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Contents 4

From The Editor

Tournament News 6 10

Karrie Webb – Treats Rivals And Fans To Golfing Clinic Karrie Webb – Wins MFS Australian Open

Women Golf State Presidents 13

The Girls Behind The Scene

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Letters To The Editor

Tournament News 18

Local Dreams Realised In Peugeot Women’s Classic National Final

Player Profile 20

Kristie Newton Taking The Challenge

Tournament News 24

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2007 QantasLink Ladies Amateur Classic

Player Profile 36

Sarah Kemp Enjoying The Experience And Making Inroads

Sports Psychology 40

Mental Notes

Property Review 42

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Calendar Of Events

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Special Feature 48

Volunteers At The ANZ Ladies Masters

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Easy Steps To Improve Your Putting

Garrett Rookie Of The Year In Europe

Tips, Hints & Training

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elcome to the March to June issue of Womens GOLF, this is the tournament rundown issue. Firstly I would like to apologise for my error in the dates of the ANZ Ladies Masters that I ran in my last column. I hope none of you turned up a week late.

See Annie Wilson’s training tips on “Easy Steps to Improve your Putting” and Jenny Sevil’s “Mind Techniques” on self esteem and how it effects your performance.

Thanks to all the girls who came and saw us over the ANZ Ladies Masters. I was amazed at how many subscribers came to the event from all over Australia.

We also have “Mental Notes” by Andrea Furst, on how to make each shot count. We are introducing to this issue a new regular column called “Kaz’s Kalamaty Kapers.” Kaz writes about everyday issues we girls face, in an hilarious manner. I know you will laugh your heads off.

During the four days we ran a special prize for anyone that subscribed over the four days. All those ladies went into the draw to win a Khama pink ladies golf bag, Weiss socks, plus Vision balls and tees. The lucky winner was Nols Pelly an avid golfer, who is a member of Royal Queensland.

Several of you have asked us to introduce a Buyers’ Marketplace which we are going to run in the June Issue. This will enable you all to buy and sell your pre-loved gear. You need to be a subscriber to utilize this service.

For further information just email us on info@austwomensgolf.com.au.

We also ran a special subscriber prize for all current subscribers, both new and previous to win two fabulous prizes.The lucky winner of the Henry Griffith custom fitted clubs was Mia Stewart from Bilgola Plateau, in NSW. Mary Stewart from Berri, NSW won the glamorous Complete Five Under Fashion Wardrobe. Congratulations to all three winners.

Although it was banned from sale at the women’s golf tournaments recently, the Top Shots of Women’s Professional Golf 2007 calendar has been snapped up by leading golf equipment developer and supplier, Bill Bozley, “the Boz”. Through his direct marketing partners at Image-On “The Boz” is offering two dozen of the latest Fantom Premium (white) golf balls (RRP $108) plus two Top Shots calendars for just $59.95 plus postage and handling. Call Wayne Bosley on 02 9938 6066 or you can email wayne@visiongolfball. com. Some of the proceeds of the sale of the calendars will go to the McGrath Foundation.

We have some great stories in this issue on the many tournaments that have been run over the past few months, including the ANZ Ladies Masters, the MFS Australian Open, both won by Karrie Webb, the Peugeot Womens Classic National Final, the 2007 Qantas Link Ladies Amateur Classic, and the Fisher and Paykel Classic. We have profiles on Kristie Newton, Nikki Garrett and Sarah Kemp and have a great story on Kathie Shearer who runs the media centre for most of the top tournaments.

Volunteers play a major part in how these tournaments are run smoothly. A special thanks to them and the great work they do.

We have two stories on them.

Finally, Dawn Fraser is the celebrity golfer for our June issue. Dawn is undoubtably the most recognised Australian sportswomen, both here and internationally. I had the pleasure of meeting Dawn when she was here for the ANZ Ladies Masters and she is an absolute delight, and had many great stories to tell.

Many thanks to Baker Finch Sport for supplying outfits for myself, Ann Wilson and Dawn Fraser during the ANZ Ladies Masters.

So keep on playing and enjoy your golf.

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TOURNAMENT NEWS Bruce Young Award-winning Golf Journalist and Commentator

Karrie

Karrie Webb’s emphatic win in the 2007 ANZ Ladies Masters further highlighted her importance not only to the event itself, but to Australian golf and more specifically Australian women’s golf generally.

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ebb has been the catalyst behind the success of the ANZ Ladies Masters since 1997 when she started a run of performances in the event that had seen her finish as either the winner or runner up in nine of the past 11 years. Even at a time when she was not the warm, engaging person she has become on the golf course in the past year or so, Webb was the golfer capable of setting Royal Pines alight and the Gold Coast crowds had always warmed to her.

The consistently high exposure the event has attracted, both via television and through the significant media interest it generates, both nationally and internationally, has seen the event ranking as arguably the most popular event in Australian golf.

Webb’s follow-up win to her equally impressive and even more emphatic win at the MFS Women’s Australian Open in Sydney seven days earlier confirmed that she has started 2007 in the manner she finished off in 2006 and is very much on track to achieve one of her remaining goals, namely to secure the number

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one position in the female game. In the 12 months since her far less impressive and worst-ever effort in the event when 33rd in 2006, Webb has improved from 17th to third in the world ranking behind Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa and, given the start that her first two events in 2007 have given her, then that particular goal is very much achievable. “I know it will not be easy to chase down Annika and Lorena, but all I can control is what I do and if I keep doing what I have been doing the past 12 months then I have a chance,” said Webb after her two-shot win.

Webb arrived at Royal Pines in a tremendous frame of mind after what had been a six-shot win, admittedly over a slight weaker field, at Royal Sydney. Given her great record at Royal Pines and that she had had the benefit of a tournament under her belt in comparison to the two new additions to the list of competitors who would face and possibly test her, she was again a pronounced favourite.

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Treats Rivals And Fans To Golfing Clinic ...

Cristie Kerr

Cristie Kerr is a feisty, successful 29-year-old who has undergone a metamorphosis in her appearance over the past few years, turning herself from a frumpy, bespectacled youngster on the LPGA Tour into one of its more marketable commodities.

It appeared early on in the week as if that was to be the main story of Cristie Kerr’s involvement in the tournament, but she also possesses a brilliant golf game that would eventually, and rightly, become the focus of attention in terms of her involvement at Royal Pines. She has been a nine-time winner on the LPGA Tour, three of those coming in 2006, and arrived at Royal Pines as the number four player in the world behind the absent Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa and of course Webb herself.

Shi-Hyun Ahn

Joining Kerr would be the Japanese star Sakura Yokomine, who at number 19 in the world would be one of only three players in the field from inside the top 20. Yokomine is being talked of as a future star of the game even outside of her native Japan, where she has won several titles, including three in 2006. Together with Kerr they strengthened the field significantly and would hopefully assist in making the event a far greater contest than had been the case at Royal Sydney. Time would tell.

Day one dawned fine and calm and the early starters were about to take full advantage. Perhaps surprisingly, Webb was one who did not. Just two birdies and one bogey saw Webb fail to capitalise on some of the best scoring conditions Royal Pines could have presented and her opening round of 71 had her seven behind the lead almost before the tournament had begun. Ahn Sun Ju, who had also played in Thursday morning’s great scoring conditions, was one to really take advantage. One of the leading players on the Korean Ladies Tour in 2006, Ahn had played well at Royal Sydney just a few days earlier, but her opening round of eight under par 64 gave an even better indication of her class. The 19-year-old is clearly a player who will follow in the footsteps of Se Ri Pak, Mi Hyun Kim and the many other Korean golfers who have experienced success on the US LPGA Tour, if and when she gets there, however, as she has does not as yet have status on that Tour.

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Ahn was two ahead of Wales’ Rebecca Brewerton and Cecilia Ekelundh at the completion of day one, while six players were at five under 67, including the Australians, Tamie Durdin, Loraine Lambert and Michelle Ellis, the New Zealander Sara Nicholson, Sakura Yokomine and the woman who chased Karrie Webb home last week in Sydney, Chinese Taipei’s Wei Yun Jye.

By the time the round was over Webb had produced a brilliant round of 62, created a new course record and shared the 54-hole lead with Michelle Ellis, one ahead of Korea’s Shin Ji Yai whose third round of 66 had moved her very much into contention. Cristie Kerr was in fourth place at 12 under and three behind the leading pair.

Round two saw similar early conditions although the afternoon breeze arrived a little earlier than it had on day one. With the cut looking to be at even par or thereabouts, those who had not performed well in the early conditions on day one faced a task, as the breeze increased around midday, to be around for the weekend. Webb was in that category, but by the time she had completed nine holes she had improved to four under for the day and five under for the tournament. Webb added another birdie at the 10th and at six under she had appeared on the front page of the leaderboard for the first time. A double bogey at the par five 12th came as a shock to her and those expecting her to keep moving forward and she was back at four under. She added another bogey at the 14th, but finished with birdies at the 15th and 18th to be at five under, and while not in contention she was not yet out if it.

Webb’s previous best round in professional golf had been the 61 she had recorded in 1999 at the Oldsmobile Classic in Michigan.

“I knew 61 was a chance as I played the last, but perhaps hit a little too much club there in being too aggressive,” said Webb of her attempt at one final birdie. She found the bunker but managed to get up and down for par to complete her best round in Australia and better the previous course and tournament record held by Tiffany Joh, Ai Miyazato and Webb herself.

The first-round leader Ahn stayed in front when she added a second round of 68 to lead by one over New South Wales golfer Michelle Ellis, and by three over Swede Lotta Wahlin. Ellis has been a fine player on the LPGA Tour in the US since arriving there in 2001 and has won nearly US$1 million in that time. A player good enough to win the Australian Amateur Championship in 1997 and 1998, Ellis was making steady progress on the LPGA Tour before disaster struck at the 2004 US Women’s Open in Massachusetts. She slipped during that event and suffered what she described as a slipped disc. It has plagued her since and things were not going well off course either. Her father Bob has struggled with cancer in recent times and in fact had lost a leg to the disease in 2006. Bob was there, however, along with Ellis’ other family and friends from Casino and she was not about to let them down.

“It seemed that everything I looked at went in,” she said, referring to a day out on the greens.

