CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

Note: "Play as it lies" has replaced the "Preferred Lies" as of last Saturday.  It's great to get the course back to normal after this tough year.

Matt's team and Dad's Army turfed the "old water feature" left side of the 3rd green and the 16th fairway area last Thursday.  These areas will be top dressed to complete the work in the near future. See photos below...  These areas are GUR.

For a number of months we have been keen to remove some dead pine trees from the course due to the safety concerns. The original plan was to have tree loppers come and remove them but the wet conditions and availability of the contractors has "pushed" us to use another solution.  Over the last couple of days we have had a large excavator pushing these trees over as well as clearing out the piles of dirt between the 3rd and 4th holes.  Additional dying pine trees have been removed as well.  These trees will be cut up and removed over the next few weeks.  Consider these areas as GUR.  See photos below of some of the tees...

All of round one matches were completed by Sunday the 4th December.  The results are posted on the Mi Club home page  - a the bottom of the page under the title Matchplay... see below for directions. Click to enlarge.

Wednesday  - 3 Ball Multiplier - best 2 scores
A good Wednesday field of 63 players competed in the multiplier event.  The winners with 108 points were David McGinnes, Dennis Cooper & Ken Dobie with the runners up Wayne Meadth, Peter Cottee & David Burgess with 107.  Patrick Lane was the individual winner with 43 points.
Tony Hobson won the 11th hole NTP; Wayne Meadth won the 6th hole Eagles Nest & Simon Kemp won the 14th Pro-Pin - how that was not a hole-in-one ???

Saturday - Monthly Medal & "Thank you Day"

Thank you to all our members who have had to put up with an unprecedented year of wet course conditions which limited access to the course for much of the year.  As a result last Saturday was a "comp fee" free day and special prizes.  A very good field of 107 competitors enjoyed the great golfing conditions.
Overall Winners
First: Wayne Knapp nett 66
Second: Simon Kemp nett 67 C/B
Third: John McGuire nett 67

Monthly Medal
A Grade
Winner: Wayne Knapp nett 66
Runner up: Simon Kemp nett 67

B Grade
Winner: Tony Rourke nett 69 C/B
Runner up: Peter Cottee nett 69 C/B

C Grade
Winner: John McGuire nett 67
Runner up: Russell Bourne nett 68

Overall Scratch Winner
David Ferguson HCP +1 with 70.

Pro-Pin Bonanza 14th hole won by Cameron Cowen.

Over the next few weeks we are playing catchup on those Trophy competitions that have been delayed with this years conditions.  Look out for the following:
Wednesday 7th - HA Murdoch Trophy and Vicars shield first round
Saturday 10th - Medal of Medals & Peter Tait final round. See contender list below.
Sunday 11th - Club Championship semi finals by this date.
Wednesday 14th - J M Stanford Trophy & Vicars Shield final round
Saturday 17th - Warwick Armstrong Trophy
Sunday 18th  - Club Championship Finals 

Medal of Medals - the contenders...

Daniel Weekes; Tom Dunlop; Bob Constable; Jacob Nicholls; Simon Kemp; Taffy McCarten; Glen Walsh; Adem De Manincor; Geoff Applebee; Matthew Cleary; Eugene O’Sullivan; Phillip Jeffery; Ashley Southon; Michael Firth; Paul Barnes; Tony Hobson; Wayne Godbolt; Chris Kunz; Peter Chen; Brian Hanrahan; John McGuire; Wayne Knapp; Tony Rourke​ - good luck.

It is a very busy end to the year & with the course playing well I look forward to seeing you all out there.

​Dave Burgess

Note: Preferred lies will not be applied from Saturday 3rd of December.

Play as it lies.

The expected rain this week has note occurred and the course is dire and playing long.

Enjoy and play well...

The Club Championships are underway and at least three matches have been completed.  The draws are below as well as the location on the MiClub home page; click on "In Progress" to see the latest results. Click on the images to enlarge...

Yesterday, Sunday, was the final of the Foursomes knock out.  It is a 36 hole event and you guessed it... it went for the full 36 holes.  Those in the finals were the teams of James Pinkstone & Nick Reinhard v.s. Wayne Knapp & Geoff Alcock.
Jimmy and Nick were off with an early lead of 3 up and then the match tightened to all square in the second round and finally Wayne and Geoff won 1 up on the 36th hole.  Well done to all, the match was played in great spirit and was enjoyable to watch. The photos below show the gallery which increased throughout  the day of interested members.

Over one hundred golfers enjoyed a fantastic day of golf last Friday for the Palms Golf day. The course was in great condition and handled the shot gun start well. Thanks to Chris Kunz for the photos of the day and the wild life.  Thanks to Kevin and the team for hosting this event which was a great event for the club.  I never knew that Echidnas could swim, especially Loch Ness monster style.

