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FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS & GUESTS
GENERAL ENQUIRIES 9958 6900
VOLUME 14 ISSUE 2
THE PRO SHOP 9958 7517
August 2012
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The 2012 Pennant Season has now finished with some very close results
and, as always, great competition for the Ladies of Northbridge.
The
By Kim & Tarina
Weekend Pennant has been finalised and the ladies battled some great
competition but it was not to be this year. Lynda Brenock’s strategic
planning of the teams was much appreciated.
The Gordon Shield, our top ladies Weekday Pennant team, brought home the Shield for the 2nd year in a row, going through the competition undefeated. The
team unfortunately endured challenges weekly as sickness and holiday makers caused the Field Captain, Jackie Potter, to make
many last minute changes but it was a great effort and congratulations to all who participated.
The Bronze III Pennant team were motivated by their Field Captain Margaret McDonald who rallied her team weekly to
attend practice at the clubs but the competition proved to be too strong on a few occasions. The competition was enjoyable and
the courses they played were some of the best in Sydney. The ladies enjoyed their golf and look forward to returning next year.
The Bronze II Pennant final round was played in extraordinary weather conditions. Under the leadership
of Field Captain, Julie Jones, the team enjoyed a successful season and with 3 teams all on the same
score it came down to games played to determine the winner. Bayview were the clear winner on games
Winners on the
won and Northbridge came in second, narrowly defeating Wakehurst by 1/2 a game.
Skin Vision Beauty Salon day
It is always a privilege to attend the final day and this year both Kim and I have experienced the
camaraderie and friendships made through these Pennant Games. It is certainly an important part of our
golfing program. I would like to thank the spotters who came to help when the matches were at
Northbridge, it was very much appreciated. A special thanks also to our resident Trainee Professional
Earl McGlinn who gave clinics to our pennant players. His tips on putting and chipping made a big
difference to those who participated.
The Victory Singles was won by Jane Loveday 6/4 against Bev Wilson and the Consolation Singles won
by Sue Webb. There were some very long matches leading up to the final, one going to the 22nd hole
before a result. In the past this has been our major individual match play event of the year, however this
year numbers were down. The Match Committee has reviewed this and hope that by running the event
over a slightly longer period next year, it will give players more time to arrange their matches, and more
Winners Jane Loveday & Sue Webb
members will be able to commit to this event.
The 3BBB Ladies Team Classic, an event run by GNSW to raise money for the NSW ladies Open was
held on a very windy day where showers of rain swept across the course. The winners on the day were Olga Psomadelis, Sue Dwyer and
Bev Coleman with +9 who play in the district final at Cromer on 16 October. Good Luck. The weekend ladies also competed in this event but
their day was worse with constant rain and unplayable conditions however they completed their rounds and were only beaten by 1.
The Willoughby Shield is contested by the gold medal winners from the 3 clubs, Northbridge, Castlecove & Chatswood, This year the event
was hosted by Castlecove. Our Gold Medal winner from 2011 Karen Mayoh represented Northbridge and Kim caddied for her. On the day
the representative from Chatswood was unable to play due to injury, so the Shield was contested in great spirit between the two remaining
players and won by Myra from Castlecove. Afterwards they enjoyed the hospitality of the Castlecove Ladies and the Shield was presented to
the winning Club.
The Stroke rounds have been well attended and on the 20 June Div I was tied by Susie Walker
(27) and Jane Loveday (12) with Net 65. The playoff took place and Susie Walker (27) won
with a Net 66 on 11 July. Div II was won by Carol Wilson (30) with a Net 64 and Div
III by Janet Goodman (34) Net 61. On 11 July Div I was won by Jennie Rosenthall
(22) Net 62 Div II was won by Liz Burke (31) net 62 and Div III was won by Susan
Kelly (37) Net 71. The weekend Stroke rounds were played on 27 May and was
won by Sukja Lee (21) Net 66 and on the 8 July both Karen Skelton (18) and
Melissa Ng (25) had a Net 67 so they will playoff for the Medal on 19 August.
