Trial of Ladies Saturday Golf

Background

There are a number of women members in the club who pay full female subscriptions and have no opportunity to play on Tuesday or Thursday because of work commitments.

For the purposes of this trial these women members are termed Business Women.

Trial Details

The trial would operate for 3 months from 12 April 2014.

Timeslots for six [6] players on the Saturday AM time sheet (2 time slots of 3 players) would be made available for Business Women at 7.54AM and 8.00AM on the 6th tee.

At present the men’s Saturday field has 112 spots available: 48 AM (12 groups) and 64 PM (16 groups).  The trial involves using the empty space in the field off the 6th tee in the morning.

Adding 6 Business Women will increase the AM field size to 54 (14 groups).

Working on the assumption that the first men’s group tees off at 7.20AM and takes an hour to play the first 5 holes, they would reach the 6th tee at 8.20AM, or about 20 minutes after the second ladies group has teed off.

The first Business Women group would play 6, 7, 8, and 9 in about 50 minutes and reach the 10th tee about 15 minutes after the last men’s group tees off at 8.31AM.

The second Business Women group should reach the 1st tee to play their remaining five holes in say 2 hours 54 minutes (at around 11.00AM) which would be 45 minutes before the first men’s PM group tees off at 11.45AM.

Following the trial, the Committee will examine the result of the trial, any fee ramifications and, based on the outcomes of the trial, consider a permanent introduction of Business Women.

Trial Guidelines

  • Trial period for 3 months from 12 April 2014.
  • Only available to Business Women who work and cannot play on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
  • Those women wanting to be considered as a Business Lady, and wanting to participate in the trial, need to register with the General Manager.
  • Names will be entered on the time sheet by the Proshop at the request of the Business Lady.
  • In the event that any of the time spots reserved for Business Women are not filled by 5PM Thursday before the Saturday of play, any other female member with playing rights may fill those remaining spots.
  • On some Saturdays major men’s competitions may not allow for Business Women to be included in the AM field.

  

Nedlands Golf Club

March 2014