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Serra de Monchique Golf Club is the club associated with Silves Golf Course. The club aims to provide competitions, control handicaps and to provide a social life for its members guided by the values statements authorised by the membership. Its rules are set up to provide a structure around which the club can be run.
Serra de Monchique Golf Club was formed in 2005, at Morgado de Reguengo when the regular players were invited to form a club. There were 30 founder members and the first General Meeting of the membership was held on 8th November 2005. At the end of 2006 the club moved to Silves Course, which had just opened. Mark Ellerton was appointed Captain for 2007. Pestana's very favourable terms of green fee arrangements led to an substantial increase in membership in 2008. Many Northern European countries are represented, including a number of Portuguese members.
The club plays competitions on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays are for singles competitions either as Monthly medal or Stableford Qualifier. On Thursdays some members play at Silves in a format of their own choice, but many members elect to play on the other courses within the Pestana group. On Saturdays there is a wide variety of game formats, normally as team competitions as pairs or teams of four players. There are occasional qualifying competitions on Saturdays to suit our members who are in full time employment. Our eventlist will show these.
The second round of the 2015/16 Fermon Trophy was played at Gramacho on Monday 7th December. The good conditions and the forward placement of a number of the Men’s tee boxes meant the scoring in general was extremely good. The day did not start off well for SdM as Gwynne Jones had to withdraw at late notice but fortunately Captain Ray Groves agreed to step into the breach and following a shuffle of some of the pairings the team went about their business.
On the day Silves International were resounding winners with a massive 217 points at an average of 43.4 per pairing!! Equal second were Carvoeiro Golf & Country Club and Alto with 200. SdM were fourth, but not too far behind, recording 197. The reigning champions, Vila Sol, continued their poor start finishing in last place on 196.
So after two rounds SIGC lead the table with 372 points with SdM second on 361. Carvoeiro and Alto are locked together in third place on 359 and Vila Sol, with work to do, in last place on 347.
SdM scores on the day were:
Bob Cutt & Euan Pyper - 42 points
Ray & Eileen Groves - 41
Steve Morgan & Malcolm Cooke - 39
Rudi Pyls & Mich Caubergh – 38
Peter Chapman & Paula Luijt – 37
Stu Deans & Marja Chapman - 33