The Fourball Knockout was won on 15 August by Bev Wilson and Jackie Potter
Fourball Knockout Winners & Runners up:
defeating Kim McGlinn and Bev Louttit in a tough match that went to the 18th.
Bev Wilson, Jackie Potter
Jackie and Bev were very pleased to finally win this event after making the Final for several years but only winning
Bev Louttit & Kim McGlinn
Silver. The day was capped off with all enjoying a Novelty team event, including some variations as you can see by the
photos together with a fine demonstration of ‘Boot Scootin’ by Karen Mayoh who celebrated her birthday in style.
Looking forward, we have a Visitors / Open day this month and the committee is busy preparing for what will be a special day after the success of the first event
in April. The chosen charity for the upcoming event is Red Kite-supporting children, young people and families through cancer. We know the day will be popular and
look forward to your support.
We have had some other special events such Judy Brady’s Tea for Two Trophy which was won by Carol Wilson and two Wednesdays were sponsored by
L’Oreal and Skin Vision Beauty Salon at Pymble respectively, all winners of these events were very happy with their prizes. The Club and Minor Championships
begin on 19 September and this year the format is 3 stroke rounds on consecutive Wednesdays. The Moser Bowl (handicaps 29 +) will be over 2 stroke rounds and
this year to encourage our higher handicappers to participate, we are running the Bowen Trophy (h’caps 35 +) as
a stableford event over 2 rounds also beginning on 19 September.
The rain we have had over the winter months has not dampened the spirits of our ladies and we look forward to
some warmer and dryer days ahead. We have some great events coming up in the next few months so look out
for information regarding these as you do not want to miss out.
May the golfing Gods smile upon you and remember it is just a game !
Wednesday Happenings
A few weeks ago a group of ladies were spotted having lunch at the Club, some of whom although no longer
Members still return to catch up with friends. That’s Northbridge, a bunch of moments where the stress of
everyday life gives way to the real stuff. Being with friends .....A chat about anything where time is separated by a
sip from a glass. Cheers
Bushcare Notes
By Alison Davis The Golf course has been saturated time after time, and the bush has also. It is not all negative in the bush, its making up for the
dry times, and hopefully later in the spring we will have a good blossoming time.
It has been too wet for Andrew to even contemplate bringing his vehicle in to transport the weeds. Meanwhile the bush has been providing
habitat for some ground dwelling birds – they have really needed shelter from these freezing winds and rain. The Bushcarers task has been
a muddy one, with soil clinging to roots – we do not look like glamour girls when we have finished! So this is in praise of my workers,
conditions have not been so great, but they are a dedicated bunch and have turned up and worked despite the mud. Hooray girls!
AUGUST 2012
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From the President Linden Gulson
On The Green
Malcolm Harris-Course Superintendant
Hole # 3
After lengthy delays with the prolonged wet weather and issues with council
approval for tipping contractors, work is almost now complete at the 1st hole. The
mounding has been mulched and is awaiting the planting of approximately 5,000
trees, shrubs, native grasses and groundcovers. The end result will be a very
pleasing shute appearance to the 1st tee shot and a much safer car park next to
the oval as few wayward balls will ever land there.
There are great benefits to the environment with the creation of new areas
and restoration of degraded areas of vegetation planted out with endemic species
of flora to the local area. This project has been a real benefit to the club as the
original request from council was to erect a costly and unsightly screen along the
1st tee. This project has created some much needed income for the club instead
of it being an expense, as well as it adding to the natural beauty of one of the
most picturesque bushland courses in Sydney.
We are planning on some more of these sandstone capping projects around
the course this financial year. Discussions are underway with Willoughby council
in regards to the scope of work, with some initial positive feedback received. One
of the areas we are looking at is the 10th fairway, left edge of the bushland just
before the dogleg.
Overall the course has handled the very wet winter quite well. The greens
and fairways are in good shape and will bounce back to excellent condition with
the warmer spring weather. As usual some of the tees in full shade through
winter are struggling. They also will improve with the warmer weather and the
increased sunlight. Some returfing of the worst areas will help.
