Welcome to Awali Golf Club

The Oldest Golf Course in the GCC

General/Rating

AGC Has Three Courses

  • Blue Tees: Gents Championship Course, 6685 yards, par 70. Slope rating 124.
  • White Tees: Gents Normal Course, 6309 yards, par 70. Slope rating 117.
  • Red Tees: Ladies Normal Course, 6309 yards, par 75. Slope rating 128.
    The Ladies tees are co-located at the same location as the Gents Normal Course tees.

See the course layout (see the three Course Rating Tables)

Teeing Areas

Each teeing area is demarked by the extremities of the raised tee-box. Usually, the tee-box is a concrete platform with an Astroturf central area. The tee-Box of Hole-4 has no raised concrete platform and the teeing area for this Hole is regarded as the Astroturf area. Within the Astroturf is a rubber mat containing four or six tee-peg holders. The Committee approved mat (for sale in the Clubhouse) may also be used on the teeing area for the hole in play.

Fairways

The course is a desert course; the ground is very hard – levelled rock with an occasional layer of compacted sand and sea-shells. You may use a Committee approved mat to protect your golf clubs, but for formal competitions, a mat’s use is only allowed on fairways and teeing grounds. Fairways are demarked by a black oiled line: a ball touching the fairway line is on the fairway. In a friendly, it’s up to you and your playing partners whether you choose to use your mat outside the fairway as well.

Distances and Marker Posts

Yardage distances shown on the Scorecard are from the teeing ground to the middle of the putting green. Course marker posts are used as follows:

  White Out of bounds
  Yellow General location of a penalty area and no-play zone. An imaginary line between each of the penalty area marker posts has no relevance to play.
  Black 200 yards – distance to front of green
  Yellow/Black 150 yards – distance to front of green
  Green 100 yards – distance to front of green
  Orange 50 yards – distance to front of green

in Position Marker Flags

Colored flags are placed on the 150-yard marker posts on all par-4 and par-5s (as well as the tee of the Par-3 Hole-6) to show the position of the pin, as follows:

Yellow Front of green
  Blue Middle of green
  Red Back of green

Bunkers

Bunkers are demarked by a black oiled line. A ball touching this line is not in the bunker. A rake is supplied at each bunker. You must ensure your feet/stroke marks are raked before continuing.

Greens

The “greens” are made from an oil-sand mix, and are commonly referred to as “browns”. This putting surface has the advantage that your putt track is recorded after playing your stroke.

However, on the down side, the surface dries-out with wind and sun and needs to be re-laid once a week. This is typically done on a Monday or Tuesday: if you play on these days it is likely that the green plays relatively slow. Your feet also leave their history. So as to protect the greens (and to not irritate the players following you), you must wear flat-soled shoes, with a tread of no more than 2mm. Spikes are definitely not permitted. Also, lay the flagstick down delicately to minimise damage, preferably outside the putting surface.

A sweeping brush is available at all greens for your use. In addition, a green-sweeper may be available – these staff are usually allocated to sweep more than one green, so they may not be available at the exact time you wish to use them. Please thank the green-sweeper when you leave the hole – would you like to do their job?

A notice on the entrance gate advises which greens are in service. Typically, on a Monday or Tuesday, greens are re-sanded – during this period the Club endeavours to have either the front nine or the back nine open whilst maintenance occurs on the other nine. If there has been poor weather conditions recently (e.g. rain or high wind), you may choose to telephone the Club (1775-6770) first to check which greens are in service.

Rough

The rough (the area outside of the fairway line) may have roads, tracks and tarmac surfaces. If you are playing under AGC’s Local Rules, you must play the ball as it lies (or take a drop with a penalty of one stroke) if it comes to rest on a natural surface, no matter how hard or compacted this surface is.