“I felt very comfortable on the greens and while it was not as good a ball, striking round as on Saturday last week at Royal Sydney, I could have putted with my eyes closed and they would still have gone in.” No better example was than at the 17th when she appeared to be in trouble from the tee, but produced a remarkable shot over the trees to the front of the green and then proceeded to make a 30-footer for her 10th birdie of the day. A smile spread across her face as if to acknowledge that there was little she could do wrong on that day.

Day three and the tournament that had lacked the Webb factor until that point was about to get the injection it had been waiting for. Webb was out nearly an hour before the final group of Ahn, Ellis and Wahlin.

Before the players in the last group had arrived at the first tee, Webb had picked up an early birdie and was about to begin a run that would sweep her to the lead. At the fifth she added another and over the next seven holes she would add five more. As she headed to the 13th tee she was at 12 under and closing fast on the then leader Ahn. 8

“My best round has been 61 and I was keen to match that but it is the best round that Mikie (her caddy Mike Paterson) and I have had together. I think the ball striking was a little better on Saturday last week in Sydney, but the putting (25 putts) was better, in fact as good as it has been for quite a while and I was really in the zone.

For Ellis round three had been impressive in that she overcame a shaky start, but day four would test her further. I was a little nervous out there early,” said Ellis referring to a roller-coaster start to the day. “I began to feel more comfortable after a few holes and perhaps in hindsight the bogey at the first was not such a bad thing as it settled me down fairly quickly. I missed a couple of chances over the closing two holes, but I’ll take the round and I am looking forward to tomorrow. I’m not about to say I won’t be nervous, Womens GOLF March 2007

as I will be, but the quicker I can settle the nerves tomorrow the better. We still need to be aware of those behind us also.”

The final day again dawned perfectly fine although there was the threat of rain later in the day. That there were still several players in contention gave the tournament a different dimension to the one-horse race that had developed in Sydney last week.

Most felt that Webb’s class and her stunning record at Royal Pines would be enough to get her through, but she faced a resurgent Ellis, a high-class Korean and the world number four was not too far away either.

If there was any suggestion, however, that this was going to be a tough battle between all four it lasted only a few holes before Webb established a stranglehold on the tournament. Ellis kept in touch until the 8th where the shot that has plagued her since her injury, the blocked shot to the right, reared its ugly head. Alongside the 8th hole stands the Crowne Plaza Hotel and so far right was Ellis’ tee shot that her ball might well have lobbed into a drink being enjoyed by a sunbaker at the Resort’s pool. It signalled the end of a brave challenge for Ellis and left Webb ahead by two.

Webb hit her second at the par five 9th some 25 feet right of the hole, but the putter that had served her so well all week was not about to let her down. The eagle chance poured into the middle of the hole and she was ahead by four. In the space of just 27 holes she had produced a remarkable 11-shot turnaround. She was behind by seven as she headed into day three and now, half -way through the final round, she led by four over Shin.

At the 10th came an incident that might, in another time and place, have derailed Webb. Her second from the right-hand rough was good and pitched just over the bunker and ran to about 15 feet from the hole. It sat on the very edge of the green and it was hard to determine whether the ball lay on the green or not. That would be important in the action that Webb was about to take.

She checked with Ellis to confirm that she too felt it was on the green and when Ellis said she thought so, Webb picked the ball up and tossed it to her caddy. As she went to replace it she felt uncomfortable and decided to check with the nearby rules official who checked and then confirmed her mistake. It had been off the

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green and the one-shot penalty resulted in a bogey, but Webb was still ahead by three over Shin. That became four again very quickly when Shin bogeyed the next.

“The mental side of things has done a 180-degree turnaround,” said Webb, later referring to her changed demeanour on course and the manner in which she handled that decision. “I am finding it much easier now to get involved in the shot rather than getting too bogged down with the outcome. The penalty on the 10th was a good example, as I just got on with it, made a good up and down at the next. I knew I had a four-shot lead so I was not going to let it bother me.”

Webb maintained her margin over the next few holes and although she hit a few loose shots over the closing holes, such was her margin that she could enjoy the moment as she walked up the last fairway with a three-shot lead over Shin. Another bogey at the last saw the final margin just two, but it perhaps flattered her chasers. It mattered little, however, as Webb held the trophy aloft.

She had won by two over Shin and by three over Cristie Kerr.

“I was not really thinking of doing this well when I started in Sydney. I always go into tournaments expecting to win and I had put a lot of hard work in the weeks leading into Sydney, but I can’t say I was expecting to win two tournaments in a row.”

Just 10 hours after her victory speech Webb was to be picked up at 3.00 am on Monday morning and driven to Brisbane airport from where she would fly to Hawaii for the first event of the USLPGA season, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. It will be a season of much interest for both Webb and her golfing fans. She has done everything asked of her in her opening two events, but from now on she now faces stronger fields and territory that is less familiar than that she faced at Royal Pines.

On the other side of the coin is the fact that Webb will be playing with less pressure and expectation than she has faced while being the favourite for and the expected winner of both events here in Australia. She handled her responsibilities with class and poise and performed above and beyond the call of duty.

Hyun-Ju Shin

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Karrie Wins MFS

Karrie Webb’s convincing win at the MFS Australian Open at Royal Sydney again highlighted why she is considered by many to be not only one of the game’s greatest in the modern era, but why many consider her to be Australia’s greatest-ever golfer of either gender.

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ow no-one is suggesting for a moment that if she lined up against Greg Norman and Peter Thomson (the other contenders for that honour) when they were at their prime and off the back tees in any tournament that she could have gone close to beating them, but looking at her world-wide achievements overall, her record stacks up better than any other Australian golfer of either gender, especially at the highest level of the game. After all, Webb has won seven major championships, including all four in the female game, and has been a dominant force on the LPGA Tour for more than 10 years now.

in the event that, although she had not played for some time,Webb was very quickly getting back into tournament mode, especially when she opened with a first round of 67. She did not lead at that stage, that honour going to New South Wales golfer Sarah Kemp, whose opening round of 66 further confirmed that she is a young lady who may well end up in the footsteps of Karrie Webb.

Kemp has just completed her first year in professional golf and has done remarkably well, and in front of many friends and family she was able to snatch a one-shot lead over Webb and another young Australian destined for greater things, Nikki Campbell.

Webb has not always gained the recognition she deserves for her achievements, but to some extent she has been guilty of bringing that on herself. With a newly adopted attitude to her game, and the success if brings,Webb is warming to those who only ever wanted to laud her achievements, and they in turn are warming to a more “open” Karrie Webb. It is a symbiotic relationship not only for Webb and her fans, but for women’s golf generally.

Campbell had just completed her fourth season in Japan and this year won for the first time. She has been consistently among the leading money winners in her time on the JLPGA Tour, but her win at the Suntory Open confirmed what most have felt for a long time, namely that she has a significant career in professional golf ahead of her. Importantly, Campbell had fond memories of Royal Sydney in so much as she had won the Australian Amateur there in 2002 just months before turning professional.

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One shot further back after day one was a young lady who would make her mark on the event and one whose presence in Womens GOLF March 2007

Webb Australian Open Nikki Campbell courtesy of photograher Tristan Jones

the tournament organisers would welcome as the week evolved.

Wei Jun Jye would become one of the few able to challenge Webb later in the week, although not many would have believed that, even after her solid start. Wei has been one of the betterperformed players on the Japan Ladies Golf Tour in recent years. In 2006 she won two events there, so while her name was unfamiliar to Australian fans she had runs on the board, even if they had been in Japan. Two 17-year-olds were among those at three under 69, namely Amy Yang and the South African amateur Ashleigh Simon.

By the end of round two Webb had her nose in front, where it would stay for the next two days. Her second round of 71, on a golf course that was already beginning to bare its teeth, edged her one shot ahead of Wei with a further shot back to Campbell, while Yang and Korean Sun Ju Ahn moved into fourth place. The round of the day on Friday came from Denmark’s Karen-Margrethe Juul, whose 67 was a stunning round in the conditions.

Sarah Kemp, who had led into the second day, began what would be a roller-coaster week with a second round of 78, which saw her slip to 12th place. Her back nine of 43 was a surprise to all.

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Sarah Kemp

Sun Ju Ahn

The weather was again fine in round three, although the northerly breezes were drying and firming the golf course, and after a relatively benign first two days the subtleties and increasing dangers of Royal Sydney were about to be exposed.

Webb extended her lead with a brilliant third round of 68 in those demanding conditions, in fact her round of four under par was the only round in the 60s that day and she had the lead by four over Wei, with Kemp bouncing back from her second-round disaster with a third-round 71 to be in third place heading into day four. They were the only players under par, but it looked to be a race in two between Webb and Wei. On a day where the typical north-easterly breezes did not arrive, scoring generally improved on the final day compared to that which had been seen earlier in the week, and over the previous two days especially, the brilliant course-record round of 65 on day four by Katherine Hull confirming that claim.

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SPECIAL FEATURE TOURNAMENT NEWS and hit a tree with her second, she dropped a shot and the difference was just three. Webb bounced back with a birdie at the 5th after a pitch from 100 yards or so left her just less than a metre from the hole, and from that point on, although she was unable to gain any further ground on par over the next seven holes, she maintained her four-shot lead over Wei. As the pair moved to the 13th tee Webb was four ahead, but the leader put what was to be the final nail in the coffin with a delightful pitch and run from just off the green at the 13th to tap-in distance. That took her five ahead, and although she bogeyed the par three 14th, after being long with her tee shot and gave one back to the field, when Wei took double bogey at the 15th, after adventures in the greenside trap, the lead had extended to six and Webb was well placed to enjoy the last few holes.

As part of her resurgence in golf in the past 12 months, Webb has expressed her desire to savour the moment and enjoy her success more than has been the case in the past. This would be her chance to do just that. Both players dropped shots at the 17th, but it was neither here nor there as Webb had such a break on Wei and Wei such a break on the rest of the field that it mattered little.

For Webb, the six-shot lead she enjoyed on the 18th tee gave her the chance to enjoy the support the Sydney golfing public had given her all week as she played the 72nd hole with such a lead. Webb was even prepared to talk to the on-course commentator at the last hole. In another time, and perhaps with less of a lead,Webb might not have done that but, as mentioned earlier, she looks at her success in a different light now and seems prepared to share it with others more now.

