The result sheet
Gentlemen, Today we played a Single Stableford with a field of 52, absolutely beautiful weather. The winner Neville Ridge (17) with a score of 41. Runner up was David Boyd (15) 39 Last place determined by a count back. The draw for the Foursomes Championship is posted below. It is also on the Club Noticeboard. The 8th qualifying pair on the day J Jones and N Ridge have withdrawn from the competition resulting in the 9th pair being elevated into the draw. The John Owens Memorial Trophy Four Ball KO. Conditions are posted on the Notice Board and a copy can been seen by clicking on the Competition Conditions button to the right of this post. Entries close on the 10th June (extended by 1 week), the draw will be posted by the 12th June and the first round played by the 24th June. Arthur Brassey Singles KO Ron Campbell won 2 up on the 18th on Sunday. Ron started very very well with fairways and greens only on the first three holes. He pulled away to a 4 up lead (he chipped in on the 7th as well) and then as the round progressed Ron's lead was pulled back to 1 up through great golf by Alan. Going to the 17th it was all square. Ron is a great match player and to lose to him on the 18th is no shame. The match, as one would expect was played in great spirt. Gentlemen, Today there were two competitions that were considered. It was a qualifying round of the Foursomes Championships - Patron's Trophy, a handicap event which is played off the Club handicap. The winners were: Sam Hunt (9) and Frank Eggert (11) with a score of 70. The runners-up were: Bill Pope (27 ) and John Cummins (17 ) with a score of 73. The ball winners were: S. Hunt and F. Eggert - 70 W. Pope and J. Cummins - 73 J. Phillips and A. Fitzpatrick - 74 C. Green and D. Burgess - 74 A. Dick and D. Stedman - 75.5 D. Farthing and W. Ryan - 76 D. Boyd and A. Southon - 77 N. Ridge and J. Jones - 77 The Club's Foursomes Championship - The pairs with the best 8 scratch scores: Sam Hunt - Frank Eggert Jim Phillips - Tony Fitzpatrick Chris Green - David Burgess Brian Hanrahan - Rory Hanrahan David Boyd - Ashley Southon Neville Ridge - John Jones Bill Pope - John Cummins Ian McKenzie - Ray Smee The draw will be published during the week. Today we had 34 visitors playing on the course, some I talked to came from Royal Sydney (1 gentleman had come within a shot of the course par and wanted to try and better it). Another 2 gentlemen really liked the "old style" charm of the golf course, saw the greens as very fast, was surprised at the number we had on the green's staff and very much enjoyed the conviviality of the club house. (They heard my rather extended presentation ! I don't know when they drew their conclusion) Monthly Medal Next month we have the June Monthly Medal. Through the generosity of Macarthur Mercedes we will be offering a prize for the lowest handicapped score (of all three grades) for each month through to December. The prize each month will be something that Macarthur Mercedes provides to us, e.g. an umbrella, 2 signature wine glasses etc. The Ted Box Medal of Medals will have an additional prize of a Mercedes Car Hire for the Weekend. To this the Captain will add lunch for two at the club, complete with a bottle of wine. This is a great gesture by Macarthur Mercedes and I hope that we can work with them throughout the years. 12th Steps Damian and team have completed the steps going up to the 13th tee, not in line with Don Barker's drawing, as previously advised, but certainly easier to navigate than before. Thanks Don, for your input.
