Bob Neilson Shoots His Age!

It’s a rare and impressive feat at Jamberoo to shoot your age — it takes equal parts skill, consistency and longevity. Only the finest golfers… or the true “ancient mariners”… ever manage it!

Today, Bob Neilson did just that, scoring an excellent 40 points off his 15 handicap, equating to a superb 78 off the stick.

A remarkable achievement.
Well done, Bob!

Excellent Fourball scores recorded today.

Julianne Lawton continued her winning way today, featuring in the top two team scores in today’s fourball competition.

Winners:   Julianne Lawton & Cheryl Smee 51 pts, $40 each  2nd:   Robyn Gerrard (Shoalhaven Heads GC) $30 & J Lawton (Swinger),  50 pts (c/b)   3rd:  Neen Coffee & Tracey Watson  $15 each, 50 pts

Balls to:   45 pts

Grade Winners in Today’s Medley Stableford.

A Grade Winner:   Bob Neilson  40 pts, $50    2nd:   Brendan Aquilina  38 pts (c/b), $40   3rd:   Dave Ransom  38 pts (c/b), $30  4th:  John Anthony  36 pts (c/b), $20

B Grade Winner:  Bernie McGlinchey  40 pts, $50   2nd:  Kelley Greaves  36 pts (c/b), $40   3rd:    Peter Willis  36 pts (c/b), $30  4th:   Stephen Young  36 pts, $20

C Grade Winner:    Peter Garland  41 pts, $50  2nd:    Robyn Gerrard  39 pts (c/b), $40   3rd:  Tracey Watson  39 pts, $30  4th:   Julianne Lawton  38 pts (c/b), $20

Balls to: 35 points

Gross Winner today was Les Skarratts on a countback to Joe Neilson both with 73 off the stick (gross 30 points).

Next Saturday – 4 person Las Vegas Ambrose

Here are the rules for the day –

RULES FOR Las Vegas AMBROSE COMPETITIONS

1. Team will consist of four or less.

2. Each player in the team plays a tee shot.

4. The ball considered in the best position is chosen and marked. The person whose ball is chosen does not play the next shot. it is not necessary to count the number of tee shots for each player.

All other team members team may then place their ball within one club length of the marked position, no nearer the hole, and play from this position. NOTE: if the selected shot is on the fairway, the fringe of the green, or in a hazard, bunker or rough (intermediate or regular) the ball must be placed within one club length of the selected shot, no nearer the hole, and must remain on the fairway, the fringe of the green, or in the hazard, bunker or rough, (Intermediate or regular). In a sand bunker, the sand may be raked prior to any ball being placed.

5. This procedure continues until ball is on the green where all players get to putt.

On the putting green, the position of the selected ball is marked. All team members may then place their ball within one putter head length of the marked position, no nearer the hole, and putt from this position. Once the ball is holed, no further strokes count.

6. When putting, to save time players may elect to hole out.

7. Handicaps – 1/8 of total of team handicaps; 1/6 for teams of 3; 1/4 for teams of 2.

Sunday Mixed and Open Gender Fourball set to Re-Commence.

With the onset of Daylight Saving, the Monthly 4BBB Stableford competitions will re-commence on Sunday November 30. The first tee time will be 8.55 am.

They will then be contested on the fourth Sunday of each month.

Wednesday Bonus Day.

Today the (October) Wednesday Bonus Day was played at the club and significantly larger prizes were awarded.

Here are the results:

Division 1 Winners

1 Christopher Leckey $150.00 2 Angus Pinkstone $120.00 3 Alan Jones $100.00 4 Timothy Ashby $80.00

Division 2 Winners

1 Peter Willis $150.00 2 Brian Bennett $120.003 Neen Coffee $100.00 4 Chris Smee $80.00 (c/b)

Supershot 13th:  John Auguston  210 cm

Gross Winner:  Joel McIntosh  30 pts (c/b) – $20

Just Bathrooms Mystery Nine (2,4,5,8,11,12,14,16,18) Winner: Angus Pinkstone  21 pts (c/b)

Full Results

The next Bonus Day will be held on the last Wednesday in November.

2025 Womens Gold Medal Day.

Congratulations to the Gold Medal Winners for 2025

Div 1 – Jenny Strong

Div 2 – Marie Smith

Div 2 – Cheryl Legge

Results Monthly Medal 1^st for 2026:

Div 1 Medal – Jenny Strong 72 nett c/b

Gross – Jenny Strong 96 scr. C/b 

Putting – Judi O’Brien 29 putts

Div 2 Medal – Margaret Cook 62 nett

Gross – Margaret Cook 95 scr.

Putting – Shirley Walsh 28 putts

Div 3 Medal – Cheryl Legge 68 nett

Gross – Cheryl Legge 114 scr.

