54 Hole Strokeplay Championship

This is one of the Club’s two most important Championship events the other being the Matchplay Championship.

The first round, of three, was played in very testing conditions last Saturday 28^th April; with the next rounds due to be played:

Along side the Strokeplay Championship the Men’s Committee will also be running the following Competitions:

Now that we are entering the Matchplay season it is an opportune time to remind members of the rules around Matchplay cards.

In short, the NZ Golf handicapping system requires that scores from all forms of competition, including matchplay, must be entered for handicapping purposes.

The only exceptions being Pennants and the Club’s Matchplay Championship.

·    Once you have played 13 Holes of Matchplay if your Match finishes before the 18^th and you decide to play on then, for the remaining holes, your score per hole cannot exceed par plus handicap allowance i.e. 2 Stableford points.

     In a 9 Hole competition this rule applies after hole 7.

This rule will be posted within the locker room and will be strictly enforced as it will help prevent any unfortunate accusations of handicap ‘manipulation’ if a player’s game deteriorates after his game has been won or lost.

Once again a big thank you to Jason Ornberg for arranging this very successful event; Dave Cooper (Coops) won the Green Jacket.

Conditions were truly terrible with a gale force wind driving very heavy rain; it is probably fair to say that on a normal day play would have been cancelled but with Club Calendars being so busy at this time of year the only logical decision was to cancel the Foursomes and just play the Singles. To have played 18 holes in those conditions and then, after a short lunch, to have to go out and do it again, whilst cold and wet, would have been too much to ask of the players..

All of our teams did well but it’s commiserations to the Intermediate & Junior teams who just came up short.

The Champs were all tied up at 3 all so it took the cool head of George Wardell to seal the deal on the first play off hole for our team to retain the title. Well done to you all for reaching the Finals!

We have a spare date on the Calendar for 30^th June and to make a change from the usual stableford or Medal format we decided on a Foursome Competition. This will be played in one grade with any combination of handicap grades allowed so have a think about who you would like to partner. Booking details will be given in the June Newsletter.