Other Comments:

  • Try to become familiar with our Local Rules before playing on the course.
  • “Clubs away after play”. You, the player, are the only person responsible for your clubs: maximise their security by not leaving them outside the Clubhouse after finishing your round.
  • Cold-patched surfaces are those made with cold oil mixed with sand and then compacted. This reduces erosion by the wind, whilst providing a surface that does not cause a ball to bounce excessively. You should not walk on these surfaces unless necessary to play your shot.
  • Hole 5 aiming pole. A diamond-shaped metal plate (on top of a tall pole) is located as the aiming point for the green, useful if you wish to attempt to play towards the green before reaching the elbow.
  • A tee reservation sheet is displayed on the Clubhouse notice board for all weekend days where there is not a Competition listed on the fixture list, and for public holidays. You may telephone the Clubhouse to make a reservation.

Here is the original rating received In January 2020 (see the original PDF document, which inlcudes the rating for the Bahrain Golf Club’s course).

Based upon these Slope Ratings, here are the three Course Handicap tables (see the original MS-Word document):

Data

Hole Name Gents 
Par		  Gents 
 SI 		  Ladies 
 Par 		  Ladies 
 SI 		  Length 
 yards 		  Champ. 
 yards 		 Mins
to tee
01 Good Fore 4 09 5 17 376 376 1
02 Needle’s Eye 4 11 4 09 331 357 5
03 Long Carry 4 03 4 03 412 464 9
04 Cardiac 3 17 3 13 109 109 9.5
05 Eagle’s Nest 5 13 5 01 517 517 7.5
06 Jackson’s Folly 3 07 3 07 139 183 3.5
07 Old First 4 01 5 15 474 474 1.5
08 Lewis’s 3 05 3 11 199 199 7
09 Long Drag 5 15 5 05 541 574 8
10 Scarff’s 4 06 4 06 416 416 0.2
11 Hill 69 4 02 5 18 431 473 4.5
12 Twin Sisters 3 14 3 12 160 160 10.5
13 Parker’s 4 10 4 02 379 409 12.5
14 Missile Creek 3 18 3 14 133 155 14.5
15 Graveyard 4 04 5 10 418 488 12
16 McGregor’s 4 12 4 08 409 409 7.5
17 The Moat 4 08 5 16 376 401 10
18 Khalas 5 16 5 04 489 521 5.5
See the Card

Hole-by-Hole

Hole 1

Good fore – Par 4 – 376 yards – Stroke Index 9  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 17

Not too difficult to start, with a slight dog-leg left-to-right:

  • An average drive (into the usual prevailing wind) followed by a mid or long-iron onto the green
  • Big hitters (who can drive 250 yards) may choose to drive across the corner of the dog-leg, to follow with a wedge shot
  • Beware out-of-bounds to the left, especially when there is a southerly wind assisting your gloriously straight drive
  • On the green, care is needed if the pin position is at the left-front position, as a putt from above the hole may slow-down then speed-up.

There is no championship tee at Hole 1.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 2

Needle’s Eye – Par 4 – 331 yards – Stroke Index 11  |  Ladies Par 4 – Stroke Index 9

An easy hole – but only for those that can hit perfectly straight:

  • An average drive, usually into the prevailing wind
  • The second shot is the challenge – lay-up short of the green if you are not fully confident with your irons, as there are high-walled bunkers at left & right sides
  • If the pin is at the back, use caution with your 2nd/3rd shot – if you go over the back, you are unlikely to hole-out in under 3 more shots
  • If your ball comes to rest on the front-left of the green, with the pin back-left, you may wish to chip over the left-bunker. In this case and playing under AGC Local Rules, you may not use your mat on the green.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 357 yard hole (adding 26 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 3

Long Carry – Par 4 – 412 yards – Stroke Index 3  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 3

Dog-leg left, terraced green protected by fairway/left-side bunkers:

  • Usually downwind, big hitters either need the skill of a controlled draw around the dog-leg, or might club-down to a 3-wood to ensure a tee shot does not run-off into the bushes
  • You need confidence if you intend your second shot to land on the green. Caution may be best – lay-up in front of the fairway bunker
  • The green is terraced – when the pin is at front-left, the ball may speed up if putted from above the hole. Holing-out is more easily achieved if starting from below the hole
  • Likewise if the pin is at front-right. With this pin position, note that the break is huge if you have to putt towards the pin along the ridge of the terrace.

The Championship tee is to the left and rear of the normal tee, adding 52 yards to create a 464 yard hole (not shown in this schematic).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 4

LongCardiac – Par 3 – 109 yards – Stroke Index 17  |  Ladies Par 3 Stroke Index 13

The easiest hole on the course, provided you avoid the precipitous cliff to the right – a good tee-shot will set up a birdie chance:

  • Take note of any wind direction on the tee – the prevailing wind usually assists the length of the tee-shot
  • At all costs, try not to go over the cliff to the right
  • If you do go over the cliff, be very cautious with playing the ball as it lies (have you practiced this shot previously in a quiet moment?)
  • For the more cautious, if your tee shot lands in the left bunker, an alternative to a sand-wedge may be a sideways putt.

There is no championship tee at Hole 4.

 

Note: The OB line is now just to the right of the pipelines
(this schematic shows its old position)

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 5

Eagle’s Nest – Par 5 – 517 yards – Stroke Index 13  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 1

Long dog-leg right par-5, with trouble looming in the rough and the green protected by a large front-side bunker:

  • Keep your tee-shot to the left of the fairway, to give the best angle for a second shot towards the green
  • The rough on the fairway right side in the area before and after the dog-leg is a mix of trees and rubble – it will cost you if you end in it
  • Also, don’t forget that the left-side out-of-bounds is quite close to the fairway
  • On your approach shot to the green, if not absolutely confident of getting on the green, aim slightly right to avoid the bunker.

There is no championship tee at Hole 5.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 6

Jackson’s Folly – Par 3 – 139 yards – Stroke Index 7  |  Ladies Par 3 Stroke Index 7

A terraced hole to test your iron tee-shot accuracy, with bunkers everywhere:

  • Competent players choosing an iron tee-shot onto the green need accuracy and as high a shot as possible – the green is protected by a deep front-side bunker, right and rear bunkers.
  • The more cautious approach is to land a tee-shot in the valley at the entrance to the green, for the ball to roll up onto the green
  • The front-left bunker is deep and difficult to recover from
  • If the pin is on the upper terrace, beware the break that the terrace makes.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 183 yard hole (adding 44 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 7

Old First – Par 4 – 474 yards – Stroke Index 1 |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 15

A long par-4, with penalty areas on the approach to the green:

  • The longest par-4 on the course. Aim your tee-shot very slightly left to avoid the two fairway bunkers on the right side
  • Can you hit a good long-iron, or fairway wood? Then perhaps you would choose to go for the green with your second shot. Otherwise, lay-up in front of the fairway bunker at a distance of about 100 yards
  • Beware the penatly areas as you approach the green, both to the left and right sides. Also, a ball that lands in front of the green tends to roll to the right
  • To make the hole more difficult, shallow bunkers surround the green to the back and right side.

There is no championship tee at Hole 7.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 8

Lewis’s – Par 3 – 199 yards – Stroke Index 5  |  Ladies Par 3 Stroke Index 11

Straight par-3, but with difficult bunkers surrounding the green:

  • The hole challenges your accuracy for a 200 yard shot
  • There are ditches on the approach to the green, but are not difficult to recover from
  • The green has quite deep bunkers – avoid these at all costs, as one can easily ping-pong from one bunker to the other and back again
  • When the pin is at the back of the green, care is needed not to run over the back – you are likely to need another 3 shots to hole-out if you do.

There is no championship tee at Hole 8.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 9

Long Drag – Par 5 – 541 yards – Stroke Index 15  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 5

A long par 5, needing steady play down the middle:

  • Following your tee-shot, your second is likely to be a fairway wood. Aim this shot to lay-up in front of the fairway bunker, or aim to the right of it. If there is a following (southerly) wind, big-hitters have a chance of making it onto the green in two.
  • Beware the rough to the right – there is out-of-bounds along this side of the fairway
  • The green has a shallow bunker to its right, with both shallow and deep bunkers at its rear. Caution is needed – play to land your approach shot in front of the green, for the ball to roll forward.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 574 yard hole (adding 33 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 10

Scarff’s – Par 4 – 416 yards – Stroke Index 6  |  Ladies Par 4Stroke Index 6

A kind hole to start the back nine, with just a couple of irritating bunkers:

  • Your tee-shot should be aimed slightly right, to give the best angle for the approach shot onto the green
  • The hole is often down-wind, so choose your second-shot club appropriately
  • There is a shallow bunker to the left of the green, and a deeper one to the rear of the green.

