Galway Golf Weekly In Association With Host Club to the 2020 & 2021 Irish Amateur Open Championship

Celebrating 125 Years in 2020 Friday November 8th, 2019 Dear Member, Welcome to Galway Golf Weekly brought to you in association with INTUITY TECHNOLOGIES.

Club Lotto The winning numbers from the lotto draw on Friday Nov 1st were 8, 10, 23 & 30. There was no winner of the jackpot of €7,975. There was 1 Match 3 winner – well done to Donal Leonard. To date we have had over 65 Match 3 Winners who have come close to claiming the top prize! Be in with your chance to claim the jackpot by playing online (single week, 10 weeks, 25 weeks & annual options available) or by using the envelopes in the bar and dining room.

This week’s Jackpot will be €8,000!!

Dates for your Diary 2019 Captains Dinner – Kieran Daly Friday November 15th – see below. 2019 Lady Captains Dinner – Imelda Brennan Please see below 2019 AGM’s See below

Men’s Prize Presentations & Voucher Collection Presentation of Prizes - Wednesday November 13th with a start time of 7.30pm

Gents - The Office Bar Sept 8th Gents - Professionals Prize Sept 22nd Gents - Audi Galway Oct 6th Gents - Passax Oct 13th Gents - JP Cunningham Oct 20th Gents - Mulholland Bookmakers - Aug 25th Gents – Coll & Co. Oct 27th

Voucher Collection Classic Tiles Oct 26th Prizes & C Quinn BMW Sept 15th Prize are available for collection from the Pro Shop. Gents please note men’s prize presentation policy published on boards and here below.

Ladies & Gents Prize Presentations Sunday November 10th next with a start time of 7.00pm

Open L&G Sponsored by Lexus - Aug 1st & 2nd Open Ladies Competition - Callanan Hotels Oct 25th - Ladies Only as Gents was Cancelled Open L&G Coll & Co Oct 27th – Ladies Prizes Only Open L&G Team of 4 Home-instead Snr Care Oct 28th

Ladies Presentations Tuesday November 12th Please see below.

Bags / Trolleys @ Front Door Can I please ask members not to leave golf bags, trolleys etc. blocking the main entrance. Subscription Membership Payment Plan / Premium Credit Members who WISH TO AVAIL OF OR RENEW the 10 month easy payment plan for the 2020 Subscription fees are asked to contact Olivia in the office, prior to the end of November.

2019 Captains Dinners The Captains Dinner takes place on Friday November 15th commencing @ 7.30pm. Tickets now on sale on from the Dining Room @ a cost of €35.00p/p. Pease show your support for our 2019 Club Captain with your attendance on the evening. Please see notice below. The Lady Captains Dinner takes place on Friday November 22nd next commencing @ 7.30pm. Please see notice below.

Reading Club The reading club has taken off. The group that gathered are interested in establishing a reading forum and will meet again next Monday at 14.30hrs in the bar. All readers are most welcome. Anne Treacy

Newly Introduced Out of Bounds Right of 16th Hole From next Wednesday please note that the area right of the 16th fairway, defined by white stakes is out of bounds. These stakes are treated as boundary objects.

Christmas 2019 – Consider the Club for Your Office Party Night / Christmas Get Together Please consider the Club as a possible venue for your Christmas Party. We can tailor a package to suit your budget and can provide a great evening to include Mulled Wine Reception, Christmas Dinner Menu, Live Music & Late Bar. Enquiries can be directed to myself or Gabriel.

Members Moving from Junior to Student / Renewing Student Membership in 2019 Please note that to avail of Student Membership for 2020 you must be registered as a full- time student at any Second or Third level Educational Institution and proof of college registration is required IN THE FORM OF A LETTER ON COLLEGE HEADED PAPER DATED AND STAMPED. We regret that we are unable to accept Student Identification Card or Proof of Fees Paid. The Subscription Fee cannot be taken by office staff without the above letter so to avoid embarrassment please do not ask to have it accepted pending letters arrival. No Exceptions to this Rule can be allowed.

