SdM members have kindly been donating unwanted golf equipment over the last couple of years to the Drive Project organised by David Moura of the FPG.
This project has set up golf training for teachers and pupils in schools and colleges in Portugal to promote the popularity of our sport.
This document is their plan of activities and tournaments during 2017 which members may find of interest.
Accidental Movement of a Ball on a Putting Green
Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1 are modified as follows:
When a player's ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if the ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved by the player, his partner, his opponent, or any of their caddies or equipment.
The moved ball or ball-marker must be replaced as provided in Rules 18-2, 18-3 and 20-1.
VACS TROPHY. SdM Ladies take the lead !!!!
Today Thursday 12th January was the first round of the Ladies VACS Trophy which was played at Silves. Beautiful weather and 33 ladies played. individual prizes were awarded to Mags Taylor 40 pts SdM, Liz Ramsbottom Carvoeiro Club 38 pts, Linda Grindley 35 pts Vila Sol, Judi Murphy SdM 35 pts and Lynn Cook SdM 34pts
Team results were
1st. SdM. 174
2nd CC. 168
3rd VIla Sol. 166
4th Alto 79 (unfortunately they could only field 3 ladies).
Next round Thursday 19th Jan Vila Sol. A big thank you to all the SdM ladies for playing and very well done !!!,
Lynn Cook
Organiser VACS TROPHY
SdM's Annual Captain's Drive In was it's usual roaring success. A great turn out for the official hand over, the normal high jinks on the putting green as 2016 Captian Peter Chapman putted out and then more trick golf balls as this years Captain Warren Tennant drove off using an old wooden driver. When Warren came to hit a genuine ball he did move the ball a creditable 191 meters, a better drive than when he played the hole later with his current club!
A fantastic turnout with 44 ladies playing and 50 for the Christmas lunch.
The weather was good and after our game we made our way to Amendoeira
Golf club and enjoyed a three course Christmas lunch.
The winners were :
1st Team with 111 points Gillian Duplessis Wendy Emrich Amy Bray Rina Huijsman
2nd Team with 103 points Jo Ounstead Val Cryer Yarida Kabinpong Pam Srisuriyawong
3rd Team with 103 points Janet Churchill Eileen Groves Barbara Briggs Judy Davis
4th Team with 102 points Sue Williamson Yvonne Pyper Dot Forrester Sue Livesey
5th Team with 99 points Marieke Hofmann Paula Luijt Janet Kaye Marijke Rowboats
The final table of this year's Order of Merit which concluded with the stableford of the 8th November.
