Bill Medley Shield Update

Kew GC 30/05/25

After a long delay in getting this event underway, on Friday 4th July, Kew GC were very grateful to  stage the golfing side of things, as opposed to dealing with postponements one after the other. For some reasons, or coming together of factors unknown to me, PMQGC was able to field only a paltry team of 6 players for this event, a very poor reflection on the club, which thus resulted in and should come as no surprise that we were last in the day’s standings. The effect of said result is PMQGC currently lies last on the table, in 7th position. In the 3 events to date, in the first 2 all teams scored over 200 points, whereas only Kew scored over 200 in the event just held. Only Mick Holland of PMQGC received a ball in last Friday’s competition, well done Mick.

Moving On – This Friday we have the competition at Kempsey – 8:30am shotgun start, with, I am pleased to report a starting field of 14 from PMQGC, with 17 on the list for a few days, but these things happen and a BIG thank you to all entrants, I wish you all good golfing and hope for some movement up the table. Will see you on Friday.

 

An abbreviated version of the table is:

Kew                    659

Wauhope            647

Kempsey            640

Emerald              622

Freddo                617

SWR                   605

PMQ                   603

 

Bob Stewart, BMS Co-Ordinator

Ph. 0414257238

Em: bob@cisnsw.com.au

Age shall not deter them

Getting older does not mean getting old, age does not deter these members.

David Greentree turns 80 on March 19

David has played at least to or less than his age 32 times in the last 2 years. Over the past 5 or 6 years, his scores have not necessarily changed (generally, low to mid 80’s), however as he is ageing (Gracefully?), his good scores are now surpassed by his age. 

Lance Sykes has just turned 94.

Lance has played to or less than his age 19 times in the last 2 years. Lance’s scores have leaked out a bit lately to the mid to high 90’s, but he still can bring in the low 90’s when the occasion presents itself.

One of The Best Rules Videos Ever

Check out this video, it is incredible. Although it is from England, we play a world game and the rules are the same anywhere. Click on the link below, it is a 20 minute video, but still eye opening.

The most broken rules in golf

This is a Utube clip, so you may get adds.

Pace of Play

As of late the Pace of Play has begun to slow down. In an effort to increase the Pace of Play, please remember what you were taught when you started playing golf and reintroduce the following procedures back into your foursome.

Situation No 1 – The fairway in front of you is clear.

  1. When the first 2 members of your group have finished putting, they move to the next tee and hit off. This gives both players a spotter to see the line of the shot.
  2. Putt out when you can. Remember, 7 minutes before you got to the green, 4 players were walking all over your line.
  3. Fill out your card after you have hit.
  4. You could pick up 2 to 3 minutes a hole with this exercise.

Situation No 2 – There is more than one group on the Par 3 Tee Other than the 5th.

  1. Move to the back of the green and Call up.
  2. If you do not wish to be called up, maybe you should ask the group behind you if they wish to go ahead and let them be called.
  3. You can then wait for a gap in the field where you can have the entire hole to yourselves.
  4. Call Up does work regardless of what some think.

Situation 3 – Looking for you ball

  1. Unless you can see you own ball, you should not be looking for anyone else’s
  2. Your 3 minutes starts at the time that it takes for you to go directly to your ball, not after you have spent 3 minutes looking for your mates. If in a cart, drop one player off and go to the other ball to look.

Situation 4 – Ready golf

  1. Etiquette is wonderful as long as it includes everyone else on the course, not just your group.
  2. As long as it is safe “Hit when ready”
  3. If you are looking to see whose shot it is, it is probably yours.
  4. This includes on the green, don’t wait for someone to get to the green because they are AWAY.
  5. If you can Putt – Putt
  6. Waiting just wastes time

You are not being asked to run around the course, just to be mindful of your pace. Most players understand how easy it is to lose your position in the field and with a bit of effort it is just as easy to get back into position. You do not have to move faster, just move smarter. While it is generally the low markers job to suggest the above, handicap does not necessarily equal intelligence. Maybe you will have to make these suggestions yourself. Keep the Pace

The Waitlist

Here are some important things that most do know and others should know when using the Waitlist

  1. If there are spare spots on the timesheet, put your name there, as you will not move into empty spots automatically
  2. You will only move from the waitlist to the timesheet when someone deletes themselves. This then makes that spot available to players on the waitlist.
  3. Change the timeframe  to when you want to play. The default is 05:00 to 19:00 so unless you stipulate when you wish to play, you may just end up on the timesheet at 15:43.
  4. Check how many competition times are within your timeframe. It is no use saying you wish to play between 9 and 10 if there are no times between 9 and 10.
  5. You cannot see when others on the waitlist want to play, so you may be the first available within your timeframe
  6. If you are not on the waitlist, no one knows that you want a game.

Do you have any comments or stories?

If you have any stories or incidents that you think the rest of us need to know or at least, may find interesting or amusing, drop a line to portmacquarievets@hotmail.com or see John Tracey at the course.