byron bay golf club - links july 2015

Ladies line up togive it a go

Clubhouse: (02) 6685 6470Pro Shop: (02) 6685 6977

July 2015

NEARLY 30 ladies signed upfor week one of the Give Golf A Goinitiative late last month. Because ofthe better than expected turnout, two,one-

Great turnout for new lesson sessions

hour sessions were held with club pro,Greg Stewart (above) giving somebasic lessons and handy tips.

Turn to page 10 for more.

New smokingrules for club- Page 2

Brett's 100kmbush bash- Page 3

Pennant team'sfinal pain- Page 6

Whispers fromthe 19th- Page 8

INSIDE THISMONTH'S

LiNKS

July 2015

New outdoorsmoking lawscome into forcethis month The club's new smokers' corner.

NEW smoking legislationhas been implemented statewideas of Monday July 6. As you mayhave noticed, in the corner of thelawn we have an area that will bethe designated smoking area forthe clubhouse (apart from the out-door gaming room).

Simply put, the new legislationstates that there is to be nosmoking in an outdoor dining area(or within four-metres of thisarea) while food is being servedand also there is to be no smokingwithin four-metres of an entry orexit from a club, hotel, restaurantor café. For simplicity andconsistency, we have chosen thecorner of the lawn to be ourdesignated smoking area as it isfour metres from the doors to theclubhouse from the lawn and it isalso four metres from the deckarea.

We apologise for anyinconvenience that this causes,however, we must do our best toabide by changing legislation andall staff will be informed tosupport these changes.

Please also keep in mind that anyfines issued through this newlegislation go to the smoker, notthe venue.

So please co-operate when thestaff politely ask you to move tothe designated area.mmm

DUE to the wet weather of the lastweek of June, the Men's WinterCup was pushed back by oneweek, with the first round setdown for Saturday July 4.

And the ladies have had a re-

sounding response to their "gamefor golf" campaign (even finallygot me out there to learn how to hitthe ball).

Thanks to the ladies for organisingit and what a great introduction togolf on our course and with Gregas our instructor.mmm

GET ready for the State of Origindecider on Wednesday, July 8.We will again be having the AsahiSuper Lounge up for grabs for thebig game.

To be in the draw just place yourTAB ticket into the barrel at thebar - it has to be a Byron Bay GolfClub TAB ticket though.

The winning ticket will be drawn15 minutes before the game startswith the winner getting primelounge position in front of the bigscreen and seats for two matesalong with complimentary Asahifor the duration of the game.

The first Ashes cricket test fromEngland also will be on TV in theclub, so come on up and enjoyboth your favourite sports at thesame time.

July 2015

Brett takes on100km endurancerun for good cause

RUNNING 100km along arugged, mountainous bush track -much of it at night - is a long wayremoved from a friendlyWednesday afternoon singlestableford comp on our course.

But that's exactly what one of ourmembers, Brett Thomas,(pictured right) did in May whenhe competed in the North Face100km Ultra Marathon in the BlueMountains.

While he took on his first ultramarathon to challenge himself,he also had another very goodreason for taking on such agruelling event - to raiseawareness and vital funds for theCerebral Palsy Alliance.

One of his best mates has a seven-year-old daughter, Eva, who liveswith mild cerebral palsy afterhaving a stroke at just 10 days old.

So far he has raised $8900 for thealliance which provides a range ofservices for kids like Evaincluding physiotherapy, speechtherapy, swimming lessons andtransition to school.

While he has long been a keenrunner, Brett started training

seriously for the ultramarathon last Decembermixing distance runningwith sprints, stair workand riding his bike.

To complete such atesting course, thetraining , he said, had tobe "solid", but he stillmade sure he spent timewith his wife, Alex, andtwo children, Zara, 3and Jake 1.

Brett, 37, started theultra mar-athon at

uncle, he had got "a little bit lost"at the mandatory food and waterstops which had cost him time.

