Vets Corner

4BBB Championships Postponed

The David Neville 4B Championships have been postponed until April 23. Hopefully, the course will have dried out by then. 

Bill Medley 2024

A really good start for this years competition, PMQ GC equal first with Emerald Downs with a total of 236 points per team.

Fortunately the weather was kind to us, the team members did us proud, namely Brian Delroy 38, John Tracey 36, Gary Smith 34, Ron Leeson 35, Mick Holland 33, Mike Milvihill 33 and Bob Bassett 27. Wieslaw Nowak scored 35, but was not in the nominated team, the captain being to blame, but hey we did well!!!

A big thank you for all participating players, I look forward to the next round at Wauchope at 8:30 am shotgun, the nomination form will go on the board Thursday 21/03/24 from circa 7:15am, please put your name down, as many players as we can muster, make sure of the date, Friday April 19th, let’s continue our great start for this year. See you at Wauchope.

Bob Stewart, PMQ GC BMS Coordinator

Mob:   0414 257 238

Email: bob@cisnsw.com.au

Super Seniors Pennants

1) Eligibility: The competition is open too all amateur male golfers from the actual date of their 65th birthday.

2) The competition is a single scratch matchplay over 18 holes and is played on weekdays on a day and time that is suitable to the host club. The competition commences on the 15th July and lasts 6 weeks. 
The furthest we need to travel Tuncurry, if we finish in the top 2 we would travel further for the knockout games.

The team consists of 8 players/game, can nominate up to 15 players with a handicap limit of 13 (approx.)

Nomination forms are downstairs of the club, located above the computers.
Nominations will close on 18th May 2024. 

Phil Johnson 0420 329 485

2024 Vets Tournament

This years Tournament will be run primarily for visitors. They will play on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, September 9 & 10, both shotgun starts. This will allow better access to our course for those who do not wish to play the Tournament. A Vets Competition will be held on Tuesday afternoon with a Shotgun start at 12:30.

2024 Super Senior Championship

Stonecutter Ridge Golf Club
Monday 6th May 2024
For more details please view the flyer and entry form downstairs above computers. 

Nambucca Heads Trip

Reminder – Trip to Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club is next Monday the 11th March. Still some spots available. The nomination sheet is on the Vets notice board, downstairs near the card readers. Entries close Tuesday evening.

Also for those attending it would be appreciated if you could pay your $40 fee with the exact amount, as change will be limited

Vets Shirts

The time for the low introductory price is counting down, get your order in NOW

After many years wearing blue, your Committee has decided it’s time is up.

A different look, feel and perhaps better quality, a new shirt has been chosen. Your Committee have ordered theirs and they will soon be on display in Tuesday competition.

The new shirt was awarded to our Club Champions at a recent presentation.

The cost of the new shirt is $50 however for the next three months they will be available for a mere $40.

Shirts can be ordered through the pro shop as normal, looking forward to seeing you in yours.

Conditions of Play

Our CofP have been changed to allow the Scratch Winner to win ONE of the other Prizes as well.

The Conditions of Play relevant to all Men’s Vets Competitions are now available. You can see them easily by clicking here. It is also available on the App or in folder near the Scanners.

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 5^th.

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.