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Compared to other courses in our district, conditions are holding nicely, despite no rain and drying winds. The best guide to how well a course is playing is looking at the scores being posted. I guess the return of "Summer roll" has had some impact.
I wish to bring to your attention a couple of items from our last management meeting. Firstly, our motorized golf carts have moved past their best and have been continually breaking down, causing frustration and embarrassment.
Bob Cooke has researched replacements and recommended petrol motored carts and two of these can be purchased for $13,800. We have applied to Lion Foundation for funding for these. It will be great if we are successful in keeping the cost to the club down. The "old" ones are not being thrown away just yet as there may be a life line that is being investigated at present.
The 2010 programme book is now out after a little unforeseen delay. Check it out, plan your holidays and please participate in as many events as possible. A lot of work goes into preparing this book to advise you of the coming years events, so plan ahead and make sure you get your money's worth. Thanks to those who put it together.
Twilight golf is now completed for this summer and thanks go to Ken and his helpers for organizing this again and big thank you to New World Supermarket for their continued sponsorship.
The new house committee are an enthusiastic bunch but can always use fresh ideas. See Eric (Tookie) or Grace or use the suggestion box in the clubhouse.
That's it from me for now.
Good golfing,
Regards
Rob
This drain will make a real difference to that area this winter.
When it rains and the fairways soften up, we can core and fertilise them. The fairways have not been in good condition this summer, like all problems it is just a case of how much money you want to spend.
The greens will be verti cut and spiked soon, ready for the winter.
Nothing else to report
COLIN WILLIAMS & DICK LELONG
In spite of the dry conditions the course is still in excellent order although there are some dry areas beginning to appear. More drainage has been done on 12, 16, and 17 and it should make a huge difference when the rain finally comes.
The annual Fresh Choice tournament was again a huge success with a full field when using a shotgun start and we may have to look at a different format for next year to accommodate the numbers. What a great problem to have !!!! Well done Fresh Choice! For results go to the results page.
St Johns staff kindly agreed to come and give us tuition on how to administer first aid on the course in the event of someone collapsing and how to operate the resusitator which we have in the clubhouse. The numbers were again a little disappointing but for the 15 who turned up Sandra and Lynne conducted a very informative session and answered our many questions expertly. A very well worthwhile exercise!
The referees are intending to hold some practical basic rules sessions on the course in the next few weeks and I hope members will avail themselves of these. These begin this coming Saturday 27 April.
Subs are again due and although 500 dollars seems a lot to many of us there are payment options available. Please check with Jan on these options .
Good golfing everyone
Barry Riordan
The 36 holes Nancy McCormick Memorial Foursomes were won by Beverley Moss and Anne Lawrence with 140 nett and Dorothy Brewer and Alyrae Grooby with 144 nett.
The qualifying rounds for the Ladies National Teams Championship were held in March and the top four qualifiers to represent Motueka at Greymouth on 16 May are Penny Vincent, Emily Greenhough, Grace Latimer and Joan Burgess. They will play 18 holes of Four Ball Best Ball stroke play. Good luck to you all.
Motueka Ladies hosted their first district tournament on Thursday 18 March - a 4BBB stableford.
On 12/13 Aprl we will be hosting the Tasman District Foursomes and entry forms have been sent to all clubs in Marlborough, Nelson and West Coast.
Verna Drummond
Using a Knockdown Shot can be helpful to lower your score. When hitting a Knockdown people tend to swing quicker and harder,which creates more spin on the ball which causes the ball to balloon.
The key to hitting this shot properly is to swing EASIER.
1. If you are at your typical 6-iron distance with your normal swing...but you want to keep the ball low...all you have to do is take a 5- iron (or even a 4-iron)
2. Positioning the ball back in my stance does two things: (1) It gets my hands a little ahead of the ball, delofting the club, and (2) it helps me get "on top" of the ball with my upper body during the through-swing
3. Grip down lower on the club.
4. Take a nice smooth swing, this will put less spin on the shot and keeps the ball flight lower.
The result is a shot that will fly the correct distance but stay out of the wind - THE KNOCKDOWN SHOT!!!
Tips & Warnings
Change the ball position to the left foot if you are left-handed.
Practice this shot on the driving range before trying it on the course.
Hit one or two more club lengths than normal when hitting into the wind.
Experiment with different clubs for different trajectories.
Punch shots / knockdown shots out of deep rough are extremely hard to execute and control.
Happy Golfing Everyone
Jaimee-Lee Moses
Motueka Golf Club Professional
If a ball may be lost outside a water hazard or may be out of bounds, to save time the player may play another ball provisionally in accordance with Rule 27-1. The player must inform his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play that he intends to play a provisional ball, and he must play it before he or his partner goes forward to search for the original ball.
If he fails to use the words "Provisional Ball" or has gone forward to search and returns to where the original ball was played and plays another ball, that ball is not a provisional ball and becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1) the original ball is lost.