Thinking Out Loud, with Ronan Mullarney The great Arnold Palmer famously said, “golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.” At its core, golf remains a relatively simple game but it has become arguably the most convoluted of all when it comes to the mental anguish it can inflict upon its participants. It doesn’t matter what way you’re wired; whether you’re a Dustin Johnson seemingly free from thought or a Bryson DeChambeau practically consumed by it, no mind will ever master the game of golf, but that doesn’t stop people trying. Ronan Mullarney is one such person always plotting his path to improvement within our great game. The Galwegian is finalising his thesis in connection with the GUI around the fluctuation of club membership numbers, focussing on rural Ireland either side of the recession, before hopefully graduating with a Master’s degree from Maynooth University, but he was a student of golf long before that. “I was addicted when I was younger,” said Mullarney whose Dad, Tom used to sneak him out for a hit at Galway before Ronan was ever eligible for the Junior programme at the club. “I spent all my time at Galway, it was just so much fun whereas now, it’s still fun but it’s a bit more serious.” It’s more serious now because Mullarney’s talent cannot be ignored. He’d be the first to say it wasn’t prodigious; his development escalated when making Connacht Boys’ teams towards his latter teens but his step-up to Senior level was more of a slow burn, a steady upward curve that only really began to ignite in his last year of Boys golf. Mullarney belatedly had heads turning. “I got a couple of good offers from colleges in America but I knew myself that I wasn’t ready to move away; I don’t know if it would’ve ended all that well,” he admitted. “The golf courses here suited me more. They’re maybe that bit shorter and tighter whereas over there – 7,000 yards is barely a golf course in America. They’re 7,2, 3 or 4 and I wasn’t necessarily the longest hitter. I was definitely glad I went to Maynooth.”

And it was easy to see why. The Paddy Harrington Golf Scholarship at the ever-growing Kildare University was in full swing and it was finally being recognised as a viable alternative to a voyage across the Atlantic by some of this island’s finest fledgling stars. “The depth when I went in there,” Mullarney recalled,” Sean Flanagan, Robin Dawson, Kyle McCarron, Shannon Burke. There was a really steady group coming through. I wasn’t necessarily influenced by them; it was after I made my decision that I started looking into who else was going but there was certain validation in seeing the names that were there.” Mullarney took up an Arts degree after falling short of the necessary points needed to study Business but having flown through first year in his new surroundings, he got into Business in year two. It was a subject he always enjoyed in Secondary School but the course could never compete in the affection stakes when pitted against his love for golf. “I’m a bit obsessed with golf; whether it’s good or bad, but especially when it’s bad. I’m like, ‘why, how, what happened?’ I could take a day or more just trying to figure that out. I could be doing other things but not really thinking about what I’m at, I’d just be thinking about the golf.” Although academics are of equal importance to Maynooth’s Paddy Harrington Scholarship programme manager, Barry Fennelly, Mullarney can be excused for allowing golf to dominate his thoughts. At the Kildare campus, it’s almost impossible to escape the culture of competitiveness created by such a tight knit golfing environment boasting some of the most exciting amateur players in the country. Sure, the US can be pitched as the be all and end all for budding golfers being sold the American Dream, but Mullarney is convinced that there’s ample reason for golfers coming through the GUI and the ILGU to consider Maynooth before rolling the dice elsewhere. “I can’t say first–hand, like America is brilliant by all accounts but it’s not always a case of the grass is greener – there’s a lot of positives to staying at home,” he said. “The college system is getting a lot better within GB&I, and it’s particularly good in Ireland. The BUCS Tour events we play in England and Scotland are getting much better, they’re C&D events in WAGR now. The new R&A Student Tour Series is only going to raise that standard too. “And Maynooth is just so strong. If Maynooth are playing their best team – you have Caolan [Rafferty], Eanna [Griffin], Jordan [Hood], there’s a lot of quality in Maynooth alone before you look anywhere else. There’s a lot of good college players in Ireland so if you’re competing on that circuit, you’re giving yourself plenty of confidence to make the step up to the Bridgestone events throughout the year.” It was a step-up that took Mullarney time to adjust to despite the comfort blanket of the Golfing Union of Ireland providing support along the way. “There’s just no stress when you’re with the GUI,” Mullarney said. “Everything’s done for you. All you have to do is show up with your golf clubs, and the right clothes!”

