Branxton Veterans Golf News
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Don't Forget "SUPER SUNDAY" is on 2nd Sunday each month!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE – EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:
CHANGE OF COURSE BOUNDARY:
The temporary fencing along the boundary line of the 4th/13th hole is now
OUT OF BOUNDS. The appropriate penalties in accordance with the R&A rules of golf apply.
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Veterans Championships! (14 Holes X Two Weeks)
Our Championships commence with the first round on Thursday September 2nd and the second round concluding on Thursday the 9th. We have our usual format of 14 holes played with Veterans’ handicaps used. ( Qualification conditions apply)
Results for Sept 2nd, Ist round of Vets Championship.
Stableford scores only.
Div 1 Winner . B.Payton 32pts. R/u. N.Reid 31 pts.c/b. 3rd. T.Young 31pts.
Div 2 Winner . J.Atton 33pts. R/u. B.Hain 32pts. 3rd. C.Christie 30pts.
Ladies Winner. C.Tancred 35pts. R/u. R.Friis. 34pts. 3rd. T.Armstrong 31pts.
NTPs. Chris Tancred & George Jacobson.
The Members Free Draw had reached $180 and the plan was that if it was not won this week then we would draw it until a winner appeared after the final round of the championship next week. These plans were frustrated when Keith Bennett left his sick bed and came up to see his playing mates and grab a plate of chips. He also grabbed the $ 180 prize , amid a rowdy reception , and good luck to him too. He’s had a bad trot recently health-wise but he is on the road to recovery and this win won’t do him any harm.
The 1st round of the Championship got underway on what turned out to be a great morning for golf. The weather forecast was wide of the mark with predictions of storms and it was sunshine all the way. There were some impressive scores (despite there being no preferred lies) and it is to be hoped that the 2nd round enjoys the same conditions.
Vale:
Sad news in the passing of one of our members in Warren Kelly. Warren was still in the workforce and didn’t get much opportunity to play on Thursdays but he came when he could and he was a good golf companion. Our commiserations go to his nearest and dearest.
Results for 26th August - 14 Hole Singles Stableford.
Div 1 Winner. G. Anderson 30 Pts. R/u B. Brooks 28 Pts. 3rd P.Darr 27 Pts.
Div.2 Winner. B.Daley 32 Pts. R/u. J. Atton 30 Pts. 3rd B. Hain 27 Pts. c/b
Ladies Winner. J. Irwin 32 Pts. R/u. C. Tancred 31 Pts. 3rd P. Trelfo 28 pts.
NTPs. Robyn Friis & G. Irwin
The $30 SOD. drew Wayne Draton's name in his absence and therefore jackpots to $180 this week.
Get Well Ralph!
Please Note:
ALL PLAYERS are required to carry and use sand buckets while on the course. If you cause a divit, YOU are the person who should repair it, & not leave it for someone else!
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LETS TALK ABOUT RULES:
UNPLAYABLE BALL – RELIEF OPTIONS
This is a situation that occurs in which you will have to pay for the privilege of taking relief.
Be aware that it will always cost you one stroke when you are seeking relief from some condition that is actually supposed to be there (e.g., tree roots, out of bounds walls and fences, tree clumps, weeds). The only good news is that, since you are adding a stroke to your score, you have a choice of relief options.
**Except when your ball is in a water hazard, you may declare your ball to be unplayable anywhere on the golf course. Once you have done so, you have three choices.
Each choice will add one penalty stroke to your score:
1. Play a ball under stroke and distance (i.e., play a ball from where you hit your previous shot).
2. Drop a ball on the line-of-sight to the hole (i.e., draw a line from the hole through your ball continuing as far back as you wish, and drop anywhere on the part of this line that is behind your ball).
3. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of where your unplayable ball lies, no closer to the hole.
Remember to assess your situation before you pick up your ball; once you lift it, it will cost you one penalty stroke, even if you decide to put it back and not take relief.
If you declare your ball unplayable in a bunker, you still have these three relief options, but two of them have restrictions.
The only way to take the ball out of the bunker is to proceed under stroke and distance (#1 above). If you take either the line-of-sight or the two club-lengths option (#2 and #3 above), the ball MUST be dropped in the bunker.
A few things you need to know…
1. Out of bounds walls and fences are NOT obstructions; you do NOT get free relief. If they interfere with your shot, and you decide to take relief, you will have to declare your ball unplayable, add one penalty stroke, and proceed under one of the options described above.
2. You don’t have to find or identify your ball if you are proceeding under stroke and distance. However, in order to proceed under the other options (line-of-sight, two club-lengths), you must find and identify your ball.
Note: In order to protect yourself from receiving a penalty stroke for moving your ball (Rule 18-2a), always announce your intention to declare your ball unplayable before you get close enough to possibly cause it to move. You may always change your mind after you assess the situation and decide to play it where it lies.
3. After you drop your ball, if it is still unplayable (either because it rolled back into the same situation or into another unplayable situation), it will cost you another penalty stroke to take relief a second time. You do not get a free re-drop. Best advice: Choose your relief option with care!
4. Let’s say you hit a ball that hits a tree and ricochets behind you into an unplayable lie. If you proceed under stroke and distance, you will legally be dropping your ball closer to the hole than where it now lies (see Decision 28/8).
5. If your unplayable ball is not in a hazard, and the relief option you choose will have you dropping in a hazard, you are permitted to drop in the hazard. (Your playing partners are free to question your sanity, however.)
6. If your ball is lying against the trunk of a large shade tree or nestled deep in the woods, and you choose the two club-lengths relief option, please measure before you lift your ball. If it takes six club-lengths to get out into the open, it will cost you three penalty strokes to get there.
7. Suppose your ball has taken up residence in a tree. (this rarely happens in real life, but it happens at Branxton and surprisingly often in the rule book!) If you choose the two club-lengths relief option, which you will measure from the point on the ground directly below where you ball is perched in the tree, there may be a time where that will cause you to drop on a green. In this instance it would be permissible to do so.
8. If you declare your ball unplayable, lift it, and then discover that the ball was actually in ground under repair, then as long as you have not put your ball into play under the unplayable rule you may take free relief from the GUR (NPR plus one club-length)
Thanks to the Branxton Ladies for the above information
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