Women's Conditions of Play 2026


Elizabeth McKendrick Award
Most improved Woman Golfer as reflected in handicap reduction (GA) in the regular season between first round and the penultimate round.

Joyce Applegarth Award
Best aggregate score in 2 designated rounds of PAR off the RED tees.  Countback by second round, then last 9/6/3.

Club Championship Women

 A Stroke event played in 3 grades on the RED course:
Club Championship: GA 0 to 21.7 (DH   RED Barmera 0 -24)
B grade:                        GA 21.8 to 29.5 (DH RED Barmera 25 -32)
C Grade:                      GA     29.6 to 42.0 (DH RED Barmera 33 -45)
D Grade:                      GA 42.1 (DH RED Barmera 46 to 54)
Grading to occur using   players GA as of the commencement of the first qualifying round.        
A and B grades will play a gross stroke of the RED tees. Qualifying will be based on the aggregate of two best gross stroke rounds, with the first 4 qualifiers in each grade advancing to stroke match play, 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3.
C and D grades will play a Stableford round.  Qualifying will be based on the aggregate of two best Stableford rounds, with the first 4 qualifiers in each grade advancing to handicap match play, 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. The Golf Australia match play index to be used.
Qualifying for the Women’s club championship is combined with monthly stroke rounds. 3 designated Thursdays are programmed. In the event a player is unable to play on the programmed Thursday round because of their employment or medical appointment, their qualifying round may be played on the following Saturday as Programmed.
The 18 hole semifinals will be played at times agreed by the players and within the required time frames. Matches must not be played in conjunction with any other event
The finals will be held on Saturday in conjunction with the Men’s Championship Final. Championship 36 holes, B Grade 27 and C and D grades 18.

INTERNATIONAL BOWL
GolfSA Event Entry $5.50.  State Medallion, Trophy and prize vouchers.
18-hole stroke competition NETT. Two divisions Silver: GA up to 18.4 and   Bronze: GA 18.5 -54.  3 rounds programmed in conjunction with Thursday stroke rounds played off the RED Tees.  The lowest single net score in relation to the playing conditions calculation of the course on the day of play determines the winners in each division. A player may return a card in up to three of the designated rounds and may achieve both winner and runner-up positions in her club.
Best NETT scores are forwarded to GolfSA to recognize both STATE and Murraylands & Riverland winners.

Club Championship Foursomes
Gross stroke event played over 27 holes off the RED tees. The pairs handicap is half their combined individual handicaps.
Played in conjunction with the Shylie Rymill Foursomes.

Shylie Rymill Foursomes
GolfSA event Entry $5.50 per PAIR
Played off the RED tees.
One Stroke round of foursomes 18 holes net score. Minimum of 4 entries required.
The pairs handicap is half their combined individual handicaps.

Laurel Wreath
Golf SA Event. $5.50 per player
Handicap Matchplay competition. Full daily handicap difference applies.
Drawn event. Entries 2 weeks before to allow for any early matches required by the draw.
First round was played as the daily competition on Thursday as programmed. Subsequent rounds are to be played on other days by individual arrangement but before specific due dates. Where circumstances prevent this occurring, the match will be played on the same day as the women’s Thursday competition, instead of playing the daily event.  Matches must not be played in conjunction with any other event
Matches may be played from either the 1st or 10th tees to avoid traffic on the course.
The Golf Australia Match Play Index is to be used.
In fairness to all players, it is preferable that the matches are played as single matches. Please use the booking system and you can reserve the other two places.
Players may request Referee assistance for the match through the Women’s Captain if they are uncertain of the rules of matchplay.
The Final must be completed by the 31st of July.

Birdies and GobblersGobbler is any stroke played from OFF the green that is holed.
Birdie is scored when player holes out to be under the PAR of the hole.
Recorded starting on the first Thursday round of the regular season and ending with the penultimate round.  In the event of ties, prizes are allocated to all winners.

MONTHLY MEDALBest net score during the month, presented on the last Thursday of each month. All scores from the various formats will be converted to Stableford as per the GA app.
Countback based on last 9/6/3.

GOLF AUSTRALIA MATCH PLAY INDEX
The difference in Daily handicap between the players determines the number of strokes the lower handicap golfer gives the higher handicap golfer.
Those strokes are given in accordance with the  MATCH index below.  This is based on the order the holes are played and not the course stroke index.
The index should be adapted when a match commences at any other hole on the course other than the first. Hole Number 1 in the recommendation should apply to the first hole played, Hole 2 to the second hole played, etc.
EXAMPLE
if the difference is 5, one stroke would be given on Match Index numbers up to 5.  When starting from the First tee of the course, the strokes would be given on holes 4,8,10,12 and 16.
If starting the match on the 10th hole of the course the 10th hole is the first in the Order of play so the stroke would be given on the 13th, 17th 1st,3rd, 7th
In the event the number of strokes exceeds 18, the higher handicapped would receive 1 stroke on each hole played and then a second stroke on the balance of the handicap difference. Eg 24 strokes would be one on every hole (18) plus 6 more on holes with a Match index up to 6.

Golf Australia HANDICAP MATCH INDEX