"I was pretty happy with the time,but I am definitely going to do itagain next year," he said.

"I know I can do better. I wouldlike to go under 13 hours - 12-and-a-half hours would be good."

As well as now being an ultramarathon runner, Brett has playedice hockey as a centre at the toplevel representing Australia manytimes over 15 years.

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6.48am and crossed the finishingline 14 hours and 28 minutes laterin the dark with a torch attached tohis head.

The course through the bush, hesaid, was very testing including a5km downhill stretch at the 80kmmark followed by a final 15kmuphill slog leading to a verticalstair climb to the finish line.

"I really enjoyed it," he said. "Iloved it."

Brett said while he had goodsupport on the course from hiswife, father and an aunty and

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Brett aims to better 100km time next yearFrom previous pageIt's a sport he loves, but one thatrequires a lot of travel and with ayoung family, he says his icehockey career is on "hold".

"But I would think my wife wouldsay I am retired," he said.

As for golf, Brett, the account andbusiness development managerfor Fuji Xerox Business CentreNorthern Rivers, which printsLiNKS, plays off a handicap of 5.

With family and work commit-ments his main priorities, he

doesn't get much time to work onhis game.

He generally only gets to playonce a week in the Wednesdaycomp, but that may increase downthe track when his kids are older -that's if he's not training foranother ultra marathon.

Sixth tee 'arrangement' comes to endTHERE will be, in the near

future, a small decrease in the areaof the 6th tee.

The upper terrace on the northernend of the tee box will be loweredto the level of the main tee andthere will be a reduction in theoverall area of the tee.

During the 1980s an arrangementwas entered into with the thenowner of the house on the northernside of the 6th tee, Don Dengate,who was also a member of theclub, which allowed a smallwedge of land of his property, toadd to the size of the 6th tee.

The reasons behind the need forthe inclusion of the portion of landare not known, but the club hashad the benefit of the larger teeover the past years.

Whilst the upper terrace is notoften in play, it has been used onoccasions.

As you would be aware Donpassed away recently and the

property has been sold and as aresult, the arrangement is over.

The club has thanked Mrs Den-gate for their generosity over theyears.

The new owners of the propertyhave stated that they have nodesire to continue the arrange-ment that was previously in place,but have suggested an annual feefor the use of their land.

In turn the club has informed themthat as the arrangement has nowterminated and we will no longeruse the wedge of land.

Thus the slight change will happento the sixth tee as our staff levelthe tee and will align the retainingwall logs along the boundary line.

Picture: approximate boundary only.

July 2015

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Eleka to don thegreen and goldagainst US team

ELEKA Moore thismonth takes another steptowards a career as a pro golferafter accepting an invitation tojoin an Australian team to playan American team in a one-dayevent on the Gold Coast.

The Golf Queensland event willbe played over 18-holes at thePalmer Gold CoastInternational course at Robinaon July 9.

It will be the 17-year-old's firsttime in the green and gold of hercountry and she's lookingforward to the challenge.

Last month, Eleka, our currentclub champion and also clubchampion at Ballina Golf Club,got her handicap down to one.

But it "blew out" to two aftercarding 33 points in the lastThursday comp in June, a resultwhich she described as a"shame".

She is looking forward toplaying at the Palmer coursewhere she took part in the GregNorman Junior Masters eventlast year shooting a 74 easilymaking the cut and eventuallyfinishing seventh.

Before the Gold Coast event,Eleka is heading to Wollongongto play in the State titles, anevent she has contested for thelast three years.

A very familiar face on ourcourse and practice tee, theteenager does have a dream ofbecoming a professionalgolfer, but first, she has tocomplete her schooling.

She is enrolled at the GrovesChristian College in Brisbane,but studies by correspondencefrom her home at LennoxHead.

After completing her final yearnext year, Eleka has set hersights on a spot in a US collegewhere she can advance hergolfing dreams and to also getqualifications in thephysiotherapy field as abackup.

