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Round 4: A trophy presentation at last

1st March:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

For the first time in 2025 we had both groups out with close tee times. Unfortunately those tee times were late morning and the day turned out to be hot.

Mark's experience at playing the late tee times might have helped as he put together a very tidy even par round and won the skins on 4 holes. SteveH also had a good round, finishing two over and won one hole which netted him a bag of 7 skins and the win for the day.

The Nth Turramurra competition was Par format with 129 players in the men's comp. The course condition is now so good that the 30cm Preferred Lies local rule is no longer in effect.

The A grade winner scored +5 and the B grade winner scored +6.

Individual Par Scores (par 68)
[Name (hcap) Nett Skins]:
Birdies:

5th (par 3): Mark.
15th (par 3): SteveH.

Longest drive (13th hole):

DavidM with a tee shot of 235m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

SteveB with a tee shot to 11.5 SBS.

Interesting Shots:

- SteveH chipped in from off the green on 15 to make a birdie and secure 7 skins.

Conditions:

The weather was hot and humid with very little breeze. There was also some smoke from controlled burns drifting across the course. All players exhausted by the end of the round and hoping for proper Autumn weather next round.

Rules of the Round:

None



Round 3: Craig Conquers the Royal

15th February:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

The groups were separated by a few hours again this week so there was no post round skins presentation possible. Fortunately, Craig did the calculation at home and announced the results via WhatsApp.

Craig had a solid front 9 with a couple of bad holes but finished with a great back 9 to make the our top nett score of +2.

The skins result followed with Craig taking 7 ahead of Sujay and SteveH with 4 each.

The Nth Turramurra competition was the Summer cup with 114 players in the men's comp. The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for fairways and the bunkers were GUR.

The Nett winner scored -8 off a handicap of 29. Runner-up was -6 off a handicap of 20. The scratch winner scored -1 off a handicap of 0.

Stokeplay Individual Scores (par 68)
[Name (hcap) Gross / Nett Skins]:
Birdies:

5th (par 3): Sujay.
6th (par 4): SteveB.
10th (par 4): PeterH, Craig, Sujay.
15th (par 3): DavidM.

Longest drive (13th hole):

Sujay with a tee shot of 243m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

DavidM with a tee shot to 92cm.

Interesting Shots:

- SteveB made a spectacular birdie on the 6th after claiming a miss hit approach shot to tap-in distance.
- The 10th provided entertainment again this round with 3 long distance putts for birdie and a paltry par by SteveB.
- On the 12th fairway, SteveB luckily avoided two balls from the 13th tee only to be hit by the third. A bruise photo may be provided.

Conditions:

The weather was pleasant today: sunny and breezy.

Rules of the Round:

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.
Exception – Ball Played on Putting Green in Stroke Play:

If the player’s ball in motion hits another ball at rest on the putting green and both balls were on the putting green before the stroke, the player gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes).



Round 2: SteveH just ahead of SteveB

1st February:
[Trophy Presentation]
Trophy Presentation

The tee booking system caught us out this week with the 2 groups separated by over two hours.

SteveB waited patiently for the second group to finish 10 holes to take a photo and pass on the stats from group 1.

PeterD got off to a great start in 2025 with a chip in birdie on hole 1. He went on to make 2 more birdies only to have all three immediately squared by his playing partners making par.

SteveB had a mixed day on the greens, two long birdie putts dropped but many holes saw 3 or 4 putts before the ball was holed.

DavidM played well in group 2 with some powerful low and running drives as shown on the longest drive hole.

The Nth Turramurra competition was single stableford with 140 players. Also, a different teams event with 3/4 best 2 aggregate stableford.
The 30cm Preferred Lies local rule was in place for fairways and bunkers.

The A grade winner scored 45 points and the B grade winner scored 42. The best two aggregate winners scored 80 points.

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

1st (par 4): PeterD.
10th (par 4): SteveB.
11th (par 4): PeterD.
15th (par 3): SteveB.
17th (par 4): PeterD.

[The Trick Shot]
The Trick Shot
Longest drive (13th hole):

DavidM with a tee shot of 231m.

Nearest to the pin (15th):

PeterD with a tee shot to 2pds.

Interesting Shots:

The 10th hole seemed to attract all the attention today.
- SteveB sank a long birdie putt.
- Mark impressed with a reverse, no look trick shot and
- PeterH saved par after a professional lob shot approach.

Conditions:

The weather was overcast early with some patchy drizzle, followed later by some full sun with high humidity.

Rules of the Round:

No rules today.



Round 1: No Skins Play Today

18th January:
[No Skins Play]
No Skins Play Today

A disappointing start for 2025 round 1 as Royal North Turramurra was very wet and windy and all players chose to miss the round.