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Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Open Championship at Oubaai

Saturday saw the first Open Championship in Oubaai. We had a good set of entries and much fun on the day. After selecting their Pro partners from the Open Championship field on Wednesday, the best round from their pro from either Thursday or Friday, was selected. Their medal score was converted to an IPS score (as if the pro was playing off scratch).

The member’s IPS round was combined with their pro partner’s best round to give the final result. After some fierce competition, we had our first winners!

A huge congratulations to our Open Champions for 2018, Marialese Coetzee and Tommy Fleetwood on a very good combined score of 78 points! Second place went to Wayne Collet and Tommy Fleetwood on 77 points (counted in) and in third place was Gavin Melville and Justin Thomas on 77 points (counted out).

A very special note of congratulations to young Nathan Jacobs on making a hole-in-one on the 6th. A very big thank you to Dad, Brian, for the round of drinks! Thank you to everyone for your participation and wonderful support.

Knock-Outs Reminder

If you have entered any of the knock-out events, please be aware that the course is closed on Friday 27th July for the Els for Autism at Oubaai. Saturday 28th July is the Oubaai Seniors event, but we have a shotgun at 1pm for those who would like play or complete their knock out game! Sunday the 29th July is the Sanlam Cansa Regional Final and the course will be closed. Be sure to complete your first-round match before the end of July.

Reciprical arrangements 27 – 29 July and 10 August

If you are not able to book your round, please consider the reciprocal arrangements we have with Kingswood (R230 plus R120 cart) and Pinnacle, Pezula and Simola (R550 incl seat on cart).

Oubaai Pro Shop

The one dozen Srixon Ball promotion is still available! Buy any dozen Srixon balls, choose your favourite number (1-100) from the raffle board and you stand a 1 in 100 chance of winning R10,000 to spend in our Pro Shop! When we have sold the 100 dozen balls the winner will be drawn from the selected numbers!

Newlands Craft Beer Tasting & Davey Mac Live

On Saturday, 28th July the clubhouse will host a Newlands Craft Beer tasting paired with pulled pork, honey glazed caramel onions sliders, only R50 per head. Don’t miss out!

Re-reslope at Oubaai

The GolfRSA team visited Oubaai for the second time to ensure the slope rating considers all the changes at Oubaai. All four courses have been marked with coloured bricks on all the tee-boxes and slope rated as follows:

Men | Stroke | Slope
Yellow | 74 | 134
White | 70,7 | 125
Blue | 67,9 | 117
Red | 64,6 | 107

Ladies | Stroke | Slope
Blue | 74,2 | 124
Red | 70 | 115

Our next task is to achieve more unified strokes (ladies and men) on each hole to ensure maximum compliance to the new system. We’ll keep you posted on progress.

Until next week,
Rob

We are busy preparing for the bumper weekend, with Els for Autism on Friday, Oubaai Seniors on Saturday and the Sanlam Cansa Regional Finals on Sunday. We are hoping to show Oubaai at its best, weather permitting!

As always, we are busy with maintenance and continuously sifting bunkers to improve the bunker experience at Oubaai.

The greens are also receiving a spray to assist the foliage as well as a wetting agent to offset the recent unexpected dry heat.

Dam at 8 seems to have an additional leak so we are putting heads together with the HOA to find a solution.

We received a great deal of compliments on the condition of Oubaai during the recent Oubaai Open which was very well received by the management and maintenance team at Oubaai.

We appeal to members to please keep your carts on the cart path, especially around the greens and to repair pitch marks.

Enjoy the cooler weather over the next few days!
Igor

27 Jul Els for Autism
28 Jul Oubaai Seniors
29 Jul Sanlam Cancer Regional Final
8-10 Aug National Festival of Golf
11 Aug Nomads Tournament
20 Aug Ladies League at Oubaai
26 Aug Inter-Estate at Oubaai
1 Sep Super League at Oubaai
2 Sep South Cape Foursomes
15-21 Oct Hollow-tining

Wednesday: 18 July 2018

2 Clubs
Francois Thiart, Herman Pieterse, Gawie van Heerden, Johan Pretorius, Basson Piek, Maggie Anderson.

Men
Nearest the Pin: Marius Swart

1st : T Scheepers 41 points
2nd : Heinrich Prinsloo 40, counted in
3rd : Leon Schutz 40, counted out

1st Maggie Anderson

Prizes are in the Pro Shop for collection. Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for playing!

We’ve ticked off Putter balance; good looks; Putter length; and now we’re going to evaluate ‘swing weight’
as we help you find the perfect partner for the putting green.

Your Putter is your precision tool. If the
swing weight is too low it makes it more
difficult to control longer Putts.

If the swing weight’s too high
you lose control.

	There’s a tend to shortening the length of the putter and / or using a heavier grip. Both of those changes to an existing putter, will lower swing weight.

The final check: tuning your stroke and the putter loft to create the perfect roll.

The first three ‘dating steps’ to find the right putting partner were focused on helping you square the face
down the target line at impact. Your perfect swing weight will help you hit much better first Putts,
and ensure your short pressure Putts are easier to handle.

You may have played golf for health and well-being, social, and recreational reasons for 20+ years.
You have had some coaching in the beginning, but since then you’ve only had “fix” lessons. I
f you’re shooting in the low 90’s or high 80’s, you have proven athletic ability.
How good could you be?

This isn’t about pumping iron and becoming the young stud.
It’s about maximising the potential of technique and timing. Get that right and:

If that’s a golf experience that appeals to you, then please don’t wait.
Start the journey to hitting even better golf shots.

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