Hampton Senior Men’s Golf Program – 2026
Welcome to the 2026 Golf Season. We are looking forward to another great golf season for this group.
Senior Committee
- The Committee shall consist of an elected Chairman, an appointed Vice-Chairman, and other committee members deemed necessary to properly run all functions of the Hampton Senior Men’s Golf Program.
Aims & Goals
- The aim is to have our senior golfers meet and play with as many group members as possible during the season. The goal is to promote fellowship among the senior men’s club members who want to have fun, that love the game of golf and to establish long lasting friendships. Requesting preferred pairings will not be entertained, but the pairings may happen organically from time to time in a long golf season. Our monthly 2-man event does allow players to pick their preferred partners if they wish.
The Goal is Accomplished By:
- The elected chairman forming a committee to develop and support the Senior Men’s Golfing program.
- Each Tuesday morning, the committee schedules a variety of friendly competitions for the registered group members. Each round of golf will take the form of a shotgun start.
- Playing within the RCGA rules of golf and local senior golf rules. These are found in this document, and posted on the bulletin board in the Men’s locker room.
- Once members play in their first week, then they will be added to the tee sheet automatically for the following weeks. If you are not available, please send an email to hamptonseniormen@gmail.com preferably by noon Friday, so you will not be added to the tee sheet for the following Tuesday
- A sign-up sheet for the 2-man events will be made available the week prior at the registration tables, and pinned to the bulletin board in the Men’s locker room. You can also send an e-mail with your team members or be added as a single looking for a partner to hamptonseniormen@gmail.com
Membership Regulations & Dues:
- The Hampton Senior Men’s Golf Program is open to all senior men who are or turn 55 years of age during the calendar year, or a minimum 50 years of age but fully retired. Senior members must have an active 2026 Hampton 18-hole golf membership, in order to join this group.
- The regular day of play is Tuesday. Registered members are guaranteed a spot on the tee sheet each Tuesday morning.
Joining the Senior Men’s Golf Program
- Senior men can join by sending an email to hamptonseniormen@gmail.com or ask the help from the pro shop to get in touch with our committee. The cost of joining the Seniors Men’s Golf is a one- time fee of $30.00, payable on the first day that you play with the group.
- The dues and a weekly 50/50 draw are to subsidize the end of year dinner and banquet expense, and to purchase some golf related draw prizes at the banquet. Cost of 50/50 tickets: 1 ticket for $2.00 or 3 tickets for $5.00
- A registration table will be set up on the first Tuesday morning of play, and each Tuesday going forward for those that wish to join the senior Men’s golf group.
Weekly Competition Prizes:
- Senior Men’s Golf members can play for fun, the love of the game, and the camaraderie, or they can also decide to play competitively.
- To enter the weekly competition, $5.00 is paid in cash at the registration table on Tuesday morning prior to play. Scoring results are sent to all members on Tuesday evening. All winners for senior competitions will have the prize money deposited into their personal Hampton club account.
The competitive prizes are paid out for:
- Closest to the pins on the four par 3 holes.
- The top 4-5 gross & 4-5 net scores, and skins in each of the four handicap divisions.
- Notice: We require each member to check in at the registration table on Tuesday morning, regardless if you play for the fun or play competitively. This allows the committee to balance the tee sheet if and when we have same day cancellations or no shows. Our objective is to have at a minimum 3 players per group.
- **See rules for cancelling your tee time – item in Weekly Functions
- The 2-man team tournaments (Best Ball, Scramble, Triple 6, Alternate Shot) will be held once per month throughout the season. We are also planning a joint senior men’s and ladies Par 3 Tournament held later in the fall season. A weekly schedule of events will be posted on the bulletin board at the beginning of the season for all of the Senior Men’s golf program.
- The 2-Man Sign up sheet will be at the Tuesday registration table, the week prior to the tournament, then posted on the bulletin board. Please sign up prior to 12 PM on Friday or e-mail hamptonseniormen@gmail.com for your team to be added to the upcoming Tuesday morning tee sheet.
2 MAN EVENT TEAM HANDICAP CALCULATIONS:
- 2-man Scramble – 35% of low handicap and 15 % of high handicap then added together.
- 2-man Best Ball – 70% of low handicap and 30% of high handicap then added together.
- 2-man Alternate Shot – 50% of low handicap and 50% of high handicap then added together.
- Triple 6 – 70% of low handicap and 30% of high handicap, then added together.
Senior Men’s Information:
- The first Senior Men’s golf day is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12 weather and course condition permitting. For the initial week of play, a sign-up sheet will be posted in the Men’s locker room a few weeks prior, or members can email hamptonseniormen@gmail.com to get added to the tee sheet.
- Handicaps for all the players will be calculated based solely on Senior Tuesday scoring results, using the best 3 of the last 7 scores for your rolling handicap. Please post all your scores on the Golf Canada website in order to maintain a valid handicap. This is required to be eligible to play in any NB Golf or Club structured tournaments, including the Hampton Senior Men’s Club Championship.
- Higher handicap players of our group have the option of playing from the Silver/Bronze – Hybrid tees, or the forward tees. Please advise the executive of your request at the initial registration, or during the season. The senior committee will decide the approval based on handicap, scoring and/or driving distance to reach par 4’s in regulation.