After a very wet and unpleasant summer we have been lucky
enough to experience a dry and mild winter. This has allowed the
course to be presented in a very favourable condition and has given us
the opportunity to complete the various tasks associated with the oval
soil project. At the time of writing and given continued dry weather the
final mounding, mulching and planting of the area between the first tee
and the oval will have been completed. As it is the first impression of
those playing the course, it is important to have the first hole well
presented.
The Board is confident that the continued improvements being
made to the course will result in greater public patronage and
increased interest in membership.
The current economic conditions have seen the Club trade
through a tough financial year. The Board has reacted positively by
attempting to increase clubhouse trade as well as minimising costs.
The success of the Friday night activities is testimony to this. I invite all
members to take part in these and future events.
We are trying to continually improve communications via regular
and informative alerts that keep members abreast of clubhouse and
golfing activities. We are also in the process of overhauling our website
and members and visitors should notice these improvements within a
month or two.
As with every year, we hope for a high retention of golfing
membership and a healthy intake of new members. I would ask that
existing members help in this regard by identifying and introducing any
prospective members. Remember that there are incentives in place for
members and new members when joining the Club. The ongoing
prosperity and healthy atmosphere associated with the Club is very
much dependent on a full and active membership.
Your Board is always open to new and constructive ideas so I
welcome any input from any member should they have something to
offer.
From the Captain Phil Peterson
A funny lot:
Golfers are a funny lot! Many examples of this are evident as I look around
beautiful Northbridge Golf Club. When I say funny I don’t necessarily mean that
they always make me laugh but it the best description I can think of to cover a
multitude of adjectives. Listed below are some of those examples.
There are many players at Northbridge who are not short of a quid. However
these same players will talk for hours after golf how they lost a small amount of
“skins” to another burglar in their regular group. The fact that the money tends to
go round and around from week to week, does not seem to factor in their thinking.
Then there is the successful business people and professionals who leave
their business faculties in the car park. Watch as they wander around the course
oblivious to the queue of golfers behind wanting them to get a move on. The
search for a second hand ball lost in the bush becomes of vital importance. They
will leave their buggy parked in the way at the front of the green then have to walk
all the way back to get it, though usually they will stand on the green and fill in the
score card first. Such unfocussed behaviour at work would get them the “bullet”.
Some of the players behind would like to give them a different kind of bullet!
Next view the golfer who has taken on the role of the ‘mean caddy’. A mean
caddy will tell you that you are a xxxxing hopeless golfer, you can’t putt, you
should be playing bowls, you are the worst golfer in the club! If you had a caddy
like that you would sack him, but some players say these things to themselves all
the way around.
What about the members who have such predictable habits. People will say
things like – oh John, he’s always late getting to the course. Or, get John to buy
the first round because he won’t be here for the last. Or, John has no idea of the
rules. Or, John complains about everything. I’m sure we all have these
mannerisms, but why don’t we change?
Lastly there are the members who think that having the newest piece of
equipment will solve their scoring problems. It would be funny to have a contest
where we found the member with the most Drivers in his garage!
Yes we are a funny lot. But let’s hope we can all try to become a better lot for
the benefit of all.
Good golfing
AUGUST 2012
Congratulations David
Johnston winning the
Member’s Jackpot Draw of $1250.
You have to be here at the Club to win-now on
Wednesday & Friday nights
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Bored Games
By Stephen Scholfield, long-standing member and poorly informed social commentator
OK, here's today’s nostalgia question: What childhood game does this statement remind you of? “Colonel Mustard in the library with a
candlestick.” If you answered “Spin the Bottle”, then I think you and I should meet privately to discuss your childhood in more detail. I'm
referring, of course, to that classic board game Cluedo. Cluedo was popular at dinner parties during the eighties when a perceptive host,
sensing a potentially uncomfortable pause in conversation, would suggest a round or two after dessert. This had two benefits: first, it
would remove the possibility of awkward silences at the dinner table and second, the very attractive Miss Scarlett would be introduced to
liven up the evening. And if it wasn’t working out, you could always bring the game to an early end by looking at the answer cards during
the next pee break!
