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- Queens Birthday golf event
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- How well do you know your course?
- Rules Quiz
- A little Humour
We are celebrating the Queens 93rd Birthday with a four person mixed 12 hole Ambrose event. The event will commence with a Shotgun start at 10 am. In addition to the usual prizes, there will be a prize for the nearest the pin (2nd shot) on the 12th hole, and a longest drive (on the fairway) on the 18th. Following the golf the club will be serving a mug of soup with a crusty roll to help warm you up. Price for the golf and soup is $25.00 per person. Sign up is now available online.
Wednesday 29th May.
This was the final Autumn event on the men's calendar for this year, although the weather, which greeted the field, was more akin to a mid-winter day than Autumn. Eighty five kph winds and ambient temperatures around 5 degrees meant the wind chill was in the vicinity of minus 6 at times in the afternoon. Twenty eight brave (???? foolhardy????) players made up the field with John McGuire (26) taking out the prize with 36 points from Nick Reinhard (20) on 34 points on count-back. Terry Downing won a ball with the NTP 11th, the eagles nest was not won and Ash Southon won the pro-pin. DSR 69.
A cold and frosty morning, but without the winds of the previous week, meant the course was considerably more manageable. 78 players made up the field, including four regular visitors from Port Kembla. Tony Fitzpatrick (14) won the 'A' Grade medal on a count-back from Michael Ljubic (8) with a net 69. 'B' grade went to Patrick Donoghue (22) with a net 67 from Noah Roet (16) on 68. 'C' grade was won by John McGuire (25) with a net 69 from Alex Mitkovski (25) with a net 70. Congratulations to all the medalists on some good golf!! The scratch winner on the day was Michael Ljubic with a score of 77, and the best Stableford score was 38 points from Patrick Donoghue. David Spies won the NTP 11th, and young Robert Eriksson the pro-pin. DSR 69.
Foursomes Club Championships.
The quarter finals have now been completed and the teams of John Mellen & John Ferguson, Peter Dunn & Ken Dobie, Dave Burgess & Brian Hanrahan and Phil Jeffery & Craig Houden have progressed to the semi final round, to be completed by the 16th June.
Do you recognise this area of your course?
Last week I posed a question about what score should stand after a player finds that the ball he/she used to putt out with, was in fact, a ball they had picked up during play to the green. The inference being that the correct ball had been unknowingly swapped when it was picked up upon arriving at the green. There had been only one putt, and the total number of strokes played (to that point) was 5.
The correct answer was provided by Paul Carroll, who received his prize at the Saturday afternoon presentation.
The correct answer, (presuming only one putt was required at the second attempt) is a score of 7. The putt with the incorrect ball is discounted, a general penalty of 2 strokes is applied (due to playing an incorrect ball) and the putt to be re-taken. Note that if the correction was not applied before teeing off on the next hole, that the player would be disqualified.
This week's Question
The item from last week's humour section raised an interesting question (go and read it now). Let's say you've just played up near to the green on the 2nd hole and need your 9 iron for the next shot. Alas, you realise you've left it in the pro shop. No problem, you are playing a 4BBB event, you can just borrow your partner's club (since you have less than 14 clubs in your bag). You play the shot, putt out and score 5 on the hole.
Part 1. Is there a problem with this action?
Part 2. You utilise your playing partner's 9 iron on a further 3 holes during the round. Has the problem worsened?
It was the final day of the Local Tournament and, sure enough, Bert and Ernie had tied for the lead through 72 holes of play. Lifelong rivals, they went to a sudden death playoff starting on the 18th tee. Wouldn't you know, they both hit mighty drives straight down the middle about 300 metres each. In fact, when they reached their balls, they were side-by-side with no more than 12 cm separating the two. Bert turned to Ernie and said, "I'm playing a Titlest 3, what ball are you playing?" "I'm playing a Titlest 3 as well, how did you mark your ball to identify it?" Ernie responded. "I didn't mark my ball." said Bert. "I didn't have time at the 18th tee! What about yourself? Did you mark yours?" "Didn't think I'd have to." Ernie answered. So, first was the shouting match about why the other didn't mark their ball. Finally they decided that it didn't really matter which ball belonged to whom, since they were the same brand and lay less than a few cm apart. But then they got to arguing about who should get to play first. When they calmed down, there was nothing to do but call for a tournament official to come and straighten things out. "What seems to be the problem here, lads?" asked the official. Again there was shouting and arguing while they explained to the official that they were both playing a Titlest and both balls had a number "3" stamped on it, but neither ball had been marked by the player to distinguish it. "I see." said the official. "Both balls are Titlest and both are marked with the number 3."
"Right, then," he continued, "Which one of you lads is playing the YELLOW Titlest 3 and which of you is playing the WHITE Titlest 3?"
Now rug up and go and enjoy some golf!