Match & Greens Determinations
The first full Match & Greens Meeting was held last Thursday and it was decided that: There will be a practice area in the vicinity of the 10th tee for those players starting from the 10th. This will be marked out and a local rule published once the signs are ready. It was also decided that the croquet green needs some protection and that there would be signs posted so the people starting from number one tee do not use the croquet green for practice. As above once the signs are ready we will publiah the advice. Thank you for your time - all the best, gentlemen. Kevin Gentlemen, Today's field was 58 with 1 visitor. The event was the 'STROKE PLAY TROPHY - ROUND 2'. Temperatures in Bowral peaked at 16 degs. I played at 9.00 with John Jones and at the 14th briefly (and proudly) held the Pro Pin. I was preparing my acceptance speech but sadly it wasn't required. Such is life. A normal round's competition fee is $12 - we pay this anyway. For an additional $3 we get the chance at the Pro Pin prize which normally is somewhere around $100-$170. By the way - the event for next Wednesday has been changed to a single stableford - from a stroke round AND Brian Lamb tells me this will probably be his come-back round, returning from sick leave. Bill Metcalf may venture out next Saturday in a cart on the course, watching with Neville R. and John Jones. Pip Smith - gentleman golfer, has been selected to be one of 30 Australians to attend a Lancaster Memorial event in the UK. Pip, as we all know, is a truly inspirational person. Congratulations Pip. The 'I can feel the change' type feeling is palpable and real. Lastly, before going to the results, today for lunch I had the Pork and Fennel Sausages with the Caramelised Onions. I say nothing more but read on. Tomorrow I have been invited to the Dad's Army lunch at the club, thank you Hamish and troops. I'll have the Pork and Fennel Sausages with the Caramelised Onions again. RESULTS 23 May 2012 Stoke with a field of 58. Haile Smith (28) won with a net score of 64 points Runner up was Terry McAuliffee (16) with a net score of 66 points Gentlemen, Sorry for the late posting of the results. Last night there was an area power failure, the club was affected and there were computer problems as a consequence. These are now resolved. RESULTS 19 May 2012 A single stableford with a field of 70, 8 visitors. Brian Hanrahan(11) won with a score of 42 points Runner up was Bill Morton (31) with 39 points Peter Watson scored an Eagle on the 16th. The second shot was from the rough on the right-hand side of the fairway, landed on the green a few metres from the hole, rolled then disappeared. Fantastic! To say he was pleased, is an understatement. It is Peter's first Eagle. Dennis Cooper and I played with Peter, teeing off around 8:00 am. After two 4 pointers on the front 9, Peter remarked that he had never had a 5-pointer and then the Eagle - 5 points on the 16th. Well done, Peter.
Gentlemen, Today we played a single stableford with a field of 58. It was a beautiful day, I played at 8:04 (below zero then ) and all the field got away, the last near 1:00 with a temperature of 13.5 degs. John Millard (my fellow competitor) had a great game. We had three visitors, including Robert Murdoch from Hawke's Nest. Robert is the son of H.R. Murdoch who donated the original Whale's Tooth Trophy. Looking at the honour boards, he said to me that he knows many people, Ted Box and more. He played with his brother-in-law, Eddie Jones, together with Brian Frith. Eddie's wife, Annie, is Harry's daughter. The winner today, Graham Connelly. (29) score 42 Well done Graham. Runner-up David Boyd (15) with a score of 42, c/b. Eagles Nest not won. Nearest the pin 11th John Russell. Nearest the pin 14th Philip Allen. The Pro Pin winner on the 14th was John Jones winning a purse of $123. Ball Winners CONNOLLY, Graham 42 BOYD, Davi 40 MATHERS, David 40 MCGINNES, David 40 TIMORES, Pascal 39 MCAULIFFE, Terence 37 FITZPATRICK, Antony 37 BATCHELOR, Leigh 36 RIDGE, Neville 36 MULHOLLAND, John 36 SMITH, Haille 36 JONES, John 35 SEWELL, Frederick 35 SMEE, Raymond 35 EGGERT, Francis 35 DICKSON, James 35 MILLARD, John 35 POPE, Arthur 35 BROWN, Michael 35 We'll make a change to the way that we put up the results for knock-out competitions. Previously the loser was the one that was responsible for entering the result on the 'Draw Sheet' and this fulfilled the definition for us of 'Oficially Announced' as mentioned in the rules. Rod Clarke from NSW Golf suggested that golfers from the winning or losing side could put up the result. This should work ok. I'll include it in forthcoming 'Conditions of Competition' sheets.
