It looks a fine Saturday for the Men’s Monthly Medal off the black tees. With the fairways firm and fast players should be helped by a little more run on the ball. Ladies this weekend have an LGU. It is a stroke round in both grades, if you are unsure where your tee shot please remember to play a provisional. It does save time and frustration for you (and the group behind you), if you can’t find your first ball and need to walk back to the tee!

With the COVID alert level at 2, pins are required to be left in, and bunker rakes have been removed. If you end up in a bunker you are allowed to place your ball if you are in a foot mark. Please use you club to smooth some of the sand out after you have played your shot. With a warm day forecast please take water with you as the drinking fountains may have been disabled due to the COVID alert level.

The Men’s 4 ball best ball draw has been made and is up in the Proshop. Players will have been advised of your tee time on DotGolf. As in all club events matches are to be played on or before the scheduled next round. If you are needing to change your match date it needs to be by mutual agreement and cleared by the club captain / Proshop. With 40+ teams vying for 32 slots for the match play rounds it will be disappointing to see a default if you are unable to play a scheduled match. The cut off for 32^nd place was nett 68 with the top qualifiers at 60.

The second round for the men’s and ladies 4BBB is the 27^th of March. As in all match play club events the use of carts without medical exemption is not allowed. The use of a cart when you are physically capable of walking the course gives and unfair advantage in match play events. The lowest handicap player goes to scratch and the others play off the resulting difference.

Results:

Best of luck this weekend to Matt McLean and Scott Manyweathers who are playing in the Canterbury Match Play Championship at Templeton on Saturday and Sunday.

Enjoy your golf.

The pro shop in conjunction with Titleist will be holding the above on Wednesday, March 31^st from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

Come down and chat to the Titleist Golf Ball Specialists about choosing the right Golf Ball to help you shoot lower scores!

Date: Monday 1^st March

Game: Stableford

Division One

1^st: Tomas Hruby 39

2^nd: Dong Cho 37

3^rd: Ramiro Guerrero 35

Division Two

1^st: Darryl Dowthwaite 40

2^nd: John Yates 34

3^rd: John Hooper 33

Division Three

1^st: Robert Gay 38

2^nd: Phil Plunket 33

3^rd: Geoff Taylor 28

Date: Thursday 4^th March

Game: Stroke

1^st: David Lim 69

2^nd: Dong Cho 72

3^rd: Kevin Stewart 75

Division Two

1^st: Dennis Longdon 70

2^nd: Barry Crowther 72

3^rd: David Bell 72

Division Three

1^st: Phil Plunket 69

2^nd: Alf Hewitt 70

3^rd: Max Wright 75

We are pleased to announce that Ray and Annette Tansey of Allprint Marketing Services have agreed to sponsor both the Ladies and Men’s shootout competition this year.

The winner of each competition will receive a 2 night stay in a one-bedroom apartment at the Tekapo Luxury Apartments, 9 (or 18 holes if you wish) of golf for 2 players at the Mackenzie Golf course, two vouchers to the Silver River Night Sky Stargazing Experience and a $50.00 voucher to be used at the Kohan Japanese restaurant in Tekapo.

The 4^th night of the AMG Twilight Series 1 saw a record 51 players enjoying a stunning evening for golf.