I also played Monopoly. The hardest part of Monopoly was deciding which piece to use. If you had first pick, it was easy – the racing
car of course! (Monopoly fact: nine out of ten “first pickers” pick the car.) But if you missed out on the car...well, none of the remaining
pieces really had much appeal in a game where speed round the board was paramount. Just off the top of my head, I think these choices were a wheelbarrow
(first released in the 1937 edition), a battleship, a sack of money (used in the 1999–2007 editions), a man on a horse, a steam train (Deluxe edition only), a
thimble, a cannon (well, technically, a howitzer), an old style shoe or boot, a Scottie dog, an iron, and a top hat. Hmmmm...not much in that lot with a decent turn
of speed. No wonder the game takes so freaking long!
But when it comes to board games, Scrabble is king. Unlike most other board games, which are more or less pointless time-fillers, Scrabble allows you to do
something mentally stimulating and worthwhile: make rude words. There’s a real sense of intellectual accomplishment spelling out a word like “b-o-o-b”, knowing
it’ll be sitting on the board for several hours staring up at your opponents.
But Scrabble’s not all beer and skittles, whatever that means. Scrabble can also lead to ugly exchanges like this, which actually happened during a recent
game with my wife:
WIFE: ... e, e, k. There! That’s...ummmmm...26 points!
ME: “Gleek!?!” What the bloody hell is “gleek”?
WIFE: Look it up! If you can use “pood”, I can use “gleek”.
The thing is, according to the source of all truth – Google – both “gleek” and “pood” are legitimate words. I’m guessing you already know this but just in case,
a “pood” is a Russian word meaning a unit of mass weighing approximately 16 kilograms. The word was officially abolished in 1924 but remained in widespread
use until the 1940s. As the old Russian proverb goes, “You don’t really know a man ‘til you’ve eaten a pood of salt with him!”
“Gleeking”, as I was forced to learn when I challenged my wife’s usage, is an acquired skill whereby the gleeker rolls back their tongue to compress a submandibular salivary gland until a stream of saliva is released. With enough practice and salivary stimulation, a gleeker can project an arc of watery saliva several
feet into the air. I also learned that in Northern India, much of Africa and some parts of Northbridge, it is customary for mothers to lightly gleek on their children to
imply a sense of imperfection that protects the child from the “evil eye”. In these cultures, it is believed that excessive admiration or praise attracts the evil eye, so
spitting lightly on the child’s face will protect them from an overly affectionate mother. It’s also common in these regions for the groom to gleek on his bride – for
her own spiritual protection, of course – and for shopkeepers to gleek on cash proceeds to ward off evil spirits with their eyes on the day’s takings. So if you
know one of these spitting shopkeepers, maybe pay by Visa!
So that’s the word “gleek”. I eventually allowed it, after a long break to read all that crap that I have just shared with you. Which brings me to chess. My
problem with chess, which I also play with my wife, is that I’m not very good. Yes, I know how the pieces move, and I know those small insignificant ones are
called prawns. But do I have a coherent strategy? Do I dominate the centre? Do I think more than one move ahead? No, no, and no! My pieces wander aimlessly
around the board, occasionally getting in the way of my opponent’s advance but only by accident, never by design. But even though I always lose, I usually have
the last laugh by gobbing on my wife when she captures my queen then telling her I only did it to protect her from my own affection!
6:30pm
Tuesday
BAR ACCOUNTS
Members are reminded that they may TOP UP
their bar accounts at anytime. Any top up amounts
are fully redeemable or may be carried over at the
end of the year. Social Members may open a bar
account as well, see Bar Staff who will set up your
account.
RULES CORNER By Pat O’Connor
HOW THE RULES CAN HELP YOU
Knowledge of the Rules can help you. Here are some examples:
The Art of the Drop
First clear loose impediments from the area in which you intend to drop.
