Bill Medley Shield Update

Kew GC 30/05/25

Unfortunately the awaited BMS at Kew GC scheduled for Friday 2nd May 2025 had to be postponed due to weather and an unplayable course on the day. This event has now been rescheduled for the 7 participating golf clubs on Friday 30th May 2025 with an 8:30 tee off. I thank all members in anticipation from PMQ and the other participating clubs who like myself are looking forward to playing and hopefully continuing the competition with a creditable combined score.

This event is a shot gun start at 8:30am tee off, as is the norm, with the course close for PMQ members. Please be at the course at least 30mins before tee off, the nomination sheet is up in the kiosk area of our club. Please sign up for this event guys, we need to continue the year on a winning note, improving on our placing from last year. For those who have not played before this is a fun day, on a different course, so please do not be shy, put your name down on the nomination form and join the team, you are most welcome.

After the second round PMQ are second in the table, 3 points behind Wauchope, with Kew a further point behind. As we are aware Wauchope love too be in front of us, so every round is important for PMQ to get ahead!!

See you on the day, so good golfing to everyone in our team, any questions please contact me.

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.