Golf Queensland

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Golf Queensland

• AGM / Delegates Meeting
• Friday 29 May, 2009

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2. Presidents Report

• Presented by Tom Crothers

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3. CEO Report

• Presented by Lindsay Ellis

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Strategic Directions

• Participation and Membership
• Industry Leadership
• Club and District Health
• Talented Player Development
• Governance
• Marketing and Communication
• Regional Service Delivery
• Facilities and Environment
• Revenue Streams

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More People Playing More Golf

• The strategic plans key driver Participation
  and Membership will be tackled in four ways
• Attracting and introducing people to the game
  (either directly or promoting opportunities to
  participate through other organisations)
• Encouraging social players to take up membership
  at a club or play more regularly
• Generally promote the game through generic
  promotion in order to increase awareness and
  highlight the benefits.
• Provide information and models to clubs that
  might assist in attracting new members and retain
  existing members

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Other major challenges

• Working with GA to improve the technical
  infrastructure of the game The implementation of
  the USGA course rating and handicap systems
• Delivering quality tournaments and
• Ensuring opportunities for talented Queensland
  players Achieving a sustainable and successful
  high performance program.

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INCOMEAdjusted 2009 Budget 1,895,548
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Adjusted Expenditure
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4. Game Club Development

• Delegates Meeting
• Friday 29 May, 2009

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Membership Statistics

• Men 60,131
• Women 14,861
• Total 74,992
• Change 2007 - 2008 -0.43
• Refer to page 6 7 of your booklet

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Membership Attrition Research Project

• In support of the 2009 Club Forum program, Golf
  Queensland have commissioned the most
  comprehensive study of Queensland club membership
  trends even undertaken.
• Full details of the research project, and a
  detailed study of strategies clubs can adopt to
  reduce membership attrition rates will be
  presented at the Forum.
• Survey details released to clubs next week

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2009 Club Forum

• 30 - 31 July, Indooroopilly Golf Club
• 137.50 (inc GST)
• Online registration now available
• Presenters include Golf Australia, Jeff Blunden
  Advisory Services, Red Tape Busters, PGA, PGAIGI,
  Clubs QLD, AGCSA, SCSBDGA, Golf Queensland
• Visit www.golfqueensland.org.au/2009-club-forum

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Regional Workshops

• To be undertaken following completion of Club
  Forum (30-31 July)
• Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Roma
• Dates / Venues TBC with relevant Districts

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Game Club Development
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Game Club Development
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Game Club Development

• Womens Golf Network
• Club Development Program (Rural Remote) - 10K
  grant funding closing 31 July
• Golf in Four Weeks - delivered to around 2850
  students with more work to be done on forging
  closer club links
• Additional Development Officer jointly funded by
  GQ / GNGF
• District Development Program - 10K grant funding
  closing 31 July
• District websites - complete

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Golf Queensland Website

• 52,000 visits in May
• Online registration open
• GQ Quarterly Issue 2
• 100 press releases
• 2,942 email database

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5.2 Match Committee

• Presented by Chair Tony Rollins

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5.2 Match Committee

• Calendar of Events
• Paysmart Handicap Four-Ball
• State Events not managed by GQ
• Website / Online Entries
• 2010 Australian Interstate Teams Matches
• Womens Events possible review of handicaps

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5.2 Match Committee

• Australian Junior Series Alice Springs
• Tournament Support Group

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5.3 High Performance Committee

• Presented by Chair - Tricia Harding

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5.3 High Performance Committee

• Queensland Academy of Sport
• State Team Series
• Athlete Development
• High performance Support Group
• Stroke Average Events
• Managers Panel

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5.4 Technical Committee

• Presented by Barry Shepherd

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5.4 Technical Committee

• Rules of Golf
• Rules of Amateur Status
• Course Rating Update
• Handicapping Update

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6 Course Rating and Handicap System update

• What has been decided by Golf Australia
• USGA Course Rating System
• USGA Handicap System
• Implementation in Queensland

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What has been decided by Golf Australia

• Adoption of the USGA Course Rating System to
  replace the current Australian systems.
• Adoption of the USGA Handicap System to replace
  the Australian Handicap Systems
• Background to the decisions

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USGA Course Rating System

• EFFECTIVE PLAYING LENGTHThe measured length is
  to be corrected to the effective playing length
  taking into consideration
• Roll
• Elevation
• Dogleg / forced layups
• Prevailing Wind
• Altitude

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USGA Course Rating System

• OBSTACLE FACTORS
• Topography
• Fairway
• Green Target
• Recoverability rough
• Bunkers
• OOB / Extreme Rough
• Water Hazards
• Trees
• Green Surface
• Psychological

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USGA Handicap System
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Implementation in Queensland

• State Trainers
• Course Raters
• Timelines

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7. Golf Australia CEO Report

• Presented by Steve Pitt

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8. Insurance Update

• Presented by Alex McGillivray

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9. Amalgamations (CQ NQ)

• Presented by Ron Murphy, Bob Platt

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Item 10 Privately Owned and Corporate Golf
Courses - How should they be positioned?

• Under the GQ Affiliation By-Law, there are three
  categories of privately owned courses
• Those running competitions for a club made up
  of player-clients based at the course - the
  owners do not wish to have a formally constituted
  and independently run club.
• Those who having a formally constituted and
  independently run golf club with an appropriate
  heads of lease agreement between the owner and
  the golf club.
• Those courses with no course based club but
  wanting to be able to deliver competitions and
  handle visiting players handicaps.

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Category 1 and 3 privately owned courses Issues
and Benefits regarding Affiliation

• The players associated with the Category 1 club
  do not have any status or process to elect a
  delegate or representative.
• The owner may choose to act as the delegate or
  representative but has no necessity to represent
  the client-players.
• Their main interest may be commercial advancement
  of the course rather then development of the
  game.
• The main purpose of affiliation for a private
  owner in Category 1 may be the same as Category 3
  i.e. access to Golf Link and Course Rating.
• Some Category 1 clubs do contribute to pennants
  competition and many have positive input re
  District activities.
• Are often professionally managed and are
  sustainable businesses.
• They pay affiliation fees.

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Questions for consideration

• Should privately owned courses be provided the
  same services and rights as a typical Member Club
  of a District?
• Should a privately owned courses have the right
  to vote at District meetings or should they be
  placed in a limited or special category of
  membership w/o a vote?
• Due to their differing interests and
  requirements, should privately owned courses be
  affiliated directly with Golf Queensland?
• Should privately owned courses be affiliated at
  all? In this case, the arrangement and fees
  might be commercially based rather than the
  current rates that are based on affiliation to
  not-for-profit organisations.

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11. Affiliation Fees

• Presented by Lindsay Ellis

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2009 State Affiliation Fee Comparison (exc GST)
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Qld State Sport Associations -Comparison of
Affiliation Fees (excl GST)
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Affiliation Fees Issues

• The increase in the GA Fee
• Inadequate budgeting by clubs
• Uncertainty regarding the fee estimate process
• The period of notice required
• No GQ by-law
• Should U14s to pay fees?
• Concerns the numbers remitted by clubs are not
  accurate and there is no way of auditing the data

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Golf Link Data for Audit
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Affiliation Fees Issues

• The increase in the GA Fee
• Inadequate budgeting by clubs
• Uncertainty regarding the fee estimate process
• The period of notice required
• No GQ by-law
• Need for U14s to pay
• Concerns the numbers remitted by clubs are not
  accurate and no way of auditing the data

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12. State Perpetual Trophies

• Submitted by BDLGA
• Presented by Pam Langford

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13. Events for Club Golfers

• Submitted by BDLGA
• Presented by Pam Langford