Seniors are aged 50+ and Surrey has a number of teams competing in both scratch and handicap matches. If you are interested in playing senior match golf, please contact one of the team managers below.
This competition was estabalished in 2014 by Scynthia Larsen who identified a gap in the Surrey Senior calendar for scratch team golf. She set up the league with four other counties and presented the Mulligan Larsen Bowl as the trophy.
Surrey plays four counties in the Senior Scratch League: Kent, Middlesex, Sussex and Essex. Each county fields a team of six players and the format is 18 holes scratch match play. All matches are played between May and the end of September. A Jamboree event at the end of the season is to be introduced in October 2023. To read the league rules, click here
The selection criteria for the Senior Scratch League team is driven primarily by handicap but will also take into account match play performance. The Senior Scratch Team Captain will aim to offer a range of players the opportunity to compete in the Senior Scratch League matches. All players must be qualifying seniors (aged 50+) on the day of the match and be a member of a club affiliated to Surrey.
The Surrey Senior Team Captain for these matches is Belinda Pope
Fixture | Date | VENUE | Result |
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Kent | 11th May | Woking Golf Club |
Kent win 2- 4 Report |
Essex | 25th May | Chigwell Golf Club | Surrey win 3.5 - 2.5 Report |
Middlesex | 29th June | Hendon Golf Club |
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Sussex |
19th July | Hankley Common Golf Club |
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2023 results table here
To read past year's results, click here
Surrey Seniors also play a series of Inter-County friendly matches against Hampshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex and Berkshire, as well as the Surrey Men. Teams for these matches are a mix of high and low handicaps and play a variety of different match formats. The Surrey Friendly Team Manager is Jan Gilkes.
2022 round up - We have had a good year winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1. A total of 29 ladies represented Surrey in these matches.
Fixture | Date | VENUE | format/Result |
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Berkshire | 10th May |
Drift Golf Club |
4BBB- H'caps 8-14 |
Hampshire | 10th July | West Hill Golf Club |
4BBB |
Middlesex | 31st August | Effingham Golf Club | 4BBB - H'caps 8-14 |
Sussex | 4th September | Mannings Heath Golf Club | 4BBB |
Kent |
26th September | Betchworth Park Golf Club | 4BBB |
Men |
tba | tba | Greensomes |
A Team of four players also compete in the Inter-Counties Seniors Team Stroke Play Championship every September. This team is selected after the Surrey Senior Championship. 10 counties participate in the event.
In 2022, the competition was due to be hosted by Oxfordshire and played at Henley on the 19th September 2022. The team chosen was:
Reserve: Jackie Kingswell (Tyrrells Wood)
Sadly, the event was cancelled due to the Queen's funeral and no rearrangement was possible.
Surrey won the Inter-Counties Team Stroke Play tititle in 2021 when the competition was played in Essex at Rochford Hundred. The winning team members were: