New Ambrose Course Planned.
Last Thursday an official from GolfNSW, Graeme Phillipson, and former Jamberoo captain David Ransom, on behalf of the Match Committee, inspected the course with the intent of setting up and rating a new ‘Gold’ course to be used by female players in Ambrose events. GolfNSW considered the present way we set up for Ambrose events unfair for female players not meeting the 85% standard set by GolfNSW for these mixed events.
The new course will be a par 67 and ratings will eventually be determined. This process is currently underway. GolfNSW offered to pay for the development of any new tees required.
This Sunday the new ‘gold course’ tees will be in play for female players in the Keno Ambrose. The red course daily handicaps will be used as the new ratings are yet to be presented by GolfNSW.
Keno ‘Let’s Play Ambrose’
The Jamberoo Keno ‘Let’s play Ambrose’ qualifying event will be conducted at the club this Sunday and some spaces still remain.
The format is a 2 person Ambrose with some restrictions placed on handicaps as indicated below.
Keno ‘Let’s Play Ambrose’ GENERAL INFORMATION
1. This event is open to any amateur affiliated golfer with a current Golf Australia handicap, who is a member of Jamberoo Golf Club, who has attained the age of 18 years by the date of the State Final.
2. Both players must be affiliated members of the Jamberoo Golf Club
3. Competitors will play off their full daily handicap, current on the day of play. All qualifying stages will be conducted as a two person Ambrose.
Pairs must meet the following Handicap Restrictions:
The Pair must have a minimum combined daily handicap of 8 (e.g. if one player’s daily handicap is 4 and the second players daily handicap is 2, they cannot play together because their combined daily handicap is only 6).
Each player in the pair must have no more than 20 strokes difference in their daily handicap. (e.g. If the lowest marker’s daily handicap is 5, their partner must play off no more than a daily handicap of 25).
NOTE: If a pair’s daily handicaps are more than 20 strokes different, the higher marker will be limited to a daily handicap 20 strokes above the lower marker’s daily handicap.
The pair’s PLAYING handicap on the day will be ¼ of their combined daily handicap.
Each player must use at least 6 tee shots during a round.
Tee shots used MUST be indicated on the scorecard.
Entry Fee of the daily competition is $10 per player [with a Keno Ambrose registration fee of $5 per team taken from this amount. This will be required to be paid at their Club Qualifying event by all playing pairs for The KENO Ambrose competition].
The KENO Ambrose is played in 3 categories:
- Two female players (Women’s competition);
- Two male players (Men’s competition);
- One male player and one female player (Mixed competition).
Both players MUST have attained the age of 18 years by the date of the State Final. One pair from each category will progress to the regional final to be played at Port Kembla Golf Club on Sunday September 28.
Both players MUST be affiliated members of the same golf club, being the club conducting the Club Qualifying event (Stage 1) and must remain financial members of that club for the duration of the competition.
During the Competition, the Local Rules of the host venue clubs shall apply as shown below.
2 – Person Ambrose Competition Rules – par 67
Handicap: 1/4 combined handicaps. Female players will play from the newly designated ‘Gold Ambrose Course’ tees which is par 67 using their red course daily handicaps for this round. Male players will use the white course tees and daily handicaps.
- Both players are to tee off on all holes and play all shots.
- A minimum of 6 tee shots shall be selected for each player and marked on the score card.
- Select the best ball to play and mark its position. Decide as you walk to the balls which ball to play so as to keep play flowing. Both players will play from this spot. Both players place their ball within 30cm (10cm on Putting Green) of the selected ball (or mark) and play their next shot.
- If the position of the selected ball is in the rough, a sand bunker or a penalty area then the other players balls must be placed and played from the rough or same penalty area or sand bunker.
- This process continues until the team has completed the hole.