We have a new informative feature from Greens starting this week at the end of the newsletter. We also have lots of results to share plus information about an opportunity to buy a team polo shirts for the men.
Bogey 6
Congratulations and utmost respect to current gentleman captain David Wainwright for recovering from his Captain’s dinner the night before and then going out to score 3 up in Bogey 6 on Saturday. What staying power! Peter Atherton was second with two up whilst Paul Taylor secured third spot with his score of one up.
Sharp Memorial
The gentleman captain’s winning score of three up was also good enough to secure him victory in the Sharp Memorial. This is awarded to the golfer with the best aggregate score from four of the six Bogeys that are played over the winter. His aggregate score was five up. David Rodwell was second with four up. Danny Fox was also four up but he was beaten into third place following a card play off.
Open Nine Hole Winter Stableford
This was played over two dates: Saturday 25th February and Thursday 2nd March. The scoring was incredibly consistent with ten players sharing the same score of 20 points at the top of the leaderboard. So after many card play offs, the winner of the ladies prize was Kairen Seaton and the runner up was Gail Sampson. On the men’s side, David Rodwell finished on top with Ian Goulty the runner up.
The turn out for the two days was really encouraging and great to see.
Men’s Team Polo Shirts
Here’s a message from David Rodwell…
I am excited to announce that we have decided to introduce Hale GC crested polo shirts for this year’s Captain’s matches. These new shirts are not only comfortable, but they will also help us look and feel our best while representing our club.
Our new Foot-Joy shirts will feature our club logo prominently displayed on the front. The colour will be navy (white logo) and we are suggesting the Stretch Pique Solid (see below). More details can be found by clicking here.
Richard will be placing an order soon for these shirts, so please contact him in the Pro Shop to reserve yours.
Please note that these shirts are optional, but all members of the Captain’s squad are encouraged to consider purchasing one.
Finally, the dates for most of this year’s fixtures have now been arranged and can be seen on Clubv1 (Menu => Club Teams =>Captain’s Matches). Confirmation of the full list of fixtures will be sent once all dates have been finalised.
I look forward to seeing you all soon on the course sporting our new team shirts!
Nine & Divine
The club’s first Nine and Divine took place on Sunday (like a Nine & Dine but on a Sunday morning rather than a late Friday afternoon). The winners were Keith and Tracey with 23 points. Second place went to Kerry Bailey and Phil Long and third spot went to Pat & Barry Jefferies. All three teams scored 23 points so the final standings were sorted out via countback. The golf was followed by Sunday lunch so a great time was had by all.
Snips from Greens
We are going to try and run a regular feature to help with common rules queries that crop up. Thank you to Bob Siddle for providing the content.
Picking up a ball – this is arguably the most common error made by golfers worldwide. Whilst everyone marks a ball when they lift it on a putting green (whether theirs or someone else’s), many people do not mark a ball when they handle one elsewhere on the course (eg to identify if it is their ball).
If a ball has to be replaced in it’s original position then it must be marked first. If you forget to do this with your own ball you should apply a one stroke penalty to your score.
If you are lifting a ball to place it elsewhere because you are entitled to relief (eg from abnormal ground conditions) there is no requirement for you to mark your ball first. Our preferred lies relief rules at Hale for example (whether you are placing the moved ball back on grass or a mat) do not require you to mark the ball position before lifting it.
It is good practice to do so, however, if you take your lifted ball a pace or two away to clean it (by your trolley for example) so you know for sure where the original spot was.