January/ February Newsletter The 2015

January/ February Newsletter
Email st.clair@golf.co.nz
Board of Management
Peter Lee—Chairman
Chris Sutherland
Lina Worthing
Paul Brouwer
Steve Brocklebank
Sublime Catering—Nicola Cairns 4877495
Administration Glenis Crossan
Golf Professional—Neil Metcalfe
In February there is a world wide launch of
the new Titleist Pro V golf balls described as
having a very soft fee, exceptional distance
and long lasting durability. Boxes of three will
be available in the Pro Shop. ‘
Don t forget if you wish to freshen up your
wardrobe Neil still has in stock a variety of
summer clothing, hats and shoes.
Junior coaching is to recommence for the
school calendar year this week for another 8
weeks. It is not too late to introduce a junior
or any of your own family members to the
game of golf. Thursdays are a family night on
the course as the public can play 9 holes for
$8.50 and get some great exercise while their
young person is receiving tuition and having a
good time.
The 2015 Calendar is available at the office
Thank you to the following sponsors for making this
publication possible.
A second edition is in print to make additions to the
ladies calendar. Ladies you will be able to pick up a
new calendar very soon.
Neil Metcalfe—Golf Professional
Sublime Catering — Exclusive to the golf club
EVENTS COMING UP
Mercantile every Monday and Tuesday until
March ..they hope to extend the season to make
up for some cancelled nights during the wet November period
Junior golf lessons and 9 hole casual Thursdays
until the end of March.
The Heart Foundation Charity Tournament—
Friday Feb 20th– 27 teams so far entered
McAuliffe Jewellers– sponsor also for the Ladies
Alex Campbell Menswear– sponsor for the AM AM
Alexanders Marketing– provider of snacks to bar
Dave Myers Marketing– Tee sponsor and merchandise sponsor of the club
Valley Liquor Lodge—Sponsor of Vouchers also
Gillions Funeral Services- Calendar sponsor for years
The South Island Stroke Play Tournament—Sat
and Sun 21/22 Feb—60 entries to date.
Sassenachs Tournament—Friday 20th March
Eagles Halberg Tournament—Wednesday 25th
March
ville and Pip Idour
50 for teams
of 3
Otago Branch
Charity Golf Ambrose
Tournament
ens and Ladies 18 hole AM-A
Field limited to 34 teams
ome and play with a leading player from NZ and enjoy a fun day at t
St Clair Golf Club
Friday February 20th 2015
ries please phone St Clair Golf Club (03) 4879201 and ask for Neil
2015 Summer Season of After Work Golf— started up again this past week.
MERCANTILE—Every Mon and Tues
Monday Night
Custom Panels– LEADERS
Riskies
Monday chicks –
Uni
On the night
Rusty Nuts
Keogh McCormack
Diginity
Markhams Clarke Craw
O B’s
East Taieri
Alsco
Triers
Choppers
Farmlands
Tuesday
Eureka
JW Smeaton
Glapps
Stewarts Construction Orange
Stewarts Construction Black
Whatever–
Cadburys
Aristocrats
Les Mills
P W C Blackadders
DCC Social
R and D Slammers– LEADERS
Bogey Boys
Cableways
Southern Wide Real Estate
Golden Balls
Trustee Executors
New Signage on the course –It looks fantastic and
provides up to date information on all four Tee
distances. Pro Signs completed the design work
and our staff and volunteers placed the signs on
site.
The website is being updated—the new distances
will appear on the website along with an up to
date calendar for your ability to check out whats
happening on the golfing schedule.
Bar person– we need to have another backup barperson.
This is paid part time work on a very irregular basis but
necessary so Geoff and Gary have assistance during functions and tournaments. Call Lina in the office if you interested.
Look at these two handsome fellas!!!
Mark and I were at the Black Caps v
Sri Lanka at the University Oval today.
Were sitting just in front of the
grandstand - happened to be the
right place as the Sky TV cameramen
and associates were beside us - no
we were not glory seekingLaura Goldsmith (Guptil) was there too bad Martin was out 1st ball Grelly tried to chat her up as you
would suspect. I was much more
circumspect!!