There is no championship tee at Hole 10.

 

Note: There is OB to the right of the fairway, along the edge of the
driving range (this schematic does not show this OB line)

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 11

Hill 69 – Par 4 – 431 yards – Stroke Index 2  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 18

Dog-leg right par-4, with difficult rough to the right:

  • Aim a tee-shot just to the left of the large fairway tree, so as to open up the green for your second (hopefully) approach shot onto the green
  • Alternatively, with a following wind, and confident of your accuracy, aim a tee-shot slightly to the right of the fairway tree
  • Avoid the rough to the right – the hill at the dog-leg hides the green, and any shot over it is nothing more than just hopeful
  • Although the green has no bunkers, there is quite a steep drop-off to its left into the rough, and the rough is very close to the green’s right side.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 473 yard hole (adding 42 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 12

Twin Sisters – Par 3 – 160 yards – Stroke Index 14  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 12

An easy par-3 – just avoid the green-side bunkers:

  • Try to get plenty of height on your tee-shot. Beware club choice with the normal following wind.
  • If you are not confident with your tee-shot accuracy, aim to lay-up short of the green, hoping for a guaranteed par
  • If your tee-shot is wayward into the rough on the right side of the green, you may choose a hard putt at the bunker wall as an alternative to a chip. This bunker wall is angled and, if you get it right, your ball will bounce onto the green. If you don’t, typically your ball will end up in the green’s left-side bunker.
  • The green is both sloped and slightly terraced – beware the break.

There is no championship tee at Hole 12.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 13

Parker’s – Par 4 – 379 yards – Stroke Index 10  |  Ladies Par 4 Stroke Index 2

A par-4 hole to test your long-iron capability:

  • Keep your tee-shot straight or slightly left to avoid the ditch and trees to the right of the fairway. But not too far left, or you’ll be in the left-side ditch
  • The rough on both sides of the fairway is messy, especially on the right side near the green
  • Getting onto the green in 2 is not easy: you may choose to lay-up your second shot in front of the fairway bunker
  • Although there are no green-side bunkers, the rough surrounding the green definitely is.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 409 yard hole (adding 30 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 14

Missile Creek – Par 3 – 133 yards – Stroke Index 18  |  Ladies Par 3 Stroke Index 14

Elevated tee position, green surrounded with bunkers, with the wind usually featuring:

  • Your tee shot is influenced by the wind most of the time. Be especially aware of this with a southerly, following wind
  • Unless you are competent with back-spin or you are against the wind, aim to land the ball just over the ridge in front of the green, allowing the ball to roll on to the green
  • The rough to the left and right of the green is very messy and to be avoided
  • If you land amongst the oil pipes at the green’s rear, you must drop in the nearest dropping zone in the rough (without penalty).

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 155 yard hole (adding 22 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 15

Graveyard – Par 4 – 418 yards – Stroke Index 4  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 10

Long par-4 into prevailing wind, with a close-in O/B to capture a slightly wayward tee-shot left:

  • The graveyard (yes, it is a graveyard) is only slightly off-centre of your tee-shot on the left. Aim slightly right for safety
  • The two fairway bunkers are shallow. It is not difficult to pitch out of them (at a distance of about 90 yards) and onto the green
  • The green is surrounded with bunkers, with the back bunker being the deepest. On your approach shot, land short and allow the ball to roll on.
  • Beware the large break when the pin is positioned in either front-left or front-right positions.

The Championship tee is to the left of the normal tee, creating a 488 yard hole (adding 70 yards), and encouraging a tee-shot over the graveyard.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 16

McGregor’s – Par 4 – 409 yards – Stroke Index 12  |  Ladies Par 4 Stroke Index 8

Dog-leg right, normally down-wind, just avoid the bunkers:

  • Aim a tee-shot slightly left so as to avoid the fairway bunker, and give the best approach angle to the green. Big-hitters, in down-wind conditions, may choose to show there prowess by aiming over the right-side bunker, adding a controlled fade to impress
  • Beware the bunker protecting the front-right of the green
  • There is a shallow bunker to the left side of the green as well.

