Member News – 17 March 2023

Weekly Update – Club Captain Phil Barlow

Last weekend saw the first round of match play for the Harewood 4BBB for both men and women. Congratulations to all the winners. Please see the draws on the noticeboard in the Pro Shop to see who you may be playing next if you are winners. You need to contact the Pro Shop if you can’t play on the scheduled date to make alternative arrangements, however all matches must be played before the next round, and finals must be played on the allocated day.

It was a great weekend for golf all around with little wind and the course still showing its best. We are still seeing some fantastic rounds of golf in the weekly results which is great to see.

Last reminder that entries to the Allprint Shootout will close this Saturday 18 March, so be in to win.

Results: Saturday 11^th March

We had 15 2’s on the day with 4 people have 2 of them, and Nett eagles went to Gill Harris on the 4^th hole.

Well done to you all

Hickory golf challenge with Christchurch GC

We have been talking to Christchurch Golf Club, who are celebrating their 150^th anniversary later this year, about having a Hickory Golf Challenge. With our actual centenary date being later in the year, we thought it a great idea of something different and period appropriate for the celebrations.

Apparently, years ago there used to be a Harewood GC vs Christchurch GC challenge with a cup, so we are going to see what we can find, as we believe Christchurch may hold it. We will look to resurrect it as an interclub challenge of Hickory golf.

If you want to find out more, just Google it or have a look in Wikipedia for it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickory_golf. The New Zealand Hickory Open was last Sunday with Sir Bob Charles participating along with some Australians a couple of days after an international event hosted by CGC.

We will have more info soon, but if you are interested, let the Pro Shop or Phil Barlow know and we will see if we can get this all going. We will be able to hire hickory clubs, and some of you may even have some hidden away, so dig them out. It is a fun even as opposed to a serious interclub event and is open to both men and women.

Rule of the week (Rule 8.1 a/1 - Examples of Actions That Are Likely to Create Potential Advantage)

Question: I hit my approach onto the fringe, and the ball spun back a few inches. Before my next shot, I tamped down the pitch mark, which was nowhere near my line, but my playing partner called a penalty for tamping. Was this correct?

Answer: Your fix is fine. You can repair a pitch mark as long as doing so doesn’t involve improving your line of play, the area of intended stance or swing, or the position or lie of the ball. Any of those issues would yield a two-stroke penalty in stroke play or loss of hole in match play.

Pro Tip of the week - Craig Mitchell

Use what side of the tee box you tee up on to your advantage.

If you fade the ball tee up on the right-hand side off the tee box this will give you more angle and look better to your eye.

If you draw the ball do the operate tee up on the left-hand side of the tee box once again you’ve got more angle and room to play your draw.

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

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.

8 Apr – Centenary Easter Shotgun, Stableford, 11:30 Start.

15 Apr – Men: Harewood 4BBB Rnd 3, others Par. Women: Harewood 4BBB Rnd 2, others Multiple Stableford.

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Ladies Results – from Sonia Brown

Tuesday 14 March

NANCY McCORMICK FOURSOMES - Round 2

1st      Lynette Savage & Cath Costello       71 nett

STABLEFORD:

1st      Rose Stevenson         38 stb

2nd    Annabel Chadwick     37 stb c/b

3rd     Carolyn Rickard          37 stb

TWOS:

#6      Alice Tan

#15     Rose Stevenson

NETT EAGLES

#15     Rose Stevenson

Midweek Mens Results – from Simon Hubble

Monday 6^th March

Lamb and Hayward Tournament - Stableford

Division 1

1st Taona Kahwema        35

2nd Tomas Hruby             34

3rd Jock McKay                 33 (CB)

Division 2

1st Chris Stracker             40

2nd Ben Halsey                 35(CB)

3rd John Keepa                 35

Division 3

1st Alf Hewitt                     42 (Winner of Lamb and Hayward Cup)

2nd John Gilmore              36

3rd Bill Turner                     35

THURSDAY 9TH MARCH

First Round Matchplay - Stableford for others

Division 1

1st Rex Venner                  38 (CB)

2nd Cook He                      38 (CB)

3rd Ted Zhang                    38

Division 2

1st Antony Liken               39

2nd Darryl Dowthwaite  38 (CB)

3rd David Crombie           38

Thursday 16 March

Bayley Ryder Tournament - Combined Stableford

Ladies

1st Marie Bell                     45 (Winner of Bayley Ryder Cup)

2nd Marilyn Yates              43

3^rd Stephanie Withell        42

Men

1st John McRae                 44

2nd Dennis Morgan          39 (CB)

3rd Cook He                        39

9 Hole Ladies Results – from Kay Worley

Wednesday March 15^th

Hidden Holes Stableford

1^st Sylvia Strong

2^nd Faye Sedgley

              on a countback from Erica O’Donnell

CLUB UPDATE – GENERAL MANAGER

Clean Down Area

As you will all notice the old clean down area in front of the Pro Shop has been removed and has been replaced with a new 4 Bay clean down area near the 18^th Hole.

I would like to thank the following people for their work on this.

Greenkeepers:

Colin and Chris for their input into the design.

Design and Build:

FORM Garden Architecture Ltd for the design.

Cultivated Image for the building of the area.

A BIG thank you to those who donated towards the area and enabled us to make this happen.

David Shipley

Saturday Match Committee

Julie and Brian Jones

Phil Barlow

Mid-Week Men

BIG THANK YOU FROM SCOTTY

I couldn't say a lot on the night, so to everyone at Harewood Golf a massive thank you from Heather and myself. Being a member for over 20 years I always knew that we were made up of so many incredible people. I was quite overwhelmed by the generosity of the club, but in hindsight not surprised. 

To Harvey and Brian, I can't express enough a big thank you for all your work. I was a bit miffed thinking I was coming to watch Brian play golf at 7am. A good friend but not sure I need to watch him play that much.

I have already started to book my first item, a rail ride from Greymouth to Auckland. 

Cheers,

Scott