| Current | Last Week | Change | Name | Total |
| 1 | 1 | DUPLESSIS,Gillian | 179 | |
| 2 | 2 | COOK,LYNN | 169 | |
| 3 | 6 | Up 3 | HARRIMAN,Lydia | 157 |
| 4 | 5 | Up 1 | BRIGGS,Barbara | 155 |
| 5 | 4 | Down 1 | HUXTABLE,KAREN | 152 |
| 6 | 8 | Up 2 | GROVES,EILEEN | 152 |
| 7 | 3 | Down 4 | EDWARDS,GILL | 151 |
| 8 | 7 | Down 1 | MURPHY,JUDI | 149 |
| 9 | 9 | TENNANT,Pippa | 135 | |
| 10 | 11 | Up 1 | KLEEF VAN,MADDY | 117 |
| 11 | 10 | Down 1 | BISCHOFF,Ulla | 115 |
| 12 | 14 | Up 2 | PARKINSON,Marie Anne | 111 |
| 13 | 13 | CHAPMAN,Marja | 109 | |
| 14 | 12 | Down 2 | PYPER,Yvonne | 108 |
| 15 | 16 | Up 1 | STAECK,Kerstin | 99 |
| 16 | 15 | Down 1 | BELL,Janet | 90 |
| 17 | 17 | HOFMANN,MARIEKE | 89 | |
| 18 | 18 | TAYLOR,MAGS | 85 | |
| 19 | 19 | JACQUES,LYDIA | 69 | |
| 20 | 20 | LAMB,Lorna | 61 | |
| 21 | 22 | Up 1 | CAUBERGH,Micheline | 56 |
| 22 | 23 | Up 1 | EMRICH,Wendy | 53 |
| 23 | 25 | Up 2 | LUIJT,PAULA | 51 |
| 24 | 24 | SIMPSON,RUTH NICHOLL | 50 | |
| 25 | 21 | Down 4 | MCGILL,MARIAN | 50 |
| 26 | 26 | CHURCHILL,Janet | 48 | |
| 27 | 27 | SCOTT,Alison | 47 | |
| 28 | 28 | EVANS-BARROW,Ginny | 41 | |
| 29 | 29 | OUNSTEAD,Joanna | 40 | |
| 30 | 31 | Up 1 | NORRIS,Jane | 27 |
| 31 | 30 | Down 1 | GLIENKE,Hilke | 24 |
| 32 | 35 | Up 3 | HORN,Karin | 23 |
| 33 | 34 | Up 1 | GOODWIN,SUE | 23 |
| 34 | 36 | Up 2 | COLLINS,Pamela | 22 |
| 35 | 33 | Down 2 | FORRESTER,DOT | 21 |
| 36 | 32 | Down 4 | MCMAHON,Hannelore | 20 |
| 37 | 37 | CHAPMAN,Anne | 20 | |
| 38 | 38 | DE JONGE,Ineke | 14 | |
| 39 | 39 | HYND,LYNNE | 14 | |
| 40 | 40 | ARNES,CHRISTINE | 10 | |
| 41 | 41 | COWELL,LESLEY | 9 | |
| 42 | 42 | DE JONG,Alie | 9 | |
| 43 | 43 | MACFARLANE,Hermione | 5 | |
| 44 | 44 | DAVIS,Judy | 4 | |
| 45 | 45 | PIKE,Sheila | 1 |
The final table of this year's Order of Merit which concluded with the stableford of the 8th November.
| Current | Last Week | Change | Name | Total |
| 1 | 1 | TAYLOR,DAVID JOHN | 119 | |
| 2 | 2 | GREENWOOD,Arthur | 105 | |
| 3 | 5 | Up 2 | TONSTAD,Per Lars | 101 |
| 4 | 6 | Up 2 | COX,GEOFFREY | 98 |
| 5 | 3 | Down 2 | BRIGGS,Desmond | 98 |
| 6 | 9 | Up 3 | MORGAN,Steven | 92 |
| 7 | 4 | Down 3 | EDWARDS,GARY | 91 |
| 8 | 7 | Down 1 | KINNEAR,James | 89 |
| 9 | 8 | Down 1 | COE,ROBERT | 86 |
| 10 | 11 | Up 1 | CUTT,Robert | 82 |
| 11 | 10 | Down 1 | NICKELS,Christopher | 81 |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPMAN,Peter | 78 | |
| 13 | 13 | GROVES,RAYMOND | 77 | |
| 14 | 14 | CRUZ RODRIGUEZ,JIMMY | 77 | |
| 15 | 15 | STEWARD,Peter William | 73 | |
| 16 | 16 | EDWARDS,STEPHEN | 69 | |
| 17 | 17 | GIRLING,MICK | 68 | |
| 18 | 18 | BELL,Kevin | 61 | |