Note: "Going forward to search" means leaving the position from where the original ball was played but does not preclude the player from going to his bag to get another ball or club.
The player may play a provisional ball until he reaches the place where the original ball is likely to be. If he makes a stroke with the provisional ball from the place where the original ball is likely to be or from a point nearer the hole than that place, the original ball is lost and the provisional ball becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1).
If the original ball is lost outside a water hazard or is out of bounds, the provisional ball becomes the ball in play, under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1).
If it is known or virtually certain that the original ball is in a water hazard (Rule 26-1) an abnormal ground condition (Rule 25-1c) or an obstruction (Rule 24-3) the player must proceed in accordance with the applicable Rule.
If the original ball is neither lost nor out of bounds, the player must abandon the provisional ball and continue playing the original ball. If he makes any further strokes at the provisional ball, he is playing a wrong ball and the provisions of Rule 15-3 apply.
Note: If a player plays a provisional ball up to the area where his original ball is likely to be under Rule 27-2a and then finds his original ball "in play" the strokes and any penalty strokes incurred with the provisional ball are disregarded.
RULES QUIZ
1) On the 1st hole a player plays a very good Tee shot down the right side of the fairway. He slices his second shot deep into bushes to the right of the green. Fearing that his ball may be lost, he announces his intention and plays a provisional ball which finishes 6 inches from the flagstick. Deciding that tapping in his provisional ball for a score of five is preferable to finding his original ball, he declares his original ball lost. A fellow competitor finds the original ball after searching for two minutes and informs the player that his ball has been found. How should the player proceed?
2) On the par 3 4th hole a player playing strokeplay thinks her Tee shot may have gone out of bounds. She announces her intention to play a provisional ball and again hits the ball towards the out of bounds. On reaching the area where the balls should be she can only find one ball after searching for five minutes and that ball is out of bounds, how should she proceed?
#10
Golfer: Think I'm going to drown myself in the lake.
Caddie: Think you can keep your head down that long?
# 9
Golfer: I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course.
Caddie: Try heaven, you've already moved most of the earth.
#8
Golfer: Do you think my game is improving?
Caddie: Yes Sir, you miss the ball much closer now.
#7
Golfer: Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?
Caddie: Eventually.
#6
Golfer: You've got to be the worst caddie in the world.
Caddie: I don't think so sir. That would be too much of a coincidence.
# 5
Golfer: Please stop checking your watch all the time. It's too much of a distraction.
Caddie: It's not a watch - it's a compass.
# 4
Golfer: How do you like my game?
Caddie: Very good sir, but personally, I prefer golf.
# 3
Golfer: Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday.
Caddie: The way you play sir, it's a sin on any day!
# 2
Golfer: This is the worst course I've every played on.
Caddie: This isn't the golf course. We left that an hour ago.
and the # 1 best caddie comment:
Golfer: That can't be my ball, it's too old.
Caddie: It's been a long time since we teed off, sir.
Until recently, I didn't know, despite having played the game for nearly 50 years! But I did find out, not by diligent research but from one of our newer, but very keen members. Some months ago, whilst playing in the normal Wednesday afternoon "Silver Oldies" day, I enjoyed the company, amongst others, of Danny Lee. As you know, Danny has an enquiring mind and is always striving to improve both his golf and his English. When we had finished the round, and were having the usual refreshments, he asked around the table, "What is the word Stableford?" Danny said he couldn't find it in the dictionary. The three of us looked blankly at each other and said we know how to play the competition, but have no idea where the word came from. And this is where the conversation ended.
I thought nothing more of it until a couple of weeks later, when Danny came up to me with a grin from ear to ear and a wicked look in his eye! He'd found out the origins of the word by searching the internet! Pray tell me I said. So here's the answer to the quiz, courtesy of a person whose second language is English.
The competition was invented in 1931 by one Dr Frank Stableford of the Wallasley and Royal Liverpool Golf Clubs. The first competition was played on 16 May 1932.
Speaking of languages, English may be his second language, but golf is his main language! Boy does he love his golf! He thinks Motueka is golf heaven, because he can, and does, play anytime. He told me about a recent trip back home to Korea, and how he played a great trick with one of his golfing buddys there. He told his friend he is now a member of the PGA. Well, his friend must have thought Danny's golf had reached new heights as a result of all the extra rounds he'd been playing. How could he possibly have become a professional in such a short time? The quizzical look brought the answer from Danny - PGA stands for Play Golf Anytime!!
Good one Danny. It's a pleasure to have you as a friend and fellow club member.
Answers to Quiz
1) A player cannot declare a ball lost. A ball is deemed lost if it not found and identified within 5 minutes of beginning to search for it. Therefore the player must abandon his provisional ball and continue play with the original ball. If the original ball is declared unplayable and the player elects to return to where he played his second shot from, then he must drop a ball at that spot. The provisional ball is out of play and cannot be used.
2) The player must return to the Tee and her next stroke will be her 5th.
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