Putting – Kerry Michie 30 putts

Vouchers

Div 1 (0 – 33)

Winner – Margaret Cook 62 nett ($30)

R/Up – Marie Smith 65 nett ($20)

3^rd Place – Jenny Strong 72 nett c/b ($10)

Div 2 (34 – 54)

Winner – Cheryl Legge 68 nett ($30)

R/Up – Kerry Michie 70 nett ($20)

3^rd Place – Cheryl Smee 76 nett ($10)

Stableford Winner – Sandy Carter 49 pts ($15)

Balls – Narelle Goodwin; Julie Simpson

Super Shot – Judi O’Brien 56cm

Coming Events

18^th November –  2 Person Smartball

This game has one player teeing off odd numbered holes. The other player tees off even numbered holes. The “odd” player putts on even holes and the “even” player putts on odd numbered holes. You do NOT tee off and putt on same hole. Ambrose rules between tee and green.

25^th November – Hams Day (closed event) Stableford

2^nd December – Monthly Medal

9^th December – Xmas Fun Day – 3 Person Hartball 7.30 for 8am shotgun start Presentation Day and lunch

16^th December – Stableford

23^rd December – 4BBB Stableford

Good golfin’

Judi

Vets Fees overdue.

Veteran Members fees are now well and truly overdue. The last day for payment was October 30.

This oversight by quite a few of our Vets caused our Medley Stableford field to be larger than its normal size today. Unfinacial Vets were placed in the Medley Stableford.

Vets membership is just $10 and can be paid at the golf shop whenever you get the chance. You need to be a Jamberoo Vets member to play in the Monday Vets Comp.

If you have failed to renew and are 55 or over please renew asap.

Draft 2026 Jamberoo GolfNSW (Illawarra) Pennant teams.

The GolfNSW (Illawarra) pennants is an annual interclub competition and is played in 3 grades and the White Horse Cup. In 2026 the Pennant season commences on February 1 and proceeds to March 29 with matches played Sunday mornings.

Jamberoo has entered teams in the B Pennant (handicaps of 5.5 or more); the C Pennant (handicaps 12.5 or more); and two teams in the White Horse Cup (handicap matchplay).

We have been placed in section 1 in B Pennant, with games against, The Grange, Port Kembla, St Georges Basin, Wollongong, Links Shell Cove, Moss Vale, and Gerringong.

In C Pennant we have been placed in section 1 with matches against Kiama, Shoalhaven Heads, Moss Vale and Port Kembla. There are 2 bye rounds on 15 February and 8 March and a home bye on February 8. There is a reduction in the number of preliminary games in 2026 to 4 – down from last years 9.

The White Horse Cup in 2026 consists of 3 sections with the winner of each section progressing to the semi-finals along with the best of the second places.

We have been drawn in section 1, with matches against Worrigee, Gerringong, Links Shell Cove 1, Highlands 2, and St Georges Basin 1. The home bye is on March 15.

Our other team has been drawn in section 3 with games against The Vale, Nowra, Moss Vale 1, Highlands 1, Port Kembla 2, Shoalhaven Heads, and Kiama. There are no byes in this section.

Preliminary Player Selections (to be confirmed).

B Pennant

John Anthony (capt), Chris Leckey (manager), Bill Reid, Lee Hayward, Anthony Smith, Luke Crockford, Delmyr Gee Crockford, Rob Young, Steve Norris, Dan Adams.

C Pennant

Les Skarratts (capt), Jack Leroy, Dallas Laughton, Glen Bayo, Tom Zimmermann, Wayne Griffiths (manager), Ken Bradley, Alan Jones.

White Horse Cup 1 (Cowpats)

Scott Lacey (capt), Greg Quigg (manager), Matt Ross , Matt Harrison, Cam Bartkowiak, Mitchell Smee, Andrew Ball, David Garcia, Liam Miners,Stephen Young, Col Booth (R)

White Horse Cup 2 (Magpies)

Larry Kent (capt), Peter Brown, Rob Maclean, John Auguston (manager), Ryan Medland, Peter Francis, Lidia Waine (tbc), Don Thompson, Pat Paris, Peter Hackett, John Hol, Peter Young (R),

The above are preliminary selections depending on player availability. The draft draws will be published when available.

Please confirm your availability by contacting Club Captain Larry Kent by text on 0466 336 891. Please use your name in the text.

Items presented by Dave Ransom.

Bonus Day this Wednesday.

In every comp played on a Wednesday players are charged an additional $2 which is returned as increased prizes once a month in BONUS DAYS. This is generally held on the last Wednesday of the month.

With poor weather and cored greens delaying the October Bonus Day it has been decided to play it this Wednesday 12th of November.

Rules from the Course.

On a regular basis, to assist our members, a rule of golf relevant to play at Jamberoo will be highlighted in a special article. Please feel free to reply with any rule suggestions that you feel are often misinterpreted by players in our comps.

Today we discuss Abnormal Course Conditions – rule 16.

Rule 16 covers when and how you may take free relief by playing a ball from a different place, such as when you have interference by an abnormal course condition or a dangerous animal condition.

• These conditions are not treated as part of your challenge of playing the course, and you are generally allowed free relief except in a penalty area.
• You normally take relief by dropping a ball in a relief area based on the nearest point of complete relief.

This Rule also covers free relief when your ball is embedded in its own pitch mark in the general area.

