Join Leeds United legends on the fairways!

The Leeds United Foundation Golf Society is kicking off the 2014 golf season with the first of 4 Pairs events up at the wonderful settings of Leeds Golf Centre.

The Peter Lorimer Pairs Classic will start at 2pm with a few places still remaining.

You can enter today via www.LUFCGolf.com

The winners of the event, will qualify to play in the end of season Finals

Peter Lorimer is passionate about his golf, and often partners Eddie Gray, telling us his favourite course is Panmure Golf Links in Angus, just down the River Tay from his native Dundee.

We would like to thank Peter for his help & support in setting up the Society. He spent many hours chatting over the concept in its 'still' early stages, pledging to get several Legends to the play/ attend in the Don Revie Trophy being held up at Moor Allerton Golf Club in September, one of 2 golf dedicated Charity Golf days this year.

ALL profits will be going to help with the superb work that the Leeds United Foundation do. The other charity event being the second San Siro Trophy in July being hosted once again by Cookridge Hall Golf Club, who recently won the English Golf Union ''Golf Course of the year'' award.

As well as 4 Pairs events, the Society will be running 4 Singles competitions at various venues in and around the Leeds area, with some attractive prizes to be won. Please keep an eye on the website for further details.

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Important Update

The Jimi Heselden Memorial Trophy:
The Jimi Heselden Memorial Trophy has been postponed until further notice due to unforeseen circumstances, however, this has been replaced with another event (Peter Lorimer Pairs Classic), those that have already entered, don't worry, we still have golf to play! (as explained below) YOU can enter today on www.LUFCGolf.com.

Update & statement on Societies progress & plans.

How do you start off something that is new and never been done before?
You build the foundations, and by the time you've finished you hope you have got a solid building at the end, which will stand the test of time. 

If you are a Golfer & support Leeds United, you will be interested in this concept. 
Its not too complicated really, for those who are not members of clubs & want some affordable golf on some of the areas finest courses.
If you want a chance to win great prizes, under the flag of Leeds United, YOU are in the right place.

Many well known people in Leeds United circles & beyond have already enjoyed playing in our events. You could perhaps bump or indeed end up playing with the likes of Norman Hunter, Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray, Adam Pope, Dominic Bott, Clarke Carlisle, Andy Couzens, Ross McCormack, The Pigeon Detectives, and even, this early in our history, we saw Razor Ruddock & Paul Jewell play In Dom Matteos Golf day.Colin Montgomerie has pledged to one day play in one of our golf days and has accepted the position of Society President. 
 

• Peter Lorimer is working directly with myself, and Paul Miller to organise the Don Revie Golf day at Moor Allerton, 2nd Oct
• Dominic Matteo (legend) will once again be working with myself and Adam Frontal, Gary Day at the wonderful settings of Cookridge Hall for the return of San Siro 2, July 21st - What we have planned, only you will find out on the day! 
• Special thank to Andy Herridge and the staff at Leeds Golf Centre, like so many, very helpful, and patient! 

Its been a long journey, many meetings attended, making sure everything was achievable. 
There is still a lot of work to do, and hope to see you at the various events we have planned.

What is this Golf Society? 

For this year this is what we are planning:
Please note - non members can play in our events, but as always priority booking will always go to members. There will be an additional charge to non members after the first event (Sampler!) 

We should have dates, times & venues in the next 2 weeks for ALL events and will be published on www.LUFCGolf.com 

4 Pairs Series Events

9th May - Peter Lorimer Pairs Classic - Leeds Golf Centre 
Date TBC - Colin Montgomerie. OBE to name event - Course TBN
Date TBC - Name TBN - Royal Lupset Golf Club 

Date TBC - Peacock Trophy - South Leeds Golf Club

4 Single Stableford Series Events

Date TBC - Popeys plate - Cookridge Hall Golf Club
Date TBC - Cellino Cup - Horsforth Golf Club 
Date TBC - Spirit of 92 cup  - Garforth Golf Club
Date TBC - Name TBN - Lofthouse Hill Golf Course 
 

2 Charity Golf events

21st July - San Siro Trophy 2 - Cookridge Hall Golf Club

2nd Oct - Don Revie Trophy - Moor Allerton Golf Club

Finals
Singles & Pairs events Finals at Cookridge Hall Golf Club - Date TBC 
The Brolin Bowl to be played on Finals day for those who never qualified for the grand final

We will hold a prizegiving evening up at Cookridge Hall Golf Club - Date TBC 

The long term aim of the Society and summing up.