All the best to you all
Kevin B Gentlemen, Single Stableford field of 47 Winner Philip Allen (27) 38 points c/b(27) Runner up Chris Green (17) 38 Total People in comp 46 Eagles Nest - Tony Dick 1 Ball wow ( He won one before too - oh to be so lucky). NTP 11th - Neville Ridge NTP 14th David Boyd Pro-Pin 14th - David Boyd $105 Total people on the course today was 72 Ball Winners ALLEN, Philip 38 GREEN, Chris 38 KEMP, Robert 36 COOPER, Dennis 36 YOUNG, Robert 36 POPE, Arthur 36 MCKENZIE, Ian 35 BROWN, Michael 35 CARROLL, Paul 34 HANRAHAN, Brian 34 BOYD, David 33 BURGESS, David 33 LINDSAY, Alan 33 BATCHELOR, Leigh 33 (c/b) Here is a link to an article published in Friday's paper. Please have a read and perhaps refer it to others. http://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/news/local/news/general/kevins-plan-new-direction-for-bowral-golf/2552789.aspx?storypage=0 Tomorrow there will be more added this entry of results. Mother's day reduced the field but it was still pretty good. Visitor revenue was good. Our 'Fat Duck' Lunch menu is from Monday. We (K&W) will be there at 1:00. A good lunch , some wine, looking down the 18th , it doesn't get much better. So, I'll add more tomorrow, more about the course - so important, about mixed single and 4 ball events and suchlike. AND a little bit more added Here is a few words from Golf Australia about Singles events in Conjunction with a Four Ball.
All the best
Kevin Gentlemen, a beautiful day to be alive and, as a bonus, to play golf .
It was a single stableford today played in conjunction with a 2BBB Stableford (novelty event). A smaller field of select golfers played almost into the night with the winner of the main event:- Graham White with a score of 37 (25) John Mulholland 37 C/B (8) a close runner up. The Eagles Nest was won by Colin Jenkins with a win of 5 balls. Nearest the Pin - on the 11th was won by Jim Phillips & Nearest the Pin - on the 14th was won by John Mulholland (contested strongly by John Cummins) The Pro Pin won by John Mulholland $105 The novelty event was won by Ron Campbell (16) and Frank Eggert (11) with a score of 44 Well Done All The ball winners :- WHITE, Grahame 37 MULHOLLAND, John 37 FARTHING, David 35 HOBSON, Anthony 34 CARROLL, Paul 33 EGGERT, Francis 33 SMEE, Raymond 33 CAMPBELL, Ronald 32 SOUTHON, Ashley 32 CONOLLY, John 32 HILLYAR, David 31 COOPER, Dennis 30 GIRVEN, Peter 30 POPE, Arthur 30 BOYD, David 29 CAUST, Harry 29 C/B And some updates. Damian and his team are doing well on the course. For 3 days we have a light excavator cleaning out the hazards with Damian driving the truck. Today we would have seen them alongside the 18th. Blocked drains have been uncovered which may improve things from the soggy area around the 2nd tee and likewise an ag. drain from around the 100m mark (from the tee) on the 18th, was uncovered. It is a little bit messy at the moment but cleaning the drains should improve the drainage of the course. You would have also noticed that the grounds staff have been cleaning up the bunkers. I think there is one more to go, as of today. From time to time we have been aware of water leaking around irrigation sprinklers. This is caused by a failure of the pressure reducing valve that is installed near the sprinkler head. This has been a continual problem for the last few years and the fix involved getting a new pressure reducing valve and installing it (this entailed hours of time, digging up the course, GUR, etc.). Now Damian has been successful in negotiating with the supplier to supply to us, free of charge, a large batch of pressure reducing valves so that progressively, as these leaks develop, they can be replaced at no cost other than labour (also a very scarce resource). Our greens staff will attend to the replacements as soon as they can, whilst balancing providing us a course of first quality. To my mind, three staff providing us with this course, at a consistently high standard, is fantastic. As Kevin K. has said, the Phatt Duck is flying from the 14th May. You will have noticed, complimentary gherkins (looking appetising in their jar) are available on the bar and they are delicious - try one, they are complimentary from the Phatt Duck. I am still learning the job but please bring anything up to me - observations, ideas, etc. We are a great club, with really great people. All the best gentlemen, Kevin Burke |
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