The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 62

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST

With the season in full swing in the Northern hemisphere, apologies for the slightly late publication of this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week is a five shorter with news of further updates to the ranking, a short recap of this week's G4D Tour event at the Horizon Irish Open, a mention of the upcoming RSM event at the fabulous Rockliffe Hall and an update on the players currently in the position to contest the RSM European Play-off series for net and Stableford players. We also have a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features David Reaney who is just getting started on his EDGA journey. So let’s get to episode 62 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast.

To ensure the WR4GD is truly representative of the current competitive environment, event ageing will be introduced to better reflect and reward players’ current form. This will start at the beginning of January 2023. Points and divisors from events within the most recent 52 weeks of a player’s record will count at full value. From there on, event points and divisors will reduce proportionately, approximately two per cent, per week before they drop out after 104 weeks.

Please note that the full points received will remain on the players playing record and you will not see these points decrease in value. Divisor and Average points total change week to week to reflect the ageing process. An example of ageing can be thought of as when Player A has received 10 points at an event.

In weeks 1-52, the 10 points will be worth exactly the same and so the divisor will remain at 1. In week 53 the 10 points earned will be worth 9.8 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.98. By week 78 the 10 points earned will be worth 5 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.5. By the time we get to week 103 the 10 points earned will be worth 0.2 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.02, before dropping off altogether in week 104.

Congratulations to all those who competed in the G4D Tour Horizon Irish Open at the Mount Juliet golf course. Mike Browne led the field with a fantastic two under par on day one and then had to sit on the lead for not only the evening but well into the afternoon of the following day after heavy rain had played havoc with the course. Eventually almost seven hours after he was scheduled to tee off Mike hit his opening drive and recorded two bogies in the first three holes. Undaunted he soon steadied the ship and held off any pretenders to claim the victory with a level par total over the two days.

For those who have played in an RSM golf day, there is no need for me to explain how good the day is. This year the venue is the fabulous Rockliffe Hall and with our team, on hand all the players have a great opportunity to chat about their games, make new friends and compete in their respective divisions for monetary prizes in the gross division and vouchers in the net and Stableford divisions. This year the RSM day is followed by the RSM Gross series which also has net and Stableford divisions and is another chance to earn points to get into the much anticipated RSM European Play-offs at Stratford later in the year.

The leading eight players in position to be invited for the net playoffs, are Juan Postigo, Jari Vihanne, Andre Toth, Charles Henri-Quelin, Mike Jones, Filip Rataj, Pierre Dumas and Petri Takunnen.

The Stableford division is led by Petri Partanen, Timo Pessi, Phillipe Petit, Magnus Grimberg, Mirsolav Halmo, Markku Korpimaki, Jacopo Luce, and Jean-Yves Padioleau.

With just a few weeks left to qualify for the play-offs expect some movers from those trying to get into the top 8 spots of each division.