We aim to increase competitions to play in, in and around the Leeds and Yorkshire area:
 

• Entry no more than £20/ £25 per event, non members can enter but there will be an extra cost.
• Pick and choose where and when you play. 
• Obtain an official Golf Handicap, without being a member of a club
• Winners of each event to play in a grand final at the end of the year.
• Every golf club, bar none we have spoken to, wants to get behind and involved in the concept, as you can imagine, its a lot of planning, organisation, and the website we are developing is crucial.

Website

The website is going to be a fantastic resource for our members and golf courses alike, we expect the website to be live in the next 10 days to 2 weeks.

Once the website is 'live' you will be able to enter our events directly and join the Society.

Ideas and suggestions always welcome

THIS IS YOUR GOLF SOCIETY!
 

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Yours in Golf and Leeds United,
 

Steve Cooke

Director

FC Golf Ltd. 

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Leeds United Foundation Golf Society (LUFGS) - Update

As we prepare for the golfing season to start, now is a good time to tell you of the last few weeks, if not months progress, and to start the ball rolling.

We have just over 60 members, without a ball being hit, or indeed the Society actually being anything, so this shows the potential of the LUFGS. There are many people involved with the Society and many meetings have been held over the last 16 months with Leeds United, Golf Clubs in and around Leeds and with the LUFGS Committee.

Our aim is to create a Society that will last the test of time and where its members have a feeling of belonging. We can, perhaps in time, compete against other golfers from other footballing teams in regional events and acquire local golf deals. For those that are not yet members of golf clubs, this will allow them the opportunity to gain an official handicap. We will have news in the coming weeks on how you can achieve a handicap and much more, as the concept is finalised and the website further developed.

As you may have seen, we have formed a committee to overlook our 3 Annual Charity Golf events, they are; Colin Montgomerie OBE, our President, Dominic Matteo Captain, Andy Couzens Vice Captain, Peter Lorimer and Dominic Bott (well known tour caddie). We will introduce you to the remainder of the committee in due course.

Our aim to raise over £20,000 for the Charitable Leeds United Foundation in 2014. In 2013, at the San Siro Golf Day at the wonderful setting of Cookridge Hall Golf Club, we raised £8000 for the Leeds United Foundation and along with other fundraising, put our total for 2013 to almost £10,000. A personal thank you to all who helped make this possible.

The 3 LUFGS Charity Events

Event number 1

Our first Charity Golf Event of 2014 is now ready for you to enter

The inaugural Jimi Heselden Memorial Trophy

• Leeds Golf Centre
• Friday 9th May
• 2pm Shotgun start (everyone tee's off at 2pm)
• Teams of 4 (best 2 scores counting)
• £38 per person entry

Please look at the holding page on www.LUFCGolf.com for more details how to enter the event. Those that do, will have priority booking for the next 2 Charity events. I know there will be many without a team, so please, if you are a single, or a pair, book the slots at the bottom of the page, those who do have a team of 4 please book using the next available slot from the top.

Event number 2 - The 2nd Dominic Matteo San Siro Golf Day at Cookridge Hall Golf Club 21st July.

Event number 3 - Don Revie Trophy (featuring some of the Revie legends) at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Sept/Oct (date to be confirmed this week)

LUFGS Stableford events

We will be holding 6 separate Single Stableford events.

More news about the venues & dates will be released in the next 2 weeks. The top 4 from each of these events will play in a grand final up at Cookridge Hall Golf Club to become the ultimate Society Champion, and win a fantastic prize.

I think it’s important to emphasise, this is your Golf Society too, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. It has been a hectic few months to say the least and as you will see from our website www.LUFCGolf.com which is currently being redeveloped with the intention of being a fantastic resource for the membership to utilise.

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