Friday Flash 13 August
Recent Club Results
8 August Sunday Club Day - Paul Hawkes 36 Stablefords
10 August LGU8 - Elizabeth Wagner Net 82
11 August Wednesday Club - Chris Pearce Par +2
Matt’s Message: (Greenkeeper’s memo)
Members are allowed carts again this weekend but please do take extreme care when driving around the course. There are still some wet patches that need to be avoided and stay clear of slopes while on carts.
All the filled in bunkers are still treated as GUR along with any tire marks from the course machinery over the past few days. Currently we are out of white paint to draw the lines around these areas so please use common sense, take the drop and help protect the course.
As usual please keep up with the good work of replacing divots and repairing pitch marks, there has been a noticeable improvement in recent weeks so thank you everyone for doing your part.
Club Incidents - Please be careful!
Over the weekend someone had maliciously put broken glass in the hole on the 18th green.
Please take care while out on the course and check before sticking your hand in the holes.
The Karori Golf Club Committee will take serious action and report to the authorities anyone who undertakes such malicious intent.
Wednesday Club
There was a small turnout of just 19 players who set off in excellent conditions. The winner on countback was Christopher Pearce with +2. Perry was the unlucky second also on +2. Chris selected the chocolates for his prize (rather than 3 golf balls) and Perry took the chocolate biscuits (rather than 2 golf balls). Golf balls were given down to -1. Alex was nearest the pin on the 4th but had to donate a dollar for missing his two. There were no twos on the day. Raffle prizes went to Terry and Marcus. Gunter won at the wrong end of the competition. The bottle of white wine still has two bonus golf balls attached to it as a winning prize option. The bottle of red is ageing nicely.
Westward Ho Final
The final of the Westward Ho competition will be played on Sunday with Matt Roche and Hector Slade going against each other, good luck to both players.
COMPETITION UPDATE:
With just over 100 days left of the shootout competitions and 16 Sundays left for the Karori Cup here are the current standings on the year long men's and women's competitions.
2021 Sunday Club Day - KARORI CUP UPDATE
Matt Roche 371
Boyd Kenna 366
Hector Slade 363
Jeff Mason 363
John Stubbe 362
Arthur Howard 358
Paul Hawkes 358
Perry Florence 356
Keith Atkinson 355
Gary Clarke 355
Men’s Shootout
Hector Slade 400
Kevin Norquay 390
David Carroll 383
Tim Richards 382
Marcus Henry 376
Body Kenna 375
Grant Pollard 369
Gary Clarke 368
Phil Goodwin 364
Adrian Porter 363
Women’s 18 Hole Shootout
Denise Martin 363
Elizabeth Wagner 355
Fiona Kearns 336
Helga Karau 275
Nicola Lowe 248
Women’s 9 Hole Shootout
Lindsey Pickering 197
Hilary Holm 196
Kath Robinson 190
Jane Campbell 187
Trish Titcombe 187
Susan Wright 171
Loreen Brehaut 164
Marge Alcock 154
Marion Thompson 148
Every Wednesday, the Wednesday Club alternate in a Par and Stableford competition. The top 10 for each of the competitions for the year so far stands at:
Wednesday Club Stableford Competition
Patrick Cordue 85
Michael Cox 85
Martin Leung 83
Marcus Henry 75
Terry McAlister 74
Paul Hawkes 66
John Markham 60
Alex Lim 58
Ian Bates 55
Keith Atkinson 51
Wednesday Club Par Competition
Terry McAlister 123
Paul Hawkes 101
Gerd Warnke 94
Patrick Cordue 90
Steve Robinson 88
Michael Cox 87
Ian Bates 86
Marcus Henry 86
Martin Leung 79
Chris Pearce 76
Special Thanks
Thank you to the volunteers who helped out on Wednesday morning to help the greenkeepers clear the debris off the fairways. It was greatly appreciated by the club staff and the players for the rest of the week.
UNCLAIMED ITEMS IN TRUNDLER ROOM
Don’t get caught out! - This is a reminder time is running out to get your gear in the trundler room labelled. A great job is being done trying to organise this room in a systematic way. There are name tags you can write your name on and attach to your trundler and/or locker so we know this item has been claimed. You have less than a month to name your gear. On the 1st of September any items not labelled will either be rehomed or discarded.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday 15 August - Club Day Stableford
Men Bogey Cup (Aggregate Par Rd 1 of 2)
Men Monthly Medal - nett
Women - LGU 8
Tuesday 17 August - 18 Hole Women - Hidden Holes
9 Hole Women - Hidden Holes
Wednesday 18 August Wednesday Club
Sunday 22 August - Club Day Stableford
Men Bogey Cup (Aggregate Par Rd 2 of 2)
Women - Pinfold Cup Stableford - Rd 5
Sunday 29 August - Club Champs - Qualifying Round
TROPHY EVENTS
Men’s Bogey Cup (2 rounds over two consecutive Sundays - 15 and 22 August)
This competition is over two consecutive weekends. You can choose to play this anytime on Sunday. It is an aggregate par round. You can enter by registering online (https://www.karorigolf.co.nz/event-calendar ) or use the sign up sheet on the noticeboard.
This event starts THIS weekend so make sure you register prior to playing on Sunday.
2021 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Registrations are now open online for both Mens and Womens Club Champs. To register online log into the Karori Golf Website and enter the competition - https://www.karorigolf.co.nz/event-calendar
The Qualifying round will be played on Sunday 29th August.
Current Handicap ranges for Men are:
Senior - 0.0 to 8.3 (Blue Tees)
Intermediate - 8.4 to 14.5 (Blue Tees)
Junior A - 14.6 to 20.7 (White Tees)
Junior B - 20.8 to 42.0 (White Tees)
Divisions for Ladies Club Champs are:
Silver - 0.0 to 18.0
Bronze - 18.1 to 54.0
Hole 4 ‘High Tee’ - Hole in One Challenge
Thanks to our sponsor Richard Reith at Collective Real Estate for putting up a hole in one challenge on the 4th hole. If you get a hole in one on the 4th hole during a competition you will win an incredibly nice bottle of Jean-Marc Vigreux-Frere Champagne! Competitions include Interclub, Sunday Club Day, Shootout, and Twilight. Good luck to all!
Shop/Bar
Our golf ball selection has recently increased and been restocked. We have the new 2021 ProV1 and ProV1x for $79.99. Also a wide range of Srixon golf balls all at $39.99 a dozen.
Titleist TruFeels are back in stock for $39.99 per dozen.
New in the shop are some sleeves of Callaway Supersofts in various colours for $18.00 each.
Please support the club by buying from our shop.
COVID QR CODES
Please remember to use the Covid Tracer App and scan in when coming to the golf course, it’s not legally required but very much encouraged to help stop the spread of Covid 19.
SCORECARDS
If you want to avoid printing cards, use the golf.co.nz app instead, it has a scorecard enabled. Simply use the clubhouse wifi to open it and the scorecard before you tee off - then it can operate in offline mode.
CLUBHOUSE HOURS
Monday - 10am-3pm
Tuesday 10am-3pm
Wednesday 9.30am-4pm
Thursday 10am-3pm
Friday - 10am-4pm
Saturday 9am-4pm
Sunday - 9am-4pm