Of course, that doesn’t guarantee performance. Mullarney makes no apologies for his love of tight parkland golf but the Senior circuit in Ireland was dominated by long links courses that demanded a variety of shots that a young Ronan took time to acquire. Winning was never an issue elsewhere – he’d lifted intervarsity titles at the R&A Scholars tournament in St Andrews, the Irish Students and was a two-time winner of the Sterling Invitational, but his Maynooth form never translated to his assaults on Championship titles back home, despite a Mullingar Scratch Cup win in the mix too. “The thing that irritated me was that I couldn’t replicate the standard of golf I was producing in the intervarsity events in championship golf – not all the time, but in some of the cases,” Mullarney confessed. “I was wondering why my best golf was being played on the intervarsity circuit and not on the main stage. I suppose if you’re a psychologist you’d say I thought I was better able to compete on the college stage as opposed to the championship one but this year was different and I definitely started to play my best golf in the bigger events.” Indeed, Mullarney started to purr for all to see earlier this term when he fired nine birdies in a course-record 62 on day one of the Irish Amateur Open at Rosses Point back in May. “I remember thinking, it’s about time because in the West, I played great golf but I didn’t hole anything,” he recalled. “Literally, nothing. It was like the hole was moving when I was putting and usually putting is one of my stronger points. Nine-under was a good day so yeah, I was OK. It was only the first round and there was so much more golf to play.” Unfortunately for Mullarney, his superb start would only take him so far and his big opportunity unravelled on a tough last day as England James Newton laid down the law in a five-stroke victory as Mullarney’s final day 78 saw him finish fifth. Had the pressure got to the Galway man? “I couldn’t say I was all that nervous,” he answered. “I don’t really like saying this because it doesn’t really answer the question but it was just one of those days, it didn’t go my way. I hit some good shots that might’ve bounced left instead of right and ended up in position Z. I didn’t stop trying. It just didn’t happen for me.” It left Mullarney with one of his more difficult post-mortems to dissect after the tournament as he attempted to draw a line under the week and move on. “It’s not nice afterwards,” he said. “You’re thinking about all the things you could’ve done, a shot selection here or there. I go through the post-mortem but I do it myself. I can’t do it with anyone else. A couple of weeks later I might go to Dad and ask him what he thought; whether that decision was right or maybe if he thought I could’ve done this differently. “He might say, ‘well Ronan, why did you try draw it to that flag, that’s kind of dangerous?’ And I’d say, ‘well, if you took the wind into play, the way I was feeling and the

fact I was drawing the ball already,’ and he’d say ‘that’s fair enough’, so you really have to break it down yourself because nobody else knows what you’re thinking.” One thing’s for sure; for better or worse, Mullarney always has golf on the brain and an increasing sticking point preventing the flow of his wandering thoughts was a grating feeling of why a home championship continued to pass him by. Sure enough, opportunity knocked once more at Ballybunion when Mullarney picked up the Silver Medal for winning the stroke play section of the AIG Irish Close. This time, he was more determined than ever to get Major over the line. He carried his momentum into the match play rounds, made all the more difficult by a howling gale before emulating Cormac Sharvin, who won as leading qualifier at Connemara in 2013, when defeating Irish International teammate, Robert Brazill in a tenacious final performance, 1UP. After wanting it so badly for so long, and after having had time to reflect on the success, what did it mean to the 24-year old now? “It makes me more content,” he said after a moment’s thought. “I was hell-bent on winning one. I don’t know if that was my last chance but it was definitely one of my last chances. It doesn’t really change anything… well, other than with the members in the club! “It’s funny, one of them came down specifically to watch me in the first match play round of ‘The South’ which was the week before and it was blowing a hurricane down there too. I was level par for 18 and I mean, it was blowing so hard. Cathal Butler beat me on the 19th and I was like, ‘Jesus, fair play Cathal, that’s great golf’. “I was walking around the club afterwards and your man came over to me. I was obviously disappointed and he goes, ‘just didn’t have it today?’ And I was like, ‘no, you’re right’. “The next week we were at the Senior Cup and he was saying, ‘jaysus, you were bloody shite down there!’ I was like, ‘thanks very much’. He was more slagging me than anything else although I didn’t take it all that well… but I got on with it and it’s nice to have a title in the bank now!” It seems that playing with that outside expectation is as true of the leading amateurs on the island as it is for our touring professionals but that didn’t worry Mullarney; he’d set his own lofty goals that so nearly came to fruition. “One of my goals was to win the Bridgestone Order of Merit this year,” said Mullarney, who finished second to the man he conquered at the Close, Naas bomber Brazill. “The only thing about the Bridgestone is that if you’re lucky enough to play on some of the national teams, you’re going to miss some events. The St Andrews Links Trophy clashes with Connacht Stroke Play. The Lytham Trophy clashes with the Munster Stroke Play. I was lucky enough to play Europeans but then you can’t play the North.

