News From the Course – 23 August

Important info regarding club trophy accounts.

At last night’s Board of Directors meeting the following resolution was put forward and accepted regarding members and visitors trophy accounts.

(A) Any balance remaining in a member’s trophy account (including their ball account) at the end of each JGC financial year (31st of May) must be redeemed by the end of the following month (30th June). Trophy accounts can be used to purchase items from the golf shop or to pay all or part of annual subscription fees (unless a member chooses to pay monthly). However, unused trophy account balances as at 30th June cannot carry over into the following financial year.

(B) If there are any funds still in a member’s trophy account after 30th June, that balance will be automatically credited toward their subscription fees for the following year(s). If a member chooses to pay monthly for the coming year, unused funds in their trophy account after 30th June will be forfeited to the Club.

(C) If a member fails to fully renew their membership by the 14th of July, any funds left unused in their trophy account will be forfeited to the Club when the member is subsequently removed from the membership register. 

(D) Trophy vouchers won by visitors must be redeemed at the club within 3 months of issue or will be cancelled at the expiry of the period. 

Options available for you to use for spending your trophy account

From 1 September no vouchers will be given for use outside of the club.

Your vouchers and ball credits:

• Can be retained for payment of your Membership fees (see above).
• Used for purchases in the shop, for equipment or food.
• to purchase golf balls (if we don’t have your favoured brand in stock we can order them in).
• Used to pay for golf carts and competition fees.
• A donation to the club.

Monday Vets Comp 28 August.

Please Note: A glitch occured on OURGOLF which stated that next Monday’s vet comp was a shotgun start 2BBB. This is incorrect in both regards.

In fact it is an individual stableford with normal tee times. The error has been corrected and members are advised to check their tee time. Some may prefer to alter their tee time to a more suitable slot.

This typographical error was caused when the programme writer incorrectly placed July’s event into both July and August. Sorry! Please accept my apologies.

Do you have an RSA?

If you have an RSA and have a few hours to spend Saturday afternoon then your help would be very much appreciated.

Please contact the club and let us know of your availability.

Pitch Marks on Greens.

Don’t forget to fix your pitch mark and at least one other on every green. A simple thing we can all do to help keep our greens in tip-top order.

Remember, start from the outside and push in from all directions before tapping it down. Don’t just bash it with your club.

Also, take and use your sand bucket to fill in any divot marks.

Penalty relief from a Red Penalty Area.

I was chatting with some members the other day about penalty relief situations from red penalty areas. In particular at the 7th green.

There are 3 penalty relief options available all for the addition of 1 penalty stroke:

You may take ‘stroke and distance’ relief (item 1 on the diagram); To proceed, find where you last played from as a reference point, estimating the spot if you’re not sure. Drop your ball within a one club-length arc of that point not nearer the hole and then play it. There is a penalty of one stroke.

You must drop in the same area of the course as your reference point.

2. ‘Back on line’ relief (item 2 on the diagram);

Your second option is to determine the point at which your ball last crossed the edge of the red penalty area. Now choose a reference point as far back as you wish on a reference line keeping that point directly between you and the hole.

If you are able to find or see your ball, remember your reference point may be some distance from where it is lying. It is the point at which it last crossed the edge that is important.

Again, you get a one club-length relief area arc in which to drop, not nearer the hole. You then play from there under penalty of one stroke.

3, ‘Lateral’ relief (item 3 on the diagram).

Finally, you can choose to take lateral relief, measuring a relief area of 2 club lengths (not nearer the hole) from where your ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area, and dropping the ball in this relief area.

This can be in any part of the course other than the same penalty area. Again, the penalty is one stroke. If you’re not 100% sure where it crossed, estimate the spot to the best of your ability.

This relief option is not available to you if the penalty area is marked with yellow stakes or lines.

Also, prior to 2019 you could also take relief on the opposite side of a lateral water hazard (now red penalty area). This is no longer an option.