Winters Ringers 2025
The Winter Ringers competition completed its third week after an additional 2 registered competitors bring the total to 37, with handicap indexes ranging between 1.5 to 32.8. Again, the entry sheet was not displayed on the counter for those players who started before 9.00am but if you decide to enter in the next few weeks, then any previous qualifying rounds played and recorded on the dotgolf website will be included in the composition of your Ringers score.
This is a competition that everyone can compete in and have a fair chance of winning and it does not favour the high handicappers.
The entry fee is $10 and field is divided into three equal groups that are dynamic, that is the composition of each group is only finalised after completion of the last round and those with handicap indexes that border the ranges may swap between groups depending on their weekly changes in their handicap index.
Your weekly round scores will be picked up from Dotgolf wesite and a weekly Ringers leaderboard will be published on Facebook, the Coringa website and on the notice board in the Pro Shop.
Test your golfing prowess and beat the course hole by hole over a thirteen week period, have some laughs and earn some bragging rights over your fellow competitors. If you're having a bad round to start with, there's always something to play for as you begin to target the remaining holes left on your scorecard to improve on your Ringers score.
Get involved, don't be the one that's missing out on all the FUN...challenge yourself and see what your lowest gross/net score could be if you had the perfect composite round. Get rewarded for your efforts.
There'll be an entry sheet on the Pro Shop counter, next to the cash register, register your name on the sheet and pay your entry fee to Barry.
After Round 3 off either the Blue or Silver tees for the men and Yellow tees for the women, we saw Phil Olsen (16.2) overtake the lead over the field with an improvement of 6.10 to his net score, bringing it down to 60.800, only 0.400 ahead of newcomer Chris Innes (14.8) with a net score of 61.200, followed by Iain Findlater (14.1) who improved 21 places on 61.867. So at this early stage, there are now 34 competitors who are currently under net par but with another 10 rounds to play, the leaderboard will change dramatically over the coming weeks and the range of net scores in the field compresses.
There were 18 birdies or better recorded, with a number of competitors scoring multiple birdies in their round this week, namely Graham Free (7.7) with an eagle and 3 birdies, Duncan Shaw-Brown with 2 birdies as a result of two 2's on the back 9 and Iain Findlater (14.6) with 2 birdies also as a result of two 2,'s. There are 28 players with a birdie or better. Fourteen of the birdies have been scored on Hole # 12, with the next best being Hole # 13 with 7. The Hardest holes to attain birdies or better are Holes # 2,8,9 and 18.
Graham Free's eagle was secured on Hole # 12 and was the second one recorded by the field, the first was achieved by Spencer Wicks in the first week round also on Hole #12. The highlight of this weeks round was the birdie scored by Greg Carr (31.4) on Hole # 3
Here are some of the field statistics to date in the 2024/25 Winter Ringers Competition:
This Week Last Week
Number of Competitors 37 35
Range of Gross Scores 69 - 112 69 - 112
Range of Net Scores (Field) 60.800 - 76.100 64.600 - 84.200
Range of Net Scores (Top 20) 64.600 - 66.167 64.600 - 71.000
# of Players %
Under Net Par 34 91.90
Eagles or Better 2 5.41
Birdies or Better 28 75.68
Players with Multiple Birdies or Better 13 35.14
Bogeys or Worse to Discard 37 100.00
Double Bogeys or Worse to Discard 18 48.65
The weather outlook for this Saturday is not looking favourable for the fourth round, it has a forecasted high of 11, showers with southwesterlies after an overnight low of 4.
See you all out there on the course this Saturday and a few more Ringers registrations. Happy Golfing.
Kevin King
Ringers Convener