“It’s a pity you can’t play them all but you can’t have everything. I loved the format. In my opinion, winning that is more prestigious than a championship because you’re the most consistent golfer of the year. It’s special.” A first Major title was more than a little consolation for Mullarney who can now set his sights on the next chapter of a bubbling fairway journey. Whether or not that culminates in him turning professional, Mullarney remains unsure but he’s experienced enough time in pro company already to realise that a significant step up will be required again should he decide on that path. Reward for winning the NI Amateur Open in 2018 was a place in the NI Open amongst the stars of the Challenge Tour; a venture into elite company Mullarney won’t be forgetting any time soon. “The scores the professionals were shooting were pretty eye opening because it was not easy up there,” Mullarney said of Galgorm. “I was thinking, if that was an amateur event and I played my best golf for two rounds, bar a freakish round, I’d say two under or three under would’ve been really good and that would’ve left me six shots back at halfway, minimum. “I was hitting a few balls with Cormac Sharvin on the range a few weeks later. I didn’t really want to disturb him too much but I went up to him and said ‘do you mind me asking but what goes on in Galgorm that those lads are shooting those scores? It’s windy, it’s wet, the rough is cabbage, the greens are fast’ and he actually calmed me down a bit and goes, ‘I wouldn’t worry about that as much, the scoring is always really, really good up there’, so that made me feel a bit better.” Still, the big takeaway for Mullarney from that week was that his go-to methodical approach for navigating the fairways might need to take more of a back seat should he find himself mixing it with the professionals for money in the future. “If I was playing it again, I would’ve just gone for everything,” he realised. “I wouldn’t have left a putt short; I would’ve gone for every pin. I can’t say I watched the leaders but based on the scores they shot, they must’ve been playing so aggressive. I really wanted to make the cut and then if I did, I would’ve started going for things then but I guess I learned that you need to play aggressive if you want to make the cut at all.” And that’s very much been the hallmark of the Challenge Tour this season, and most satellite tours for that matter. Mullarney’s Maynooth alumni, Gary Hurley missed out on a weekend cut at the Made in Denmark Challenge over the summer despite shooting five-under for two rounds, but do such horror stories hold weight when someone like Mullarney is considering his next move? “It definitely makes you questions things,” Mullarney conceded. “I read Padraig Harrington when he played Wentworth a few years ago. He said he didn’t play bad golf – he didn’t putt great – but he was happy with the way he hit the ball and he was four-over for two rounds at the BMW. 12-under or so was leading after two rounds! He said if that was one of his first Tour events, he doesn’t know where he’d be now.

