Member News – 22 April 2022

Weekly Update – from Club Captain Phil Barlow

HGC easter shotgun (from Doug Claridge)

A good field of just under 90 golfers played the easter Shotgun Tournament. The greens had been rolled in the morning and with the strong NW wind and some challenging pin placements made the putting tough. Scoring was overall low, with most players less than 36 stableford points, bar a few of the winners! A big thank you to the Pro-shop team of Craig and Annabel who made the running of the day smooth.

Nearest to pin in 2

Ladies (hole 2) – not struck lucky card

Men (hole 4) – Ryan Barham – holed out in 2 shots

Closest to pin

Ladies (hole 15) – Denise Curry

Men (Hole 13) – Matt O’Carroll

Pro Tip by ‘Undercover Pro’ in Craig Mitchell’s absence

Golf is a game of balance. If you address the ball and your weight is more on your toes than your heels, move a little closer to the ball and transfer a little more weight on your heels. You will now complete your swing in balance and likely hit a straighter ball.

Rule of the week (Advice on the course - definition)

When playing a round of golf on a Saturday, there will often be comments like “What did you hit there”, or “Looks like a tough lie, I would…”. Pretty harmless, but when playing interclub match play or 4BBB finals, you can get pinged for it. See some examples of what is and isn’t considered advice and for more information, have a look here.

Advice includes:

Any verbal comment or action (such as showing what club was just used to make a stroke) that is intended to influence a player in:

• Choosing a club,
• Making a stroke, or
• Deciding how to play during a hole or round.

But advice does not include public information, such as:

• The location of things on the course such as the hole, the putting green, the fairway, penalty areas, bunkers, or another player’s ball,
• The distance from one point to another, or
• The Rules.

Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2022 programme).

23 Apr – Men: Stableford (blue tees). Women: Nancy McCormick 4somes 18 holes Rnd 2, others combined stableford.

30 Apr – Men: Monthly Medal – white tees. Women: FMS Stableford Rnd 3.

7 May – Men: BCHP Qualifying, others stroke. Women: LGU Rnd 4, Putting, Harewood Cup Rnd 2.

14 May – 4BBB semi-finals for both men and women. Men others – stableford. Women others – coloured ball stableford.

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Men and Women Results – from John Yates

Tuesday 19 April

Following the Easter Monday holiday, the men and women had a combined stableford competition for the Easter Trophy. There were more women than men so there was a separate single stableford for the remaining ladies.

Results:

Combined stableford

1st - Marie Bell & Darryl Dowthwaite 74 (and trophy winners)

2nd - Kath Sullivan & Brian Jones 69

3rd - Yoko Yoshikane & Charlie Su 67

4th - Jean Taylor & Bruce Chalklen 66

Ladies single stableford

Di Chaney 33

Taff Maloney 33

Ann McKenna 32

Ladies special prize

Marie Bell 40

Julie Jones 36

Midweek Men Results – from John Yates

Thursday 21 April

There were 27 starters in the warmth and sunshine for a bisque par competition.

Results:

Division 1

1st - John McRae +2

2nd - Ramiro Guerrero +2

3rd - Lincoln Blair -3

Division 2

1st - Darryl Dowthwaite +4

2nd - John Yates +2

3rd - Kim Dale +1

Division 3

1st - John Gilmore +7

2nd - Bill Turner +5

3rd - Doug McKeown +4