Eclectic

The Winter Eclectic 2025

The Dawn Patrol Eclectic Competition will run from Wednesdays the 8th of October to Wednesday 17th of December 2025. Please enter your name on the Dawn Patrol Notice Board. Alex will be collecting the £5 cash.

Change Highlights for 2025

1. Extended qualifying period
2. You can submit cards on any Dawn Patrol day (Monday, Wednesday or Friday). However the Team format selection on a Wednesday will take priority which may preclude the submission of an eclectic card (e.g. Texas Scramble)
3. Handicap allowance increased from 50% to 70% off the tees in play at the time.

Rules

As per last year the requirement is to submit a maximum of 6 cards which can be submitted on any Dawn Patrol day Monday, Wednesday or Friday. However the Team format selection on a Wednesday will take priority which may preclude the submission of an eclectic card (e.g. Texas Scramble)
A player must declare on the first tee, before a ball is struck, that the round is for an Eclectic submission. The card must show

• Competition = Eclectic (It should show which round you are playing e.g. 3 of 6)
• The date played
• The player’s full name
• The card must be signed by both the Marker and the Player

In the interest of speeding-up play if you have a N/R on a hole mark it as N/R and move on. There is no need to complete a hole.

Play is from the Yellow tees, and only the gross score for each hole should be recorded on the score card. The total score should be summed (counting N/R as Nil). Upon completion of the round, submit the score cards.
As the eclectic is a stroke competition, under no circumstances should any putt be conceded. You must putt out.
The onus is on each player to remember the holes they still need a good score on. However, I will attempt to publish running scores.

Please pay your £5 entry fee to Alex Annal before the 8th of October (Start Date).

Handicap allowance

Your Handicap Index as at 10th of October, will be used to calculate your Eclectic Handicap (EH). Your EH will be calculated using 70% of your Course Handicap off the tees in play at the time**. The EH will be used at the end of all 6 rounds and will be subtracted from your Gross Eclectic round.

**Remember the new method of calculating a Playing Handicap takes the un-rounded Course Handicap, applies the percentage and then rounds the Playing Handicap. I mention this as you can’t just take a percentage of the Course Handicap as shown on the charts at hole 1. I will do the calculations.

Also the tees in play will be used and therefore you might notice a subtle change when we move from Summer to Winter tees