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Friday, April 26, 2024



The New Rules of Golf will take effect in 2019 with lots of changes as the R&A & USGA have done their best to simplify the rules from 34 down to 24.

Every golfer should get the new Rules Book to check out the changes. The SAGA should have them available later in the year and they will supply the Golf Union’s who will in turn send them on to the Clubs.

Some of the changes you can expect are:

• When you drop the ball you will drop it from only a few inches above the ground
• A clublength will be changed to 20-inches and 2 clublengths will be changed to 80 inches (I’m sure these will also be done in centimetres)
• You will only be allowed 3 minutes to look for your ball.

Amazing how the topic of 'Slow Play' gets golfers going…

A couple of points on slow play:

1. Golf carts are used by a large number of players. Playing partners should be dropped off at their ball with the correct club while you proceed to yours.
2. Remember that the average golfer plays one to two shots more per hole than the good golfer. Four hours per round for these golfers is not always feasible.
3. Increasingly more half way houses are promoting grab and go meals.
4. Big competitions should not allow beginner golfers without an official handicap to play.

Not “Farewell” just “so long” and in with the "New"

On a particularly sad note, Beverley, our Financial Manageress, has resigned due to family responsibilities. I will set aside a thank you letter to Bev closer to the time.

On that note, 2 new appointments have been made since the start of March.

Carla Jacobs, has been appointed as our Financial Manageress.
Mar- Linde De Vos, Events and Catering Manageress.
I will include a little back ground with regards these two ladies in next week’s newsletter.

In the meantime, welcome to the both of you. I am confident that your journey here with us will be enjoyable, and that you will add enormous value to the Club and its members.





A big thank you to Newtons who will be sponsoring the event again this year!		  
The lists for the 2018 Club Championships are now up on the noticeboard.

The dates are Saturday the 24th (book your own times) and Sunday the 25th will be a seeded draw, as is tradition.
 



• PGA TOUR - Valspar Championship – Ernie Els; Retief Goosen; Branden Grace; Louis Oosthuizen; Rory Sabbatini; Charl Schwartzel; Tyrone van Aswegen
• EUROPEAN TOUR – Hero Indian Open – Shaun Norris; Scott Vincent; Keith Horne; Jbe Kruger; Erik van Rooyen.
• LET / SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR - Investec South African Women’s Open – Ashleigh Buhai; Lee-Anne Pace; Stacy Bregman, Nicole Garcia.



Saturday the 10 March is a Club Day, co- sponsored by KWV.

The 1-1-2 is back and takes place on Sunday 11 March.
There are great prizes up for grabs, hole-in-1 prizes and watering holes.

Wednesday 14 March is round 2 of the Stella Artois Business League.

Thursday 15 March is the Allan Gray golf day.

   

 
For more information on any of these events, please don't hesitate to get in touch.




Brought to by BQ Golf

Call Barry Kitching on 082 495 4955 if you are interested in any of these items.






 

M.C. won the beers.
The draw is sitting at R 4 200.00, Steven Mabalane missed out.

Big thanks to Stella Artois for sponsoring the beers this year!

Just a friendly reminder to all members, that in order to qualify for the Friday roll over prize,
you must have attended at least 5 Friday Club draws.



Happy birthday to all our golfers who are celebrating their birthdays this week!

9 March
10 March
11 March


12 March


13 March

14 March

15 March
Dylan Frances
G.C Britz
Henry Thompson
H.R Braam
Danie Calitz
Phillip Bodenstein
Wynand vd Berg
Erika Prigge
Johannes Claassen
Rudolf Besselaar
Luke Saffy
Gerhardt Weitz
Lucian Meyer
Johan Fourie



Saturday, 03 March was a Medal / IPS

A – Div 0 to 9 handicaps (Medal)

1st was Hanno Besselaar with a 69 net
2nd was Martin vd Merwe with a 71 net
3rd was M.C Pienaar with a 71 net

B- Div 10 to 15 handicaps (Medal)

1st was Ignus Janeke with 70 net
2nd was Theo van Tonder with 72 net
3rd was Reg Krohn with 72 net

C- Div 16 handicap upwards (IPS)

1st was Nick Koupis with 38 pts
2nd was Michael Aresti with 36 pts
3rd was Jaap Botha with 36 pts		 
Wednesday, 07 March was a BBS

1st with 47 pts was Pieter Kasselman and De wet van Wyk
2nd with 46 pts was Barry Kitching and Micky Quin
3rd with 46 pts was Asif Cassim and Melvin Geldenhuys
4th with 45 pts was Wynand vd Berg and Christo Swart




Looking for a 230 metre+ tee shot with an average swing speed?
Launching it higher will help. Just how high would you need to launch your tee shots?



One of the biggest differences between Tour Professionals and regular golfers is
the amount of attention the very best continually pay to their setup.

Rickie Fowler, in a Golf.com instruction piece several years ago, made the point that he continually
worked on his grip, body alignment, stance width, and his posture (including the body bend and tilt)
in practice with his caddie.


To view this short Golf.com article on Rickie Fowler’s setup,
 
 

I think most golfers can embrace Jack Nicklaus’s comment that it’s almost impossible
to hit a good shot with a poor setup. So, the question is, why don’t golfers put more effort into this
relatively simple process? Which, of the several potential reasons we’ve identified, do you think is the
cause of so many poor shots on any given day?
 

 

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