Wales Golf update - Monday 17th May 2021

From Monday 17th May, Wales will move into an alert level 2.

This means that from Monday, 

• Indoor hospitality can re-open – 6 people from up to 6 households (not including children under 11) can meet indoors. Full Hospitality guidance can be found here.

• Up to 30 people can take part in organised indoor activities and up to 50 people in organised outdoor activities. This includes wedding receptions and wakes.

• Changing Rooms are not currently listed as businesses and services which need to be closed. However, advice is, where possible, the use of changing rooms should be avoided.

Sayce Cup (Men's Open) - Sunday 9th May 2021

50 years to the day since Mr Bob Hardwick (Past President, Past Captain) won the Sayce Cup on the then 9 hole Builth Wells Golf Club, John Parker took the honours in 2021, winning the Sayce Cup with an excellent score of 73 - 9 = 64; runner up was Chris Burton with a score of 79 - 15 = 64. The best gross score of the day went to Aaron Evans with a superb 68 (+2).

A special thank you to Builth Wells Garages Limited who very generously sponsored the open event and displayed a vast array of the cars available from their garage in Builth Wells.

Allan Stather (Club Captain) presenting John Parker with the Sayce Cup

Sayce Cup Results 2021:

Net:

Overall Winner John Parker 73 - 9 = 64

Runner up Chris Burton 79 - 15 = 64

3rd place Kevin Pritchard 84 - 19 = 65

4th place Antony Bridgeman 81 - 16 = 65

5th place Paul Greenway 80 - 14 = 66

6th place Trevor Price 80 - 14 = 66

Visitor net: Wayne Evans (Peterstone Lakes) 76 - 10 = 66

Gross:

1st Aaron Evans 68

2nd Chris Offa 73

3rd Tom Davies 74

4th Tom Mills 75

Visitor Gross: Colin Haywood (Rolls of Monmouth) 76

Nearest the pin 5th hole: John Parker

Nearest the Pin 15th hole: Paul Hurley (Rolls of Monmouth)

2’s sweep: 3 x Titleist Pro V1 golf balls per two

Three and Four ball play to resume

From Saturday 24th April three and four-ball golf can return across Wales. This comes two days earlier than previously scheduled as regulations change to allow any 6 people to meet outdoors.

It has been confirmed that outdoor hospitality will be allowed to reopen from Monday 26th April.

On Friday 23rd April, the first minister will announce a further easing of lockdown measures.

72 CLUB DRAW - MARCH 2021

The 3rd draw of the 72 Club took place on 31st March, the following were the lucky winners:

1st PHIL JOHNSON £100.00

2nd RICHARD L. THOMAS £80.00

3rd PETER & VAL RILEY £60.00

4th MARTYN HUGHES £40.00

5th DEREK & DOT JONES £20.00

ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN THE 72 CLUB PLEASE ASK IN THE PRO SHOP OR SECRETARY'S OFFICE. THE COST IS £24.00 PER YEAR WITH 4 DRAWS PAYING OUT A TOTAL OF £1,000 PLUS IN PRIZE MONEY.

Wales Golf update - Saturday 27th March 2021

From Saturday 27th of MARCH, the ‘stay local’ rule will be replaced by an interim all-Wales travel area, which will remain in place until April 12, subject to the public health situation. For the next two weeks, only those with a reasonable excuse, such as work, will be able to travel into or out of Wales. 

There is no change to the number of different households that can mix outdoors. Up to six people from two different households can meet and exercise outdoors but golf will remain in the following forms:

• 2 balls (2 golfers from different households)

• 3 balls (2 golfers from one household and 1 golfer from a different household)

• 4 balls (2 golfers from one household and 2 golfers from another household)

Organised outdoor activities and sports for children and under-18s (by the 31st August 2021) can now take place. There is no limit on the number of children and young children that can attend, but organisers should be mindful of the space available. Our full guidance for organised outdoor junior activities can be found here.

Wales is moving out of alert level four, and now starting to move into level three. Welsh Ministers will consider further alert level three measures in the next review of the regulations.

Golf course re-opening Saturday 13th March

Good news at long last – the golf course will reopen tomorrow, Saturday 13th March 2021!!

The initial stages of reopening will see the golf course open for members only, tee times MUST be booked via the BRS online booking system, 2 households permitted to play together (2 balls), unless members are from the same household i.e. 2 members from 1 household are able to play with 2 members from another household as long as it is only 2 households mixing.

Clubhouse – remains closed at present

Changing Rooms – toilet facilities and hand washing facilities open; not to be used as a place of congregation nor for golf draws to be carried out

Pro Shop – open to administer tee times, bookings etc

Golf Course – over the last couple of days we have had 1.5 inches of rainfall on the golf course making it quite wet in places, several tees will be moved forward in an attempt to avoid wet areas, the greens have been top dressed etc and will be running slow for the next week or so, however, the golf course is OPEN, enjoy being able to get back out there and enjoy the fresh air!!

Please see return to playing golf attached along with the rules for the reopening of the pro shop.

I/we look forward to seeing you soon.

GOLF COURSE RE-OPENING RULES

PRO SHOP RE-OPENING RULES

72 Club Draw - December 2020

The final draw of 2020 took place on New Years Eve with the following lucky winners:

1st Geraint Mills £100.00

2nd Kath Jones £80.00

3rd Andrew Jones £60.00

4th Dee Rees £40.00

5th Bob Hardwick £20.00

ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN THE 72 CLUB PLEASE ASK IN THE PRO SHOP OR SECRETARY'S OFFICE. THE COST IS £24.00 PER YEAR WITH 4 DRAWS PAYING OUT A TOTAL OF £1,000 PLUS IN PRIZE MONEY.

Wales wide tier 4 lockdown

As of midnight on Saturday 19th December the golf course, clubhouse, Pro Shop and facilities will CLOSE in line with the very surprise announcement from the welsh government.

Please stay safe over the festive period, on behalf of the General Management Committee, members and staff at Builth Wells Golf Club - Happy Christmas and lets hope 2021 is a massive improvement on 2020!

UPDATE TO GOLF IN WALES – 19TH DECEMBER

The First Minister today announced that the Tier 4 plans have been accelerated and will come into force from midnight tonight (19 December). 

The First Ministers statement can be found here

The current conditions mean that the whole of Wales will move into alert level 4 in the new Coronavirus Control Plan.

This means that golf courses will need to close from midnight tonight, 19th December.  

Wales Golf will provide an update to clubs when further information becomes available.