The location of the sign up sheets, currently the Summer Eclectic, is now in a more obvious location in the Pro Shop.  You won't be able to miss it... so sign up for the competition over Summer.

Wednesday Single Stableford
A good field of 61 played in the Single Stableford competition.  John Buchanan won with 39 points on a count back from Rob Humphreys. Robert Shield was NTP on the 11th hole and David Waugh won the 14th hole Pro-Pin.

Saturday - St Andrews Day - 4 Ball Aggregate 
Vernon Vella, John Hobbs, Ross Jauncey & John Oaks won with 114 points and the runners up were John Jones, Norris Dudgeon, Tony Dick and Robert Eriksson with 112.
Tony Fitzpatrick was NTP on the 11th hole; Harry Caust won the 14th hole Pro-Pin and  was Wayne Knapp won the Eagles Nest. The single stableford winner was Ross Jauncey with 45 points.

Sunday - Medley Stableford
Tom Cavanough won with 42 points.

Wednesday 30 Nov - to celebrate the end of Spring we're having a 3 ball multiplier competition.

Saturday 3 Dec - the Monthy Medal and "Thank you Day" with significant prizes to win.  Also the first round of the Peter Tait trophy.

Saturday 10th of Dec - the Medal of Medals competition and the second round of the Peter Tait trophy.

Sunday 18th of December - the Club Championship finals - well worth being in the gallery to see some great golf.  Good luck to those in the knock outs.


The course is in great condition and handles the storm water very well.  Loads of run on the fairways.
Preferred lies is under review as the course dries out.  The bunkers will be back in play, hopefully, by the end of the week.

Play well,

Dave Burgess

In addition, last week the pipe has been installed on the start of the 3rd fairway and the pathway is now open. See the photos below... filling the excavation with aggregate and the finished job.
Note: OB marker pegs will be installed on the 18th hole along the Karrara Estate boundary.

With the weather improving and the course in great shape; we need you to sign up for the summer eclectic. Let's have a strong competition.  The sign up sheet is in the Pro-Shop.

Wednesday - 4BBB Stableford
Fifty players competed in the 4BBB and the winning team with 45 points was Eugene O'Sullivan and David Scholes; running up was Peter Metcalf and David Waugh with 44 points.  Norris Dudgeon won the Eagles Nest and Bryan Frith won the 14th hole Pro-Pin.  The individual stableford winner was Peter Metcalf with 37 points on a count back from Stephen Heywood.

Saturday - Stroke - 2nd Qualifying Round
With a great round of 64, off a scratch handicap, David Ferguson won the day.  What a great round of golf with six birdies and one bogie (18th hole).  Runner up with nett 67 was Tony Dick.
David Ferguson was NTP on the 11th hole and John Buchanan won the 14th hole Pro-Pin.
A great field of 81 players.

Watson Cup
This year's event was over two rounds not three due to the postponed calendar. With nett rounds of 72 and 64 totalling 136 - the winner is David Ferguson on a count back from John McGuire.

Lifestyle Cup
The winner is Tom Cavanough with net rounds of 71 and 69 totalling 140.

Veterans Plate
John McGuire with nett rounds 66 and 69 of  a total of 135.

Country Cup (Inaugural) 
Tony Dick won with nett rounds of 71 and 66 for a total of 137.

Bradford Trophy (Juniors)
Well done to our winner Louis Connell with a nett 87.

Club Championships
The draws for the three knockouts should be available tomorrow and will be on this blog as an update and on the notice board in the clubhouse.  First round is due by the 4th of December, semis by the 11th of December and the Finals on the 18th of December.

Saturday 26th of November
St Andrews Day 4 Ball Aggregate  - a great annual fun event, get a partner & book a tee time

Sunday 27th of November
Finals of the Club Foursomes Championship.  A 36 hole competition between Reinhard/Pinkstone and Knapp/Alcock.  It promises to be a close competition. come and join the gallery and watch the afternoon round. 

Wednesday 30th of November
3 person aggregate with single stableford in conjunction

Saturday 3rd of December
Monthly Medal and round one of the Peter Tait Trophy (1950).
Plus "Members Thank you Day"
Due to the tough year we have had with well above rain fall adversely impacting the course and availability of carts; the board has approved a free members weekend of golf and some solid prize money. 
​Get in and book you tee times...
The Peter Tait trophy is an aggregate nett scores over two rounds.  Peter Tait was a shareholder in 1920 of BGC and generously donated a significant sum of money in order to purchase the land surrounding the dam on the 14th and 15th holes.

Saturday 10th of December
Medal of Medals and second round of the Peter Tait Trophy.

I look forward to seeing you on the course over the next few weeks, play well...

​Dave Burgess