Taking free relief under the Rules

You hit a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway only to find that you have to stand in a puddle of water to play your ball, or you hit your approach to the green just a little too long and it comes to rest on a cart path. It doesn’t feel fair to have to play your shot from these positions, so what can you do?

These are two examples of conditions that are often found on a golf course that are not normally meant to be part of the challenge of the sport. These types of conditions are known collectively as abnormal course conditions and also include; holes made by animals, areas marked as ground under repair, immovable obstructions (such as artificially surfaced cart paths) and temporary water (such as puddles). As abnormal course conditions are not part of the challenge, the Rules of Golf give you the option to take free relief under Rule 16.  This is one of the most frequently used Rules and one that is worth taking your time to understand.

You are allowed free relief from an abnormal course condition (ACC) when you have ‘interference’ from it, which means:

• When your ball touches or is in an ACC, or
• An ACC will physically interfere with the area where you intend to stand, or
• An ACC will physically interfere with your area of intended swing.

The next step is to understand how to take free relief when you have interference from an abnormal course condition.

Remember:

• Even if you have interference from the likes of a cart path, or an animal hole, it doesn’t mean you are entitled to a perfect stance and lie after you take relief. To take relief you must find the nearest point to where your ball lies where you no longer have interference from the condition and then drop within one club-length of that point, no nearer the hole.
• If your ball was in the general area, your nearest point of complete relief must also be in the general area and your ball must also be dropped in the general area.
• It is worth noting that in many situations, the nearest point of complete relief will not be the nicest spot – it could even be in a bush, or in very thick rough. That means you should always check where you will be able to drop your ball under this Rule before you lift it, as playing the ball as it lies might be your best option!
• You are not allowed to take free relief from an abnormal course condition in a penalty area.

Cart Paths Explained:

• You are only allowed to take free relief from a cart path if it is artificially surfaced. There is no free relief from natural paths such as grass or sandy paths.

When Relief Is Allowed:

Interference exists when any one of these is true:

Your ball touches or is in or on an abnormal course condition,

An abnormal course condition physically interferes with your area of intended stance or area of intended swing, or

Only when your ball is on the putting green, an abnormal course condition on or off the putting green intervenes on your line of play.

There is no free relief from an abnormal course condition when the abnormal course condition is out of bounds or your ball is in a penalty area.

Material sourced from https://www.randa.org/articles/taking-free-relief-under-the-rules and the USGA https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-clarifications/rules-and-clarifications.html#section=rules&itemNum=19

The use of the Miscore App is recommended at Jamberoo Golf Club and is allowed under the rules of golf for scoring competition and social rounds.

Calculate and submit scores, measure distance, track time played, or view leaderboards. MiScore is loaded with helpful features that make scoring effortless and enjoyable. Whilst containing many useful features, MiScore is designed to not hinder the flow of the game.

Score entry is easy and can be completed in a matter of seconds. We recommend placing mobile devices on silent mode, or do not disturb, whilst scoring to avoid unnecessary distraction.

Download MiScore from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

New users are eligible for a free 14-day trial!

The MiScore App costs $19.49 per year for a user subscription, which allows use at any participating club in Australia and New Zealand. 

GPS Distance Measurement

Before taking your shot, you can observe your distance in metres from the pin, a bunker, or the middle of the green. This value is available from the top right of the score entry screen.

Tapping the distance button from the score entry screen will take you to an interactive GPS distance map. From there, tap any point on the map to measure distances from your location.

Recording Putts

This is very useful in the monthly medal putting contests or just to help you see how your putting stats are progressing.

Round Timer

MiScore has a useful round timer on the top left of the score entry screen. This helps golfers stay mindful of playing time between holes and encourages an appropriate pace of play.

Digital Signature

Confirm scores with an on-screen digital signature at the end of your round.

Using a mobile device to confirm scores allows you to conveniently submit your score from anywhere in the facility. The course, the bar, or even your car. Just confirm with your partner, then sign away and press a button to submit.

Remember both you and your marker need to digitally sign each others phones, otherwise, just like with paper cards you could be disqualified.

Local Rules

Access local rules conveniently within the MiScore app by selecting Menu / Local Rules.

Screen Saver

Save precious phone battery while you play! The MiScore screen saver activates after 30 seconds of no phone contact. With a single tap of the screen you can open back to the score entry interface and continue scoring without having to unlock your phone.

Automatic Score Tally

Save time with an automated score tally. Enter your gross scores or strokes and MiScore will calculate results based on handicap and course index.

The automatic results calculation reduces human error and confusion in scoring. This leaves more time to focus on the game! Don’t waste time at the end of a round worrying if you’ve added up all the scores correctly.

Social Scoring

You don’t have to be in a competition to score using MiScore.

Social score at over 600 golf courses across Australia using MiScore, select your course and tee box and away you go.

Score History

Keep track of your scores across various clubs and competitions. A great way to follow your form and see which direction your game is trending.

From this screen you can view previous scorecards (including your partners’) which is convenient when sharing scores and keeping track of your rounds.