER Test Valley Test Valley web site Tuesday 19th September 07:54
&
13:30
18/36 holes Coffee/Bacon
Light Lunch
2-Course Dinner
£84

Download a copy of the events played in 2023 by clicking on the PDF logo: pdflogo

Test Valley 2023

GOLFERS H'CAP AM SCRATCH SCORE AM H'CAP SCORE AM POINTS AM NP AM NP2 AM 2s PM SCRATCH SCORE PM H'CAP SCORE PM POINTS PM NP PM NP2 PM 2s CLUB CPN'SHIP CHRIS ROGERS
Sam Armadass 12 25 36 10 31 42 10 56 N/A
Neil Durant 10 20 29 8 22 31 8 42 N/A
Richard Edmondson 12 16 27 7 28 40 9 44 N/A
Ian Blackford 29 8 32 9 8 32
Tony Patterson 23 9 29 8 9 30 7 18 59
Phillip Smitham 26 4 24 6 6 29 6 10 53
Robin Hood 35 9 32 9 9 32
Dave Newberry 30 5 24 6 4 18 4 9 42
Alwyn Huggett 18 12 26 5 12 26

Alresford 2023

GOLFERS H'CAP AM SCORE AM POINTS AM NP AM NP2 AM 2s PM SCORE PM POINTS PM NP PM NP2 PM 2s
Tony Patterson 24 27 9 26 9
Sam Armadass 13 33 10 33 10
Robin Hood 35 25 8 DNP
Dave Newberry 30 24 7 17 7
Richard Edmondson 13 25 8 25 8
Neil Durant 10 20 6 26 9

Golf Society Results in 2023

 Month  Venue Round Winners/Runners-up Nearest Pin/Nearest-the-pin-in-2
 APRIL  Petersfield
 Winner:  Richard Edmondson
 Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 PM Winner: Phillip Smitham
 PM Runner-up: David Ayton
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Richard Edmonson
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: None
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Dave Newberry
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: None
 AM 2s:  Richard Edmonson  PM 2s:  Phillip SMitham, David Ayton
 MAY  Weybrook Park
 AM Winner:  Tony Patterson
 AM Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 PM Winner: Phillip Smitham
 PM Runner-up: Neil Durant
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Richard Edmondson
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Tony Patterson
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None
 JUNE  The Drift
 Winner: Richard Edmondson
 Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 Nearest-the-pin:None 
 Nearest-the-pin-in-2:Tony Patterson 
 2s:  None
 JULY  Tylney Park
 AM Winner:  Sam Armadass
 AM Runner-up: N/A
 PM Winner: Dave Preece
 PM Runner-up: Neil Durant
 AM Nearest-the-pin: 
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: 
 PM Nearest-the-pin: 
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: 
 AM 2s:    PM 2s:  
 AUGUST  Alresford
 AM Winner:  Sam Armadass
 AM Runner-up: N/A
 PM Winner: Tony Patterson (Back 6 count-back)
 PM Runner-up: N/A
 AM Nearest-the-pin: None
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Sam Armadass
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Robin Hood (10th); Sam Armadass (13th)
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Richard Edmondson
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None
 SEPTEMBER  Test Valley
 Club Cpn'ship Winner: Sam Armadass
 Club Cpn'ship Runner-up: Richard Edmondson
 Chris Rogers Winner: Tony Patterson
 Chris Rogers Runner-up: Phillip Smitham
 AM Winner:  Sam Armadass
 AM Runner-up: Ian Blackford
 PM Winner: Richard Edmondson
 PM Runner-up: Neil Durant



 AM Nearest-the-pin: Robin Hood
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Richard Edmondson
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Sam Armadass
 AM 2s:None   PM 2s:  None

Golf Society Results in 2022

 Month  Venue Round Winners/Runners-up Nearest Pin/Longest Drive
 MARCH  Basingstoke
 AM Winner:  Tony Patterson
 AM Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)

