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Round 8: Two Person Keno Ambrose

20th April:
[No Skins Play]
No Skins Play

No Skins played for round 8 due to the Two Person Keno Ambrose event at Nth Turramurra.

Ambrose Scores
[Names (hcap) Gross / Nett:
Birdies:

5th (par 3): DavidM & SteveB.
8th (par 5): DavidM & SteveB; PeterD & Mark.

Ambrose Winners
Conditions:

The round started with rain threatening and before long we were struggling with rain showers and strong wind.

 

Rules of the Round:

Keno Let's Play Ambrose

The Keno Let’s Play Ambrose is a Two-person Ambrose event aimed at club golfers and encouraging them to enjoy the fun aspects of golf.

Stage 1: Club Qualifying Round

Club Qualifying rounds must be conducted as a Two-person Ambrose event. The leading Men, Women and Mixed pairs at each Club Qualifying event will advance to Stage 2. If a leading pair is unavailable for Stage 2, the next placed pair may replace them.

Each Club is entitled to have one pair in the Men, Women and Mixed categories progress from their club qualifying event to Stage 2.

If a club has more than 21+ pairs in any of the Men, Women and Mixed categories participate at their club qualifying event, they are entitled to have two (2) pairs progress to Stage 2.

Stage 2: Regional Finals

There will be Twelve (12) Regional Finals that will be managed by Golf NSW, and will be held in NSW Metropolitan and Regional areas.

The leading male, female and mixed pair from each Regional Final will advance to the State Final, Stage 3.

Stage 3: State Final at Bonville Golf Resort

The State Final will be conducted over two (2) rounds of 18-holes. Scoring for each round will be based on ranking for that round such that the net winner of the round will receive 1 point, net second-place will receive 2 points, net third-place will receive 3 points and so on. The winner of the State Final will be the pairing with the lowest points across the two rounds.

Covered by Golf NSW is the cost of two (2) rounds of golf, accommodation for three (3) nights, welcome function, the presentation dinner and breakfast on all three (3) mornings. One room at either Bonville Golf Resort / Pacific Bay Resort will be provided to the qualifying pair for the 3 nights. If additional accommodation is required for partners or additional guests, packages may be available.

Venue: Bonville Golf Resort, Coffs Harbour (Sunday 8th – Wednesday 11th December 2024)


Round 7: No Skins Play Today

6th April:
[No Skins Play]
No Skins Play

We called off the skins round today after the extensive rain all over Sydney.


Round 6: PeterD Wins At Last

23rd March:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

PeterD had a fine 3 over round to take the trophy for the first time since March 2023 with 9 skins just ahead of Sujay with 8. This may calm his criticism of the high handicappers for a while.

Sujay impressed James (and us) with a 7 over round scoring 46 points to win the NT stableford and 2BBB for the second time in a fortnight.

Sujay now leads the skins championship on 27 with Mark second on 17.

The Nth Turramurra competition was single stableford and 2BBB stableford with 103 players. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for bunkers and full relief from bare patches on Fairways.

The A grade winner was Sujay with 46 points and the B grade winner scored 41 points. Sujay and PeterH again won the 2BBB with 48 points.

Stableford Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Points Skins]:
2BBB Stableford Scores:
Birdies:

14th (par 3): Mark.
16th (par 3): PeterD.
16th (par 3): Sujay.

Longest drive (13th hole):

Sujay with a tee shot of 205m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

Craig with a tee shot to 2.5 ccs.

Interesting Shots:
Conditions:

The weather warmed up after a cool start and the play flowed along nicely with no holdups.

Rules of the Round:

Rule 11 - Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person, Animal or Object; Deliberate Actions to Affect Ball in Motion

Purpose of Rule:

Rule 11 covers what to do if the player’s ball in motion hits a person, animal, equipment or anything else on the course. When this happens accidentally, there is no penalty and the player normally must accept the result, whether favourable or not, and play the ball from where it comes to rest. Rule 11 also restricts a player from deliberately taking actions to affect where any ball in motion might come to rest.

This Rule applies any time a ball in play is in motion (whether after a stroke or otherwise), except when a ball has been dropped in a relief area and has not yet come to rest. That situation is covered by Rule 14.3.

11.1 Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person or Outside Influence

a. No Penalty to Any Player

If a player’s ball in motion accidentally hits any person (including the player) or outside influence:

  • There is no penalty to any player.
  • This is true even if the ball hits the player, the opponent or any other player or any of their caddies or equipment.