- Senior Men’s Weather Advisory: On Tuesday mornings, prior to 06:00 am, members of the committee monitor the weather radar on various apps. The radar will determine whether or not to cancel the golf for the day. The decision to cancel the golf will be made prior to 06:30. When the golf is cancelled, each member on the tee sheet will be advised via e-mail. The pro shop will remove the tee times which will trigger a cancellation notice to those on the tee sheet. If members have to leave their home prior to 06:30, and are unsure of the weather, they can email our committee using our common email – hamptonseniormen@gmail.com (those without email access can call the pro shop at approx. 06:30)
- The Hampton Senior Men’s Invitational is scheduled for Tuesday July 28, having a 1 pm shotgun start. This event is a NB Golf sanctioned event, coordinated and initiated by the Hampton Golf Club. The registration fee is paid directly to the pro shop. Each of our senior members must decide whether to play in the morning with the Senior Men’s or play in the Invitational tournament. NOTE: The tournament rules states that seniors cannot play both morning and afternoon.
- The Senior Men’s Club Championship -The 2-day event is initiated, scheduled and coordinated through the Hampton Golf Club. The dates of this event will be on the Hampton club calendar and the club will send out a reminder to the membership.
Senior Bylaws & Playing Rules & Regulations
- The RCGA official rules of golf shall apply at all times except:
- In Order to promote a faster pace of play and make this a fun golf outing, the following local Senior Rules will apply on the Tuesday morning shotgun.
Rules of Play:
- Posted on the Bulletin Board in the Men’s locker room.
- A ball which enters the woods, or crosses the out of bounds stakes may be played from a drop point of two club lengths (in the rough, not nearer the hole) from the point where the ball is deemed to have entered the woods or went out of bounds. 1 Penalty Stroke
- A Maximum score is 3 over par on any hole. Once the maximum score is reached, the player must pick up the ball at that point, and record the max score for that hole.
- NOTE: A ball entering the water hazard on #13, must be dropped behind the water hazard, not on the side of the pond, as in regular play.
- During Wet course conditions, Lift, Clean and Place will be announced prior to play and posted on the door glass at the bottom of the stairs, and also at the registration tables. The ball can be moved within a 9-iron length, (in the same cut of grass) or further as dictated by the wet conditions where the ball comes to rest.
Fun Rules:
- A few of our Seniors members opt to play for the fun, and do not wish to play competitively. Since those members are not focused so much on the scoring, the rules can be relaxed, if they so chose. Their scores will be used for the weekly stats only.
Competitive Rule & Penalties – (Those that elect to pay $5.00)
- Seniors that opt to play competitively for prize money (Pay to Play), must abide by the local senior pace of play rules and also the RCGA official rules of Golf. The official rules and penalties are in place to protect the integrity of the competition and to be fair to all the competitors in each of the four handicap divisions.
PENALTIES
- IF YOU PAY TO PLAY, YOU MUST PUTT OUT EACH AND EVERY HOLE. If you do not hole the putt, a penalty of 3 over par (Maximum score) will be counted for that hole.
- Roll overs to improve the lie of the ball is not permitted in the fairway, rough or from divots. A penalty of 1 stroke will be assessed to your score on that hole if the ball is moved in any way to improve the lie.
- Any member that wishes to disregard the above rules, should play for the fun, rather than to play competitively.
Weekly Functions:
- ** Tee Time Cancellations: Please e-mail hamptonseniormen@gmail.com as soon as possible to enable any adjustment to fill empty spaces in the tee sheet draw.
- The Golf Shop has been instructed not to book or cancel tee-times for Senior Men’s Tuesday events.
- The Senior Men’s scheduler will be drawing up the tee sheet for each Tuesday. They can be contacted to book or for cancellations. If you have to cancel as late as Tuesday morning, send us an email ASAP to allow us to adjust the tee sheet as required. We monitor this e-mail continually on that morning. If you can’t send an e-mail then call the pro shop and they will notify us.
Score Cards:
- All completed score cards to be passed in to a member of the Senior Men’s Golf Committee. Committee members sit at a restaurant table to receive the score cards. If the scorer of the group forgets to turn in a scorecard, they can scan or take a picture of the card, then forward it to Brian Sleath via our common e-mail hamptonseniormen@gmail.com
Senior Men’s Member Visiting Guest Rule:
- Any registered member of our group that wishes to invite a visiting male guest, should try to notify the tee sheet scheduler prior to noon on Friday which will allow the tee sheet to be adjusted to accommodate the guest and member so they can play together in the same group.
- A male guest cannot be a current member of the Hampton Golf Club.
- A visiting male guest must be at least 50 years of age.
- A member guest can only play once during the season, and for fun only.
The Hampton Senior Men’s Golf Committee 2026
Weekly Tee Sheet Scheduling.
All committee members can be reached at our common email account: hamptonseniormen@gmail.com
- Chairman: Paul Cormier – pgjcormier@gmail.com
- Vice-chairman: Brian Sleath – briansleath@gmail.com
- Treasurer: Barry Grimmer– bggrimmer@gmail.com
- Other committee members:
- Stan Brown – stanbrown1973@gmail.com
- Mickey Valiquette – michaelmvaliquette@gmail.com
- Chris Toole – toolechris303@gmail.com
- Herman Carroll – herman.carroll65@gmail.com