The ball can roll up to two club-lengths after being dropped without needing to
be re-dropped, so drop it on a slope if it will help you to get the ball to a better
place. A dropped ball which strikes you or your equipment must be re-dropped
without penalty, so if there is a hole or other undesirable place in the area in
which you are about to drop, stand in it when you drop the ball so that if it rolls
there it will have to be re-dropped. There is no limit to the number of times a
ball must be re-dropped in these circumstances.
Water Hazard Options
When your ball goes into a water hazard (yellow stakes), if you do not
want to play it as it lies, you usually drop it behind the water hazard keeping
the point of entry and the hole in line. However if this will give you a bad lie,
you also have the option of playing from where you played your previous
stroke.
For a lateral hazard (red stakes), the usual option taken is to drop within
two club-lengths of the point of entry, not nearer the hole. But you have the
option of dropping behind the hazard keeping the point of entry and the hole in
line if the geometry of the situation permits. You also have the option of
playing from where you played your previous stroke or, the least known option,
dropping within two club-lengths of the point on the opposite side of the hazard
equidistant from the hole to the point of entry.
AUGUST 2012
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Declaring a Ball Unplayable
If you putt from the top of the 13th green and hit the ball too hard so that it
rolls off the green and ends up 50 metres down the hill, consider declaring the
ball unplayable. It costs you a stroke but you can then play the ball from where
you last played it. No doubt when you putt from that spot the second time, the
stroke will be more sensitive than the first one! Although other people may
consider the ball down the hill to be quite playable, the decision to declare a ball
unplayable is entirely at the player’s discretion.
RULES QUIZ
You will find the answers elsewhere in this newsletter.
1) You make a practice swing on the teeing ground and accidentally knock your
ball off the tee. What is the ruling?
2) Can you play a ball with the back of the club head?
3) In taking relief from a cart path you correctly drop the ball. It rolls one and a
half club-lengths from where it landed. Should the ball be dropped again?
4) Does the location of the ball, i.e. the fringe, a bunker or the green, have a
bearing on determining the order of play?
5) Your ball rests against a soft drink can on the fairway. When the can is
removed the ball moves. What happens now?
6) Operating under Preferred Lies, can you prefer your ball onto a green?
7) You intend to putt your ball which is just off the green. There is a patch of
casual water on your line to the hole. Can you get relief?
8) You drop your ball in a drop zone and it rolls 30cm onto the green. Is that
OK?
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MAY
‘A’
JACK RICHARDS
‘B’
WARREN PITTMAN
‘C’
ELMER WOLFENDEN
JUNE
‘A’
ADRIAN STEPHENSON
‘B’
BOND CHAN
‘C’
CHRIS HOWLETT
JULY
‘A’
ANDREW VONG
‘B’
STIRLING BAKER
‘C’
BOB GILCHRIST
TO ALL MONTHLY
MEDAL & HOLE IN
ONE WINNERS
AUGUST
‘A’
STEVE CARTER
‘B’
DEREK MANNING
‘C’
WARREN BOYD
5.5.12
JACK RICHARDS
15
22.7.12
D.C. KONG
5
28.7.12
BRETT BENSON
17
People achieving a hole in ones
have the option of having their ball
mounted. An example is on display
on the office counter. Members
would be required to contribute
towards part of the cost due to their
value.
PLEASE select your
choice of trophy on
display in the cabinets.
Notify the Office
staff of YOUR
CHOICE WITHIN 7
DAYS OF THE
EVENT
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FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PIZZA
Win Pizza for one year
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First winner of the Hole in One Prize on 15
Jack Richards Saturday 5 May
Congratulations Jack enjoy your $300
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2012 HONOUR BOARD EVENTS:
Noel Wilson Fourball Knockout:
Fourball Knockout Winners;
John Adamson & Graham Fish
Winner: John Adamson & Graham Fish
Runners up Mark Jenner & James Lane
Bill Dombkins Mixed Knockout:
Winners Phil Lewis & Lynda Brenock.