Round 5: Mark Masters the 16th

9th March:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

The "active" founding members are continuing in good form. This time it is Mark taking the trophy with 10 skins. Mark's spectacular victory with the birdie on the 16th strangely inspired some superfluous musical intervention from DavidM.

Sujay has continued the dominance of the Skins team at Nth Turramurra with another B-grade win. His score included a series of four holes (2 to 5) adding up to 2 under par.

For the first time in 2024, we had a full field of 8 starters in the Skins round.

The Nth Turramurra competition was single stableford and 2BBB stableford with 111 players. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for bunkers and full relief from bare patches on Fairways.

The A grade winner scored 39 points and the B grade winner was Sujay with 40 points.

Sujay and PeterH won the 2BBB with 45 points.

Stableford Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Points Skins]:
[Mark's Tee Shot on the 16th]
Mark's Tee Shot on the 16th
2BBB Stableford Scores:
Birdies:

2nd (par 3): Sujay.
3rd (par 4): PeterD.
4th (par 4): Sujay.
16th (par 3): Mark.

[Tree Ball]
Tree Ball
Longest drive (13th hole):

Sujay with a tee shot of 223m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

PeterD with a tee shot to 1.54 metres.

Interesting Shots:
Conditions:

The weather was warm with little wind and the play flowed along at good pace.

Rules of the Round:

Definition: Loose Impediment

Any unattached natural object such as:

  • Stones, loose grass, leaves, branches and sticks,
  • Dead animals and animal waste,
  • Worms, insects and similar animals that can be removed easily, and the mounds or webs they build (such as worm casts and ant hills), and
  • Clumps of compacted soil (including aeration plugs).

Such natural objects are not loose if they are:

  • Attached or growing,
  • Solidly embedded in the ground (that is, cannot be picked out easily), or
  • Sticking to the ball.

 

Based on this definition, the large broken tree branch on the 17th fairway is a loose impediment. Therefore, if it interferes with your swing, the branch or part of the branch may be (re)moved with no penalty as long as the ball is not caused to move.



Round 4: Summer Cup

24th February:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

Stroke play returned to Royal North with the playing of the Summer Cup. Unfortunately the weather refused to join in the seasonal theme with persistent misty drizzle until clearing for the last few holes.

All players struggled to put a score together and the skins scoring was decided by a SteveH par on the 13th hole after a string of squared holes.

As mentioned, the format was stroke with the overall winner taking 72 strokes and the net winner having 60 strokes. The bunkers were 30cm preferred lies and full relief was granted from the now quite rare bare patches on the fairways.

Stokeplay Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Gross Net Skins]:
Birdies:

None.

Longest drive (13th hole):

DavidM with a tee shot of 238m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

Sujay with a tee shot to 14 pds.

Interesting Shots:

Perhaps we should have been playing cricket, there were several attractive centuries made.

Conditions:

Misty drizzle clearing for the last few holes.

Rules of the Round:

A skins etiquette question, when all players in a group have wiped a hole should it be announced as "squared with zero" or just "wiped"?



Round 3: Sujay slips into the lead

10th February:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

In an eventful round of skins golf the gloves came off and clubs were thrown. The persistent drizzle and light rain on the front nine left everyone damp and struggling to hold onto their clubs, culminating in Sujay and PeterD having clubs slip out of their hands while swinging.

The rain and the fact that every hole was played from the back tees conspired to keep scoring down. An excellent birdie on the 13th hole by Sujay gave him 6 skins and the win.

The Nth Turramurra competition was single stableford and 2 ball aggregate stableford. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule now only applies to bunkers, fairways are finally back to play it as it lie but still with full relief from bare patches.

The A grade winner scored 37 points and the B grade winner 38 points. The two ball aggregate winners had 70 points.

Stableford Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Points Skins]:
2 Ball Aggregate Stableford Scores:
Birdies:

13th (par 4): Sujay.

Longest drive (13th hole):

PeterD with a tee shot of 220m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

Craig with a tee shot to 6 ccs.

Interesting Shots:

PeterD had to take evasive action on the 1st after Sujay's shot hit a branch and richoched across the fairway.

Conditions:

Wet for the front 9 which thankfully cleared up for the back 9.

Rules of the Round:

None.



Round 2: A Decisive Win to Craig

27th January:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

The skins golfers are getting serious with 40 points becoming commonplace and handicaps are coming down.

