Club Captain - Phil Barlow

You know it’s a strong Nor ’wester when the jets are taking off on the short runway, and to add to that it was another day of over 30 degrees to greet the Saturday golf. Last Saturday was the end of Summer Cup for the men with a solid finish by Tim Wenmoth to take it out by only 2 stableford points.

We saw another great weekend of golf for Kiwi’s with Lydia Ko taking out the Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona, and Steve Alker also winning his first appearance of the year at Hualalai GC in Hawaii.

Just in case you were unaware, there has been a couple of small changes in the way that golf handicaps are calculated worldwide. For more information, take a look at the article on the R & A site here.

A couple of small reminders for the start of 2024 – please observe the club dress standard on and off the course. A “good” standard of dress is expected. Please also note that if by any chance you do have to have young children with you in a cart on the course, they must remain in the cart at all times for their own safety, and not be running around on the course.

This weekend sees the club start the year proper with competitions with Stableford for the men, and Opening day for the women with all teeing off from 11:30am with several trophies up for grabs (see the latest programme for details). It is also the start of Shootout for 2024 for both men ($50) and women ($40).

A reminder the latest programme for the year is out and available at the Pro Shop, so grab a copy and stay ahead of what is coming up, as well as keeping an eye out here at Woodlands Word.

Next week Sat 3 Feb) is the club Opening Day for the club with the usual two shotgun starts on the day. Tee times are 8:00am and 12:30pm so let the Pro Shop know your preference and get in as soon as you can. There will be the usual Stableford prizes as well as the novelty closest to pins, straightest drives etc. Entry fee is $20 for everyone, and that includes 2’s and Nett Eagle draws for each session.

Results for last Saturday

Upcoming golf (for full details refer to the 2024 programme available at the Pro Shop).

Sat 27 Jan – Men: Stableford. Women: Opening Day 11:30 start – see programme for more details. Allprint Shootout starts for all.

Sat 3 Feb – Club Opening Day Shotguns – Stableford (8:00am and 12:30pm starts).

Sat 10 Feb – Men: Monthly Medal (Blue). Women: Jean Dench All irons, others Stroke.

Sat 17 Feb – Men: 4BBB Qual Rnd 1, others Stroke. Women: 4BBB Qualifying, others Combined Stableford.

Sat 24 Feb – Men: 4BBB Qual Rnd 2, others Stableford. Women: FMS Stableford Rnd 1.

Sat 2 Mar – Men: Monthly Medal – Black, Blue and White tee. Wome: LGU Rnd 2 and other comps.

Enjoy your golf.

Ladies Results – Lesley Hedges

Mid Week Women’s Interclub Results

The 2024 women’s interclub season started on Monday 22nd January.

Playing at Weedons, the 18 Hole Silver team won 5/1 vs Waimairi Beach.

Playing at Hororata, the 18 Hole 6s lost 5/1 to Rangiora.

Playing at Bottle Lake, the 18 Hole 4s won 3/1 vs Ellesmere.

Playing at Coringa, the 9 Hole team lost 64/53 to Avondale.

This year we also have two weekend teams though their season has not yet started.

Mid Week Men Results - By David Williams-Jones

We would like to acknowledge the recent passing of a past member of the MWM’s group up until 2020/2021 Geoff (Muscroft) Taylor.

Thursday, 25th January. Combined stroke

Great conditions on course which helped with scoring but it still takes ability to record a net 65. Congratulations to Alan Dickson (off a 14 handicap).

1st    John McRae & Brian Jones                146 strokes

2nd   Alan Dickson & Paul Skellerup         148

3rd    Dave Lin & Bruce Rickard                 149

4th    Ray Polson & Kevin Pritchard          150

Max Wright one the first of our weekly longest successful putt competitions. Thank you to Tomas Hruby of Truscott Hamilton for making this possible