LSW 2026 Order of Merit Update (Post–CX Trophy):

LSW 2026 Order of Merit Update (Post–CX Trophy): Following Round 8, Mark Cameron (204 pts) stays out front as the only player over 200, while Jean Paul Cuvelier (196 pts) carded 25 at CX to leapfrog Todd Hooper (193 pts) into 2nd place—leaving the top three separated by just 11 points! Big movers into the $60k top-15 prize money include Simon Acton (14th, 100 pts) with a joint-best 29 points on the day, William Glover (9th, 133 pts), and Mark Elliott (T10, 131 pts),

Order of Merit 2025

[21:34, 15/10/2026] Simon Acton: LSW 2025 Order Of Merit(OOM) Final Top 10 Standings based on cumulative points this year: 🥇 Dallas Reid 🏆 🏆 🥈 Simon Acton 🥉 Sehee Kim 🏆 🏆 4. ⁠JP 5. ⁠Darryl Mckeown 🏆 6. ⁠Mark Elliot 🏆 7. ⁠Nick Gikas 8. ⁠Trevor Connelly 9. ⁠Stephen Ahmoye 🏆 10. ⁠Mark Cameron *🏆 Tournament wins [21:35, 15/10/2026] Simon Acton: LSW 2025 – Season Summary ⛳️ Jan 7th @ HKGC New 🐉 🆕 🏆‘Slazenger’ = Anton Eilers ⛳️ Feb 20th @ Macau GCC 🇲🇴 🏆‘PGA’ = Sehee Kim ⛳️ Mar 18th @ Shek O 🦩...

On the 12th day of Christmas

🎄 🎶 On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love (LSW) gave to me…. 🎶 1️⃣2️⃣ Months since Gary 🏌️‍♂️ 1️⃣1️⃣ Trophies playing 🏆 🔟 Places scoring 🙌 9️⃣ Winners different 🥇 8️⃣ Faces new 😀 7️⃣ Ballot successes 🎟️ 6️⃣ Shek O members helping 🦩 5️⃣ COURSES PLAYED 🗺️ 4️⃣ Past Members honoured 🙏 3️⃣ Trips on ferries ⛴️ 2️⃣ Double winners 🏆 🏆 And… Sixty Years of Heritage in H-KAY 🤩 🎉 What a fantastic year – the 61st for LSW – with great courses, competition and connections (new & old) !!...

2025 AGM

Please see attached notice of AGM and Proxy voting form for the 2025 AGM https://lswgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025__16_May__AGM_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://lswgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VotingProxy-_for_use_by_LSWGS_members_-_20254026.pdf        

New Membership Secretary

Please welcome our new membership secretary John Harris.  Many thanks to our outgoing secretary Vance Lee for his efforts.

New Match Secretary

Please welcome our new Match Secretary Mark Cameron who will take over from Raaj Shah.  Many thanks to Raaj for his dedicated efforts over the past several years.

Minor Rule Changes wef 1st Jan 2023

The R&A/USGA have released their usual triennial rules review.  There are a few minor changes you should be aware of. Click on this link to go to the USGA site explaining the 5 key changes.   https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2022/11/key-rules-of-golf-changes-2023.html

Thought for the Day

“One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year after year with faults we had discovered and corrected time and again.” – Bobby Jones.

Overseas Clubs with LSW or BSW members

Please find attached a list of clubs around the world where LSW or BSW members have memberships and have indicated a willingness to invite other LSW/BSW members to play there if visiting. If any members wish their clubs to be added to this list, please contact the Communications Officer (or anyone on the Committee) to have yours added.   https://lswgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LSW-and-BSW-Overseas-Clubs-June-2021.pdf

Requirement for payment notification and proper scorecards

Our June 2nd event coincided with the AGM and a committee meeting at which various points were discussed, amongst others relating to matches. At this competition we had a large number of players who had not sent their payment confirmations through to both the match secretary and the treasurer in time before the event, altogether concerning 17 out of 36 players. As our outgoing treasurer pointed out, it is important for all players to do so, as it is rather cumbersome to reconcile this when we...