Upcoming Events in July.
Jamberoo Mixed Open – Sunday 21st July – shotgun start 9am.
Jamberoo Mens Open – Saturday 27th July. Entry fee $25. Large prizes on offer.
Jamberoo Junior Open – Sunday 28th July – shotgun start 9am. 18 hole and 9 hole comps.
Inaugural Winter Vets Medal.
Winter Vets Medal Winner: Geoff Reid 67 nett.
Congratulations to all who took part on Monday in our first Winter Vets Medal. Winter was certainly in its full glory!
Some good scores were achieved with Chris Goodwin on 69 on a countback over Phil Hahn and Bob Neilson, followed by John Hol, Ken Holt and Harry Osman all with 70 nett.
None were able to match Geoff Reid’s 67 nett who is our first vets medalist.
The medal will be awarded after the playing of the Spring Medal in September.
Not so lucky Ray
The trees on the course are still alive and well capable of catching golf balls. Just ask Ray Sheehan!
With Ray being lyrical, “Some days are like diamonds. Others are like coal. This one was like coal dust. Good thing I had a tree club to escape with a quadruple eight”.
Hyams Creek catches another victim.
Hyams Creek has caught another player! Andrew R was searching for his brand new ball in the Creek on the 10th hole last Saturday, and oops, down the bank he slipped almost into the freezing cold water. Three times he slipped and nearly got wet.
Luckily he was saved by a fallen branch left over from the floods.
After a deft recovery he retrieved the ball. It was at least ten years old and had been hit at least 1000 times.
What is a 2 Ball Best Ball (2BBB) Stableford?
The Stableford system is used for this competition. Each golfer plays the hole as they normally would—they all hit their own shots and record their own individual score on the scorecard. The team score is then calculated by comparing each team member’s individual score on each hole. The best individual Stableford score is counted towards the team total.
The winning team has the greatest team total after all 18 hole scores are tallied.
What about a 4BBB Stableford?
It is called a Fourball as there are 4 players in each group who play in two teams of two. Essentially this is the same as a 2BBB except only the best of the team scores need be recorded for each hole. It can be handicapped according to special criteria. More on that in another later article.