Welcome everyone to our new 2026 Senior Men’s Night. Below are the rules for this year’s senior men’s night.

 

Start date will be June 24th, end date September 9th.

 

Format will be teams of 2 players playing each, players on each team will be the same thru the whole year. This year, we will have the option to have a three man team as well. For teams having three members, you will be responsible to let Cameron know each week  by Monday who the two players playing that week will be to ensure the proper handicaps are on the scorecards. If one of the two or two of the three players cannot make it on any week then a spare may be substituted. Spares can be any male member of the club. It is recommended they have a current Golf Canada handicap or else they will have to play a scratch for the night. We ask for any team that is using a spare to let us know by Monday of the week of if possible. We need to update the system with the spare in your group and print the scorecards for each match by Tuesday each week, so we need the spare for that.

 

There will be two Divisions A and B. The lower 50% of team handicaps will be A Division and upper 50% B Division. Each division will play against teams from their respective division all year and we will crown a champion from each division at the end of the year.

 

Max differential handicap of 5 for teams. ie: If player A is a 3 and player B is a 12 Player B is reduced to an 8 to maintain the 5 differential.

 

Play will be 18 holes beginning at 12:30 PM shotgun start. We will be using half of the 12:30 PM shotgun for senior men’s night with the other half being available for other members. We will set the tee sheet for all senior men’s night players each week.

 

We will be printing scorecards to for each team, pick up your cards in the pro shop before heading to your hole. This is the official scorecard for the match and must be turned into the pro shop after your round.

 

There will be closest to the hole on all 6 par 3’s each week.

 

All matches will be handicapped based on Golf Canada handicaps, players without an official Golf Canada handicap will play to scratch (0) handicap.

 

Format for each week will be better ball. Rules for this format are at the end of the document.

 

Matches must be played on the designated Senior Men’s Night time there will be no allowance to move your match to an alternate date or time.

 

Points will be awarded for win, ties, and holes won. Teams will accumulate points each week and prizes will be awarded at end of year based on standings. Points are as follows.

  • Team win – 5 points
  • Team tie – 3 points
  • Team loss – 1 point
  • Each hole won – 0.5 points
  • Each hole tied – 0.25 points
  • Each hole lost – 0 points

 

Request to play matches against specific teams will not be entertained.

 

Prizes will be awarded based on end of year points standings.

 

We will be using Golf Genius to run the competition and a link to the site will be available on the MGC website. Weekly schedule, results and standings will be available on the site.

 

For the final week of matches, the schedule will be adjusted so the top four teams in the standings play against each other (1v4, 2v3) and the next four teams in the standing play against each other (5v8, 6v7) and so on and so forth. This schedule will be posted ASAP following the second last week.

 

In the event two or more teams are tied for the top spot in either division the tie will be broken by a closest to the hole competition from 50 yards on the closing men’s night.

 

In the event that a team has to play with only one of their players there the following will be the procedure: Team with only one player plays their own ball and is playing against both players from the other team. 

 

Format of Play

 

  • Better Ball: Each player plays out the hole using their own ball and records their gross score on the scorecard. The lower net score for each player will be used when calculating holes won for each hole. Do not record your net score the system will factor in the handicap holes and adjust the result when calculating holes won.

 

 

Hope everyone has a great season,

Cameron Bessey and Grant Finlayson

MGC Club Captains