Anyway - sitting in this great position
- between innings we were asked if
we would like to carry the cup
around the ground while the likes of
Mark Greatbatch, Rod Latham and
Chris Harris were throwing balls
into the crowd. Have to say the
majority of the crowd were more
interested in catching whatever than
the 2 handsome fellas with a cup.
My God it was heavy - they said it
weighed 13kgs but Grelly and I reckon more like 30. We both had sore
arms after carrying it!!
It is the real thing - yes this is the
cup that will be presented to whoever in Melbourne in a few weeks
time. We were a bit chuffed having
had the opportunity to be part of .
Not too many comments now Cheers
John Pascoe—Otago Golf Club
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
Tee 1. Macasseys -Carpet Court
Tee 2. McGregors—Dunedin City Motors
Tee 3. The Dip - Pro Signs
Tee 4 . Spion Kop - Z Gas
Tee 5 Cliffs -Rothbury Insurance—
Tee 6 Valley - Powerade
Tee 7 Porridge Pot -Stonewood Homes
Tee 8 Sea view - City United Taxis
Tee 9 Centre - Southern Sports Bar & Grill
Tee 10 Cassels— Mana Properties
Tee 11 Wights - AVAILABLE
Tee 12 Trig - Downie Stewart—NEW
Tee 13 Corstophine - Bouzaids Automotive
Tee 14 Kenmore - Myers Marketing
Tee 15 Ross’s - EUREKA—café and bar
Tee 16 Stocks - Keith Mitchell Builders
Tee 17 Boundary—Agility Logistics—
Tee 18 Home - GJ Gardner
TEE 11 Wights is now available for a brand new sponsor to take
advantage of the branding and profile opportunity on the course.
20,000 golf cards are printed each year which provides an assessment of ‘golf foot traffic’ that walks past our tee signs on an annual
basis. The golf club has 580 members and about 400
of those are actively playing each month.
Also Available is the sponsorship for the flags. The 18
holes provide constant branding for any business
who wants to keep their name in front of people on
a regular basis. Every day people are holding the flags and therefore
Putting Green and Mercantile Alsco
Signage Foleys , Safety Compliance Ltd—
Chatsford
Flag Sponsors—AVAILABLE
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Fishers Original Foods have bought Marlowe
Pies. Brendan Murray is still involved in the business but as you all know Brendan and Marlowe
Pies have been longstanding tee sponsors and
supporters of St Clair Golf Club in the past few
years. Marlowe pies are served in the café.
The men from Fishers Original Foods, Adrian
Cashmore, Glen Laing and Dave Murray are members who play regularly on Friday afternoons and
became new sponsors last year of the St Clair Golf
Club Championships. I am sure all members
would wish great success to all involved in the
merging of these two businesses.
there is ‘active’ contact with the brand name.
Stephen Duff Mitsubishi proud
sponsors of the South Island Stroke
Play tournament here on the course
on Sat and Sunday 21st and 22nd
February. Stephen Duff is also a
sponsor of the hole in one promotion for the tournament.
Thank you Stephen and his partner
Craig Manson for the continuing
support of golf and our club.
Pictured here is one of their cars and
I am sure you will consider
Mitsubishi when looking to upgrade
your vehicle this year. The vehicles
will be on site for the duration of
our tournament weekend so you will
get another chance to inspect the
quality for yourself.
14 January, 2015
IMPORTANT HANDICAPPING UPDATE
You will be aware that following our handicap review changes to our system have been scheduled with some already in
place. The below is a list of the changes that require software development and an update on their introduction. Most of the changes were
targeted for a 1 January 2015 introduction but due to the complexity of development some are delayed.
1. A system that reacts faster to exceptional scores.
The Tournament score component was introduced in July 2014 and operating as it is designed to do.
2. All members to have an 18 hole handicap
The date for introducing 18-hole handicaps for all members is 12 February. This change will affect approximately 10,000 members who currently hold 9-hole Handicap Indexes.