It would be easy to get carried away with the fact Webb beat this field by such a margin, but it should be remembered that this was a field that included very few golfers capable of challenging her on a week-to-week basis. She was after all the only player from the world’s top 20 in Sydney. Taking nothing away from some very good players in the field this week, it is hoped that now the MFS Women’s Australian Open has been reinstated that there will be even stronger opposition for Webb in 2008.

Despite the very one-sided nature of the result, the tournament was a success. While the crowds were not at the level that Royal Sydney had experienced for the men’s version of the event two months earlier, there is little doubt that the base has been formed for the event to once again become a regular feature of Australian women’s golf and Australian golf generally. It is hoped that the many of the promising young Australian professionals who gave glimpses of their capabilities during the Open can now can take their game to the next level and challenge Webb in the years ahead. If they are able to do just that and make a race of it, then the tournament has a good future.

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Wei Yun Jye courtesy of photographer Tristan Jones

Royal Sydney, photographer Anthony Powter

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WOMEN GOLF STATE PRESIDENTS

The Girls Behind The Scene

State Presidents from left to right: Libby Brown (TAS), Dianne Tomlin (WA), Joan Coles (SA), Anne Lenagin (NSW), Carmel Smith (QLD) and Judy Onto (VIC).

CARMEL SMITH President WGQ

Carmel Smith had only been playing golf for one year when she took on the position of Associates Vice-Captain at Murgon Golf Club. Since then she has served the game for 38 consecutive years in a number of varying roles with her club, zone, district, State and nationally. In 2002 Carmel joined the WGQ Council. Later she would move into the Vice-President role and take on the huge job as WGQ Chair of Match. At this stage she became involved in the amalgamation discussions with the Queensland Golf Union and since taking on the role of President she has been focused on ensuring the best outcome for Queensland’s golfers through the unification process.

DIANNE TOMLIN

President WGWA and Delegate to Golf Australia Council.

I have been playing golf for about 20 years and was elected to the committee at my club (Lake Karrinyup) in 1996, eventually becoming Captain. At the end of my captaincy in 2001 I was encouraged to nominate as a committee member at Women’s Golf Western Australia, elected to the Board in 2003 and President in 2004.

To date we have reviewed our policies and procedures implementing good governance practices and are working towards achieving our vision of one united organisation for golf in Western Australia where all golfers, female and male, juniors, adults or veterans have an equal opportunity to participate, develop their skills and compete at whatever level they aspire to.

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ANNE LENAGAN President WGNSW

LIBBY BROWN President WGTAS

A Member of Royal Sydney Golf Club, Anne was elected to the Board of WGNSW in 2004 and has served on the Finance and Amalgamation Committees.

She is also a delegate to the Council of Golf Australia and a Governor of the NSW Golf Foundation.

In the late 1960s Libby obtained a handicap of four – played in many Intrastate Series for the Northern Team, selected in the State Squad in 1971-2-3 and was awarded a Laurel Wreath in 1972 at the Seabrook Golf Club.

Anne brings 30 years’ experience with the major consumer goods multi-national, Unilever, encompassing Executive Director, General Management and marketing roles. She is also on the Boards of an ASX-listed telecommunications company and the Oasis Youth Support Network. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Libby held the position of State Vice-President in 2001-2003, becoming President in 2004 until now and State delegate to Women’s Golf Australia until the National Amalgamation in 2006.

JUDY ONTO President WGV

Involved in State golf administration for nine years, Judy Onto has held various roles within Women’s Golf Victoria. Commencing in 1998 as State Captain, Onto went on to Chair the State Squads Committee, before being elected President in 2004.

A current member and past Women’s Captain and Board Member of Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Onto has represented the Club in Pennant since 1972, with a 10year break while living overseas. A singlefigure marker for most of her golf career, Onto now plays off 14, with her handicap doubling since becoming involved with State and National golf administration.

Onto believes that as a sport, “golf has it all”.

Libby has represented her State in three different different swimming disciplines and was a squad member of the State hockey and golf teams.

JOAN COLES President WGSA

I took up golf over 20 years ago.

Tennis friends arranged for me to join them at the McLaren Vale Golf Club at Ashbourne, where I played for the next 10 years.

It was a great place to learn to play, the course is not too long, but you needed to be accurate or you would end up in “snake” country! There was a great club atmosphere and I was co-opted on to the Committee in my second year and have been involved in golf administration in one capacity or another ever since. In 1994 I moved to the Vines Golf Club at Reynella (formerly Marino GC) where my husband was a member and where I hope to play a lot more golf when I complete my term as President.

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LETTERS TO T HE ED I T OR

Editor’s Note: Reference to McLeod Golf Club Special Offer has expired.

Ladies, remember to fill in the Golf Club that you play at when you fill in your subscription form as we will be running an article on the Golf Club with the most subscribers in the next issue. So if you have not told us where you play drop us a line to update your details and mail to: info@austwomensgolf.com.au for your club’s chance to be promoted in our next issue.

Hi Cathryn, The mag looks great, and we are very pleased to be able to put it into our gorgeous new shop. We are absolutely so pleased to be a part of it.

We will really look forward to being in your next magazine – we are working on getting the shoot done for Winter 07 clothing, which we must put in as part of your magazine. We have some wonderful shots too of our new concept store – we have been open three days and the feedback has been fantastic. For a golf apparel store we believe we have done fairly well – we just love it!

PS. If you ever need an article about our Nerida Williams Golf Club here in Broome I would be more Five Under than happy to assist. I am the new Ladies Scroungers Captain and have been playing Hi Cathryn, I am just reading the new edition for about 20 months. I didn’t start playing and congratulate you and your team on golf until I was 50 and with the help of our the content and professionalism of the new Pro have managed to knock 13 strokes off my handicap in a very short time this magazine. year. I am now totally addicted!

I think the spin you put on using other Thanks again. elite female athletes is excellent. I am Wendy Ashton wondering if you have thought of doing a Cable Beach WA story on any of the Hockeyroos (I have a hockey background so can probably provide Just a short note to say how much I some contacts). Jen Morris plays off single figures at Lake Karrinyup and has just been enjoy your magazine. With my subscription appointed as the Chair of Healthway in WA. I received the 30+ Revlon foundation and Rechelle Hawkes has been known to have a two Vision + balls. The foundation is great, hit around socially as has Sally Carbon, and the balls are fabulous and easier to see, but there are a lot of ex-hockey girls who have the best part is I had a hole-in-one on our seventh, which caused great excitement. turned to golf.

Thank you for introducing me to these If interested, let me know.

When is your next edition and what are balls as they are not sold in pro-shops. I also had a second hole-in-one on our third my deadlines – I will get organised early!

121 metres with a six hybrid, again using a Pam Glossop Vision ball. It was even sweeter than the Executive Director first as I was able to watch the ball all the Women’s Golf WA way into the hole. That day I also had the I was wondering if I could purchase back pleasure of playing with my good friend and our lady president Kay Gardiner and Stacey orders of issues two and three please.

It’s a great magazine and swiftly Keating, who featured in your December issue after winning the Victorian Amateur disappears from our newsagents shelves.

This is the best golf magazine my friends Championship at Huntingdale.

Dot Frith and I have discovered and we hope you Colac,Victoria continue with the publication.

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Editor’s Note: See the full story on Dot in this issue page 65.

Great to have a home-grown magazine for women.

Thelma Black Maroochydore QLD Just love your Womens Golf magazine. I am getting a subscription for myself and my daughter.

Lois Payne (40 years in the game) Goolwa SA I needed something to read over the Christmas break, I picked up the fourth issue of your mag from Karlie News. I read it from the front cover to the back and have now become a subscriber, and am really looking forward to issue five. I love the hints and tips and the Vision balls so much, so I have put an order in for some from image-on.

Cathryn, you have produced a great magazine and I wish you and your team every success in the future.

Margaret Gee Ipswich QLD Congratulations on such a fantastic magazine. Could you please send me details to subscribe. I organise now and then small golf tours for a small group of Kiwi ladies (max 24) and need to be kept informed of Womens GOLF March 2007

all available. I’m also Ladies Captain at the how our Aussie girls are going that would Waiheke Island Golf Club, 40 mins by fast be great also. ferry out of Auckland and this is an awesome Many thanks, and Cathryn, it was great destination for visiting lady golfers. to meet you at the Expo.

Thanks again Diane Rackham Ladies Club Captain Helen Hughes Waiheke Golf Club NZ Hi Cathryn and Phil, What a lovely surprise to just now have Dear Cathryn, Thank you so much for the Women’s a call from Valerie to say I had won the golf Golf magazine you sent me. I have really bag displayed at the Ladies Masters, I am so enjoyed reading it and my golfing friends are lucky and absolutely thrilled – thank you.

It was great to meet you both and quite chuffed to see their problems in print!

It has also been good timing for Christmas know the dynamic personalities behind this attractive magazine – which is beautifully presents. presented and always offers great tips Louise Cornelius and interesting reading. It’s nice to have a women’s magazine dedicated solely to our Hi Cathi, In the 2006 PGA Golf Show, we came addiction.

The Ladies Masters was a fabulous across a great golf magazine for women’s exhibition of beauty, power and composure golf, the Women’s Golf magazine. We were very impressed with the quality, the and the game is now attracting more contents, and the glossiness and glamour international players eager to take the of this magazine. It was very informative, prize from “our” Karrie! Her commitment entertaining, colourful and very well laidout. and mind control, and belief in her putting Once we started turning the pages, we technique, is unbelievable, I am going to try to see the hole as big as a bucket from now couldn’t put it down!

If you are passionate about golf, we would on and see what happens.

