Foursomes Championship
The Men’s Foursomes Championship will be contested on Sunday June 24 over 27 holes in its alternate shot format. This is an Honour Board event with the gross winners being enrolled onto the Jamberoo wall of fame as Foursomes Champions. A nett event will also be contested on the day.
There are plenty of spaces still available so please enter on the time-sheet which is available in the golf shop.
Rules Update
Following from last week’s rule, what if a bridge (ie an immovable obstruction) in a water hazard obstructs my shot? The underlined section in the second paragraph gives the answer.
An immovable obstruction is an artificial object on the course that cannot be moved (e.g. a building) or cannot readily be moved (e.g. a firmly embedded direction post). Objects defining out of bounds are not treated as obstructions.
Except when your ball is in a water hazard, relief without penalty is available from immovable obstructions when the condition physically interferes with the lie of the ball, your stance or your swing. You may lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of the nearest point of relief , but not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.
There is no relief for intervention on your line of play unless both your ball and the condition are on the putting green.
As an additional option when your ball is in a bunker, you may take relief from the condition by dropping the ball outside and behind the bunker under penalty of one stroke.
Jamberoo Mens’ Open
The Jamberoo Open is set down to be played on Sunday 22nd of July. The entry form is available in the Golf Shop.
A Golf Poem
Thanks Keith for sharing this poem.
In My Hand I Hold A Ball,
White and Dimpled, And Rather Small.
Oh How Bland It Does Appear,
This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.
By Its Size I Could Not Guess,
The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.
But Since I Fell beneath Its Spell,
I’ve Wandered through the Fires of Hell.
My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,
Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,
A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.
It Has Made Me Curse And Cry,
And Hate Myself And Want To Die.
It Promises A Thing Called Par,
Even If I Can Hit It Straight And Far.
To Master Such A Tiny Ball,
Should Not Be Very Hard At All.
But My Desires The Ball Refuses,
And Does Exactly As It Chooses.
It Hooks and Slices, Dribbles and Dies, and Even Disappears Before My Eyes.
Often It Will Have A Whim,
To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.
With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,
It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.
Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,
If Only It Would Find The Hole.
It’s Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,
And Swear That I Will Give It Up.
And Take to Drink to Ease My Sorrow,
But the Ball Knows … .I’ll Be Back Tomorrow.
Match Play
The Individual match-play championships have commenced with first round matches due to be completed by June 30. Winners to date are Paul Rodgers and Chris Leckey.
Entries for the 4BBB match-play are being taken until June 30. You will find the entry form in the Golf shop.
Upcoming District Events
| 14/7/18 | Shoalhaven Cup (IOS) | Nowra | |
| 15/7/18 | Wollongong Open (IOS) | Wollongong | |
| 22/7/18 | Jamberoo Open (IOS) | Jamberoo | |
| 22/7/18 | Nowra Junior Open (JOS) | Nowra | |
| 29/7/18 | District Final NSW Men’s Fourball | Kiama |
Latest Results
The weather has at last cleared but the course is playing very hard, on Wednesday two shots over its rating for instance. This has not stopped some of us having good rounds because as they say, “as the going gets tough the tough get going”. Mick Burton clearly falls into this category with three excellent rounds this week as the rest of us struggled. Dylan McDonald scored 40 on Wednesday to win C Grade, Judi O’Brien 37 pts on Tuesday to win division 1 in the Ladies comp, and Dave Ransom 40 pts to win the super grade day on Saturday by one from Phil Hellmund and Wayne Arnott. Tony Panecasio scored the day’s best gross score with 30 pts.
Saturday 16th June – Stableford – One Grade day
1st Dave Ransom 40 pts 2nd Phil Hellmund 39 pts cb 3rd Wayne Arnott 39 pts Best Gross Tony Panecasio 30 pts Ladies Marie Farrant 29 pts
Wednesday 13th June 2018 – Men’s Stableford
A & B Grade Winner: Mick Burton 40 pts 2nd: Harry Osman 38 pts (c/b)
C Grade Winner: Dylan McDonald 40 pts
D Grade Winner: Bob McDonald 37 pts
Tuesday 12th June 2018 – Ladies Stableford
Div 1 Winner: Judi O’Brien 37 pts Runner Up: Marilyn Wright 34 pts
Div 2 Winner: Rhonda McKinley 34 pts Runner Up: Sue Paul 31 pts
Monday, 11th June 2018 – Stableford
Winner Mick Burton 41 Pts 2nd Anthony Smith 36 Pts (c/b)