DAVID MOIR'S RANKING SYSTEM FOR CLUB GOLFERS
A UNIQUE ranking system for club
golfers is set to be launched worldwide after being tested successfully in
Scotland last year.
'My Golf Ranking' was adopted by Fife
Golfing Association and 32 of its affiliated clubs for the 2012 golf season.
A trial also involved 11 other clubs,
namely Aberdour Ladies, Alyth, Blairgowrie, Kingsknowe, Leven Golfing Society
Ladies, Lothianburn, Lundin Ladies, Prestonfield, Swanston New, Windyhill and
Windyhill Ladies.
Now its creator, former Scottish Golf
Union president David Moir (pictured above when he was in office), is set to roll out the system to a wider audience
through the system's website which was re-launched last week, www.MyGolfRanking.net
"Golfers by definition are
competitive animals," said Moir, who devised the World Amateur Golf
Ranking for both men and women when he worked for the R&A.
"Our vision is to have My Golf
Ranking adopted around the world as the truly global golfing social network and
we're getting there.
"My Golf Ranking had 12,000 ranked
golfers at the end of 2012. We hope to have ranked 200,000 by the end of 2013
and 1,000,000 by the end of 2014."
The system creates ranking leagues at
local, regional, national and international level, and Moir and his team have
agreements with leading club management systems in place for the 2013 club
season.
"My Golf Ranking is free for golf
clubs and their members to join and provides players at participating golf
clubs with a ranking based on their handicap performance in counting events
nominated by their club," he added.
"The men's and ladies' sections of
each participating club will have their own My Golf Ranking page on the MGR
website, and I am pleased to announce that, in these days of austerity,
participating MGR golf clubs will stand to benefit financially from any
commercial success achieved."
Club Manager at Swanston New Golf Club, Colin McClung, who, with
Wendy Nicholson of Broomieknowe, is handling sponsorship and visitors for the
recently announced Edinburgh golf initiative, added:
“Well run Ranking competitions are great for clubs and members as they
boost participation levels right across
the whole season. With the growth of internet use, and TV coverage of events like the Race to Dubai and Fedex Cup, there is a
real demand for similar events at a club level.
"Until now the ability to
compare yourself against golfers at
other clubs has been limited to team players, county or national squad ‘plus’ handicap golfers but, with
MyGolfRanking, this is now
available to club golfers of any ability.
"At Swanston, we’re considering replacing our own internal Order
of Merit competitions with MyGolfRanking tables, which are automatically updated each time we publish our results to our
own website, reducing administration at our end to a simple click of a button
once one of our competitions is completed.”
For further
information, contact David Moir, Managing Director, in League with Golf Ltd
E inleaguewithgolf@mail.com M 07899 373216
Labels: Amateur Ladies, Amateur Men
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