As an associate of Royal Queensland certainly urge you to get your hands on a this season will bring a different set of copy of this fantastic magazine for women’s golf either from your local newsagency or challenges. Mike Clayton has redesigned you can subscribe here www.womeningolf. our course, which includes many new com.au on-line from WomenInGolf, if bunkers. His design is the ragged/torn edge, your local newsagency does not stock the which I think looks great, but it can be very difficult to get the club on the ball in certain magazine. positions. Annie Wilson’s instructions on Carrie and Robert “how to” has given me good advice. Should I find my ball tucked under the edge I will This is the first time I have ever written take an unplayable and a penalty and stay to a magazine. I signed up to receive your cool ... well that’s the plan. magazine at the Golf Show at Darling I’ll keep you posted – many thanks for Harbour in 2006 and waited expectantly offering the prize to all your subscribers I to receive my first copy and have not been was the lucky one this time, Cathryn. disappointed. I keep it handy and refer to Nols Pelly it all the time – and really enjoyed all the articles. I am a late comer to golf, having played socially about once every five years or more and never joined a golf club. Then about five years ago was asked by a friend to join a club with her, but as I had not long had open-heart surgery I was still a little tender and so deferred it to a later date. Then about two years ago another friend asked me to join her in having lessons, etc. and so we did that for six months then joined the same club as our husbands and we are both now addicted to golf. I get really frustrated when I can’t go and play due to weather or something else. We recently went to Perth for a holiday for two weeks and played six rounds of golf and had a great time.

I am really looking forward to the next issue and the ones to follow. I recently played with Katherine Hull in a pro-am and also had Leah Hart stay with us for a night, so if you can keep writing articles about Womens GOLF March 2007

Editor’s Note: Congratulations on your win.

Let’s hope you still stay lucky, especially with your golf. Hope to see you again.

Regards, Cathi Nols Perry was the winner of the GOLF prize offered to all subscribers that signed up with us over the ANZ Ladies Masters.

Thank you Cathi, I went to golf yesterday all fired up with my new gear thanks to Womens GOLF. I shot +7 on the front nine, picked up the 10th so was cruising with +8. Squared the next and washed the NEXT five! Ended up +3 Cathi, but could have had anything!

Was a great day all round, love whatever the god of golf sends my way, as long as I can be out there.

Will keep in touch.

Yours, Nols

Dear Cathryn, Bosgolf and Image-On wish to thank all the readers who have contacted us regarding the Vision golf balls they received with their subscription to “Womens GOLF”, requesting the nearest stockist as they are not available from their pro-shop. In order to address this situation we are now providing a direct-mail service for both plain and personalised Vision golf balls, and have included an order form on page 33 in this issue for your convenience.

We have found to our delight that many players are ordering balls together to save on the postage.To further assist readers with access to our products we are working on a new on-line shop facility at www.logoballs. com.au and hope to announce its completion in the next issue of “Women’s Golf”.

If you require information or wish to talk to us about our products, please call Wayne or Alex on 02 9938 6066.

In the meantime – TEE IT HIGH AND SEE IT FLY! Dear All, Just wanted to say a special thank you for your support and amazing coverage received on the 2007 MFS Women’s Australian Open. Look forward to working with you throughout the year.

Best Wishes, Louise Osborne Pesel & Carr Thank you for a great magazine. Being relatively new to the sport I find it very informative.

Sarah Holden Glenmore Park NSW I am writing to also tell you how much I thoroughly enjoy your magazine and was in the first batch of subscribers, but have to say the gifts never eventuated. I was reminded by one of the letters in this month’s magazine saying how much she appreciated the gifts that I remembered I didn’t get anything.

Maybe I misunderstood the advertisement, I thought every new subscriber got the Vision balls and the makeup. Is this right or was I mistaken?

I would like to subscribe for another year if possible, do I just fill out the details in the new mag?

Geraldine Bird Derby WA Editor’s Note: With that first issue of the magazine only the first 300 received the balls, but we have managed to secure VISION+ golf balls and tees for every new subscriber or renewal for the December issue.

Yes, just fill out your details and send it in.

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I wish to thank you for the copy of issue four Womens Golf magazine that you sent me. It would have to be the best read for ladies for fashion, new golf products and mind techniques. As Lady president at Grange I will be promoting your book for you at our opening day on the 26th February.

We will have a field of 200 plus ladies playing as it is our Childhood Cancer Charity day.

Once again thank you and I look forward to my next issue.

Here’s to improving golfing.

Pam Owens Grange SA I am a playing member at Asquith Golf Club in Sydney (most of my games) and I am also playing member of Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club on Bribie Island (occasional games during some visits to Queensland).

In case you are curious, I have a house a short walking distance from the Pacific Harbour course and eventually plan to move to Queensland. The opportunity to obtain a great deal as a foundation member was hard to pass up. I am really looking forward to your coverage of the MFS Women’s Open and the ANZ Ladies Masters. I attended both of these tournaments and am going to Scotland for the Women’s British Open at St Andrews. (Already have drinks with Sophie Gustafson planned!)

Tanya Whitmarsh I am a member of Broome Golf Club – hopefully not the only subscriber as our Ladies Scrounger Captain has been actively promoting the magazine with my sincere backup as well!

A wild thought occurred re articles for the magazine. Here in the Kimberley we have an annual event – Champion of Champions which is for ladies only and takes place on the second weekend of August each year, with each of our three clubs hosting same. The Club Champions from Derby, Kununurra and Broome play off for the overall champions trophy. The gentlemen of each club cook and serve for us and act as caddies for our champs. The event has been going I think for over 25 years and used to include clubs from Wyndham and Cockatoo as well, but they closed over the years. The Ladies Golf Association sends up a rep each year to join us and sometimes a notable Junior who does some coaching.

The format is pretty much the same each year, nine-hole practice/fun game on Friday afternoon, mad fancy dress and/or themed party Friday night. 18 and nine-hole event on Saturday with Champions playing off first and a separate comp for the rest of us. Saturday night formal dinner where each club is expected to put on at least 16

one act (Derby’s Full Monty will live in our memories forever I think!). Sunday is again a nine-hole social event with the gentleman and/or caddies joining us for the game.

As mentioned, just a thought if you were contemplating a trip to the West. I have a mental block at the moment, but this year the Championships will be in either Derby or Kununurra – both courses have their own challenges, but are great fun (Adjacent waterway at Kununurra takes quite a few balls and there’s no wading in any of the waters! Derby has some great and very large boab trees in the fairway at some holes, and the course runs through the race-course as well, but they only have two races each year!)

Alternatively we could send photos with details that could be written up at your end if you were interested.

Lola Norman Hi Cathryn, Congratulations on creating a magazine to cater for us golfing girls. It’s been long overdue.

I subscribe to your magazine and have read every issue and one of the subjects that appears regularly both in articles and letters to the editor is the topic of apparel ... where can I get something that’s different, not boring and looks and feels good? As well as the subject of how do I know what clubs are right for me?

As a lady owner of a golfing retail store selling ladies apparel and golfing hardware ...

I find it amazing that some ladies have not yet realised that there are lots of alternatives out there.

I am one of the owners of a group of Drummond Golf stores in Queensland, and our Drummond Golf stores certainly have a fantastic range of apparel from a large variety of suppliers. The great thing about our apparel is that it’s not just for the golf course, but is really leisure wear ... pieces that look great and can be worn casually.

Our clients regularly tell us how great they feel when out there on the course in apparel they have purchased from our stores.

One of the other things mentioned in the last edition was from a reader seeking advice on buying clubs. At Drummond Golf we offer a completely free service called club fit. We recognise that there is no “one size fits all” rule for golf clubs. Individual characteristics such as height, swing, speed and grip all play a part in determining the correct club. Our exclusive club fit system now offers all golfers the opportunity to purchase correctly fitted clubs, none of this walking into a store and out with a set of clubs and a “yes ... these will be OK for you” attitude ... at Drummond Golf our staff are fully trained in club fit and offer all our clients the benefit of our experience.

At the risk of sounding self-promoting, I thought we should let your readers know that there are alternatives out there and there is now no need to settle for second best.

I welcome any opportunity to chat to you further about the exciting world of ladies golf.

Kind Regards, Naomi McIntosh Drummond Golf Hi, I am a member at Gold Coast Burleigh, which is a great course and very challenging and we, the members, are fortunate to be able to have the course in good condition all year round.

Must say I enjoy the magazine very much especially the stories on the mental approach to playing golf as I am only a beginner and have found this has helped me, as I am typical of women who are starting out and am embarrassed at my inability to play good golf regularly,“Especially apologising all the time for bad play”, which I have now stopped doing due to an article I read from the magazine.

Many thanks, regards, Shirley Ferguson

Think Like A Woman!

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner.The woman took out her bill fold, extracted 10 dollars and asked,“If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?” “No, I had to stop drinking years ago,” the homeless woman replied. “Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?” the woman asked “No,” I don’t waste time shopping, the homeless woman said. “I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.” “Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?” the woman asked. “Are you NUTS!” replied the homeless woman. “I haven’t had my hair done in 20 years!”“Well,” said the woman,“I’m not going to give you the money.

Instead, I’m going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight. The homeless Woman was astounded. “Won’t your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I’m dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.” The woman replied, “That’s okay. It’s important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments and wine.”

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TOURNAMENT NEWS

Local Dreams Realised In Peugeot Women’s Classic National Final Six states went head to head, to compete for the ultimate dream – an all expenses paid trip to play in the Peugeot International Pro AM in Paris.

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pening the 2007 MFS Women’s Australian Open in true style, the national final was filled with skill, talent and glamour. The girls from Royal Perth Golf Club took out the biggest women’s team amateur championship in Australia with a total score of 57. Finishing close behind the winners was the Ulverstone team from Tasmania, captained by 14 year old Sarah Johnstone, with 55.

In fine and sunny conditions, on immaculate greens at The Royal Sydney Golf Club, the girls displayed their competitive nature in grand fashion with the main challenge of the day being the bunkers and the fast greens. The leader board remained tight throughout the day as the women demonstrated their competitive spirit. “It’s unbelievable!” said Rumiko Takahashi. “We expected to come to Sydney for a holiday and some shopping time, we never thought we could win, now we’re off to Paris! Thank you so much Peugeot!”

Rob Dommerson, Managing Director of Peugeot Automobiles Australia, said “We are thrilled with the level of talent at this year’s National Final. “It turned out to be a challenging day for all players and we would like to extend our congratulations to the ladies from The Royal Perth Golf Club, a trip to Paris to play in the Peugeot International Pro AM is a fantastic opportunity and with the combined skill seen today, there’s no doubt that they will be very strong contenders,” added Dommerson.

