Member News – 23 June 2022

Weekly Update – from Club Captain Phil Barlow

A pretty cool start to the day saw everyone looking a little like Michelin men at the start tees last Saturday. The field was fairly packed as well with the first round of the men’s BCHP match play taking place. Well done to those who won and are through to the next round of 8 per grade. It was good to see a few less divot holes unfilled, so thanks to those being vigilant as well as those who are filling the holes of those less caring.

Though we have had some hard frosts this week, we should be OK for Saturday with no rain forecast either. Another reminder to keep play moving along, especially on cold days where we don’t want people hanging around waiting. If you move off a green after putting out, tee off straight away on the next tee, don’t just wait and regroup before hitting. Ready golf is important at this time of year.

This week’s matches of the day are: Men: BCHP Round 2, others Par. Women: FMS Stableford Rnd 5, Grandmothers prize.

Interclub 2022 – Men and women

Thanks to all who have responded and put their names down. We are looking to field the 3 men’s grades again this year. You will be contacted again shortly if you showed interest so we can arrange a practice round and get together. The other good news is that it looks like we will once again have a ladies Pollock Cup team. Well done Lynn Brand for pulling this together.

The finals this year are being hosted by Harewood, so it would be great to have some teams come through from our club this year for that day.

Results for last Saturday

With much of the field playing in the BCHP match play, the other match of the day was a Stableford round. For the women, last Saturday was a coloured ball combined Stableford.

Congratulations to you all.

Pro Tip by Craig Mitchell

This week’s tip is how to make more 4 & 5-foot putts. Instead of being indecisive on the line, and tentative with your putting stroke try the following:

Be decisive with your line and then hit a SOLID PUTT (this not only clears the mind it works).

Rule of the week back next week

Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2022 programme).

2 July – Men: Monthly Medal, all yellow tees. Women: LGU Rnd 6, Putting, Paterson Salver Rnd 2.

9 July – Men: BCHP semi-final, others 4BBB Stableford. Women: Bisque Par.

16 July – Club breakfast multi-tee start at 11:00am. Stableford. Bells Mugs for the men. Normal Saturday entry fee.

23 July – Men: BCHP Finals, others Par. Women: Irish stableford

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Ladies Results from Sonia Brown

Tuesday 21st June - Mid Winter Xmas Lunch 9 Hole Ambrose

1st    Joyce Speedy                          25 Nett

         Carolyn Duggan  

         Robyn Ogle

         Pat Murray

2nd   Kath Sullivan                           27 Nett c/b

         Carolyn Rickard

         Jenny Treleaven

         Judith Blyth

Midweek Mens Results – from Peter Larkin

Two weeks results will be published next week.

Nett Albatrosses – A story from the course by Gary Charmley

Saturday’s matchplay produced a rare event for Gary Charmley and Nigel Paterson.

Both Gary and Nigel were on the par 4 17^th hole for 2. Gary sank a 4 metre putt for a birdie and Nigel sunk his birdie putt from under 2 metres. Both have a handicap which gives them 2 shots on the hole, so both then had nett albatrosses (3 under par) to halve the hole. Unfortunately Nigel needed to win the hole to prolong the match. Great result for both our members and thanks to Gary for contributing this story, still supporting the club after 50+ years of membership!

Juniors Coaching Programme

If you don’t visit the club on a Sunday around lunch time you may not realise that Harewood Golf Club runs a very successful coaching programme for our Junior club members.

Member Credits       SALE - LAST WEEK

Take advantage of this special offer before it concludes at the end of June.

For the remainder of June every time you buy merchandise from the Proshop and use your member credit you will receive 15% off the retail price, this excludes food and drink.

Q & A with Colin – Greens Superintendent

Q. Colin, sometimes when I hit the green (not often) I can’t find my pitch mark, how long should I keep looking?

A. It can be hard to see them sometimes, but if you look around I am sure you can find at least 2 other pitch marks that you can repair instead. If we all did that then the greens would look much more cared for.

Golf Professional – Craig Mitchell

Our very own golf pro Craig Mitchell recently competed in Fiji at the Australian Legends Golf Classic event where he posted a great result, tying for 8^th position. Well done Craig!

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