Our Founding Members (the active ones) are in form this year. Mark won round 1 and now Craig has dominated round 2 with ten skins.

The Nth Turramurra competition was single stableford and 2 ball aggregate stableford. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for fairways and bunkers. Full relief from bare patches on Fairways.

The A grade winner scored 41 points.

The B grade winner was Sujay with 41 points, Craig 40 third and SteveH 40 fourth both on count-back.

Sujay and Mark won the two ball aggregate with 75 points.

Stableford Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Points Skins]:
2BBB Stableford Scores:
Birdies:

13th (par 4): Sujay.
15th (par 3): Craig.

Longest drive (13th hole):

Mark with a tee shot of 200m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

PeterH with a tee shot to 1.65 metres.

Interesting Shots:

The PeterH tee shot hit the flag on our NTP hole and dropped behind the hole. Sadly, the birdie putt was missed. The earlier birdie putt by Craig did not help.

Conditions:

There was a brief delay at the start due to late mowing of the first green. The weather was overcast and warm with light drizzle for the first few holes.

Rules of the Round:

Rule 14.1 Marking, Lifting and Cleaning Ball

This Rule applies to the deliberate “lifting” of a player’s ball at rest. This may be done in any way, which includes picking up the ball by hand, rotating it or otherwise deliberately causing it to move from its spot.

a. Spot of Ball to Be Lifted and Replaced Must Be Marked

Before lifting a ball under a Rule requiring the ball to be replaced on its original spot, the player must mark the spot which means to:

  • Place a ball-marker right behind or right next to the ball, or
  • Hold a club on the ground right behind or right next to the ball.

If the spot is marked with a ball-marker, after replacing the ball the player must remove the ball-marker before making a stroke.

If the player lifts the ball without marking its spot, marks its spot in a wrong way or makes a stroke with a ball-marker left in place, the player gets one penalty stroke.



Round 1: First Trophy Goes to Mark

13th January:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

Skins 2024 is underway with some hot weather and tough parking conditions.

A determined Mark has started this year well in order to accumulate points before taking a break in the second half of the year.

Skins were won in ones and twos until PeterH picked up 5 after a series of squared holes. Mark then took the lead on the 16th after a similar series of squared holes.

The Nth Turramurra competition was the usual stableford and 2BBB. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for fairways and bunkers.

The A grade winner scored 40 points and the B grade winner scored 40 points. No news on the score for the 2BBB winners.

Stableford Individual Scores
[Name (hcap) Points Skins]:
2BBB Stableford Scores:
Birdies:

13th: DavidM.

Longest drive (13th hole):

SteveH with a tee shot of 250m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

Mark with a tee shot to 3.2mbs.

Interesting Shots:

SteveB had an adventurous time on the par three 14th. The tee shot avoided OOB and hit the side net, the second crossed to the right over the cart path into the rough. The third shot pleased the gallery by dropping into the cup for par after one bounce.

SteveB also unveiled his new Scotty Cameron Newport putter. We are looking forward to some spectacular one-putts during 2024.

Conditions:

Very hot and humid all round with an official temperature of 30 degrees.

Parking conditions were very stressful due to a junior soccer carnival.

Rules of the Round:

Out of Bounds Definition

All areas outside the boundary edge of the course as defined by the Committee. All areas inside that edge are in bounds.

The boundary edge of the course extends both up above the ground and down below the ground:

  • This means that all ground and anything else (such as any natural or artificial object) inside the boundary edge is in bounds, whether on, above or below the surface of the ground.
  • If an object is both inside and outside the boundary edge (such as steps attached to a boundary fence, or a tree rooted outside the edge with branches extending inside the edge or vice versa), only the part of the object that is outside the edge is out of bounds.

The boundary edge should be defined by boundary objects or lines:

  • Boundary Objects: When defined by stakes or a fence, the boundary edge is defined by the line between the course-side points of the stakes or fence posts at ground level (excluding angled supports), and those stakes or fence posts are out of bounds.
  • When defined by other objects such as a wall or when the Committee wishes to treat a boundary fence in a different way, the Committee should define the boundary edge.
  • Lines: When defined by a painted line on the ground, the boundary edge is the course-side edge of the line, and the line itself is out of bounds.
  • When a line on the ground defines the boundary edge, stakes may be used to show where the boundary edge is, but they have no other meaning.

When stakes are used to define or show the boundary edge, they are boundary objects.

Boundary stakes or lines should be white.