Women’s golf has gone from strength to strength and national tournaments are a great way to discover rising stars charging through the ranks from a club level.

Peugeot is celebrating the outstanding success of the Peugeot Women’s Classic National Final and would like to thank all the enthusiastic players that participated in this year’s event.

After the success of 2006, The Peugeot Women’s Classic will be held again this year.

For further information please visit www.peugeotwomens classic.com.au

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THE 307 TOURING. DEMANDS ATTENTION. With its bold European design, you’ll want to see the Peugeot 307 Touring from every angle. Again and again and again. Every look reveals abundant cabin room and versatile cargo space to accommodate your golf clubs and more. You’ll notice dual-zone climate control air-conditioning and six airbags. Tiptronic automatic is optional on a range of performance engines (including the award winning fuel efficient HDi turbo diesel).

And, from $30,690,* the price is equally captivating. * Recommended retail price for XSE petrol model, subject to change without notice. Excluding dealer delivery and statutory charges. Metallic paint (as shown) and Womens GOLF March 2007 19 optional Tiptronic automatic available at extra cost. This is a manufacturer’s advertisement. Please contact your local dealer for exact dealer delivery and statutory charges which are additional to the RRP. PEU6029/AWGM

PLAYER PROFILE Anthony Powter Photographer and Golf Journalist

Anthony first picked up a camera at age seven, having been introduced to photography by his father. His aim is simple; to get that “banger photo” (which he admits he’s yet to get). Anthony’s experience has ranged from a vast array of sporting and function events, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, rugby, cricket and he has a special interest in golf, shooting European, Australasian and USPGA and USLPGA Tour events.

Anthony has covered a number of golf majors throughout the world, with his work appearing in numerous main stream golfing publications, wire and internet services.

Kristie Newton

Taking The Challenge A career change for the better, that’s what Kristie Newton has on her mind following her decision to turn professional and test her game against the best in the world.

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ewton is a name with the game and there are traits in Kristie similar to those of her golfing great father Jack, namely the desire and passion to be competitive and, more importantly, the willingness to have a go.

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Kristie wasted no time scheduling her events back home since returning from European Tour School. In the two months since turning professional, Newton has focused on getting as much match experience as she can in preparation for two of her biggest challenges to date, starts in the Australian Open followed by the ANZ Ladies Masters; both co-sanctioned European Tour events, the tour that Newton sees herself playing in the immediate future to develop her game.

Newton’s first proper outing as a pro was at the NSW Open back in November last year, finishing a creditable 28th and with that her first real pay cheque. A few pro-am’s have also added to the bank balance, however, Newton rates making the cut in her two major events this summer, the Australian Open and the Ladies Masters as her best performances, irrespective of the size of the cheques banked.

While it’s certainly early days for Newton, making the cut in those two events, which were co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour with arguably the strongest fields in Australia for years, provided some self belief the right decision to go professional was made.

“There was no actual defining moment where I said I am going to turn professional”. Rather, it was something that was kind of sitting there in the back of my mind and I knew that I wanted to give it a go.”

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The decision to take golf seriously crystallised following the comp-letion of her Honours year in Bachelor of Design (Graphic) at Newcastle University. Newton had just devoted four years of her life to study and felt it was time to reassess priorities.

Originally Newton had planned a career in graphic design.

Her role involved the development of business logos and marketing. Newton found the job rewarding, mainly through the creative aspects, but in the scheme of things it began to be less of a long-term proposition as Newton’s interest in graphic design started to dwindle.

With more time available the golf “bug” re-emerged and Newton was soon hitting the fairways and practice range, honing her game and working her short game. It’s the pro’s ability to recover and minimise errors by having a strong short game that divides the players, and Newton is acutely aware of the need to improve in this area as well as give it all she has to become a successful professional golfer.

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“If you know me, if there is something that I want to do, I want to do it 100%. When I was a kid I did many sports, and that was a good thing to do when you’re a kid, but you tend to do those only at 70%.

“Golf back then blended in with other things in my life. At times there was a bit of pressure given what my dad had done.

That was a while ago and with golf now it’s hopefully going to be my living. I intend to give it 100% and see how far I can go.”

For Newton the decision to return to the game wasn’t difficult and she is adamant it’s one made off her own bat. Previously there had been other distractions, not negative ones, but simply Newton was enjoying other pursuits and passions, getting a Degree, and also reaching national level in competitive athletics. These she enjoyed immensely. The vigour and training associated with being a national-level sprinter and later a javelin thrower were not an issue for Newton; the lure of fitness and working out are aspects still enshrined in her daily regime.

Golf then was purely on a social basis, to an extent that at one stage Newton lost her handicap. Things then started to change.

“When I finished uni, I had the time to play and the bug came back. I moved to Melbourne and that’s when I started to ask myself ‘Do I want a job in an office just looking at the computer?’ Not that it was all that bad as I was still being creative, or should I give golf a go.”

The keyboard and computer screen were replaced by a set of clubs and Newton practised as if golf were a newfound passion, playing out of the famed Victorian Golf Club on Melbourne’s sand belt. The bug had bitten and bitten deep.

Newton and her mother Jackie planned a “military like” invasion of main amateur tours around the world. Jack was there offering advice, not just on her swing, but venues and courses that would develop his daughter’s game.The objective was simple, to assess whether Newton had the game to mix it with the world’s best amateurs.

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PLAYER PROFILE Common with all top amateurs are budgetary concerns. Any top-line amateur will tell you that it’s an expensive exercise. Money is and was for Newton an issue, a reflection on the strict amateur codes the governing bodies “impose” on players as to what and how financial assistance can be obtained.

Trips to America and Europe playing the major amateur events followed, where Newton qualified for both the British Amateur and US Amateur.

“I wanted to test myself so I went to Europe and America to play golf. Looking back at it I put myself through stages – I played three years in Australia where I played as many amateur tournaments as possible and when I felt my game was ready I went to the US and Europe.

“I learnt a lot. It’s not easy trying to figure out if you should go professional when you’re an amateur, as playing golf that way is so expensive. I gave myself a tick and made the decision to go professional. That’s how it came about.”

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high and it really makes you push yourself. It was a load off my shoulders to make the cut, and now that I’ve got that behind me I can move forward.”

Professional golf is a discipline requiring patience and hard work.The Australian Open at Royal Sydney was a perfect initiation for Newton into the professional world of golf. Royal Sydney that week was playing brutally, as reflected in the variances most players scored over the four days, Karrie Webb excluded.

It was a harsh lesson, but Newton has taken a lot away from that week at the Open. She understands the importance of course management and when to play certain shots. In fourround tournament golf consistency and minimising errors go a long way – they set the difference between success and failure.

That’s where the improvement in Newton’s game must come from.

“Golf’s a game that takes time to get better and knowing what to do and when. If you believe you can do it and if you have the mindset that you can take anyone down, it will happen. You use the pressure in a positive way when you’re playing. If you can do that and develop that, you develop as a professional.”

Jack Newton taught his daughter how to play, and though he lives in Newcastle he remains her coach, giving not only technical advice on her swing, but hints on being competitive and passionate about what you’re doing. Jack during the Women’s Australian If you know me, Open at Royal Sydney was not in his customary if there is position in the commentary box, but out on the fairways following his daughter. His enthusiasm something that I was reflected outside the gallery ropes at each want to do, of Kristie’s shots. Talking to Kristie you sense I want to do it the competitive juices and passion to perform, like that of her father, have been inherited.

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“A lot was going through my head when I stepped on to the first tee at Royal Sydney in the Aussie. Sure I was nervous, who would not be in their first big professional event. I don’t feel that I’m under any pressure to perform, but I want to succeed. I’ve have my degree and that’s there should things not happen and I always wanted to go to uni and do something creative.

“Making the cut at the Australian Open was fantastic. At first I thought I would miss by one, but when the afternoon scores blew out on Friday and I scraped in by a shot, I was pumped.

“Playing professional golf is so exhausting. I really notice the difference to that in main amateur events. The standard is so

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Newton certainly has the mental strength to meet the challenges of professional golf.

New sponsors Bluetonge/Bondi Beer and The Hunter Valley Golf and Country Club have provided the much needed local sponsorship, obviously mindful of the value attached to Newton as a sports person. At present there’s the challenge of structuring some meaningful playing schedule with consideration being given to Asia as well as the British Open Qualifying.

Despite the uncertainty with starts on the Ladies European Tour, Newton intends to focus on Europe, hoping some sponsors’ invites will follow. These invitations don’t come easily and Newton is aware of this. Making the cut in the two co-sanctioned events this summer will have increased her chances, but there’s nothing certain at the moment.

At this stage of her career, it’s all about getting experience and more importantly, exposure. That’s the objective in the Newton camp and bundled in with that is the search for a main tour. It’s a challenge and it’s one not for the fainthearted; Newton is sure to be giving it 100%.

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TOURNAMENT NEWS

2007 QantasLink Ladies Amateur Classic Bonville International Golf Resort 16th-18th February 2007 One hundred and eighty golfers contested the 11th annual 36-hole QantasLink Ladies Amateur Golf Classic at Bonville International Golf Resort in Coffs Harbour over the 16th, 17th and 18th of February.

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he event has become a major fixture on the ladies amateur golf calendar, with entries from all along the Eastern Seaboard and northern Queensland to as far away as the Northern Territory. Many entrants return from previous years to tackle the challenging Bonville layout and experience one of the few women’s only two-day tournaments held in Australia, on the award-winning layout of Bonville International.

The ladies experienced the challenging layout and the fine food from the award-winning Flooded Gums Restaurant over the three days. Starting the weekend was a nine hole Stableford competition on Friday on the front nine of the course followed by a welcome cocktail party in the evening with special guest Kerri Anne Kennerley returning for her seventh year in a row, who also was the MC for the evening and commentated the Ralsport clothing fashion parade on the terrace lawn overlooking the 18th green and fairway. As it’s the first night of the Ladies Classic it’s a great chance to catch up with friends made from previous years and of course to make new ones. Combined with the great prizes on offer in the charity raffle (first prize was a wonderful three night trip to Lord Howe Island including flights, accommodation and all meals donated by major sponsor of the Classic QantasLink) to raise funds for local Coffs Harbour breast-cancer survivors group Dragons Abreast, the evening is a great way to ease into the weekend’s proceedings.

