Surrey Golf Captains Order of Merit (OOM) -2026
Current Leaderboard:
| Player | Club | Total OOM Points (Best 4 meetings) | No of Meetings Played to date where points scored (2026) |
| Martin Slade | Banstead Downs | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Elswood | The Addington | 12 | 1 |
| Richard Kennett | Wimbledon park | 9 | 1 |
| Ian Taylor | West Surrey | 7 | 1 |
| Ross Martin | Sutton Green | 6 | 1 |
| Nick Mace | Sutton Green | 5 | 1 |
| Steve Buczek | Reigate Hill | 4 | 1 |
| Iain Berry | Lingfield | 3 | 1 |
| Ray Irwin | Leatherhead | 2 | 1 |
| Bruce Maskell | Surbiton | 1 | 1 |
OOM Rules:
The committee have agreed to proceed to have an Order of Merit(OOM) competition for 2026. The rules for the OOM will be as follows.
1. The OOM will run on a point based system where the players with the top 10 Stableford scores at each meeting will be awarded OOM points on the following basis.
| Player meeting placing | OOM Points awarded |
| 1st | 16 |
| 2nd | 12 |
| 3rd | 9 |
| 4th | 7 |
| 5th | 6 |
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 4 |
| 8th | 3 |
| 9th | 2 |
| 10th | 1 |
2. Placings will be based on countback of Stableford points if required. If there is no separation after countback the players will both get the points i.e. as per the following example where 1st Place can’t be separated by 2 players on countback
| Player meeting placing | OOM Points awarded |
| 1st | 16 |
| 1st | 16 |
| 3rd | 9 |
| 4th | 7 |
| 5th | 6 |
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 4 |
| 8th | 3 |
| 9th | 2 |
| 10th | 1 |
3. Players aged 80 or over playing off the seniors/ red tees will be eligible to win OOM points using the adjusted HCP if the tees being played off have been rated for men.
4. The 2026 OOM winner will be the player who accumulates the most OOM points from up to their best 4 meetings.
5. In meetings where there is more than one trophy being played for (i.e. John Thornhill Trophy & Tankard) OOM points will only be awarded once for the best Stableford scores of the day.
6. In case of an overall tie the winner will be decided via countback by the firstly the player who had the most first places in their best 4 meetings. If still a tie countback will move to the player with the most 2nd places, then 3rd, 4th places … down to 10th place etc until winner is determined. If after this there is still a tie the OOM will be shared.
7. Meeting Managers will be required to report the top 10 places(including any countback) to the Hon Sec. This will be a slightly increased admin burden on Meeting managers. The post meeting report template will be updated to cover this requirement.
8. The Hon Sec will keep an OOM leaderboard visible on the SGC website updated following every meeting.
9. A suitable trophy will be acquired for the OOM winner to be presented at the AGM or next meeting the player is present at.
10. Any lessons learned from running the OOM in 2026 can be incorporated into the 2027 OOM