ELEKA Moore . . . has accepted aninvitation to play in an Australianteam against an American team.

July 2015

Barto'sboys leftdazed

THIS year's two newfaces in Byron Bay's NRGAPennant Team 2 (handicap 6-9),"the just-under-the-salary-capforeign imports", Jim Derler andPaul Dignan, with a one-off guestappearance of Mark Reedman(Team 1) and Campbell Korff(Team 3) joined the establishedelite crew of Andy Crowder,Dave Chegwyn, Dave Lambert,Steve Parker, Peter Flaus withChris Barto # 1 playing in his10th year in BB2.

With gallery numberssurprisingly down again thisyear, BB2 played Coolangatta-

Tweed Heads at Mullumbimby(lost 2/5 in brisk westerly gale),

Mullum at Murwillumbah (won5.5/1.5 in superb sunshine andslick greens) and Woodburn atLismore (won 4.5/2.5 in fog/mist

and mud), leading to the muchanticipated revenge fourth matchin the Murwillumbah final againstthe consistently strongCoolangatta team.

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July 2015

Sad golf saga is'worthy of its ownsporting obituary'

From previous pageAfter two previous consecutivefinal wins (sadly unreported inthe mainstream media), brokenby a lethargic loss in 2014, onthe sunny 2015 winter solstice,BB T2 was ominously trounced0/7 by CT with only one pairinggoing to the 18th.

As you would expect this sad golfsaga is worthy of its own sportingobituary, but mostly requiringimmediate memory loss by thetortured and distraught not somagnificent seven.

It is truly amazing how thosemonstrous trees lining the fairwayhad grown, the bunkers deeper,the greens faster and the holesmaller in the intervening twoweeks.

The long day was marred by bothpoorly executed golf (by all of us- no excuses, although offering anaverage two shots per player wasa challenge) , but regrettably alarge 40-person local social groupplayed slowly and haphazardlyahead of the pennant matchesextended the agony.

The ignominy of the stunningdefeat was compounded when atthe clubhouse presentation, thewinning callous captain Doug,more noted for his bowling ballstature than for his diplomacy,stated he thought that we mayhave offered stiffer opposition.

Formal legal proceedings havebeen initiated.

It would be greatly appreciated ifall fellow BBGC members proneto sledging and torment don'tmention this lamentable resultagain till well after ALL the

crushed competitors havecompleted their extensive privatecounselling and therapy sessionsat discrete local locations.

Arguably this year's dazzlingpennant shirts, again sponsoredby Rob Lynch, failed to providethat extra winning advantage.

Notable mentions to newcomers,Jim D (The DJ) for uniquepennant preparation by playingall four matches without anysleep and organising achauffeur/caddy to get him to andthrough some matches (what aremates for) and also Paul D'scapable colourful caddy Lieslwho tried honestly to keep theSunday swearing to the GolfGod's down to a polite minimum.

The captain's 2015 nominationfor Special Distinguished Servicecontributions is bestowed to PaulD# 2 with his gritty 2.5 wins anda new BB2 record set by Steve Pwith his 8/7 monstering of hisnow much older opponent inmatch three prior to hisbewildering 6/5 loss in matchfour (drug results pending).

The previous worst performancein recent years by BB2 in anymatch was 2/5, now obviouslyreplaced by this startling 0/7.

The BB2 history now containssome reassuring symmetry with

our emphatic 7/0 win not so longago in the 2012 final and clearlyillustrates the highs and lows ofall of our humble golfingendeavours.

Those robust players interested injoining BB2 in 2016 please sendreferences, resumes,psychological profiles andsubstantial subscriptions in brownpaper bags to BBGC executiveimmediately and desirably on aregular basis to avoiddisappointment.

As NRGA continues to considerhow to make the brief pennantseason remain relevant into thefuture, the initiative to havehome and away matchplay(desirably six or more matchesover a longer season) played onSaturdays as part of the normalclub competition is worthsupporting.