Saturday saw round one of the Ladies Classic commence on the course, while off the course the ladies were treated to the highlight of the weekend’s event with a three course a la carte tournament dinner in the clubhouse, again overlooking the course and surrounds. Complemented with the video presentation and slideshow of photos from Friday’s play on the big screen, it’s quickly becoming a highlight of the Ladies Classic and one not to be missed!

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Sunday rounds out the weekend with the final 18 holes of play, with a seeded draw in the afternoon to ensure a thrilling finish for the four divisions on the 18th green with a gallery of 150 lady spectators cheering on their friends from their home clubs and fellow competitors before attending the presentation cocktail party to reminisce about the weekend’s golf.

However, the weekend is never just about the golf and catching up with friends on and off the course, it’s all about the pampering!

As any ladies golfing event should be. From the samples of the latest beauty products and fragrances from all the top lines, including Giorgio Armani, Estee Lauder, Christian Dior, Jean-Paul Gaulthier, Clinique and Chanel to name a few, by major sponsor Terry White Chemists of Park Beach Plaza Coffs Harbour, to the overnight storage of your clubs waiting for you on the back of the electric golf carts ready for your day’s play. Off course there’s the complimentary mini makeovers in the clubhouse overlooking the golf course before the tournament dinner. QantasLink provided wonderful prizes to the overall winner with a return flight to Sydney at their leisure and also donated a three nights’ holiday package to Lord Howe Island including flights, accommodation and all meals at the Friday night welcome cocktail party on the Terrace Lawn overlooking the 18th green and fairway. This combined with food and hydration stations by QnatasLink and Terry White Chemists on both the front and back nines to keep all players refreshed over the two days.

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in Coffs Harbour over the 16th, 17th & 18th of February. Narelle Bell of Arundel Hills won the division four title with a combined score of 60 points, followed by Diana Moloney of Wauchope in second place with 59 points.

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Division one winner for the 2007 QantasLink Ladies Amateur Classic was once again Emma De Groot, making it back-to-back victories on the challenging layout. With a gross score of 77 after round one, Emma was tied overnight leader with 18-yearold Jessica Harris from Harrington Waters and six shots ahead of third placed Erica Bond of Wyong. Emma and Jessica were paired together for the final round on Sunday to ensure a challenging round for both. Their battle started early with Jessica taking an early two shot lead on the front nine, however, experience in situations of pressure enabled Emma De Groot to reel Jessica in on the back nine to card a solid 75 off the stick to seemingly cruise to victory for the win. This was a great result for the very talented local Coffs Harbour golfer, after winning the junior title in 2005 and 2006 as well as the overall title the same year. Jessica Harris was seven shots behind De Groot to claim second position with an overall gross score of 159.

Sandra Beynon from Arundel Hills was the Division two winner, after 192 shots over the two rounds. Bonville’s Kay Gam finished three shots behind with 195.

Lamorna Osborne from Kareela won the Division three title with a combined stableford score of 62 points, two points better than Judy Crick of Port Macquarie in second place.

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INSTRUCTIONS Ann Wilson Golf Professional Ann has been named in the Best Top 50 Instructors List.

President of Australian Ladies Professional Golf

Easy Steps To Improve Your Putting ...

by Ann Wilson

During the past 20 years playing golf professionally, the part of my game that needed the most help was my putting. I have always been interested in learning from those players who were good putters, and from teachers who were able to improve my putting conďŹ dence. I’d like to share some simple ideas that will help your putting and get more enjoyment from the practise green.

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Putting Set Up And Stroke Secure a comfortable putting set up position (See pic 1) • Stand with your weight balanced in the middle of your feet. Tilt forward, eyes over the ball, arms hang down and palms together. Elbows slightly flexed, hands in front of the ball.

• Aim parallel to your target line with your feet, hips and shoulders.

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• Line the centre of the ball to the centre of the putter head (See pic 2) on your intended line.

• Your ideal ball position is just in front of centre.

The pendulum stroke (See pics 3 & 4) • Arms and shoulders move back and forward the same distance either side of the ball.

• Maintain the same tempo through out the stroke.

• Remember to remain still with your feet, legs and hips.

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Most Common Mistakes In Putting • Breaking the wrists throughout the putt (See pic 5, 6 &7) Cure ... Practise putting reverse handed (See pic 8).

This secures the left wrist throughout the stroke, which eliminates the flick and wrist break.

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Cure ... Stay Planted with feet firmly in position.

Swing the arms and rock the shoulders.

• Slow Quick Putting Rhythm For music lovers use a metronome to improve your tempo.

• Don’t move until you hear the ball drop in the hole.

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Reading Putts,Visualising And Imagery • Stand well back from the ball and squat down so your eyes are level with the ball. This allows you to see the line more accurately. If you stand too close your eyes have to look down and on an angle, so your vision distorts the line (See pic 12).

• Picture a path way from the ball to the hole about a metre wide, look for high and low side. (Picture two balls either side of the hole or path to help you see the slope (See pic 10).

• Imagine tossing a bucket of water on the green on your putting line. The water will flow to the low side. So start the ball rolling from the high side.

Putts will always have a chance of going in from the high side.

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If your putting is not working, then you have to make some changes.

Putting is one of golf’s easier skills as it requires the least amount of movement and power. So why does it frustrate players?

How many times have you heard “it took me two shots to get on the green, and three putts to get it in the hole”.

So take time to practise these tips and drills.

• Work on your pre shot routine by taking time to look at the line from behind the ball.

• Feel the rhythm and length of swing during your practise stroke.

• Stare at the hole more to give you better line and distance control.

• Will the ball in the hole.

• What gives you confidence and works best for you stick with it. Putting can equate to almost half of your score, so if you want to lose a few strokes off your handicap, spend some time on the practise putting green.

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TIPS, HINTS & TRAINING Jenny Sevil Golf Professional

Jenny Sevil is one of Australia’s most successful lady professional golfers. A winner on both the Australian and Japanese golf circuits in the ‘90s, Jenny became a well-known personality in the sporting public.As well as competing on the Australian and Japanese golf tours, Jenny is now busy with corporate golf, motivational speaking and the media. Most recently, and her most passionate venture, is to help the up-and-coming players of Australia reach their potential.

MIND TECHNIQUES Recently I embarked on a program to assist professional golfers with increasing the mental power of their games, as it is a proven fact that the mind plays as an important part in golf as does ability. I have discovered that many players can suffer mental weaknesses that can affect their overall performance.

While all players who reach the level of a professional are competent with the physical part of the game, it is their mental strength that can sabotage this ability to reach the “ultimate” level as a golfer. One such aspect is low self-esteem.

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personally can relate to this as I suffered from low self-esteem as a teenager and managed to carry this baggage into my early golf career. I did not recognise that the traits I formed as a teenager were in fact classified as “low self-esteem”, but I was fortunate enough to stumble on a course called “mind power” that identified my area of weakness and therefore allowed me to also take the steps required to improve my mental toughness and ultimately my game. I credit this course and the work I did on the areas of mental and emotional strength to turning my career around. I was struggling as a professional and was missing plenty of cuts, but with the development of my mental attitude was able to detach the emotion from the game and much to everyone’s surprise, initially including my own, I began winning tournaments both here in Australia and also in Japan.

Let’s take a look at self-esteem and how this can play an important role in how a golfer actually performs.

First, what is self-esteem?

Specifically someone with high self-esteem would possess the following: have a positive attitude value themselves highly be convinced of their own abilities see themselves as competent, in control of their lives and able to do or achieve what they want.

In addition, if you have high self-esteem you compare yourself favorably with others. It also acts as a cushion for those times when life lets us down, or things aren’t going well on the golf course or on the golf circuit.

When a golfer possesses the above they combine this type of attitude and confidence with their physical ability and believe that they can play well and even win golf tournaments.

The life of a professional golfer is a tough one. Rejections, disappointments and failure are part of daily life and can be exaggerated on the golf circuit. Life isn’t always fair and even our 30

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Self-Esteem And How It Affects The Performance Of Our Top Golfers best efforts aren’t always successful. High self-esteem can assist a person get through the ups and downs of life, and those that come with being on tour. Unfortunately, for many young players, even those who may have started out with confidence, it can become battle of proving their worth as a result of their golf score.

Let’s take a look at low self-esteem

Low self-esteem can mean helplessness, powerlessness and even depression. Steven Bowditch, one of Australia’s most talented young male professionals, is documented as having suffered from depression on the US tour last year. This is a very real problem for some players.

Low self-esteem feeds on negative messages and thoughts.

When a player is struggling to reach their potential or achieve the things they set out to do the following can happen: They begin to indulge in self-criticism.They begin to wage a war against themselves, feeding their brain with thoughts of poor me, I can’t do this and reinforcing that they are hopeless and in some extreme cases even pathetic. Their best combat to these types of thoughts is to silence their inner judge. That is, do not accept these types of thoughts as the truth, but instead focus on the fact that failure means you are not successful YET. Everybody fails on their way to succeeding. Don’t look on it as failure, but as a means to learning. Perhaps it can mean you just need to change direction a little.

When a player is playing poorly they start to attack themselves with their inner dialogue. They become their own worst enemy.

Most people tend to be kinder to others then they are to themselves.

They must remember not to be too critical of themselves, instead, they need to become their own best friend. One should encourage themselves after a bad shot or a bad round. Focus on the successes, reward yourself when you succeed, even if it is only hitting one good shot or holing a putt. Otherwise your lack of confidence will feed on your feelings of failure and inadequacy.

Another thing that can affect a player’s self-esteem is when they start competing, and travelling on tour, they start to compare themselves with other players. They compare their scores, their Womens GOLF March 2007

results and even sponsorships, etc. They should not try to be like someone else, this leads to lack of self-worth and confidence. Yes, strive to be better, but don’t criticise yourself for not being as successful as someone else.