“But look, even if you’re being aggressive, you wouldn’t be aggressive on all 18 holes. There are times when a pin might be on a slope and you’ve a wedge where you might favour a bit right whereas if you’re a pro, you’re going right at it. But if you’ve a four–iron going into a firm green, it doesn’t really matter, you have to take a fairly conservative target. I think one of my best assets is golf IQ and how I work my way around the golf course so it’s not something I’ll ever abandon.” And perhaps he’ll never have to? One of the hot topics circling golf forums today is how we might go about combatting a golf ball threatening to fly into orbit. Adding mind-numbing length to already unimaginative obstacles is proving futile and in good news for players of the ilk of Mullarney, more of a plotter than a bomber, it’s just as unsustainable too. “They’re running out of land and they’re running out of water to keep the land so that’s going to change soon,” Mullarney said, knowingly. “I think anyone who knows anything about golf and is into that type of thing is going to realise that the Ryder Cup was the biggest eye–opening experience. “I know Le Golf National was long but it was unbelievably tight. The best players in the world, even in fourball, weren’t breaking par. They couldn’t hack it. It’s a very simple change to implement too. You look at a European Tour event like Valderrama, 7,000 yards or so and over par wins there regularly. “Don’t get me wrong, I think if I’m playing well enough, I can compete on any golf course. But I know when Tiger was in college, he was thinking about the future and he could see courses were getting longer so he started going to the gym. He put on yards that way. Maybe it will go the other way now where people will have to work even more on their wedge play and putting to tackle tricky course design and that might just suit me.” If Mullarney is to take up the game full-time, one trap he won’t fall into is the common mistake of an amateur overhauling the game that got them to the paid circuit before it’s had a chance to test itself in its new surroundings. With Dad the swing guru behind Mullarney’s action, it’s always been a case of little tweaks and minor upgrades as opposed to drastic changes and it’s a formula the Maynooth man never envisages changing. “I’ve always had the same coach in my Dad and because of him, I understand my swing, maybe a lot more than people know,” he revealed. “I know what I’m doing, why I’m doing it and yeah, there’s definitely areas I want to improve on. I kind of learned my swing more inside out so changing it now wouldn’t add up. It’s there for a reason. Dad always says to me, ‘when you’re 25, are you going to ring up your Maths teacher and ask him what’s eight times eight? No, he’s taught you how to do it so you know what you’re at and you can do it yourself’. “I know that’s not for everyone but I’m spoiled that way. Dad had my clubs bang on for me from the age of 12 when I didn’t even need them bang on and as a consequence, I’ve

become very analytical and hands on with that stuff now too. I look at the likes of DeChambeau and I think he’s brilliant. I don’t know him personally, I’d like to, but I just think it’s the way he says things sometimes that gets him in a bit of trouble. I don’t think you have to put it out there that much.” It’s no wonder Mullarney has an affinity to the man dubbed by world golf as ‘The Scientist’, given his Dad, Tom became the first certified instructor of ‘The Golf Machine’ in Ireland in 2003, a manual on golf studied by DeChambeau himself. “Dad used to be an engineer so it comes to him naturally so he can nearly translate it to me,” Mullarney said. “What amazes me is that I know it’s not for everyone, but it’s for so few people. That amazes me.” It’s that extra percentage of a percent that could prove the difference between making it in this game and not. Success has long been defined by small margins with Mullarney, like so many others, undertaking a daily battle to unearth his edge. On no occasion will such an advantage be more welcomed than when he tackles Bom Sucesso for Stage One of Q-School starting October 9th. [Mullarney has since advanced with flying colours to Stage Two in Spain on November 7] “I would’ve done it last year but I was still in college,” Mullarney said. “I was fairly sure I was always going to go at some stage. That’s not to say I’m 100% going to turn pro but I definitely wanted to give it a go. Of all formats, it should suit my game; consistency hopefully over 10 – 16 rounds. If you can produce consistent golf you should be there, thereabouts but I’m going to go as an amateur. “The way I’m thinking on it, like obviously I hope it goes well but if it doesn’t, there’s very little professional golf from mid-October to April/May so I don’t really see the point in turning professional unless you’re a Walker Cup player. Hopefully I’ll get the chance with the GUI to play more amateur events. The standard in them is so high that you’re only increasing your chances of getting sponsorship the better you do.” A measured approach, all outcomes calculated; did you expect it any other way? It’s Mullarney IQ that stretches far beyond golf that makes you believe he has a future in this game. It’s not that it’ll make the road to get there that much easier; the professional route is littered with landmines that, even when avoided, wouldn’t guarantee success. Top-heavy prize funds make sponsorship essential while the egg-timer on these speculative investments seems to be emptying quicker than ever as fledgling pros fail to make the grade. In Mullarney’s case, however, there’s no hurry. Each paver must be mapped out to ensure a step isn’t wasted. It wouldn’t make sense to him any other way. “If you want to be a professional at anything, you have to serve an apprenticeship,” Mullarney believes. “So maybe that apprenticeship is on

