The first round was played on Saturday 25^th March and the Second round will be played this coming Saturday on the: 7^th April.

Players are reminded that your best nett round from either of the two rounds played on 25^th March or 7^th April will be used as your qualifying round for the Aquila, Wilcox & Green Cups. Only one round counts and so if you missed out on the 25^th March it is still not too late for you to qualify - if you play on the 7^thApril!

Using your best round, from either of the above mentioned two dates, The top 16 players in each division will have an automatic entry into the Matchplay series to be played as follows:

Round 1 19^th May

Round 2 9^th June

Round 3 7^th July With the three divisional finals to be played on Finals day.

As stated entry into the Matchplay draw will be automatic but it will be YOUR responsibility to take yourself out of the competition if you cannot make all of the published rounds (just phone the Pro-shop) If you do this we can easily replace you with someone who just missed out and we can avoid the byes and annoying no-shows.

That said, and bearing in mind amount of time between rounds, If a match cannot be played on the due date the Men’s Committee will be sympathetic to requests to play matches before the next round is due if both players agree to it.

This is the Club’s prestigious Strokeplay Championship to be played over 54 Holes in three Grades;

Round 1. 28^th April

Round 2. 5^th May

Round 3 12^th May

Jay and his team will arrange a seeded draw for the top 12 players in each division for the final round on the 12^th May; this should add to the atmosphere and again provide some good spectator sport.

This was a hard fought series of matches played in a great sprit on Sunday 18^th March 12 Kiwis took on 12 men from the rest of the world, playing a scheduled 45 holes of golf, the Kiwis came second on this occasion. By popular request we will look into the possibility of making this an annual event.

Fridge is on the lookout for volunteers to help as ball spotters etc.

Eves and Owen Phelps have kindly agreed to sposor this competition again this year with $250 going to to the winning team and $150 to the runners up on Finals day.

Round 1. 14^th April

Round 2. 26^th May

Round 3. 16^th June

A notice will go up in the men’s locker room shortly - the first 16 teams listed to Qualify.

This year Tauranga Golf Club was a finalist in this award; our certificate will appear in the Club house shortly. Well done to all of the staff/team involved – you can find further details on the Club’s Facebook page.