I am positive that competingclubs would not only attract moreplayer interest and galleries, butin particular allow many moreNRGA visitors to enjoy thecamaraderie of our BBGCSaturday presentations ratherthan at deserted Sundayclubhouses devoid of atmosphere.

(Thanks to Captain Barto #1for this report.)

July 2015

WHISPERS FROM THE 19thON it's maiden journey along ourfairways last month, JohnHertzberg's new battery-drivenbuggy put on a show that hadJohn's foursome mightily amused.While John was getting used tothe vagaries of the buggy'schanges of direction through aremote control device, there wereno serious hiccups on the frontnine. Howeverrrrrr! As he wasabout to putt out on the 11thgreen, one of his partners alertedhim that his buggy had goneberserk behind him and wasdoing wheelies on the fairway.Around and around it went untilJohn was able to grab it and stopits dizzying rotations. Given theremote control had been sittingon the buggy (and thrown off)and nowhere near John, who wasfocusing on his putt, there was noobvious explanation for the newbuggy's erratic and spontaneousbehaviour. The group laterpondered the outcome of thisbizarre happening if the buggyhad stopped its rotations andcharted a course towards theadjacent water hazard.mmm

CONGRATULATIONS to Ian'Cookie' Cooke (706), who acedthe third hole in a Wednedsaycomp in June. He reckons it wasthe result of a 'pure' golf shot.And who could argue againstthat?mmm

FOR six holes in a recent event,Michael Tsicalis couldn't workout why his shots were fallingmetres and metres short of wherethey would normally land.

It was only when he gave the ball,which was a bit discolouredbecause of the conditions, athorough examination that herealised why it was happening - ithad a big crack in it. Michael wasmost surprised about the ball'simperfection because it wasgiven to him by a playing partner(let's call him Paul*) who said hehad paid top dollar - two of them- for it.

* His real name.mmm

LIESL Roughead notched one upfor the ladies when she took out aSaturday men's A gradestableford event in June. Liesl,who featured in a story in our

May edition about some of ourlady golfers breaking down thebarriers by mixing it with themen, scored 34 points to take thetop prize on what was a reallytough golfing day.mmm

WHEN the going gets tough, thetough etc, etc, etc . . . JamesBarnes didn't let a little bit ofinclemency put him off turningup for the Green Jacket Challengeon the last Friday in June. Withall his mates - and just abouteveryone else - deciding it wastoo wet, and under the GreenJacket constitution, all he had todo was tee up and hit his drive toclaim the coveted jacket. He didthat and went on to play the fullback nine to show he was up tothe challenge. Despite theconditions, he reckoned he playedOK.

July 2015

Optimising winter opportunitiesOVER the last few weeks

when the weather has not been sofavourable, I have received a fewcomments along the lines of:"What are you guys going to dotoday in the rain?", or "Without astorm at this time of year, whatwould you all be doing?"

As they say, "Every opportunitymissed is an opportunity forregret."

So basically your green staff teamuse the weather to optimise anopportunity to maximise outputsand results.

Hence, why you will see a sprayrig out in the rain and the averageperson thinking, "what is hedoing, the rain is going to justwash off all the product - what awaste of time and money".

The truth of the matter with thisexample is that the product morethan likely is required to bewatered into the soil, so why tryand complete this task withirrigation running through golffields, when on a rainy day naturedoes the watering for us and thereis very minimal golf out on thecourse to interrupt?

With over 350 fairway sprinklersto be checked and audited,maintained and repaired and golfevery day, what better time towork right out in the middle of thelanding zone?

Poor weather to us means,minimal golf, soft soils fordigging and no accidental

wetting of golfers. Win/win,minimal golf ball hazards withminimal patron disruptions, not tomention due to the wet weatherthe irrigation system is notrequired to operate, so it can bedecommissioned for servicing orrepair purposes.

THEN there is the endless treemaintenance, or even treeremoval due to some, not sooptimum species planted manyyears ago.

