The Association of James Braid Courses started in 2009, the association has now attracted over a three hundred member clubs from the north of Scotland, to Ireland, Wales, all areas of England and one in New York.
Courses either have to have been designed by Braid or redesigned or altered by him to be eligible to join. In the course of his life he was involved in designing or redesigning 411 courses, of these courses 39 are now defunct and 6 were plans only.
He was also the Professional at Romford for eight years and from 1904 till his death in 1950 at Walton Heath. In addition he won the Open five times, plus numerous other competitions, formed the PGA with Taylor and Vardon and is credited with inventing the ‘dogleg’.
The advantages of being a member of the association is that the members of the clubs, can play at all the other member clubs for reduced green fee, subject to tee availability, thereby hopefully increasing the awareness of Braid’s work and of course the man himself. There is no cost to the club to join.
We are delighted to announce that England Golf and the R&A have certified that Clacton-on-Sea Golf Club is a registered signatory of the Women in Golf Charter.
The Women in Golf Charter intends to inspire an industry-wide commitment to developing a more inclusive culture within golf around the world and enable more women and girls to flourish and maximise their potential at all levels of the sport.
Adoption of the Charter requires us build on and develop initiatives which will focus on encouraging more women and girls to play golf and stay within the sport as members of clubs, while also empowering women to enjoy successful careers working within the golf industry.
Clacton-on-Sea Golf Club have made the following commitments as our contribution to supporting the delivery of the Women in Golf Charter.
• To achieve and maintain 30% female representation on our Club Board/Other Committees with role descriptors that are not gender-specific.
• To develop an inclusive approach with female imagery displayed throughout the Club and on Club websites, social media, local community groups and continue to increase the display of Ladies Golf Leaf boards in the main Clubhouse and display our Women in Golf Charter certificate in a prominent location.
• To deliver an annual initiative targeting women/girls/families that is aligned with England Golf campaigns.
• To have a major recruitment drive to achieve an increase in the number of actively playing women members.
• To reinstate the golf buddy network to successfully integrate new members into the Ladies Section.
• To capture and record a baseline of all the key measures we are committing to within the charter including membership data for our club to determine the impact of the Charter.
• To appoint a designated Charter Champion helped by others within the club who can assist with the promotion and reporting of the Charter.
• To assist with the adoption of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Policy.
Diana Maddox has been appointed as the Clacton-on-Sea Golf Club Charter Champion.