Yes, you want to attract people into golf, but not at the expense of the guys who have been members for years and years and have got their handicaps down and can only challenge in strokes events or gross prize.

Oh this! With club champs now, they set up the course to play like a professional course. The greens feel 100x times faster and you cannot play your "normal" game you are used to throughout the year because they cater to the "good golfers" that only play there once in a while. We have a lot of pro golfers (e.g., Justin Harding if you heard of him) who are members of the club so they cater to these guys and not the members who play there week after week. But such is life right! (Mini rant: club champs in my view is to find the best "club" golfer (that is, the guys/gals who play there week after week) and not the best "golfer" (that is, the low handicappers who play on other mini-tours and who want to be pro and only play there once a year). Rant over.)

target is to some day play of single figures

Totally man! Single figure is all about around the greens. If you can chip and put more consistently you'll easily get to single figures.

The very best of luck in the club Champs man

I missed the cut by one shot! But it is all good. I have ITB syndrome so my knee just gave in on the last three holes of 36. Better luck next year I guess!