These are responsible for a rangeof problems, whether it be, the lowoverhanging limbs that interfereswith your golf shot, or whengreenstaff try to mow around thetree.

Then there is the intrusive rootsthat block our drainage systems,or bust our irrigation pipes. Don'tforget those huge winter shadows

casting over the playable turf areasthat restrict the required light andheat for healthy turf, especiallyunder heavy traffic conditions ofgolf and golf carts.

THIS leads me into our currentwinter projects that include:

o Removal of 15 trees that wereidentified for their shadowsaffecting the health of the turf asper the most recent approveddevelopment application.

o Tree replacement program as perthe above DA consent.

o Remove all of the 750+ sprinklerheads and clean all filters, auditand repair prior to spring.

o Pump station maintenanceprior to spring.

o Prune the southern side of thedriveway garden to reduce theencroaching limbs over thedriveway.

o Ongoing continuation of lowlimb removal as per golf andequipment priorities.

o Re-turfing repairs of in-playareas at the end of winter inpreparation for spring.

o Flush out drainage dischargepoints.

MY next report for LiNKS will befrom the John Deere Classic in theUSA, so stay tuned. I hope theAussie winter is kind to the golfcourse while I am away.

July 2015

Give Golf a Go day successIT has been a busy

month for the ladies. Key eventsheld included our Vets OpenDay and the Pink Ballfundraiser, as well as the launchof our Give-Golf-a-Go initiative.Pennant has also concluded.

Lady Vets Open Day - ThursdayJune 4

We had a good size field,welcoming 'old friends' frommost of the local clubs and alovely warm day. Con provideda nice lunch and all went offwell.

Suffolk Park Pharmacy again

sponsored the day and JayneAnderson came to present thetrophies - our thanks to them fortheir continued support for thisevent.

The overall winner was YvonneSmart from Ballina with acreditable 43 points. Kay Beierwas the best local winningDivision 1 with 37 points withMargaret Smith the best Super-Vet with 33 points.)

Pink Ball Day

THIS is one of the most populardays in the ladies calendar.

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LADY GOLFERS

ABOVE: Jayne Anderson fromSuffolk Park Pharmacy with Kay Beier.

July 2015

Fun-filledPink BallDay eventFrom previous pageWe get dressed up in pink (and afine for those who don't) and insome cases dress up our cartsand all for a good cause -breastcancer research.

The event of the day is the scorefor the pink ball and in teams ofthree each player plays six holeswith the pink ball.

Losing the pink ball spellsdisaster. Bev Stout and SueCharles both waded in'womanfully' after their team's'pinkys' - even though neither ofthem was responsible for theerrant shots - but to no avail.

No dramas for our winners onthe day, Stella Hetherington,Jane Marsden and SandraLarsson. With Mulligans andfines on the day, as well as theprofits from the soup lunch onthe day, we have so far raisedmore than $400 for breast cancerresearch.

With gold coin donations at anafternoon tea on Vets Day andthen at a morning tea before ourforthcoming bi-annual meeting,we are hopeful of topping $500.

Give Golf a GoWE were delighted to see

27 ladies booked in for Week 1 ofour 'Give Golf a Go' initiative lastTuesday.

With so many, the group was splitin to two for a one-hour 'basics'lesson with Greg. Some werecomplete beginners, others hadsome golfing 'know-how', but allseemed grateful for some 'hand-holding' as they seek to build somegolf skills.

Club manager Wendy and Jessfrom behind the bar joined in.Wendy said: "It was fun, but Idon't think I'll be turning proanytime soon."

A few more ladies booked in forintroductory lesson two thefollowing week - so the more themerrier.

LEFT: Club pro, Greg Stewart,giving advice at the first GiveGolf a Go day.

Step two then follows as a series ofsmall group lessons with Greg. Inparallel with steps one and two, weare organising small groups toplay a few holes with ladymembers to learn about playing around, including tips on rules andetiquette.

Hopefully then it's on to 9-holesand even 18.