Some ways to overcome low self-esteem:

An interesting fact though is that most players are unaware of what creates low self-esteem and how it affects their confidence as a player and therefore their results. Let’s look at how this happens. When a golfer doesn’t play well they very often say things to themselves like you’re useless, that was a terrible shot, you’re hopeless, you can’t do anything right. This stems from them being disappointed or frustrated and for some reason people find it easier to say such negative, destructive things to themselves rather than be forgiving and accepting of a bad shot or bad round of golf.

A good technique to use is to think of yourself as a computer and your mind as all the information you want to access and process.

Therefore if you have a bad thought such as, “I am such a bad golfer” just hit the delete button and don’t save that thought to your mind.

You only want to save all the good thoughts as a file in you own computer (your mind). For example; when you hit a good shot, say to yourself, “Gee I hit that well”, then hit the save button. You will then start to accumulate a whole file of positive statements that will ultimately add to your self-confidence!

There are a number of steps that they can take to rectify the downward spiral of low self-esteem and lack of confidence: • First they must become aware that they actually have low self-esteem and that it can affect their performance.

• They need to become aware of the negative statements they keep reinforcing.

• They need to believe that other people do not like or dislike them because of their golf score.

• Next, and finally, they need to start replacing the negative self-talk and destructive self-criticism with encouraging supportive statements. They also need encouragement and support from their friends, family and their fans. So if someone close to you is struggling with their golf career, try to be a little understanding of the pressures that come with being a professional sports person and the inner demons that many struggle with.

Remember, by putting a little effort into thinking more about your golf, you will achieve greater results.

Hope it works for you, Jenny.

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Dear readers, you can either email or write to Jenny Sevil, Womens GOLF writer and professional golfer, with a question that Jenny will research or give her opinion on.

If you have a question on a rule, etiquette or any general question pertaining to golf or the golfing world, contact Jenny!

Question: Do you think Karrie Webb can get back to number one in the world?

Reply: Yes, I believe she can. I think motivation is the key to any success and Karrie has a newfound desire to get back to where she was, and has put in the hard work. The only reason Annika Sorenstam has such a lead at the moment is because Karrie slipped for a few years, but after such a successful 2006, is ready to climb back to the number one position.

Question: Are you permitted to hold the flag in one hand when you tap in a putt?

Reply: Yes, provided the flagstick has been removed from the hole and the ball therefore does not strike it. If the ball were to strike the flagstick, a breach of Rule 17-3a would occur.

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Question: Who do you think has the most potential of the players coming through in the women’s professional ranks in Australia?

Reply: There are many young players emerging in Australian professional golf. Nikki Garrett, who was the rookie of the year on the LET, Lindsey Wright, who has performed so well on the USLPGA and teamed up with Garrett at this year’s World Cup. Sarah Kemp also had a great year on the LET in 2006. Sarah also finished second after a play-off at the NSW Open at Oatlands and led the Australian Open at Royal Sydney after the first round. Other players to keep an eye on are Katherine Hull, Rebecca Stevenson , Nikki Campbell and Sarah-Jane Kenyon.

Please write to Jenny at: Womens GOLF Australia PO Box 221, Ashmore City, QLD 4214.

Email: editorial@austwomensgolf.com.au

Question: Who would be the longest hitters on the ladies professional golf tours.

Reply: Carmen Alonso (Spaniard on the Ladies European Tour), Tamie Durdin (Australian playing the LPGA of Japan), Laura Davies (LET., LPGA) and Karin Sjodin (Swede who plays the LPGA Tour).

Question:Will the ANZ Ladies Masters always remain at Royal Pines Resort?

Question: Why are there so many Korean professional golfers dominating women’s golf these days?

Reply: The Korean girls have an amazing work ethic. They all seem to have fantastic short games, but can still be seen practising these right up until dark.They are terrific putters and NEVER miss a fairway! There is definitely something to be said for role-modeling too as the younger players really look up to and respect their predecessors like Se Ri Pak and Grace Park. They spend their whole time trying to emulate and surpass these players.

Question: What does Laura Davies have to achieve to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame?

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Reply: Most likely to remain the home of the ANZ Ladies Masters.

The tournament was first played at this venue in 1992 and tournament promoter Tuohy Associates are contracted to stage the event for at least another three years.

Reply: Laura needs to win either two more regular tour events or one more major.

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SPECIAL FEATURE Bruce Young Award-winning Golf Journalist and Commentator

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To most golf fans, the area where most several of the Australian golfers including Jack Newton and Bob there,” said Kathie. Bob and Kathie’s relationship blossomed of the activity during a golf tournament were from that night. takes place would appear to be on the golf Eighteen months later Kathie moved to Australia to be with Bob and lined up some promotional work in course and around the 18th Melbourne to help pay for some of the expenses green. That is more often than their upcoming wedding in January of 1975 would I have been doing not the case, but one of the incur. “I remember I had a choice of either selling this for 17 years barbecues or pantyhose over the Xmas period, first areas that many of the now and am still neither of which I was particularly keen on, but game’s leading figures head astounded by things just a few weeks before I was to start Bob won the Chrysler Classic in Melbourne. From that time on I to on arrival at a tournament people say to me. travelled with Bob as he went around the world to venue is the Media Centre. play on the USPGA Tour and elsewhere.”

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edia Centres are just that – an area where the media congregate to compile their stories and tell the outside world about the day-to-day happenings of the event. Normally they consists of huge marquees set up specifically for the event and big enough to accommodate, dependent on the event, perhaps as many as 100 journalists, an interview area, a reception area and an area for catering which often doubles as a meeting area for player managers and other industry heavy and lightweights.

They are a hive of activity, but appear on the surface to operate with a minimum of fuss. Appearances can be deceptive, however, and in order to maintain a working environment that allows for those journalists to successfully promote the event it takes good management for a media centre to work effectively.

Someone who has become the doyen in the operation of golf tournament media centres here in Australia in recent years is Melbourne’s Kathie Shearer. The name Shearer is not new to Australian golf and it was as the wife of 1982 Australian Open and 1983 Australian PGA Champion Bob Shearer that Kathie got her interest in golf.

Born in Whitechapel and raised in Stanford Hill in the suburbs of London, Kathie first met Bob in Bournemouth on the southern coast of England in 1973 while working as a promotions girl for a cigarette company during a tennis tournament sponsored by that same cigarette company. Kathie still retains some of her early Cockney accent, further endearing her to her business and personal acquaintances.

The British Hard Court Championships were on that week in Bournemouth, but so too was a European Golf Tour event at Queens’ Park not too far away. “The golfers would come and watch the tennis event and vice versa and the now Jackie Newton (Jack Newton’s wife) was having a birthday party that week, and

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As Bob’s playing career on the regular tour wound down, the Shearers began to spend most of their time in Melbourne, and in 1989 an opportunity came along that would change Kathie’s life.

“Bob came home one day after having dinner with Graham Marsh and told me he had found me a job. Marsh had been instrumental in using his Japanese connections to establish a new tournament in Melbourne and had discussed this with Bob during their dinner.

They were after somebody who was Melbourne based to work as a media assistant at the Coca-Cola Classic at Royal Melbourne in the summer of 1989/90. My initial reaction was to say that I wasn’t looking for a job, but Bob said it would be a job that I would like and that it would suit me.

“I first worked with Jim Webster, who was the Media Manager for that particular event, and found that I really did like working with people, which is so much of the job, and even discovered that I had picked up more about golf than I thought I had over the years.

“Soon after we were out for dinner with some people and I was asked by Frank Williams, who along with David Inglis had been responsible for creating the Australian Masters, if I would like to work on their event under their Media Director and things gained momentum from there really. I then worked at the Australian Open, and even though IMG (the management company responsible for the organisation of the Open) wanted to do things in-house they still outsourced me, I guess because I had built up experience in the role. After about three years I found myself as the Media Manager of events and things developed from there.”

Kathie worked in as many as eight events a season, but would only ever do three in a row and she began to get work overseas. “I have worked in America and in Asia at events and for several years went overseas each year.” While her role in those events was a little different she was able to put the experience she had gained and the familiarity she had developed with players at Australian events to good use.

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Shearer Photographer Anthony Powter

When asked what aspect of the job appealed to her most, it appeared difficult for Kathie to answer. “There are just so many things that the job encompasses and quite frankly I love it all. From sitting with and starting the interviews with the players when they come in after a round or prior to a tournament to talk to the media, to dealing with the many people who drop by, or to the menial tasks like making sure the pies are the right temperature, to making sure the airconditioning is working properly, the communications are in place early in the week, to seating arrangements, etc etc etc.”

When asked some of the difficulties or more challenging sides of the job Kathie is quick to respond. “I have been doing this for 17 years now and am still astounded by things people say to me as if I am the new girl. Having worked at so many events both here in Australia and elsewhere they can’t get much past me, but they come and stand right in front of me and tell me how things are done elsewhere on the basis that they think I have no idea on that.”

On the issue of players who she has most enjoyed working with Kathie had this to say. “I have to say one person that has kept me in business more than anyone else is Greg Norman as he is the most demanding, but at the same time I enjoy him the most. Perhaps it is the masochist in me,” said Kathie jokingly. “I have known Greg well over a long time, but he always keeps me on my toes.”

While Norman has provided some of her most demanding moments there has occasionally been a lighter side. “I recall a funny story several years ago when Greg came in for an interview and I got him a pie and some tomato sauce before we headed into the interview room. Those new sauce sachets had just come out and he didn’t realise that it had to be upside down and so when he squeezed it, it squirted all over his shirt and he looked at me as if it Womens GOLF March 2007

was my fault. I told him he should have looked at the packet before he squeezed it and so we were having a little argument in front of everybody. He had a photo shoot to do after the interview and ended up borrowing a shirt from one of the journalists, but he was not amused initially.”

Kathie has a sensitive side that has meant she is alert to a player who might not be too keen to do an interview at a time when he has lost a tournament, as often media are keen to talk to a loser as well as a winner. “I’ve closed down a few interviews like that when I have seen a player losing it or delayed an interview while a player composes himself.”

Kathie is a great one for attention to detail and attending to many a player’s need. “If a player needs me to get flowers or a personal thing he might want me to do then I will normally do it, first because I enjoy it, but also I know if I look after them, there will come a time where they will look after me in something that I need them to do in relation to the media centre.”

