Member News – 3 March 2023

Weekly Update – Club Captain Phil Barlow

With great weather and the course holding up very well, if you could read a line for a putt, you could score well, and this was reflected in the outstanding scores once again. Saturday completed the qualifying for the men’s 4BBB with the women’s already completed. Please have a look in the Pro Shop or the online results if you are unclear whether you have qualified or not. The Pro Shop will book you in on the day with the opposition you have drawn. If you need to change the tee time allocated on any round or wish to play your match on a different day, please contact Craig at the Pro Shop as soon as possible. If you cannot complete your round prior to the following round, you will be disqualified.

Note that if you are in the upcoming 4BBB match play, your score will not count towards a Shootout round.

Allprint Shootout

Some fantastic scores being posted in the Allprint Shootout for this year so far. If you want to take advantage of the great conditions to post some scores, but have yet to enter, you only have a couple of weeks left to do so, as entries will close on 18 March. Check the box when you are getting your card to be in. Finals for the women will be 29 October and men on 26 November.

A course note for the week: Please do not throw the flag onto the green, hit the green with your putter, or do anything else that may damage it. Our greens staff put a lot of effort into preparing the course for us, so it is our responsibility to pay them back by respecting our course.

This weekend sees the men playing 3 tees Monthly Medal with the women playing LGU Rnd 2, Eclectic Rnd 2, Putting, Paterson Salver Rnd 1 Homelinks, National Teams event.

A reminder that we have a parallel fundraiser running this saturday for Scott McKenzie. The prizegiving for those who have entered will follow the Club Day prizegiving. It is a surprise, but he is coming down and will be out on the course in a cart, so if you know him, do say Hi.

Lastly some good advice, as passed in from Graeme Clarke as posted in the Listener.
‘If you’re older and want to find an exercise to improve your health, golf is probably better than simply walking or Nordic walking, according to a small study published in the ‘BMJ’. Finnish researchers studied 25 healthy golfers over 65, comparing the effects of an 18-hole round of golf, 6km of walking, and 6km of Nordic walking on blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol. While all the exercises were good for the heart, golf seemed to be the best, despite being a lower-intensity exercise.’
So the answer is – get out there and play more golf!

We had a hole in 1 on the 15^th last week. Congratulations to Peter Batchelor

Saturday results

Well done to you all

Rule of the week (Rule: 15.2a - Relief from movable obstruction)

This week’s rule is Part 1 of the above. Click the link to read more.

Removal of Movable Obstruction. Without penalty, a player may remove a movable obstruction anywhere on or off the course and may do so in any way. An example of this might be the stakes holding up the rope at the back of the 8^th green. Of course, remember to replace the stake after your shot.

But there are two exceptions:

Exception 1 – Tee-Markers Must Not Be Moved When Ball Will Be Played from Teeing Area (see Rules 6.2b(4) and 8.1a(1)).

Exception 2 – Restrictions on Deliberately Removing Movable Obstruction to Affect a Ball in Motion (see Rule 11.3).

If a player’s ball moves while they are removing a movable obstruction:

• There is no penalty, and
• The ball must be replaced on its original spot (which if not known must be estimated) (see Rule 14.2).

Pro Tip of the week - Craig Mitchell

Bunker Play

Next time you have a green-side bunker shot and the sand is wet and firm – Square the club face so the leading edge of your sand iron can now dig into the sand but do everything else the same.

The softer the sand the more you open the face so you can use the bounce of the club.

Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2023 programme).

4 Mar – Men: Monthly Medal – Black, Blue and White tees. Women: LGU Rnd 2, Eclectic Rnd 2, Putting, Paterson Salver Rnd 1 Homelinks, National Teams event.

11 Mar – Men: Harewood 4BBB Rnd 1, others Stableford. Women: Harewood 4BBB Rnd1, others Par.

18 Mar – Men and women: Centenary Shotgun – Mixed pairs combined Stableford (8:00am and 12:30pm starts).

25 Mar – Men: Harewood 4BBB Rnd 2, others Stableford. Women: Centenary FMS Stableford Rnd 2.

1 Apr – Men: Monthly Medal – Blue tees. Women: LGU Rnd 3, Harewood Cup Rnd 1.

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Ladies Results – from Sonia Brown

Tuesday 28 January

LGU - ROUND 2

SILVER:

1st     Liz Warren                         72 nett  c/b

2nd   Kathryn (Taff) Maloney   72 nett

3rd    Lynn Brand                        73 nett

BRONZE A:

1st     Ranee Morgan                  67 nett

2nd   Pam Hopkins                     68 nett

3rd    Yu, Lan, Liu (Amy)            70 nett

BRONZE B:

1st     Marie Bell                         66 nett

2nd   Anthea Johnson               72 nett c/b

3rd    Lynda Hague                    72 nett

TWOS:

  #6     Pam Hopkins

NETT EAGLES:

  #1     Deb Wekking

TOP CAT:

Marie Bell

Midweek Mens Results – from Simon Hubble

MONDAY 27TH FEBRUARY

Stroke - 3rd Round Putting Cup

Division 1

1st  Kevin Pritchard                          67

2nd  Taona Kahwema                      69

3rd  Charlie Su                                  71

Division 2

1st John Yates                                   66

2nd  Bruce Gillespie                        71 CB

3rd John Keepa                                 71

Division 3

1st  John Gilmore                             70 CB

2nd Alf Hewitt                                   70

3rd  Ray Polson                                 72

THURSDAY 2nd March

Stableford - Qual Rnd for Match Play

Division 1

1st  Jos Steetskamp                         40

2nd  Terry Shearer                           39

3rd  Charlie Su                                  38

Division 2           

1st Dennis Morgan                          41

2nd  Reeves Nesbitt                        38

3rd Jin Ok Kim                                  36

Division 3

1st  Derek Rastrick                          39

2nd John Gilmore                            35

3rd  Simon Hubble                          34 CB

9 Hole Ladies Results – from Kay Worley

From Lisa Neho-Smith - A huge congratulations to Kay Worley for her hole in one on hole number 6 on Wednesday. It was very exciting to watch.

Lucy Tan Trophy Round 1 Stroke and Putting

Winners

Lisa Neho-smith                 Nett 33

Jenny Treleaven                 Putts 17

Club News

Thank you to all those volunteers who came in on Wednesday and worked on the gardens around the course, in particular Hole 3. Thank you to Julie Jones for coordinating this effort.

We have had a run of hole in ones lately here at Harewood, congratulations to all the people who have celebrated this achievment since the start of the 2023. Well done to you all!

John Yates                          Hole 3

Wayne Seebeck                Hole 3  

Derek Rastrick                   Hole 3

Peter Batchelor                 Hole 15

Kay Worley                         Hole 6