OUR Division 1 teamfinished strongly with 5-0 (+1 forthe team win) over Mullumbimbyin the last round and finished in2nd place. Unfortunately we wereunable to haul in Coolangatta-Tweed after they thrashed us inround 1 - but we were closing in.

Coming Up - Ladies Bi-annualMeeting, Tuesday July 7 at 7.45am

This is a chance to review howwe're going and explore waysperhaps of doing it better. Soplease come with yourconstructive ideas/suggestions.The meeting will be preceded bya morning tea with a gold coindonation to conclude our fundraising for breast cancer research.

LEFT: Pink Day winners - Stella, Jane and Sandra

HOW about this month's subject is'How to play golf whilst swimming.'This month, I want to talk about theclubface position on takeaway.

So many players struggle with thisposition which is critical for hittingthe golf ball consistently.

Picture 1 is the correct position

Picture 2 is a closed position.

Achieving the correct position allows our hands,wrists andforearms to function correctly.

So give yourself a check up next time you have a club in yourhands.

Good golfing.Greg Stewart

July 2015

TIP FROM THE PRO

Green Jacket crew on tourTHE club's Friday

Green Jacket crew might havebeen in Melbourne for thesecond State of Origin clash,but it didn't stop them playingtheir weekly challenge matchfor the coveted coat.Not wanting to venture too farfrom the bright lights and barsof Bleak City's CBD, theyplayed their game at the indoorgolf centre in Exhibition Street.Nine of the travelling partyplayed a Dubai course whichsome found challenging,hooking and slicing intoadjoining bays.Only Bruce Hammond stayed inthe middle of the fairway.To the dismay of the centre'soperators, Dave Hamilton brokethree drivers with Doug Copeeventually prevailing over the

18 holes to take the jacket.Other players were JamesBarnes, Andy Craig, Bert Zara,Karsten Schramm, DeanWagemaker and Chris Cubis.They all managed to make it tothe MCG to watch the mightyBlues give it to Queensland,

ABOVE: The Green Jacket crewat the indoor golf centre inMelbourne.(Thanks to Bruce 'Straight Downthe Middle' Hammond for thisreport.)

with not all tour party membershappy with the result.

July 2015

Social PlayersDuring my 7 years as Vice-Captainor Captain I have had a handful ofmembers come to me registeringtheir opposition to having "Socialplayers" in the middle of Wed orSat comps. The truth of the matteris, that as a semi-private golf clubwe are very reliant on green feepaying visitors to the tune ofapprox. $400,000 per annum. IfWed and Sat fields were 150+players each week then we may beable to be a little more selectiveabout which days visiting groupscan play our course but at fields of100-120 we need all the green feepaying visitors we can get.

Course Rating and theSlope RatingIt has been almost 18 months sincethe added detail of Slope Ratingwas added to scorecards, advisoryhandicap sheets were on displayand the concept of GA Handicapand Daily Handicaps wereintroduced. We moved from a "onehandicap fits all courses" system toa "handicap to fit the course on theday" system.

Course Rating also changed. Priorto the current system, golf courseswere rated using similarmeasurement guidelines to now,but only in terms of how a Scratchmarker would play the course.

PETER SINCLAIR

CAPTAIN’SCALL

Unfortunately, despite best efforts by Greg Stewartand his team to determine a group's suitability overthe phone, some of them will still lack basic golfknowledge and etiquette. It is with this fact inmind that at our latest Board meeting we decidedthat a "WELCOME TO BBGC" sheet will bedrafted for the Pro-shop to hand to every visitinggroup which will outline what we expect in basicrules and etiquette. Along these lines;

· If you are playing within a clubcompetition please keep up with the groupin front at all times

· Please ensure you are hitting your own golfball and do not pick up any "stray "golfballs.

· Please fill your divots and rake all bunkersOf course there will be more but we don't want tobombard them so we will keep it brief, direct yetpolite and in large font so they can all read it.

