All playing members would be aware the fairways on the 5th, 13th, 17th and 16th have been extended by rotary-hoeing the rough. The new area will be seeded next Monday, weather permitting and will be GUR until sufficient growth to allow traffic. In order to minimise effect on our members, we will move the tees forward to the existing fairways for a period of about 3 weeks. The exceptions will be the medal round on Saturday Oct 3 and the club championships which will be played off the plates. All rounds off the forward tees will be non-handicap rounds. During the period of growth there will be several drop zones available on each hole for those playing off the plates. Please use the nearest point of relief, however, we would appreciate if you do not retrieve your ball as you will be up to your ankles in mud and do damage to the preparation of the ground. Balls will be collected at a later date and be available for you to retrieve, if they can be identified. Thank you for your patience during this period of reconstruction, however it is a “short term pain for a long term gain”. I am confident you will be pleased with the result. PC
Fairway Extensions All playing members would be aware the fairways on the 5th, 13th, 17th and 16th have been extended by rotary-hoeing the rough. The new area will be seeded next Monday, weather permitting and will be GUR until sufficient growth to allow traffic. In order to minimise effect on our members, we will move the tees forward to the existing fairways for a period of about 3 weeks. The exceptions will be the medal round on Saturday Oct 3 and the club championships which will be played off the plates. All rounds off the forward tees will be non-handicap rounds. During the period of growth there will be several drop zones available on each hole for those playing off the plates. Please use the nearest point of relief, however, we would appreciate if you do not retrieve your ball as you will be up to your ankles in mud and do damage to the preparation of the ground. Balls will be collected at a later date and be available for you to retrieve, if they can be identified. Thank you for your patience during this period of reconstruction, however it is a “short term pain for a long term gain”. I am confident you will be pleased with the result. PC click on the image to enlarge Conclusion. It’s great to see the younger players joining our club and our thanks must go to the Mulholland clan (Alex is Club Champion) for the support they give. Younger players, bring younger players, as we are seeing on the course. However, as we all can’t win, you don’t have to be young or old to enjoy success at our club. Success comes in all forms, just competing by playing to your handicap, enjoying your round on our beautiful course, the company of others or the fellowship enjoyed in the club house afterwards, should be rewarding enough. It keeps us all young. - Paul Carroll A Work in Progress “The coring and sanding of the greens is now complete. Starting Sunday afternoon and finished Tuesday, Chris Bloggs cored all greens with Damian and his ground staff ably supported by 7 of Dad’s Armies finest, raking, shovelling, moving and preparing the greens for the future. A great job done by all. Many thanks from all the members” Paul Carroll++ ![]() There is a rules seminar being put on at the club in October. In our club we have several members qualified as Rules Officials - Club Level. They qualified by attending a course and then sitting an Accreditation Exam. Those attending this seminar will gain a good familiarity with the rules and how to 'steer' the rule book. There are only 34 rules of golf but, as we know, there are always situations that can arise where one is not totally familiar with the applicable rule. Knowing the rules increases the player's confidence that they are playing the game fairly the same way that other players in the competition are playing it. Please register through the Golf NSW website - please click the link www.golfnsw.org ![]() Terry Downing was the clear winner with 37 points in very heavy conditions of the Redmond Dalton Memorial trophy Saturday a week ago. He followed this up with another win last Wednesday when Terry partnered Alan Turpie in the American Foursomes event. Here is an extract from Doug Stalley's book about the Trophy: "In January 1982, the Club received a letter from the Dalton family concerning a memorial trophy to Dr W.R. Dalton, a long-time resident in Links Road first elected as a full member in September 1949. His wife was an associate member from 1950, and their sons Paul and Christopher joined as juniors in 1973. Each year since, members of the Dalton family have been present on the occasion of the event and to present the trophy, a silver tray, the Redmond Dalton Memorial Trophy, a handicap stableford event for playing members. |
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