 PM Winner: Phillip Smitham
 PM Runner-up: Alan Harlow
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Alan Harlow
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Sam Armadass
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Sam Armadass
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None
 APRIL  Corhampton
 AM Winner:  Richard Edmondson
 AM Runner-up: Tony Patterson
 PM Winner: Sam Armadass
 PM Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 AM Nearest-the-pin: None
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Richard Edmondson
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Neil Durant
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None
 MAY  Weybrook Park
 AM Winner:  Richard Edmondson
 AM Runner-up: N/A
 PM Winner: Sam Armadass
 PM Runner-up: David Ayton
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Neil Durant
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Richard Edmondson
 PM Nearest-the-pin: None
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Sam Armadass
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  Alan Harlow
 JUNE  The Drift
 Winner:  Richard Edmondson
 Runner-up: Sam Armadass (on countback)
 Nearest-the-pin: Sam Armadass
 Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Richard Edmondson
 2s:  None
 JULY  Tylney Park
 AM Winner:  Tony Patterson
 AM Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 PM Winner: Alwyn Huggett (on countback)
 PM Runner-up: Dave Preece
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Neil Durant
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Tony Patterson
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Richard Edmondson
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None
 AUGUST  Alresford
 Club Cpn'ship Winner: Alan Harlow
 Club Cpn'ship Runner-up: Sam Armadass
 Chris Rogers Winner: Tony Patterson
 Chris Rogers Runner-up: David Ayton
 AM Winner:  Richard Edmondson
 AM Runner-up: N/A
 PM Winner: Neil Durant (on countback)
 PM Runner-up: N/A
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Sam Armadass
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: None
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Sam Armadass
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Neil Durant
 AM 2s: None  PM 2s:  Neil Durant
 SEPTEMBER  Test Valley
 AM Winner:  Phillip Smitham
 AM Runner-up: N/A (less than 6 players)
 PM Winner: Neil Durant
 PM Runner-up: Richard Edmondson
 AM Nearest-the-pin: Tony Patterson
 AM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: Tony Patterson
 PM Nearest-the-pin: Neil Durant
 PM Nearest-the-pin-in-2: None
 AM 2s:  None  PM 2s:  None

Order of Merit Table for 2023

The Order of Merit award is made at the end of the year to the player with the highest score based on the sum of their best eight results, with AM and PM rounds being counted as separate results. After each morning and afternoon round, points are awarded for first (10), second (9), third (8) etc. down to one point for tenth, based on stableford scores; two or more players with the same stableford score will be awarded the same number of points, regardless of the actual order that may have been based on the count-back procedure.

Name Petersfield Weybrook Park The Drift Tylney Park Alresford Test Valley Total Final
Year
Total
(Best 8 Scores)
AM
Pts
AM
OM
PM
Pts
PM
OM
AM
Pts
AM
OM
PM
Pts
PM
OM
AM
Pts
AM
Pts
PM
OM
PM
OM
PM
Pts
PM
OM
AM
Pts
AM
OM
PM
Pts
PM
OM
AM
Pts
AM
OM
PM
Pts
PM
OM
Richard Edmondson 32 10 25 9 27 8 29 8 34 10 27 9 29 8 25 8 25 8 27 7 40 9 94 71
Phillip Smitham 26 9 28 10 31 9 38 10 32 9 25 8 26 6 24 6 29 6 73 67
Tony Patterson 21 8 24 8 37 10 29 8 24 7 24 7 28 7 27 9 27 9 29 8 30 7 88 67
Neil Durant 21 7 31 9 34 9 19 5 29 8 20 6 26 9 29 8 31 8 69 64
Sam Armadass 37 10 38 10 33 10 33 10 36 10 42 10 60 60
Dave Newberry 16 6 23 7 8 6 29 8 23 6 14 4 24 7 17 7 24 5 18 4 60 52
Alwyn Huggett 21 7 22 5 26 5 17 17
Robin Hood 25 8 32 9 17 17
John Kirkpatrick 26 9 9 9
David Ayton 25 9 9 9
Dave Preece 32 9 9 9
Ian Blackford 32 9 9 9

Order of Merit Results 2010 to 2023

After each event, points are awarded for coming first (10), second (9), third (8) etc. down to one point for coming tenth,
based on stableford scores, for both morning and afternoon rounds; two or more players with the same stableford score
will be awarded the same number of points, regardless of the actual order that may have been based on count-back.
There were no Order of Merit awards in 2020 & 2021 becasue we played less than eight rounds of golf.
Member Points 2022
    Richard Edmondson 75
    Sam Armadass 73
    Neil Durant 70
Member Points 2019
    Richard Edmondson 75
    Phillip Smitham 72
    Sam Armadass 67
Member Points 2018
    Richard Edmondson 74
    Sam Armadass 71 (with three wins)
    Jeremy French 71 (with two wins)
Member Points 2017
    Sam Armadass 79
    Richard Edmondson 71
    Tony Patterson 66
Member Points 2016
    Richard Edmondson 76
    Chris Rogers 71
    David James 68
Member Points 2015
    Richard Edmondson 74
    John Mansfield 69
    Chris Rogers 65
Member Points 2014
    Jeremy French 72 (with three wins)
    Richard Edmondson 72 (with one win)
    David James 70
    Member Points 2013
    Richard Edmondson 74
    Tony Patterson 73 (with three wins)
    Phillip Smitham 73 (with two wins)
    Member Points 2012
    Richard Edmondson 77
    Tony Patterson 72
    John Mansfield 68
    Member Points 2011
    Richard Edmondson 76
    Chris Rogers 70
    Tony Patterson 69
    Member Points 2010
    Richard Edmondson 73
    Barry English 68
    Chris Rogers 67

