The Durham County Scratch Order of Merit consists of the County Strokeplay Championship, Match Play Championship and several Club Scratch Opens events. The leading player after the last qualifying event each season will win a prize voucher and hold the trophy until the following year.
The list of scratch open events which are included in the County OOM are listed below with dates for 2021 along with the points matrix showing how many points are on offer at each event.
Please note that the club scratch events are not run by the DCGU therefore any queries on entries or results should be directed towards the clubs themselves and not the County Secretary.
* Some events are open to players with higher handicaps in which case those players are included in the OOM, but only for the events they are accepted entry in to.
Position / Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
County Strokeplay Championship | 250 | 200 | 150 | 125 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | |||
County Matchplay Championship | 250 | 200 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Scratch Opens (x10) | 150 | 125 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |||
N.B Points awarded to the top 20 Durham based players in 18 & 36 hole Club Scratch Opens and TSU Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Event | Format | Venue | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Saturday 15th May | County Matchplay Championship | M/Play | Heworth GC | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Saturday 29th May | Seaton Salver | 36 holes | Seaton Carew GC | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sunday 13th June | Keith Shivers Bowl | 36 holes | Heworth GC | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Sunday 20th June | TSU NYSD Open Championship | 36 holes | Middlesbrough GC | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Friday 9th July | County Strokeplay Championship | 72 holes | Durham City GC | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Saturday 17th July | Scratch Open | 36 holes | Boldon GC | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Saturday 7th August | Dinsdale Tankard | 36 holes | Dinsdale GC | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sunday 29th Aug | Leonard Crawley Medal | 36 holes | Brancepeth Caste GC | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Saturday 4th Sept | Bishop Auckland Bowl | 36 holes | Bishop Auckland GC | |||||||||||||||||||
Tbc | Northern Masters | Rockliffe GC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tbc | Scratch Open | Ravensworth GC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tbc | Scratch Open | South Moor GC |
Entering DCGU Championships can be done from the home page. Please see individual club websites for entry info for the other events. The GOLF EMPIRE Website also has further information on scratch events in Co. Durham.
With the County Order of Merit only now including scratch events which can be entered by any Cat 1 player in the County, a County Player of the Year award will go to the the most successful County Team player of the season.
This separate OOM will focus solely on Northern Counties Inter-County League matches, the Northern Counties Qualifying Championship, the County Strokeplay Championship and the County Matchplay Championship.
Points are awarded based upon the matrix below.
Position / Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
County Strokeplay Champ | 250 | 200 | 150 | 125 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | ||
County Matchplay Champ | 250 | 200 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
N.B - Points are only awarded to players that make the cut in the County Strokeplay Championship. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected for NC League fixture (incl Reserve) | 50 | Selected for NC Qualifying Championship (incl Reserve) | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles Win | 100 | Best overall individual prize (36 holes) | 200 | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles Half | 50 | Best overall individual 1st or 2nd round prize | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||
Foursomes Win | 100 | Best 36 hole score in Durham team | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||
Foursomes Half | 50 | 2nd & 3rd best 36 hole score in Durham team | 75 & 50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date | Event | Venue | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Sat 8th May | Durham v Lancashire (H) | Tyneside GC | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sat 15th May | County Matchplay Championship | Heworth GC | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sat 12th June | Durham v Cumbria (A) | Penrith GC | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Sat 3rd July | Durham v Cheshire (A) | Shrigley Hall GC | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Fri 9th July | County Strokeplay Championship | Durham City GC | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Wed 4th Aug | EG Northern Counties Qualifying Champ | Manchester GC | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sun 8th Aug | Durham v Yorkshire (H) | Bishop Auckland GC | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sat 28th Aug | Durham v Northumberland (A) | Arcot Hall GC |