The warmer weather has arrived and course renovations have been completed.
All the major Club Championships have been completed except for the Mens’ Foursomes and the Medal Of Medals.
The men’s Foursomes Championships is scheduled for Saturday the 10th November over 27 holes. The timesheet is now available to all male members.
On Sunday 11th November we have the final of the CCDGA Challenge Cup to be held at Everglades.
Members are reminded of the following changes to the course
All yellow hazard pegs have been changed to Red
The special grasses on the 15th and 17th holes now become a integral part of the course and not a garden or GUR . The grasses have been trimmed and thinned.
There are number of tree stumps around the course. These are an integral part of the course until we can have the stumps ground.
Rules Night
This has been scheduled for Thursday 29th November at commencing at 7.00 pm in the Clubhouse. Those members attending will get their own personal copy of the new Rules Book. Other members of the CCDGA have also been invited.
Graeme Philipson form Golf NSW will do the presentation
When on the course members are reminded of the following
Please repair all divots on the greens,
Please take a sand bucket
Please rake the bunkers and leave the rakes in the middle of the bunkers
Please keep up with the group in front
Please stick to the ready golf principles
Please do not drive carts in arrears where they are prohibited. Please stay on the designated paths.
Graham Chee Captain
Captains Report
The Ladies AGM was held on Tuesday 23rd of October and the new committee was elected unopposed. In accordance with the amended By Law, the committee will consist of a maximum of 7 members. The office bearers are:
President: Marianne Lanham
Captain: Sheena Asken
Secretary: Sharon Anderson
Treasurer: Sally Hopkins
General Committee: Helen Potter, Di Beechey and Liz Robinson
Vets Delegate: Sally Hopkins
I am confident that your new committee is a capable and committed team; our goal is to deliver a well organised program of golf throughout 2019. On their behalf I wish to thank the outgoing committee for giving so generously of their time to ensure that the Ladies events ran smoothly over the past 3 years.
Unfortunately Club Championships coincided with the arrival of the long awaited rain. As a result playing conditions were challenging and a number of players pulled out of the second round, leaving a much depleted field. I would like to congratulate all the winners.
Scratch Winners:
Division 1 Helen Potter
Division 2 Rosalie Dyer
Division 3 Kim Cardiff
Nett Winners:
Division 1 Fay Bailey
Division 2 Kyung Chung
Division 3 Liz Robinson
The second year of the Top Ten Shootout was played in beautiful sunshine prior to the AGM. Course conditions were perfect and a large group of spectators followed the qualifiers. The golf was excellent and there was plenty of laughter and displays of good sportsmanship.
First: Robyn Johnson
Second: Vicky Foster
Third: Chris Shaw
The prize money for this event is very worthwhile so make sure you enter next year, you have 10 opportunities to post one good score to qualify for the Shootout. Well done to the top ten golfers of 2018.
The CCWGA Champion of Champions day was held at Morisset today. (29th October)Louise Mullard (Morisset) was the scratch winner; she plays of +1 and shot 77 Congratulations to Kim Cardiff form Gosford, who won Nett in Division 3
The 8th Sue Suters Charity Day was held on Friday 26th October, it was another successful day and hopefully more Ladies will support this event next year.
November sees the last few events of the 2018 programme.
Melbourne Cup is on Tuesday the 6th of November and promises to be a good day of golf, fashion and the usual flutter on the horses.
The Challenge Cup will be played at Everglades on the 11th of November and we wish the qualifiers: Fay Bailey, Lesley Gregory and Di Beechey, the best of luck.
The CCWGA Tournament on the 12th and 13th of November at Wyong and Everglades.
Greenkeepers Revenge is on Tuesday the 27th of November.
Gosford is hosting a Rules night on the 29th of November at 7pm; please support this evening.
Sheena Asken Ladies Captain
F Troop Report
We did have some good rain in October as we had hoped. A little too much around Championship time however the dams are now full and the fairways looking much greener, the gardens happier.
Our volunteer levels this month have once again been very steady so we have been able to complete some good projects including the new cart shed.Our projects this month have included ongoing maintenance of trees, rubbish and loose timber pickup around the course, watering of the gardens, maintenance to shrubs, mulching of gardens, hedge maintenance, clean up of the paths and gardens around the clubhouse, wedding garden and practice nets, cleaning of the bush toilets .In addition this month we have done a lot more weeding of the gardens while it has been wet and also have been able to plant new plants to rejuvenate the gardens.It was good to see the storm shelter put to good use in the wet weather.If you have some free time on Monday mornings and you would like to contribute to our projects please contact Peter or Jan Martin. We generally work from 7.00 am until 10.30am with morning tea supplied by the club about 10.15 to 10.30 am. We are currently averaging 12/13 volunteers each week which is a big help towards speedy completion of our projects.
Buy any dozen Titleist Balls before December and go into the draw to win a one of a kind Titleist stand bag and backpack. One lucky member will walk away with both prizes drawn at Saturday 8th December members presentation.
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One of the most important club head specifications affecting accuracy is the lie angle of irons at impact. You can make a perfect swing with the club-face square to the target line, and the ball will not end up on that line if the lie angle does not sole correctly at impact.Try this experiment to make this concept more concrete. Take your stance with a short iron in your hands. Then lower the club in your hands, and observe as the club lie becomes more upright (the toe is in the air). Notice what happens to the club as you lower it until the shaft is on the ground. While it is impossible to hit the club in this position what would happen if you could? The ball would start left by the amount of the club loft, and backspin would be completely replaced by hook spin. That is why you righties out there hit draws with your clubs when the ball is above your feet. The directional angle of the club becomes more upright, and some backspin is replaced with hook spin. The drawings below illustrate this more clearly:
Too upright a lie will cause the ball to start left with a hooking action. Correct lies where the club soles centered at impact will start at the target line with no side spin. Flat lies will cause the ball to start right with a slicing action. Longer irons are typically too flat as the downward centrifugal action of the downswing causes these softer shafts to droop down.
Your correct lie angle for each club will be determined with a dynamic lie test where each clubs lie will be bent to its correct position by one of our PGA Professionals. Why not book in for a lie angle test and see if we can help you on your way to playing better golf.
First Quarter P&L
Department
Clubhouse Operations
Match & Pro Shop
Operating Expenses
Net Cash Profit/(Loss)
1st Quarter
$213,590
$213,409
$412,320
$14,679
1st Quarter LY
$200,798
$206,293
$387,476
$19,615
Variance
$12,792
$7,116
($24,844)
($4,936)
Dear Members,
After the first quarter we are tracking well with budget. Our expenses have been slightly higher at the start of this financial year due to staffing restructures and essential maintenance to the clubhouse and surrounds. There are more changes and upgrades to come in the second quarter and you should start to see a refreshed look to our clubhouse and course within the next coming months.
October saw the acceptance of Jake Kable into the PGA Trainee Program. Most of you have probably already met Jake, who came on board as a casual employee in the proshop earlier in the year. I think he will be a fantastic addition to the team in the proshop and we wish him all the best with his playing and his journey to becoming a PGA professional. Please join us in making Jake feel welcome and follow his career with keen interest.
