(Open to all Durham Club Members with a maximum Handicap Index of 5.4)*
The Durham County Scratch Order of Merit which is open to all affiliated male members with their home club in the Durham Union, 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 2022 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 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Scratch Opens (x12) | 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Event | Format | Venue | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Saturday 14th May | County Matchplay Championship | M/Play | Beamish Park GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sunday 29th May | Keith Shivers Bowl | 36 holes | Heworth GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Saturday 4th June | Seaton Salver | 36 holes | Seaton Carew GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Sunday 26th June | Scratch Open | 36 holes | Consett & District GC |
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5 | Sunday 3rd July | TSU NYSD Open Championship | 36 holes | Middlesbrough GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
6 |
Friday 8th July |
County Strokeplay Championship | 72 holes |
Castle Eden GC |
Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
7 |
Saturday 16th July |
The Chester Bowl | 18 holes |
Chester-le-Street |
Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
8 |
Sunday 31st July |
Ravensworth Bowl | 18 holes | Ravensworth GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Saturday 20th August | Scratch Open | 36 holes | Boldon GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Sunday 28th Aug | Leonard Crawley Medal | 36 holes | Brancepeth Caste GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Saturday 10th Sept | Bishop Auckland Bowl | 36 holes | Bishop Auckland GC | Confirmed | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Sunday 9th October | Northern Golf Masters | 18 holes | Rockliffe Hall GC | Confirmed |
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.
Durham County Order of Merit 2022 | ||||
Standings after Seaton Salver | ||||
Pos | Name | Club | Total | |
1 | M | McCririck | South Shields | 410 |
2 | A | Scott | Heworth | 340 |
3 | J | Glenn | Durham City | 300 |
4 | W | Melles | Brancepeth Castle | 250 |
5 | J | Richardson | Durham City | 200 |
6 | W | Marshall | Heworth | 200 |
7 | B | Willis | South Shields | 170 |
8 | T | Skelton | Beamish Park | 145 |
9 | M | Goad | Woodham | 100 |
10 | J | Ainscough | The Wynyard | 100 |
11 | G | Nesbitt | Boldon | 100 |
12 | M | Henson | Rockliffe Hall | 90 |
13 | M | Watson | Beamish Park | 80 |
14 | D | Fox | Brancepeth Castle | 80 |
15 | K | Suggett | Chester-le-Street | 80 |
16 | L | Bond | Hartlepool | 75 |
17 | J | Kennedy | Consett | 65 |
18 | M | Anderson | Heworth | 60 |
19 | R | Riley | Eaglescliffe | 60 |
20 | J | Gerencser | South Shields | 55 |
21 | A | Boyes | Seaton Carew | 55 |
22 | D | Hutchinson | Durham City | 50 |
23 | J | Kempster | Brancepeth Castle | 50 |
24 | L | Bonser | Consett & District | 50 |
25 | L | Tate | Boldon | 50 |
26 | D | Conway | Boldon | 50 |
27 | A | Tomlin | Wynyard | 50 |
28 | I | McEntee | South Moor | 50 |
29 | S | Foster | Houghton-le-Spring | 50 |
30 | H | Caygill | Eaglescliffe | 50 |
31 | R | Blemmings | Consett | 45 |
32 | J | Heydon | Durham City | 40 |
33 | R | Mason | Durham City | 40 |
34 | J | Heppell | Brancepeth Castle | 35 |
35 | C | Brown | Castle Eden | 35 |
36 | C | Thompson | Boldon | 30 |
37 | D | Gun | George Washington | 25 |
38 | L | Marr | Seaton Carew | 25 |
39 | J | McGuire | Heworth | 20 |
40 | D | Kelly | South Shields | 20 |
41 | C | Brown | Castle Eden | 15 |
42 | S | Wilson | Hartlepool | 15 |
43 | G | Border | Castle Eden | 10 |
44 | C | Moncur | Darlington | 10 |
45 | J | Halliday | Ramside Hall Hotel | 5 |
46 | C | Pipe | Castle Eden | 5 |
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 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
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 2022 | Event | Venue | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Sat 7th May | Durham v Cumbria (H) | Hartlepool GC | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sat 14th May | County Matchplay Championship | Beamish Park GC | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sun 12th June | Durham v Cheshire (H) | The Wynyard GC | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Sat 2nd July | Durham v Yorkshire | Hallowes GC | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Fri 8th July | County Strokeplay Championship | Castle Eden GC | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Wed 3rd Aug | EG Northern Counties Qualifying Champ | Hallamshire GC | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sat 13th Aug | Durham v Northumberland (H) | Brancepeth Castle GC | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sat 3rd Sept | Durham v Lancashire (A) | Ormskirk GC |
County Player of the Year 2022 | ||||
Standings after the County Matchplay Championship on 22nd May 2022. | ||||
Pos | Name | Club | Total | |
1 | M | McCririck | South Shields | 350 |
2 | M | Henson | Rockliffe Hall | 250 |
3 | W | Melles | Bishop Auckland | 250 |
4 | B | Willis | South Shields | 250 |
5 | J | Birkbeck | Bishop Auckland | 150 |
6 | J | Kennedy | Consett & District | 150 |
7 | G | Nesbit | Boldon | 150 |
8 | D | Kelly | South Shields | 100 |
9 | J | Rogers | Rockliffe Hall | 100 |
10 | A | Charlton | Ramside Hall | 50 |
11 | G | Dixon | Seaham | 50 |
12 | W | Marshall | Heworth | 50 |
13 | T | Smith | Eaglescliffe | 50 |