Weekly Update – from Club Captain Phil Barlow

The weather did what was forecasted on Saturday with heavy persistent rain setting in after midday. This significantly reduced the number of players in the field. The semifinal BCHP matches were played for the men with some of them being a little one sided, and some having to continue in the conditions to the last holes. With the combination of the weather, the course becoming heavy, and the greens become waterlogged, playing match play becomes tough. There were a couple of matches not played due to the ongoing COVID outbreak and the flu season upon use. These matches should be played prior to the final date in 2 weeks.

A total of 28 men’s pairs played in the 4BBB Stableford competition reflecting the effect of the weather. Unsurprisingly, two of the top three played in the morning before the weather closed in. With the weather being inclement all week, expect wet and heavy conditions on the weekend for the Bell mugs for the men and a combined Stableford for the ladies. This is a multi-tee start form 11.00am. There is a pre match breakfast from the caterers, please contact them to book in. It’s a great start to the day and the 150^th Open Championship should be on TV.

Results for last Saturday

BCHP semi-finals

• Tony Carroll beat Gary Charmley 1up
• William Lin beat Brad Milne 2up
• Neil Fraser beat Scott Double 6/5
• John McRae beat Les Keys 20th
• Abraham Wilson beat Gill Harris 2/1
• Kerry Lake beat Doug Claridge 1up

Congratulations to you all.

Pro Tip by Craig Mitchell

This week’s Tip follows on from last week.

For everyone who is reading this, I have a challenge for you – take one ball onto the putting green and find a putt that is downhill about thirty feet (10 m) and see if you can 2 putt it. This sounds easy but for most it will take a bit of practice.

Rule of the week (Relief for Ball on Putting Green – Rule 16.1 d)

If a player’s ball is on the putting green and there is interference by an abnormal course condition (e.g. abnormal water/puddle) on the course, the player may take free relief by placing the original ball or another ball on the spot of the nearest point of complete relief, using the procedures for replacing a ball under Rules 14.2b(2) and 14.2e.

• The nearest point of complete relief must be either on the putting green or in the general area.
• If there is no such nearest point of complete relief, the player may still take this free relief by using the point of maximum available relief as the reference point, which must be either on the putting green or in the general area.

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

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 (amended from original programme)

30 July – Men: Monthly Medal white tees. Women: Stroke

6 Aug – Men: Club Champs Qual Rnd 1, others Stableford. Women: LGU Rnd 7, Putting, Paterson Salver Rnd 3

13 Aug - Men: Club Champs Qual Rnd 2, others Par. Women: International Stableford

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Ladies Results – from Sonia Brown

The weather gods won this week!

Midweek Mens Results – from Peter Larkin

Monday 23 May - Bisque Par

A very ‘cool’ day with 20 starters and a ‘guest’ appearance by Otis Holland.  Some good scores.

Results:

                    Division 1                Chris Straker                           +4 CB

                                                      Baden Foster                          +4 CB

                                                      Patrick Guo                             +4

                    Division 2                John Gilmore                          +5

                                                      Cook He                                  +4 CB

                                                      Simon Hubble                         +4

Thursday 14 Jul- Matt Ryder Bayleys                           

With sun shining 42 golfers set out to play their best, with plenty to play for.  The course was in pretty good condition given the recent rain.  There were a couple of surprises with the ‘new’ lake just prior to the 14^th green and quite damp halfway up the 18^th.

Thank you Matt and Bayleys for your support of the MWM- It is very much appreciated.

Every player received a prize.  The top 3 in all divisions only are listed.

Results:

                           1^ST         Chris Straker                    36 CB                              

                                         Michael Maynard            36

                                         Taona Kahwema              35

                           2^ND         Harvey Tan                      36 CB

                                         Jos Steetskamp                36

                                         Bruce Chalklen                 35

                           3^RD        Kim Dale                           37                                                                                                    

                                         Max Wright                      35

                                         Bill Turner                         34

Peter Larkin (Club Capt. MWM)

Q & A with Colin – Greens Superintendent

Q. Colin, why are the greens running so true and fast at this time of year?

A. Because of the Brown Top “cool season” grass that we used on the greens it performs best in the winter months

Q. Interesting, so does that mean they will slow up when the spring growth starts?

A. We would have to cut and roll the greens every day to keep them like that and we haven’t got the manpower to do this unfortunately. But they will still be good and challenging!!

AGM

We enjoyed a low key annual general meeting last night. Thank you to all that attended and contributed to signing off on another successful year for Harewood Golf Club. We carded another strong result across all facets of club operations with the club continues to go from strength to strength.

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