There is no championship tee at Hole 16.

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 17

The Moat – Par 4 – 376 yards – Stroke Index 8  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 16

Long par-4, dog-leg left with two penalty areas/no-play zones:

  • A good tee-shot will set up a chance of getting on the green in 2
  • The hole plays into the wind normally. Take extra club for a second shot onto the green, ensuring you clear the penalty areas (better to be over the penalty areas and over the back of the green than in the penalty areas)
  • If you are playing your tee-shot with a following wind, you may choose a 3-wood to not run off into the tree line on the right-hand side of the fairway
  • Caution is often the best choice on this hole, laying up in front of the penalty areas. Usually, try to lay-up to the left side of the main penalty area, to take the large tree on the right side of the fairway out of the equation.

The Championship tee is to the left of the normal tee, creating a 401 yard hole (adding 25 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).
Hole 18

Khalas – Par 5 – 489 yards – Stroke Index 16  |  Ladies Par 5 Stroke Index 4

A straight hole, but with a bite for those over the back of the green:

  • Normally into the wind, most tee-shots will not reach the fairway bunker, so aim directly at this bunker or slightly right
  • Beware the O/B to the right side of the fairway, and aim your second shot, likely to be a fairway wood, directly at the green. Beware the bunker at the right side of the approach to the green
  • If you are pitching onto the green from the green side of the road, make the effort to go up the hill and note the exact position of the flag (identify direction guides as you go back to your ball)
  • The green is protected with a bunker along the whole of its right side. Avoid, at all costs, pitching over the back of the green: there is a large drop-off into another bunker.

The Championship tee is to the right of the normal tee, creating a 521 yard hole (adding 32 yards).

Here is a view at the tee towards the pin (and here is a virtual tour).
Here is a view at the pin towards the tee (and here is a virtual tour).

Route to Tee

Records

Gross Scores

Over 18 holes on the normal course in a stroke play competition:

62 by Diab Sager Al-Noaimi in the KTC Spring Medal Competition of 2nd March, 2002 (his card is displayed on Clubhouse wall near main trophy cabinet). Diab’s card has an interesting final three score lines: Gross Score: 62, Handicap +1, Net score 63.

Ladies: over 18 holes on the normal course in a stroke play competition:

72 by Emma Boyd in the 2007 Bahrain Ladies Open Golf Championship.

Over 18 holes on the Championship course in the Bahrain Open:

61 by Daniel Owen (Royal Golf Club) in March 2013. Additionally impressive as the day was extremely windy and dusty.

Over 36 holes on the Championship course in the Bahrain Open:
130 (65/65) by Abdulla Sultan Al Hakam (Bahrain Golf Club) in March 1994.

Bahrain Open Championship: First (visiting) professional to win – from Scotland, Alistair Webster, with 139 gross in 21st Open, March 1984.

Bahrain Open Championship: First hole-in-one: Bill Finlay, on hole 4 in the 21st Open, March 1984.

McGregor Award – aggregate gross score over best 7 qualifying rounds:
Since records available in 1989: Bill Finlay (1989/90) and Ali Musbah (1994/95), both 495, average of 70.71.

In the 36 hole Russell Cup competition:
Nasser Yacoob, with 134 (68 on first day, 66 on second day) in the 2019/20 season (interestingly, Nasser’s net score was also 68/66).

Also, there is one final gross record which, on occasions, can be contested in a social: that for putter-only over 9 holes on the normal course:

 

Eric Nutter, a member of the Club and Committee in the 70s and 80s, who wanted to prove a point, and in a nine-hole fun competition in 19?? (on the normal course) decided to use only a putter. He achieved a gross score of 53. This record stood until 1st May 2018 (we do not know if any, or how many attempts were made to better Eric’s record before this date).

In the 2017/18 season John Gunby 3 Club Classic, AGC’s professional, Rory Young, chose to play with only a putter – smashing through to a new record of 45 strokes. Play was on the back nine and his gross scores were 5-5-4-6-4-5-5-6-6.

