News from the Course.

The Staff and Directors of Jamberoo Golf Club wish you a safe and relaxing holiday season full of peace, joy and happiness.

Merry Christmas.

The new Rules of Golf will go into effect on 1 January 2023.

The 2023 edition of the Rules of Golf continues the modernisation process, with an emphasis on both inclusion and sustainability. For the first time, the modified Rules for players with disabilities have been fully incorporated into the playing rules without the need to adopt a local rule. Several penalties have been relaxed and language has been clarified to help golfers at all levels of play.

Key changes include:

Modifications for Players with Disabilities: The modifications to the Rules for players with disabilities have been made part of the Rules and are in effect for all players who fall under the categories covered in Rule 25.
Handicap Usage in Stroke Play: With the continued growth of digital scoring following the adoption of the World Handicap System, players are no longer required to show their handicap on their scorecard in stroke play. The Committee will be responsible for calculating the player’s handicap strokes for the competition and using that to calculate the player’s net score.
Club Damaged During Round: The Rule has been amended to allow a player to replace a club that is damaged during a round, provided the player did not damage it through abuse.
Ball Moved by Natural Forces: A new Exception provides that a ball at rest must be replaced if it moves to another area of the course or comes to rest out of bounds after being dropped, placed or replaced.
Back-on-the-Line Relief Procedure: The back-on-the-line relief procedure, often used for penalty area and unplayable ball relief, has been simplified so that the player now drops their ball on the line, and the ball must come to rest within one club-length of where it is dropped.

You can check out the new changes by clicking this link Changes to the Rules of Golf

Christmas Rounds

The scoring was hot on Wednesday. Congratulations to Brian Bennett and Al Thrower for their wonderful rounds of 45 points and 44 points respectively. The two best scores recorded at the club during the year.

Brian outshone the field with a brilliant 45 points. This was so good that Golf Australia rewarded Brian with a further two shot reduction in his handicap for his exceptional round.

One can say that Brian had a ‘Christmas ‘ round, the type that only come once a year!

Talking about ‘Christmas’ rounds, Al Thrower had one as well. Al scored a very nice 44 points to finish second on the day. Al was rewarded by an additional 1 shot off his handicap from Golf Australia for his exceptional round.

Well played to you both.