the EuroPro Tour or the Alps Tour, or if you’re that bit better, the Challenge Tour before you get to the Main Tour and start making money. “To me, it doesn’t really add up to think that you can start making money straight away. I’ve just finished working with Dad on a business plan for a golfer; what the average costs would be, where I see myself in three years – just looking at myself exactly like a business. “But that’s what you have to do. The amateur game is a very good start but the pro game is different. It’s like the transition I went through from Boys golf to Senior golf. I don’t think it’s as big a step but it is going to be different so you have to allow yourself an adjustment period. Ultimately, you have to invest in yourself to get the rewards down the line.” Ronan, we wish you every bit of luck along the way.

Winter Snooker Competition Cancelled due to lack of interest. Refunds available from the club bar.

Notice of SGM Including Motion for Consideration & Associated Finance Plan Will be sent out to members by email tomorrow and also posted up on the website and also posted up in the clubhouse in line with Rules 30 & 31 of the Club Constitution. Copies of each of the above shall also be available, upon request, from the Club Office.

Notice of Rule Change Motions for AGM Will be posted up in the clubhouse tomorrow in line with Rule 34A of the Club Constitution.

BMW 3 Series Draw in Aid of NBCRI Congratulation to Arthur Comyns from Mallow, Co Cork who drove away in a fab new 3 series BMW recently having won same in the NBCRI car draw organised by club member Phillip Duffy. Arthur bought the winning ticket at the Ploughing Championships. Not a bit jealous!!

Notice of Rule Change Motions For Ladies Club AGM Posted up in the clubhouse in line with Rule 18A of the Club Constitution.

News from The Pro Shop New Arrivals:

New Ladies Golf Accessories from Surprise shop. TrackMan 4: Trackman 4 coming soon to the Swing room. Keep an eye on the weekly e-mails for more updates.

Got News? I am happy to carry any news that will be pertinent to the club or its members so please feel free to contact me with anything you would like to see included. Kind regards,

Dave Kelly General Manager

Condition of Competition Entry - Men’s Club

As a private members club it is acknowledged that the sponsorship of member events is a valued source of both finance and positive exposure for the club. A great deal of time and effort goes into identifying, sourcing and building relationships with our sponsors and it is incumbent on the men’s club members to convey appreciation for this support by way of consistent attendance at scheduled Men’s Club Presentation evenings.

For the Club’s part it undertakes to ensure its male members are aware of

when they are in line to receive a prize by: 1. Publishing Competition Results in a Timely Manner on the Club Website

2. Texting all Prize-winners in advance of the Presentation 3. Reminding all Prize-winners via Text in advance of the Presentation

Notwithstanding the above efforts consistent low attendance at Men’s Club

Presentations by Prize-winners remains an issue which has led the men’s club to adopt the following Condition of Competition Entry in relation to

Presentation Nights/Non-Collection of Prizes.

Any male member who does not attend a prize-giving in which they have won a prize and who has NOT ARRANGED FOR A SUBSTITUTE TO COLLECT THEIR PRIZE at the Presentation will forfeit that Prize.

Notifications as to non-attendance and substitute attendees can be made to the Club Office upto 5pm on the date of the Presentation or thereafter to the Competition Secretary directly giving minimum notice of 1 hour in advance of the planned presentation. Any unclaimed prize / voucher will be held by the men’s committee and used at its discretion. Any appeals occurring on the above Condition of Entry should be addressed in writing to the Men’s Committee.