Regular Stroke Play (Net) Scores

Remembering that these records are dependent on the accuracy of handicaps at the time…

  • Over 18 holes on the normal course in a stroke play competition:
    From available records, 55 by Greg Barlow in 1988/89 season Consolation Cup.
    Greg was once a teenager who grew up in Awali. In October 2019, Bapco financed a group of these teenagers to return to Bahrain for a nostalgia visit. Greg dropped by at the Clubhouse on Friday 25th, to reprise his previous photo shoot, more than 30 years after he set the record.
  • In the 36 hole Memorial Trophy competition:
    Bob Bever, with 128 (66 on first day, 62 on second) in the 1992/93 season.
  • Clemitson Cup – aggregate net score over best 7 qualifying rounds:
    From available records with the current format (from 1966/67): Phil Morris in 1985/86, 465 / 66.43 average. Prior to 1966/67 there was a points sharing system – there are few known results for this.

Stroke Play Stableford Scoring

Remembering that these records are dependent on the accuracy of handicaps at the time…

  • Over 18 holes:
    From available records, Raul Lobo with 49 points in the 3rd King Hamad Festival of Golf 19th March 2021. Also, Isa Borshaid, 48 points in the BDF Desert Challenge of the 2001/02 season, and Brian Davis with 47 points in a Club completion in October 2003.
  • Pairs – over 18 holes:
    • 44 – Johnnie Walker Foursomes of 1997/98, Stuart Mackie & Laurence Brotheridge
    • 44 – Johnnie Walker Foursomes of 1998/99, Lindy Macaulay & Rod Macaulay
    • 44 – NHSC Greensomes of 2004/05, Sarah Hobday & Dave Hurlock
    • 44 – Johnnie Walker Foursomes of 2014/15, Nicki Park & Bill Scarth.

    (At AGC, usually we play foursomes handicap as half of the combined full handicap, and greensomes handicap as half of the combined 0.6xhigher handicap + 0.4xlower handicap).

    Stroke Play Bogey Scoring

    Remembering that these records are dependent on the accuracy of handicaps at the time…

    • Over 18 holes:
      • +9 by Campbell Robinson, in the Captain’s Prize Competition of the 1989/90 season (on ¾ h/cap)
    • +7 by Derek Taylor in the Watson Salver Competition of 1964/65 (on ¾ h/cap).
    • And, when scores are adjusted for ¾ handicap, equalled by Dave Bailey in the Watson Salver Competition of 2013/14 season (on full h/cap)

    Age Related

    Youngest player to be awarded a handicap at AGC:

    Although there are no definitive records back into history, no-one can remember (in 2015) anyone younger than Lee McIlear, born 16/2/2006 and awarded a handicap of 25 at the prize presentation of the BA Medal competition of 9/10/2015, age 9 years, 7 months and 23 days. Not suffering the nerves that adults are accustomed to, one week later he entered his first 18 hole competition and scored a creditable 29 Stableford points.

    Youngest player to win a regular stroke play competition:

    James Field, born 1/1/1980, winning the Consolation Cup on 14th May 1992, age 12 years, 4 months and 13 days – his debut appearance in a fixture-list Competition. He scored nett 63 (gross 86).

    Youngest player to win the medal for lowest gross score in a regular stroke play competition:

    Ali Al Kowari, born 2001, at age 16 years in the 2016/17 season Nass Medal competition held on 5th May 2017. His gross score was 68 (he was also the overall winner of the competition with nett 60).

    Youngest player to win a singles match play knockout competition:
    Don Nielsen, at the age of 13 (exact age unknown, he may have been nearer 12 years old) winning the Pinhey Cup (Flight 2 men players) at the end of the 1962/63 season. In more recent years, Samuel Hobday (born 18/3/94) winning the Pinhey Cup on 25th and 26th April 2008, at age 14 years, 1 month and 7 days.

    Youngest player to compete in the Bahrain Open Golf Championship:
    Taimur Malik (born 23/1/2003): Playing in the 52nd Bahrain Open of 13th March 2015, at age 12 years 1 month and 18 days… Then – Samuel Hobday (born 18/3/94): Playing in the 45th Open of 20th March 2008, at age 13 years 11 months and 27 days.