| 19 | 19 | HUXTABLE,MELVYN | 60 | |
| 20 | 23 | Up 3 | HATHERLEY,Peter David | 59 |
| 21 | 21 | PYPER,Euan | 59 | |
| 22 | 20 | Down 2 | PRICE,CHRISTOPHER | 59 |
| 23 | 25 | Up 2 | LEECH,Michael | 57 |
| 24 | 26 | Up 2 | MACFARLANE,Mick | 57 |
| 25 | 24 | Down 1 | LAMB,Jeffrey | 57 |
| 26 | 28 | Up 2 | UNDERWOOD,DAVID | 51 |
| 27 | 22 | Down 5 | TENNANT,Warren | 50 |
| 28 | 27 | Down 1 | PENN,John | 49 |
| 29 | 30 | Up 1 | GOODFELLOW,JAMES | 46 |
| 30 | 29 | Down 1 | SHELTON,Ken | 45 |
| 31 | 31 | HONOUR,William | 39 | |
| 32 | 32 | PYLS,Rudi | 37 | |
| 33 | 34 | Up 1 | DOCHERTY,Michael | 33 |
| 34 | 36 | Up 2 | CAMPBELL,Fred | 33 |
| 35 | 35 | RICHARDSON,ANDY | 33 | |
| 36 | 37 | Up 1 | SPALLIN,Paul | 32 |
| 37 | 39 | Up 2 | FORRESTER,DON | 30 |
| 38 | 41 | Up 3 | CORRIGAN,John | 29 |
| 39 | 40 | Up 1 | ROXBURGH,TONY | 29 |
| 40 | 38 | Down 2 | BRADSHAW,CHARLES | 27 |
| 41 | 43 | Up 2 | BROOKS,Harold | 26 |
| 42 | 42 | O`REILLY,Bernard Michael | 26 | |
| 43 | 46 | Up 3 | BABIKOV,Damir | 25 |
| 44 | 45 | Up 1 | MATTINSON,ANDREW | 25 |
| 45 | 33 | Down 12 | HOFMANN,WILLEM | 25 |
| 46 | 47 | Up 1 | JONES,Gwynne | 23 |
| 47 | 48 | Up 1 | CLARKSON,William | 23 |
| 48 | 50 | Up 2 | DEANS,Stuart | 23 |
| 49 | 51 | Up 2 | WALKER,Stuart | 22 |
| 50 | 53 | Up 3 | VAN HOOGDALEM,Hans | 21 |
| 51 | 54 | Up 3 | MARSHALL,Malcolm | 21 |
| 52 | 44 | Down 8 | GITTOES,Michael John | 21 |
| 53 | 52 | Down 1 | LANCASTER,Keith | 20 |
| 54 | 55 | Up 1 | SCOTT,Keith | 19 |
| 55 | 56 | Up 1 | BRAND,Martin | 19 |
| 56 | 59 | Up 3 | DAVIS,GERRY | 18 |
| 57 | 60 | Up 3 | YOUNG,JEFFERY CHARLES | 18 |
| 58 | 57 | Down 1 | EMRICH,Richard | 18 |
| 59 | 58 | Down 1 | GOODWIN,WILLIAM | 18 |
| 60 | 61 | Up 1 | MCGILL,STUART | 17 |
| 61 | 63 | Up 2 | STRADLING,Jim | 16 |
| 62 | 62 | COOK,GEORGE | 16 | |
| 63 | 64 | Up 1 | WHITELEY,RICHARD | 15 |
| 64 | 49 | Down 15 | PRATT,Larry | 15 |
| 65 | 66 | Up 1 | COOKE,MALCOLM | 14 |
| 66 | 65 | Down 0 | WRIGHT,GRAHAM | 14 |
| 67 | 68 | Up | CHAPMAN,Ian | 11 |
| 68 | 69 | Up | HYND,COLIN | 11 |
| 69 | 67 | Down 0 | HORN,Klaus | 11 |
| 70 | 70 | CARR,MICHAEL | 10 | |
| 71 | 71 | GOUMAN,ABRAHAM | 9 | |
| 72 | 73 | Up | DE JONG,Klaas | 7 |
| 73 | 74 | Up | WALLIS,ALAN | 6 |
| 74 | 75 | Up | ELLERTON,MARK | 6 |
| 75 | 77 | Up | WAKENSHAW,Ian | 5 |
| 76 | 76 | QUINLAN,DAVID | 5 | |
| 77 | 78 | Up | COX,Graham | 4 |
| 78 | 79 | Up | RHODES,Keith | 3 |
| 79 | 81 | Up | MODDERAAR,Jan | 3 |
| 80 | 83 | Up | MONEY,Robert | 3 |
| 81 | 82 | Up | MYKLEBOST,Amund | 3 |
| 82 | New Entry | LEIGH,Anthony | 2 | |
| New Entry | ARNES,Simon | 1 | ||
| New Entry | SIMPSON,DONALD FRANCIS | 1 |