Men’s Committee

Dates, Venues & Times for 2019 AGM’s

124th AGM of the Club - Sunday December 8th @ 7.30pm in the Clubhouse ** Important Dates **

Nominations for Club Council must be received in writing to the GM by Sat 30th November. See Rules 4C, 4D and 4E of the Club Constitution, Term of Office and Election of the Club

Council.

Notices of Motion must be received in writing to the GM by Sunday 24th November. See Rule 29C of the Club Constitution, General Meeting.

Notice of any Proposed Rule Change must be received in writing to the GM by Sunday 10th

November. See Rules 34A & 34B of the Club Constitution, General Meeting.

AGM of the Men’s Club - Friday December 6th @ 7.30pm in the Clubhouse ** Important Dates **

Nominations for Men’s Committee must be received in writing to the GM by Thurs 28th November. See Rules 3C, 3D and 3E of the Club Constitution, Part 2 Men’s Club.

Notices of Motion must be received in writing to the GM by Friday 22nd November.

See Rule 13 of the Club Constitution, Part 2 Men’s Club.

Notice of any Proposed Rule Change must be received in writing to the GM by Friday 8th November. See Rules 18A and 18B of the Club Constitution, Part 2 Men’s Club.

AGM of the Ladies Club - Sunday December 1st @ 7.30pm in the Clubhouse ** Important Dates **

Nominations for Ladies Committee must be received in writing to the GM by Saturday 23rd November. See Rules 3C, 3D and 3E of the Club Constitution, Part 3 Ladies Club

Notices of Motion must be received in writing to the GM by Sunday 17th November.

See Rule 13 of the Club Constitution, Part 3 Ladies Club

Notice of any Proposed Rule Change must be received in writing to the GM by Sunday 3rd November. See Rules 18A and 18B of the Club Constitution, Part 3 Ladies Club

Please Note:

- In in order to ensure accurate and timely distribution of the above it is recommended all Nominations, Notices of Motions or Proposed Rule Changes be Received by the GM, in writing, not

later than 5.00pm on the Friday preceding all of the above dates if the dates fall on a Sat or Sun. - All Motions that are proposed (in respect of the addition, repeal or amendment of Rules of the Club)

must be in Compliance with the relevant rules of the Club Constitution. As notices of such motions must be displayed in the club 28 days from the date of the AGM it is advised that they are presented in

good time to allow the club review the motion and engage with Proposer & Seconder.

Health & Safety for Golfers Remember Your Responsibilities please.

Use the bell on the 15th hole to indicate when it’s safe to play.

Follow all Course Safety Signage.

Ensure proposed landing areas are clear of fellow golfers

before playing your shots, especially on holes 7, 12, 15 & 17

Stand a safe distance from the person swinging the club.

Yell “Fore” to warn fellow golfers of errant shots whether hit

by you or not.

Do not play under the influence of an intoxicant.

Be aware of your surrounding at all times.

Take care near all water hazards.

Exercise caution around all moving vehicles on the course and

in the carpark

Pace of Play Our agreed “Time Par” in Fourball Play is; 4 Hrs & 15 Min’s for 18 Holes 2 Hrs & 10 Min’s for 9 Holes This is not a Target – It is the Maximum Time Allowed

Suggestions for Improved Pace of Play

Allow Faster Groups to Play Through in Good Time

Be Ready to Play when it is your Turn

Agree with your Playing Partners a “Ready to Play” System

i.e. If you are Ready & it is Safe then Play! i.e. No “Honour” (except in Match play) – the 1st Player ready Plays i.e. Players should play their own ball before helping to look for a lost ball i.e. When not playing your shot you should be preparing to play your shot

Position Bags & Carts Correctly for a Quick Exit from Hole

Mark Scorecards between Holes as you Walk

If in Doubt Play a Provisional Ball

Watch the flight of the Ball Carefully

If each player in a fourball takes an average of just 5 seconds less to play each shot and if

each players shoots +10 (80)