Honours Board 2010 to 2023

Each year the Society holds its Club Championship, a scratch competition held over two rounds, and the Chris Rogers Trophy (formally called the Peter Pearson Trophy but re-named in 2018 when a new trophy was purchased in memory of our good friend Chris Rogers); the Chris Rogers Trophy is restricted to players with handicaps of 18 and above and is the best net stableford score across the day's two rounds (in 2021, when some entrants only played one round, it was based on the best AM or PM round).
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2023
(Held at Test Valley on Tuesday 19th September)
SAM ARMADASS (with 56 scratch stableford points)
2nd Place: RICHARD EDMONDSON (42 scratch stableford points)
 CHRIS ROGERS TROPHY WINNER 2023
(Held at Test Valley on Tuesday 19th September)
TONY PATTERSON (59 h'cap stableford points)
2nd Place: PHILLIP SMITHAM (53 h'cap stableford points)
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2022
ALAN HARLOW
 CHRIS ROGERS TROPHY WINNER 2022
TONY PATTERSON
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2021 NEIL DURANT
 CHRIS ROGERS TROPHY WINNER 2021 PHILLIP SMITHAM
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2019 SAM ARMADASS
 CHRIS ROGERS TROPHY WINNER 2019 JOHN MANSFIELD
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2018 RICHARD EDMONDSON
 CHRIS ROGERS TROPHY WINNER 2018 CHRIS PLESTED
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2017 SAM ARMADASS
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2017 DAVID JAMES
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2016 SAM ARMADASS
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2016 JOHN MANSFIELD
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2015 SAM ARMADASS
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2015 JOHN MANSFIELD
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2014 NEIL DURANT
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2014 JEREMY FRENCH
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2013 NEIL DURANT
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2013 PHILLIP SMITHAM
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2012 RICHARD EDMONDSON
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2012 JIM LEE
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2011 RICHARD EDMONDSON
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2011 JIM LEE
 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 2010 NEIL DURANT
 PETER PEARSON TROPHY WINNER 2010 CHRIS PLESTED

Hawley Golf Society Handicaps

Handicaps use a player's World Handicap System (WHS) Handicap Index rounded up/down or, for anyone without a WGH a handicap, one set by the committee. During the year, anyone who wins an event will have their handicap cut by two (unless there are six or less players, in which case the handicap will only be cut by one*) and anyone coming as runner-up (in an event with six or more players) will have their handicap cut by one (regardless of their WGH handicap); however, if a player's WHS Handicap Index changes from a currently used Society handicap, during the season, this will be reviewed by the committee and the Society handicap may be adjusted accordingly (whilst still taking into account any winner/runner-up changes that may have occurred).

Hawley Golf Society Handicaps for 2023

The final handicaps for the 2023 season are shown in the table below.
MEMBER STARTING
HANDICAP
WINNER AWARD
DEDUCTIONS
RUNNER-UP AWARD
DEDUCTIONS
COMMITTEE
HANDICAP
ADJUSTMENT
WHS
HANDICAP
ADJUSTMENT
CURRENT HANDICAP
Sam Armadass 14 2* 12
David Ayton 19 1 18
Ian Blackford 29 29
Neil Durant 13 1 1 10
Richard Edmonson 13 1 12
Robin Hood 35 35
Alwyn Huggett 18 18
John Kirkpatrick 24 24
Dave Newberry 28 +2 30
Tony Patterson 25 2* 23
Dave Preece 26 1 24
Phillip Smitham 30 2 26

Golf Society Information

Committee

The Committee for the 2023 season.

CAPTAIN Tony Patterson
TREASURER Richard Edmondson
EVENTS ORGANISOR Phillip Smitham
GENERAL MEMBER Neil Durant

How To Contact Us

New members and guests are always very welcome, whether you would like to play just one round (the morning round with lunch or the afternoon round with dinner) or the full day. To request more information or to join us for one or more of our events, then please contact us at enquiries.

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Last updated: 2 October 2023
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