Remember we want all visitors to enjoy theirByron golf experience and also they could betrying the course out with a view to joining, soplease be courteous if there is a need to engagethem for any reason.

In conjunction with Greg Stewart we will also bedrafting one for cart users re blue paint lines andbollards/ropes etc.

The current system of rating, based on the USGACourse Rating System, maintains that both theScratch golfer and the Bogey golfer should beconsidered in the course rating "mix".

Why have a Slope Rating?The underlying principle of the Slope Rating is therecognition that higher marker golfers find itharder to adjust to more difficult courses thanlower golfers do. As a result depending on thedifficulty of a course a player's daily handicap mayincrease or decrease. A quick look at advisoryhandicap sheets for various courses illustrates theimpact of the Slope Rating on the higher GAHandicap as opposed to the lower GA Handicap.

How is the Slope Determined?When each hole on a nominated course is ratedusing the USGA system, 2 sets of measurementsfor each shot played are taken - one for the Scratchmarker and one for the Bogey marker. Thesemeasurements include fairway widths at landingzones, the distance of rough, trees, water hazards,bunkers, OOB lines from the centre of theselanding zones, stance matters and other obstacles.The length of approach shots to the green andgreen size, green difficulty, bunker impact etc areall measured. These measurements are

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From previous pagethen given numerical values (taken from the USGACourse Rating Manual) for both the Scratch andBogey golfer. A "psychological" loading may also beadded if the obstacle rating criteria are met. Thecalculations occur, a scratch rating is determined anda bogey golfer outcome, which reflects the relativedifficulty of the course for the bogey golfer comparedto the scratch player, is determined.

Why is there variation in Slope Ratings fordifferent courses?The USGA system dictates certain criteria for thescratch and bogey golfer. For men it states theaverage tee shot for the scratch marker is 250y(229m) and fairway shot 220y (201m). The bogeygolfer (average playing handicap 20) has a 200y(183m) tee shot and 170y (155m) fairway shot. Forthe women it is scratch tee shot 210y (192m) andfairway shot 190y (174m). For the bogey player(average playing handicap 24) the tee shot is 150y(137m) and fairway shot 130y (119m).

Consequently measurements and assessments forlanding zones, obstacle ratings, green approachlengths etc for the scratch and bogey golfer may varylanding zone to landing zone, hole to hole and courseto course.

There is a lot of information on the Golf Australiawebsite for those seeking more detail on our newhandicapping system.

Thanks to Judy Priest for her assistance with thiscontribution.

SponsorsPaul Clark of Clark Accounting and Co in Bangalowhas just committed to provide a new prize for thoseskilful or lucky enough to hole out on any of our par3s during Wed or Sat comps.

Ian (706) Cooke holed out on the 3rd a couple of Wedago and it was afterwards that Paul spoke to me aboutwanting to sponsor a new prize for that achievement.

After some discussions it was agreed that Paul willpay for a $45 bottle of red wine and a $30 bottle ofwhite wine for anybody scoring an Ace in the Wedand Sat comps. If the golfer is under 18 or a non-drinker Paul has agreed to provide a Club voucher inlieu.

Very generous offer by Paul which is muchappreciated and good luck all golfers in having acrack at this rare bird! In the photo below is IanCooke receiving the first Hole In One bottles of winefrom Paul Clark.

Whilst talking sponsors it is great to finally see all ourTee surfboards now filled with sponsor details andhole graphics. Welcome aboard (pun intended) toHuxley Insurance on the 7th, Byron Coastal RealEstate on 11th, Yellow Brick Road WealthManagement on 12th and McGrath Real Estate on4th.

Finally from me I would like to welcome the newcatering team to the club - lead by Ninette Drew andKevin Gow. I wish them every success and lookforward to many memorable meals and functions. Iwould also like to congratulate the Catering sub-committee led by Gary Charles and including RobMacMillan, Steve Parker and Wendy Perry fornegotiating this new agreement.

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