Runners up: Reece McGlinn & Sylvie Manning
Noel Weir Singles Knockout:
Winner Bond Chan
Runner David Miller
Mixed Foursomes::
Winners Pauline Beckton & Andrew Vong
Runners up: Karen Skelton & David Walker
HOLE OUT ON THE 15th
Club Foursomes Winners:
Brett Benson & Reece McGlinn
2012 FOURSOMES
CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR A WHOLE LOT OF CASH
Courtesy of Ivan Kaye & BSI
Winners:
Reece McGlinn & Brett Benson
Runners up: Andrew Vong & David Gulson
Minor Foursomes
Winners:
Graham Campbell & Gil Lobendahn
Minor Foursomes Winners;
Gil Lobendahn & Graham Campbell
Runners up:
Graham Fish & John Adamson
Dad’s
Army
OTHER SPECIAL COMING EVENTS:
Visitors, Open & Charity Day:
Wednesday 29 August
HOLDEN SCRAMBLE:
Saturday 8 September
NORTHBRIDGE CUP & SILVER PLATE:
Saturday 22 September
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 6 October
AUGUST 2012
Recruiting
now
Dad’s Army is made up of a willing group of
Members who give up their time to help with
improvements and maintenance on the course.
Meeting every Monday and spending a few hours
where needed, if you have some spare time and
would like to help with improvements please
contact: Marko Delatovic (General Manager)
9958 6900 OR
Gordon Wardell (CEO Dad’s Army)
0411 364 343
Mixed Knockout Winners:
Lynda Brenock & Phil Lewis
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Good Luck Lizzie
Campbell !
Lizzie Campbell is leaving for the United
States for four years on a full golf tuition
scholarship at Indiana Tech-Warrior. Lizzie
will also be pursuing a Communications
degree. If you wish to follow Lizzie’s
progress visit:
http://www.indianatech.edu/athletics/wgolf/
pages/default.aspx
Winners are Grinners !
Bond Chan, a Junior Member for four years with a handicap of 17 has taken
out two titles this year the Junior Knockout and the Noel Weir Singles
Knockout. Great efforts from young Bond.
Congratulations
‘Junior Jibber’ Michael Pollack -Junior Coordinator
.It was great to see so many of our junior members on the course
during the recently completed school holidays. Also pleasing has
been the increased number of new juniors who have joined the club
after a relatively quiet period on this front. I hope to catch up with you
all during the coming months.
In late May, the 2012 Junior Knockout reached its conclusion, with Bond
Chan successfully retaining the title he won last year. But Bond had a stubborn
final opponent in Matt Pollack fighting all the way, requiring a trip down the 19th
hole before Bond’s eventual win. Matt fought back from 2 down with 4 to play
with some of his best golf of the day. However, a steady bogey from Bond on the
first play-off hole was sufficient to close out the match. It was a great effort by
Bond in winning back to back titles, and along the way secured wins over two of
our star juniors, Reece McGlinn and Sam Beck, before the final against Matt. So
well done again, Bond and we wait to see what your next triumph will be.
The spring school holidays will be a busy period for our juniors. Here are
some dates to mark in your calendar:
 Tuesday, 25 September – PUMP Junior Golf event
 Friday, 28 September – North Shore Junior Open
 Saturdays, 6 October and 13 October – Junior and Cadet
Championships (in conjunction with Club Championship).
Full details of these events will be provided closer to the dates. Junior
members of all standards will be able to participate in the PUMP event and Junior
Open, while a Golf Australia handicap is required to play in the Junior and Cadet
Championships.
Also coming up in spring is the Encourage Shield competition. A Golf
Australia handicap is once again required for this. The Encourage Shield is an
introduction for junior golfers into representative golf, and provides our boys and
girls an opportunity to play on some of Sydney’s premier golf courses. In recent
years, Northbridge has been drawn to play at Royal Sydney, Monash, Pymble
and Cromer. Hopefully we have similar this year. This competition commences
on Sunday, 7 October and runs for 5 consecutive Sundays from then on.
