Member News – 19 May 2023

Weekly Update – By Club Captain Phil Barlow

It was great to see former member Scott McKenzie and his wife Heather out on-course in a cart following one of the men’s 4BBB semi-finals. You will recall a fundraiser earlier in the year to help Scott and Heather take a train trip around much of the country before Scott’s mobility does not allow this.

Saturday golf saw the jersey’s come out as we head into cooler days. The course was playing as we have become to expect lately with well rolling greens to keep us all on our toes when reading putts. We are still putting lots of club members through on a Saturday with 160 playing last weekend in the competitions of the day.

The finalists of the men’s 4BBB have been found with a small delay in finding the women’s. Congratulations to the pairs of Justin Cotter and Graeme Calvert who will be playing Norm McTaggart and David Ott. I would also like to thank Charlie Su and William Lin for being so understanding and waiting nearly an hour after the programmed tee time for their semi-final against Justin and Graeme, as Justin’s flight into Christchurch was delayed. The first women’s 4BBB finalist pair has been found with Hyeza Kim and Kerrie Cady winning their match last weekend.

This weekend has the men’s Harewood 4BBB finals with others playing 4BBB Par. The ladies will be playing 4BBB. The ladies 4BBB final will take place in due course due.

Results for last Saturday

Two’s were $13 and the Nett Eagles was not struck and will be jackpotting.

Pro Tip of the week – Undercover Pro

Select the right side of the tee box

It may sound a bit crazy but depending on the shape of your shot off the tee, you should favour one side or the other of the tee box. If you hit a fade or cut, tee up on the right-hand side of the tee box, and if you hit a draw, tee up on the left-hand side.

It may sound counterintuitive, but it will give you more room particularly when there are trees close by.

Rule of the week – (Rule 18.3) Provisional Ball)

The provisional ball process in the rules of golf can be hard to understand. If you suspect your ball is out of bounds or might be lost, you can hit a provisional shot.

You must announce it to your playing partners and only play it if your first shot is OB (out of bounds) or lost.

This helps with the pace of play. Instead of having to walk about to the original location, you can simply play the provisional ball and take the penalty (stroke & distance).

It’s the caveats to Rule 18.3 that make this rule strange.

• First, you cannot hit a provisional shot if you think your ball ended up in a hazard.
• Second, if you find your first shot, you can’t choose to take the penalty and play your provisional. This is the part that is frequently messed up by golfers.

Once you find your first ball (in bounds), your provisional shot is “dead”. It cannot be used.

Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2023 programme).

20 May – Men’s and women’s Harewood 4BBB final. Other men have 4BBB Par, and women have 4BBB.

27 May – Men: All Irons off the yellow tees, or Par from the White tees. Women: Centenary FMS Stableford Rnd 4.

3 June – Centenary Kings Birthday Shotgun – Stableford – 11:30 start.

10 June – Note: Winter 2 tee starts today. Men: Monthly Medal. Women: LGU Rnd 5, Putting, Sullivan/Dodgson finals, Harewood Cup Rnd 3.

17 June – Men: BCHP Rnd 1, others Stableford. Women: Finals of Buck, Vaile, Dutton, and Coker trophies. Others Stableford.

Enjoy your golf.

Volunteer Working Bee

Calling all volunteers for our gardening working bee. We need your green thumbs to help beautify our gardens. Your contribution will make a significant impact and create a more vibrant environment for everyone.

See you there - Wednesday 24th May at 9:30am

Julie Jones

Midweek Men Results – from David Williams-Jones

Winter golf arrived for many of the MWM! Just the one game this week saw the completion of the Don McLeod Trophy for the best combined net strokes over two rounds:

Don McLeod Trophy 

1st   Glyn Francis                              146 strokes

2nd Ramiro Guerrero                     147 

3rd   Gavin Rae                                 147

Stroke, May 17th

Division 1

1st    Glyn Francis                            73 strokes

2nd   'TK' Kahwema                        73

3rd    Hunter Liu                              73

Division 2

1st    Ramiro Guerrero                    72

2nd   David Williams-Jones            75

3rd    Ted Zhang                                75

Division 3

1st   Ray Polson                                 72
2nd Brian Blazey                               75

3rd Gavin Rae                                    76

Midweek Ladies Results – from Sonia Brown

Tuesday 6^th May

CENTENNIAL SALVER  -  COMBINED STABLEFORD

1st      Cathy Chambers & Lynn Brand           68 stb

2nd    Kelly Nicholls & Kirsty McAuliffe          67 stb

3rd     Yoko Yoshikane & Sonia Brown           64 stb

TWOS:

# 13   Lesley Hedges

NETT EAGLES:

#17    Marilyn Yates 

9 Hole Ladies Results – From Kay Worley

Wednesday 17^th May

Ambrose

1^st              Pat Murray  Valerie Hampton Kay Worley

2^nd             Robyn Ogle Erika O’Donnell Trudy Hall 

Women’s National Teams Event Regional Winners! - By Lesley Hedges

The highlight for our section last month was our team winning the National Teams Event regional finals at Weedons on 28 April. Harewood’s team of Taff Maloney, Liz Warren, Amy Liu and Marie Bell were clear winners of this prestigious event, two shots ahead of the runners up, in a field of 88 players.

Whilst the team comprised players with the best individual nett scores on a given day, the format for the finals was Four Ball Best Ball.  Amy and Marie finished with a very creditable nett 69 and Taff and Liz combined superbly to finish with a nett 62.

The national winners will be determined from the regional scores after the end of May when all regional finals will have been played. Well done Ladies! An outstanding result.