On the 12 February rollover
All 9-hole Handicap Indexes will be doubled to form 18-hole handicaps.
the most recent 40 (or less) 9-hole scores will be combined to form “18 hole combined scores”
the projected handicap will be calculated based on these combined scores, and will come into effect once a subsequent score is
played/entered into the system
(NOTE: The maximum NZG Handicap Index is 36.4 for men and 40.4 for women. A woman player may have a Local Handicap above 40.4 to a
maximum 54.4 which will be identified by the letter ‘L’.)
the letter ‘N’ will remain as an indicator for golfers with 9 hole memberships
A 9/18 hole membership will no longer be defined by a “Handicap Type”. This will now be defined by the DotGolf membership category for
each member, by a “Is Nine Hole Only” checkbox in the category setup. A screen shot is included below as an example.
This week, DotGolf will be sending an email to all clubs informing them of any category anomalies in their membership database.
Clubs that have not upgraded to the new DotGolf Edge system will need to enter any 18 hole scores (for 9 hole members) via DotGolf Live.
This is a major modification to the handicap system. There will be scheduled downtime outside of normal working hours at times to allow for
the combining scores process to complete.
This change will raise a number of questions in regard to the treatment of 9-hole members and we will provide a Q&A before 12 February to
assist.
3. The ability for Clubs to modify handicaps
This will be the next phase of development. In the meantime if Clubs require a handicap index to be modified they can contact NZ Golf directly. The main reason for an adjustment is for a disability or as a penalty but there is also the occasion where a player is improving faster
than the system can adjust and a handicap index may need to be reduced.
4. The return of International scores for handicapping
As with the above this will be a change in the next phase of development.
5. Identifying within the system the players that are professionals
As with the above this will be a change in the next phase of development.
NOTE: As of 12 February it will not be possible for cards to be entered for junior members from the kiwi courses. Our focus will be to ensure
that short courses meet the minimum criteria for official course ratings so that beginners and any member can play forward tees and return
an official score for handicapping.
Good golfing and kind regards
PHIL AICKIN
Golf Manager
We now serve Speights Mid Strength 2.5% alcohol in both
the upstairs and downstairs bars.The demand has been
very positive. A jug of Speights 2.5% mid strength is $9.00
only $1.00 less than standard Speights so give it a try
...most people find it very favourable…. And it may save
you a fine….
Course News—you may have noticed a familiar face around the course lately. Stew Taylor
has been employed to help us through the busy times leading up to the South Island
Stroke Play.
Greens—we are well into our sanding programme with the Greens being sanded this
week and next week as a grooming strategy in the lead up to the tournament.
Working BEE—Thursday 12th February is the date—rain or shine for a club working
bee to tidy up the course in time for the south island stroke play. The more the merrier—Call Steve on 0272769302 or put your name down in the Pro shop. If you
own a weedeater then bring it along too. Meet at the Green keepers shed at
5.00pm.
The Mens Committee have introduced a roster of volunteer and random out of hours Patrol for the
course. Green Fee tickets have been reintroduced as proof of course fee payment and people playing on
the course in the late evenings will be asked to produce proof of payment. If you have concerns about
casuals on particular evenings please speak directly to Eric Bygate or Paul Brouwer from the mens committee so that they can specifically ‘up’ the patrolling on particular evenings.
Rumour has it …..
On Wednesday 14th January Dave Sharp attained 72 Gross which the guys all celebrated on the
day .Congratulations Dave on a brilliant round of golf.
Seen on the course—Fred Chaney after a long absence—Great to have you back Fred.
Good luck to Brent McEwan who is representing Otago in the Grant Clements Memorial Trophy at Mt
Maunganui. The club continues to be very proud of your sporting achievements Brent.
Four Seasons - Last week we saw the first round of the four Seasons competition played off the Black tees. It might have proved difficult for some but not for
Steve Lister who came in with a whopping 45 points !! Well done Steve !!!
Remember it is the best three of the four rounds this year . Next round is played
off the Blue Tees.
Change of Date—Bouzaids Superball this date has been changed to the 14th February . Don t miss out on this great day of golf and get your team together now. A
big thank you to P C Wilson who sponsors this day.
The 28th February—Don’t forget this is the day for the qualifying round for all grades for the Club championships.