As you can see, the next few months will be busy on the junior front. I hope
you can be part of this.
We continue to run our Sunday morning clinics with Ray. These are held
twice monthly. We have a
strong core of about eight boys
and girls who come along to
these, but it would be great to
see more of the juniors attend.
We are also running bi weekly
competition for junior members
on Sunday mornings, and more
of our juniors are welcome to
play in these. Details on these
can be found on the Junior Web
Page.
Until next time, good golfing.
Junior Knockout winner Bond Chan with runner up
Matt Pollack
From all at Northbridge Golf Club thank you to
ANSWERS TO GOLF RULES QUIZ
1) Because you did not intend to hit the ball, it is not counted as a stroke.
Also there is no penalty for moving the ball because it was not in play.
2) Yes. The only requirements are that the ball be struck at with the head of
the club and not pushed, scraped or spooned.
3) A dropped ball is allowed to roll up to two club-lengths, so provided the
drop is otherwise legitimate, the ball is in play.
4) No. The order of play is determined solely by the distance from the hole
of each ball.
5) The soft drink can is a movable obstruction (artificial object). There is no
penalty and the ball must be replaced.
6) No. The ball must be placed on a spot that is not on a putting green (for
Preferred Lies provisions see page 128 of the Rule Book).
7) No. Such relief is only available when your ball lies on the green.
8) No. The ball must be re-dropped if it rolls and comes to rest on a putting
green (for drop zone provisions see page 135 of the Rule Book).
AUGUST 2012
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Experience Flightscope
FlightScope is the world’s first wireless 3D
Doppler tracking radar for golf teaching and
fitting resulting in the right:
shaft length
shaft flex
grip thickness
lie angle
Oncourse will beat the price on
authentic quotes from other industry
listed retail outlets.
Conditions apply
club gapping
launch angle
swing speed
ball fitting
& clubs to suit your game and your budget.
Book in for a club fit today
it costs no extra to have clubs made to suit
you, so why buy off the rack or internet ?
Take some time and see one of your
teaching Professionals:

Ray McGlinn

Adrian Boyle

Craig Adamson

Earl McGlinn
and experience Flightscope today, join some
members who have already improved their
handicap and been in the winner’s circle
since being fitted with Flightscope.
The Australian Turf Club and Skysports are coming to
Northbridge for their annual Charity day on Thursday 13
September. They will be broadcasting live from the Course and
expect around 100+ participants.
Consequently the Thursday competition will not be held on this
day. Tuesday 11 September competition times will be
extended until 12noon
We apologise for any inconvenience to our regular players.
LESSON &
GIFT VOUCHERS
BLUE MARKER
CHALLENGE
2012
FINALISTS SO FAR:
Elmer Wolfenden 39pts
Dick Adamson 37pts
Bob Pentecost 39pts
Steve Weir 39pts
Tony Wasserman 40pts
Mark Jenner 41pts
Bill May 36pts
Phil Peterson 40pts
All monthly winners play at the end of the
year in the Blue Marker Challenge Final.
Competing for Pro Shop goods to the
value of $400
2012
Thank you to all those who joined the McGlinns in
celebrating 25 years of Ray as head Golf
Professional at Northbridge. Plenty of laughs and
some stories were told, and many more to be had !
Cheers
CHECKED YOUR
GRIPS LATELY ?
Did you know that grips can be fitted to
suit your hand size ?
Callaway
Octane
Black
Drivers
FINALISTS SO FAR:
Peter Goodman 36pts
Alistair Todd 38pts
Patrick Li 36pts
Roger Henderson 39pts
Steve Janda 38pts
Steve Darwen 46pts
All monthly winners play at the end of
the year in the Tiger Tee Final.
Competing for Pro Shop goods to the
value of $200
A fresh set of grips is
like a whole new game
Check out the full range of grips available and
be fitted for a new set to start the new year and
your new game
@ The Pro Shop
AUGUST 2012
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AUGUST 2012
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