    Largest age difference between players in a competition:
    In the 18 holes singles Stableford Club Competition of 15/10/2015:

    Lee McIlear (born 16/2/2006): age 9 years, 7 months and 30 days, and Peter Rogers (born 5/7/1937): at age 78 years, 3 months and 10 days, resulting in an age difference of 68 years, 8 months and 20 days.
    Then… In the 52nd Bahrain Open of 13th & 14th March 2015:
    Taimur Malik (born 23/1/2003): at age 12 years 1 month and 18 days, and Peter Rogers (born 5/7/1937): at age 77 years, 8 months and 8 days, resulting in an age difference of 65 years, 6 months and 20 days.

    Largest age difference between finalists in a singles match play knockout competition:

    James Field winning the Ayto Cup on 23rd April 1994: James Field (born 1/1/1980): age 14 years, 3 months and 23 days, and Bill Brien (born 28/9/1928): age 65 years 6 months and 25 days, resulting in an age difference of 51 years, 3 months and 2 days.

    Largest height difference between players in a competition:
    Probably: In the 18 holes singles Stableford Club Competition of 15/10/2015: Lee McIlear (height 4’4”, h/cap 25, age 9) – Andy Mac Innes (height 6’4” h/cap 15).

    Less Enviable

    Most strokes taken on a single hole in a regular stroke play competition:
    From The Islander, Feb 20th 1958:
    Brilliant 69 nett wins Russell Cup for McClean [but] …. Bill Pinks, who landed in 5th place, had the Russell Cup in his sights right up to the 35th hole and then the impossible happened – 23 strokes for the 36th hole. With keen determination Bill put six or seven balls out of bounds, then went on to 4 putt the last green. It is only a rumour but it has been said his golf clubs landed out of bounds a few times.

    In more recent times, Ashley Taylor achieved a creditable 16 strokes on hole 8 in 19?? (as advised by Roy Leask, who marked his card).

    Most strokes recorded for a single hole in a recognised competition:
    Nasser Al Kaabi: 37 on hole 9 (2008 Nass Medal): added up holes 1 to 8 scores and entered this as his score for hole 9.

    Lowest known Stableford points by a player with enough courage to return their card:
    Eui Mo Koo in the WHC Brien Trophy of the 2015/16 season, with 7 points.

    Most unlucky player:
    Although a very subjective “record”, one contender must surely be Todd Gillespie in the BOAC Qualifier (2007/08) … equalled the overall winner’s net score, equalled the 1st Flight’s winner’s net score, and equalled the best gross winner’s gross score. Due to count back, he won none of these prizes, having to settle for the accolade of 2nd in the 1st Flight.

    Most inconsistent player:

    Another totally subjective “record”, one contender who advised he wanted his golfing achievements only to be remembered as:

    Onny Martin in the (he can’t remember) competition of the 2010/11 season: Hole 4 Cardiac: over the cliff with his tee shot. Second shot as 3-off-the-tee holed: that’s no cigar or certificate then, scoring 3 strokes for the hole.
       He went on to restate his claim to the inconsistency title in the social scramble of 5th September 2019. Playing with Farooq Ahmed, at the 5th Onny’s drive was chosen – at about 250 yards from the green in the left rough. His second shot ended in the right rough at 120 yards and was chosen again, Farooq’s second shot hitting a tree and just making it onto the fairway. Onny played the team’s third shot first. Terrible he thought, as he saw it slamming into the cliff right of the green. But in the middle of bagging his club, a shout arose from those near the 6th tee: “it’s gone in!” – so that was Onny with an eagle-3 for the par-5 5th, with no shot ever being on the fairway.

    Most erroneous allocation of handicap:
    In the Non-handicappers 9-hole Stableford competition of 17th January 2015, organiser Alan Goulden allocated a handicap of 34 to Floris Brand, based, Alan advises, on Floris’s previous two card submissions. Floris returned a gross-40 equivalent to 24 under handicap, and was the winner, somewhat clearly, with 30 points for the 9 holes.

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