Welcome To The Ultimate Pairs Competition
The Ultimate Pairs is a true test, for Amateur Golfers, of both golfing ability and patience with your playing partner, as both will get tested throughout a tough 36 hole challenge. So choose your partner carefully.
The competition is played in mixed formats
Played over 36 holes, each Team will battle through 9 holes of Betterball, 9 holes of Greensomes, 9 holes of Foursomes and 9 holes of Texas Scramble.
At the end of the 36 Holes, we will have our Ultimate Pairs Champions and the Winners will qualify for the end of season Fore King Golf Pairs Final.
We have run this competition before and players have told us how much they looked forward to playing the challenging format, so we are delighted to be able to return it to the schedule in 2021.
Date: Thursday 7 October 2021
This years Ultimate Pairs Competition will take place at Cumberwell Park on Thursday 7th October 2021
Cumberwell Park Golf Club
Cumberwell Park, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2PQ
Tel: 01225 863322 Club Website
Order Of Play
- 07:30 – Coffee and Bacon Roll
- 08:04 – 18 Holes Golf (Blue/Orange – 2 tee start)
- 12:00 – Lunch (Sandwiches and Chips) – Rolling Basis
- 13:00 – 18 Holes Golf (Red/Yellow – 2 tee start)
- 18:30 – 1 Course meal – Roast Loin of Pork served with Seasonal Veg, Stuffing and Roast Potatoes
- 19:00 – Prize Presentation
Competition Format
Played over 36 holes, each Team will battle through 9 holes of Betterball, 9 holes of Greensomes, 9 holes of Foursomes and 9 holes of Texas Scramble.
We will be playing on all four of the 9 hole courses during the 36 hole competition and there will be a two-tee start.
Foursomes (Blue COURSE)
Handicap Allowances: 50% of the combined handicap
Handicaps are then divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes
Players take alternate shots using the same golf ball.
Foursomes really is no more complicated than that.
Each player in each pair hits every other shot, so if one hits the tee shot, the other plays the second shot and they then alternate on every shot until their ball is holed out.
One player tees off on the even numbered holes and the other tees off on the odd numbered holes.
Should the pair have to play a provisional ball or another ball at any point, again it is whoever didn’t hit the original shot who will play again from the tee or wherever it was played from.
Foursomes is the most difficult of the formats played by pairs.
It requires a bit more use of your brain as you also have to think about how to help your partner play well, on top of playing well yourself.
tEXAS sCRAMBLE (Orange COURSE)
Handicap Allowances: 35% lowest player & 15% highest player
Handicaps are then divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes
In Texas Scramble both players tee off, then one of these drives is chosen to be used for the next shot and both players play a shot from where the chosen drive ended up.
From these second shots, one is chosen and both players play a third shot from there, and so on until the ball is holed.
Each Pair returns one score for each hole
How to place a ball in Texas Scramble
After choosing the more suitable tee-shot, both players play again, firstly the one whose ball was chosen and from the spot where the ball came to rest, then the other plays by placing their ball within one card length from that spot, but no closer to the green.
Exception: When the chosen ball was played from a bunker.
In this case the lie can be reconstructed after the first player hits it so that the other team member may fairly play their next shot.
GREENSOMES (YELLOW COURSe)
Handicap Allowances: 60% of lowest handicap & 40% of highest
Handicaps are then divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes
Playing as a pair, both players will tee off using a ball each.
They will then choose the ball that is lying in the best position for the next shot.*
Once selected this ball is then played until the hole is completed with players, again as in foursomes, taking alternate shots using the same golf ball.
*Hint: This is not always a case of just choosing the longest drive
betterball (Red Course)
Handicap Allowances: 85% of individual handicaps
Handicaps are then divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes
Playing as a pair, both players will play normal golf on each hole, using their own ball
They will choose the lowest NET score as their Team score.
Handicap Allowances
- Betterball: 85% of individual handicap
- Foursomes: 50% of the combined handicap
- Greensomes: 60% of lowest handicap & 40% of highest
- Texas Scramble: 35% lowest player & 15% highest player
All handicaps are then divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes for each format
If both players have the same handicap, then it will be 50% of the combined handicaps for Greensomes, again divided by 2 as we adjust for 9 holes.
Prizes
The Winning Team will both win a free place at my end of season FKG Pairs Finals at The Players Club on 11 October 2021
This will be
4 Teams Of Pairs
2 Rounds of Competition Golf (playing both the Stranahan & Codrington Courses)
Bacon Roll & Coffee, One Course Lunch
This is a winner takes all competition
Runners-up – not this time, there’s no points for second place.
I’ve never liked count-back on the card so we won’t be doing that
In the event of a tie, there will be a sudden death play off, in front of everyone so a little bit of pressure could be thrown in to the mix.
It’s happened at most of my events so I always hope for a play off
Nearest The Pin Competitions
There will be OPTIONAL nearest the pin competitions throughout the day, at £5 per player
Prizes
- Signed Golf Shirt from European Tour Player David Howell (This is a shirt David played in on Tour)
- Signed Framed Picture of PGA Tour Legend John Daly – signed by John
- Signed Framed Picture of the Team Europe Solheim Cup Team that played at Crooked Stick 2005 – signed by whole team
Nearest The Pin Hole Selection
- Red Course Hole 7
- Yellow Course Hole 16
- Orange Course Hole 36
Tee Times
About Cumberwell Park
Cumberwell Park is a family run golf, wedding, corporate and dining venue set in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside just outside Bath.
Wiltshire’s only 45 hole golf course, Cumberwell Park were Awarded four stars in Golf World’s Top Courses in Britain. The Club is also an accredited Golf Mark and Club Mark facility.
Within this elegant, tranquil setting you will find a venue that provides the ideal location for an enjoyable golfing experience.
Since opening in 1994 Cumberwell Park is now established as one of the best courses in the South West and has been awarded four stars in Golf World’s Top Courses in Britain. The Club is also an accredited Golf Mark and Club Mark facility.
The original 18 holes the Red and Yellow opened in 1994. The 3rd 9 holes, the Blue course, opened in 1999 and the 4th 9 holes, the Orange course in 2007.
All the courses, designed by Adrian Stiff, provide different challenges for golfers of every ability. The course encompasses a wonderful blend of rolling countryside, lakes, streams, natural copse and woodland.
The most recent addition is the superb 9 hole Par 3 Course designed by James Edwards, with another 9 hole Par 3 already in the pipeline.
The natural contours of the landscape have shaped the design of the course, which covers 400 acres. The beauty and interest of the course is further enhanced by nine lakes, thirty-four acres of woodland and free flowing streams.
All greens have been constructed and maintained to the highest specification, and the tees are built with a sandbased root zone mix.
The Course has been sown using the highest-rated cultivators available and maintained using state of the art greenkeeping techniques and machinery. The team of dedicated green staff take tremendous pride in their work and this is reflected in the course presentation.
Practice Facilities include 10 covered bays, 10 outside teeing mats, spacious grass and superb short game area.
