ROYAL APPROVAL: Former Walker Cup captain Peter McEvoy receives life membership from Charles Downes as lady captain Gail Green and captain Peter Bromiley look on
OAK Royal is flying the flag for PowerPlay Golf, the sport's fastest-growing craze. The risk and reward format is played to stableford rules over nine holes but with a choice of two flags on each green, the more challenging black one worth double points for nett birdies or better.
And Manchester Chamber of Commerce will stage the regional's first corporate day at Oak Royal on April 23.
The organisation has identified the game, brainchild of former Walker Cup player and captain Peter McEvoy, as perfect for business people as it is for club members.
Jennifer Shaw, the chamber's events organiser and a past captain at Manchester Golf Club, said “It solves one of the game's biggest problems that it takes too long. With this format you get a real buzz and a great tournament in half the time. ”
McEvoy, who will attend the event Oak Royal where he is an honorary member, added: “Company golf days have become slower and slower, and are in danger of putting people off golf. This game gets your customers around the course and back into the clubhouse more quickly.”
Jennifer, who is planning to run a series of corporate days for local firms, added: It's an incredible exciting and authentic new form which puts players under Tour level pressures.”
Meanwhile, PowerPlay Golf has gained support from many of the golfing world's governing bodies and associations, including the PGA and the World Golf Foundation and is expected to receive global television coverage this season.
Companies wishing to take part on April 23 should contact Jennifer Shaw on 0845 1309517 or email Jennifer@jennifershawevents.co.uk
Old and new unite for Power Play ‘first'
OAK Royal, Lancashire 's newest golf club, will meet, Lobden, one of the oldest in the country's first PowerPlay Golf inter-club matchplay competition. The nine-hole courses have been nominated to stage the North West final and other regions will follow suit during the summer.
Lobden, high on the moors above Rochdale and founded in 1888, will host the first leg on May 10. The return will be two weeks later at Oak Royal, both matches teeing off at 11am.
Peter McEvoy, the former Walker Cup player and captain and one of the founders of PowerPlay Golf, said: “We hope this will be a pilot match for establishing regional leagues.”
Sir Ian Botham, who is one of the people behind PPG, has already written to Oak Royal members congratulating them on their decision to join the venture.
The club is also the regional PPG hub for inter-club activities.
There are similar hubs in other parts of the country which will host their own finals.
Depending on its success, the pilot match with Lobden will form the basis of a league comprising six clubs with five players in each team. |
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