Perhaps when trying to determine the reason for Kathie’s success and popularity in such an all encompassing and interesting role it might just be that some early advice she received from an experienced golf journalist might be the key. “When I started taking on the role of Media Manager I asked Geoff Roach from the Adelaide Advertiser for his thoughts on what would make a person successful in this role and what would make a good media centre.

His response was that as long as the basics are done well the most important thing is to have a laugh.”

There is little doubt that Kathie Shearer does have a laugh and creates an environment where others do the same, but while doing so she also has the knack of ensuring that the things that are important in making a media centre run efficiently, are done well.

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PLAYER PROFILE Anthony Powter Photographer and Golf Journalist

Anthony first picked up a camera at age seven, having been introduced to photography by his father. His aim is simple; to get that “banger photo” (which he admits he’s yet to get).

Anthony’s experience has ranged from a vast array of sporting and function events, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, rugby, cricket and he has a special interest in golf, shooting European, Australasian and USPGA and USLPGA Tour events.

Anthony has covered a number of golf majors throughout the world, with his work appearing in numerous main stream golfing publications, wire and internet services.

Photographer Anthony Powter

Sarah Kemp Enjoying The Experience And Making Inroads

by Anthony Powter and David Collinge

Sarah Kemp loves life. She loves golf. She doesn’t believe in “can’t do”. Such words simply do not exist in her vocabulary.

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ife for the 21-year-old has no barriers and the diminutive blonde has a real “let’s do it” approach, not just on the golf course, but for life generally. Of her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour, when asked what tournament she had enjoyed most her instant response was “All of them”. She struggles to suggest anything she didn’t like.

The constant travel? The sterile environment of airport lounges? Language barriers and getting lost? No, she thinks it was all fun.

That attitude is certainly starting to pay dividends. Kemp finished her season third in the LET Rookie of the Year standings and 28th on the overall money list.

She led the field going into the final round of the Estoril Ladies Open of Portugal, only to beaten into third place by a freakish round of 65 from Stephanie Arricau and by a storming Gwladys Nocera, who ripped apart the closing nine to deny Kemp her maiden European Tour victory. A month later saw an outright second at the Catalonia Ladies Masters in Spain. The rookie was becoming accustomed to the Tour and getting into the thick of it, a win on the Tour becoming more of a “when” not “if”.

So many rookies have tales of misery about life on a professional golf tour. They complain – and not without some justification – about the travel, the grind of playing week in week out, the expense of supporting themselves and the minimal money most of them make when starting out. There’re mainly the ones who have not succeeded.

Not so Kemp. While all these factors no doubt applied to her rookie year, there’s no whining about matters associated with life as a professional golfer in any way. Kemp has the capacity to put these everyday pressures aside and zone in on playing competitive golf.

“The past 12 to 18 months have been exciting I guess – you know I never really thought what has happened this year would happen. My goal was to keep my card and finish in the top 90, but finishing second and third was something I didn’t think I could do in my first year. Those results were nice surprises.” So was qualifying for the British Open.

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Travelling around the world playing golf is a long way from Sydney’s Beverley Park Golf Club where Kemp started playing at age 12. She first became involved in a serious way when at 14 she moved to play out of the prestigious NSW Golf Club.

A remarkable career as an amateur followed: winning the 2003 Australian Junior Championship; the 2003 and 2005 Australian Strokeplay Championship; the 2003 Riversdale Cup in Melbourne (regarded by many as one of the most prestigious events in Australian amateur golf), and a member of the victorious 2004 Australian World Cup Team.

Turning professional in 2005, Kemp had three victories on the 2005/2006 ALPG Tour. Like virtually all new professionals, having taken the step to turn pro, the next – and urgent – issue was to obtain a tour card in order to start earning some prize money.

Sarah made it through qualifying school on the US Futures Tour for season 2006, the secondary US women’s tour, but for the time being Europe beckoned and her bags were packed for the grind of the European Tour School.

In an omen of things to come, Sarah was equal top qualifier from a field of over 100 hopefuls, which gave her an unrestricted card for the 2006 European Tour.

With this sort of guaranteed play, most young professionals would come home during the tour break and relax, maybe quietly work on some aspect of their swing. Most in that position would certainly not hurry to play local pro-ams over the summer. Kemp could not wait to get back into playing what are often seen as “bash for cash” events.

“After Portugal, I knew that I’d qualified for the British Open and I got pretty nervous, in fact the most nervous I’ve ever been going into a tournament.

“There I was putting on a green next to people like Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb and you know, I suddenly found I couldn’t really putt! At the same time I was just so excited about it and really looking forward to getting out there and doing it – the feeling of playing in a major at 20 years old – that was something I didn’t think I’d be doing so quickly, so I consider myself extremely lucky.”

Kemp has nothing but enthusiasm for the Ladies European Tour. She, like others, is acutely aware of the benefits of grinding it out in Europe, playing the varying conditions, and what that does to your overall game.

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“As soon as I got back to Australia I played all the pro-ams. You take a road trip down the coast and they’re a lot of fun. They’re exciting and I actually really enjoy playing them, so that’s what I did, and at that time you know, I hadn’t exactly played on the European Tour yet – I’d been to Q School and got my card, but I was still kind of a little fish.

“I guess you know it’s different but I looked more at the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters as a preparation for the LET. At the time when I was playing the pro-ams, I wasn’t thinking about the European Tour. It was a really relaxed scene. If you played good then you made a bit of money, so I didn’t really take too much of an experience thing out of it.”

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but after arriving it was three hours later that we actually checked into our hotel – and that was pretty much the same at every tournament – we had no idea where we were going, we were like five or six rookies ... lost!” Not a good look maybe, but Kemp makes it sound like a bit of fun.

Team Kemp consists of coaches Peter Knight and Bill McWilliam.

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“Bill’s very up on the mental side of my game. He’s always giving me a call and giving me a saying or a quote or a poem to put up on my wall, which is really good – something to focus my mind on.”

Fashion is pretty exciting. I always try and look good.

It can’t be easy for a young golfer, let alone a player in their rookie year, to take on all the administrative and travel arrangements of playing an overseas tour – as well as trying to play competitive golf.

There’s no real guidance as to what tournaments you should play in and how you should schedule yourself for the season. It can be daunting to the uninitiated and your initial schedule varies depending on your tour card classification.

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Comparisons have already been drawn with Karrie Webb.

These are shrugged off by Kemp, who treats the remarks more as compliments than anything else. Kemp is the only one who really knows what she is capable of doing. She usually prefers to keep under the spotlight, but has no issue with getting the attention during bigger events.

Peter Knight, Golf Australia’s Manager National Elite Development,feels Kemp has one of the technical best swings on tour.

He has overseen her swing during various stages of development, both at the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport, where Kemp was based as an amateur.

“Sarah has a positive frame of things on everything. She doesn’t have to think about her swing when playing. One the hallmarks of good players is they can just play the golf course and just think about strategic thoughts. This is very beneficial as opposed to worrying about their swing.”

On Kemp’s technique, Knight identifies swing sequences characteristic with the greats of the game.

“Sarah has the athletic ability to sequence her movements of her body so that she uses all her body. There’s no overuse of hands.

Her sequence and rhythm as well as her distinctive ability to use her body to generate force correctly sets her apart from other players.

Kemp was fortunate in this respect to have a full tour card, as many other rookies around the world get conditional tour Photographer Anthony Powter status commensurate with their finish at Q School. That makes scheduling tournaments “There’s such a strong awareness of what she is actually doing, very difficult as starts in main events are not guaranteed. Many and with all great ball strikers you get that left arm and shaft at line a player are left not knowing if they have a start in a tournament, on impact. Technically it’s one of the best swings on tour and Sarah finding out at the very last moment, then left rushed and with little has the potential to be one of the top players in the world.” preparation to be competitive. The induction process is probably one of the toughest in professional sport.

Judging by her opening round six under 66 at the Women’s Kemp adopted a level-headed approach: “I wasn’t really that prepared ... I didn’t really think too much about it and sit down and think I’m going to play this tournament or not play this one. I just went over there and played everything by ear.

European conditions are notoriously variable – lousy rain, windy weather and tournament delays can be the norm. Kemp believes that her experience of the links-like course at NSW Golf Club gave her a bit of an edge in handling European conditions.

Australian Open Championship at Royal Sydney, where Kemp bolted to the lead on the first day, we are going to see a lot more of her on the world golfing stage.

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Something that Kemp is yet to learn though is navigation off the course.

“This year, you know, this is my first year and pretty much every tournament, every time I got off a plane and we had to go to a hotel we got lost. The first tournament we went over for was in Tenerife and we were staying 25 minutes from the airport; 38

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Kemp’s performance the next week at the ANZ Ladies Masters was solid, finishing five under and in equal 22nd position and that combined with the equal 17th placing in the MFS Australian Women’s Open has placed her in a good position early in the season on the money listing, before heading back to Europe.

“I think the fields this summer, both in the Australian Open and the Ladies Masters were probably the strongest we’ve ever had in Australia – Webbie played – she’s number three in the world, Christie Kerr is number four and Natalie Gulbis is around number 18.”

“They were fantastic tournaments and they’ve now given me a sound footing to move towards Europe. Both were co-sanctioned and you couldn’t ask for anything better than that.”

The ANZ Ladies Masters is another co-sanctioned event with the Ladies European Tour, enjoying significant prestige and prize money. The tournament draws some of the best European players to the Gold Coast, as well as some marquee players from America like Karrie Web and Christie Kerr. Kemp is looking forward to another strong performance to that in the Australian Open, but this time with more consistency regarding scoring.

At the same time, Kemp seems to have used that initial inconsistency to add another facet to her personality and her game, one that takes many years for most to develop.

“I think though that I learnt to be patient. With missing the first four cuts when I first came on to the Tour, it was a little bit scary and it got to be like “I’m running out of money and what am I going to do!”, but I just hung in there and stayed patient and everything kind of fell into place after that.

“I’m really looking forward to going back. I think this year will be easier. I’ve done it before and I know where to go and I know what it’s like, and I’ve played with all those girls and I’ve come second and third so I should do OK.” Sarah’s goal for 2007? “I think I could probably win a tournament. We’ll see how things go, but when my game is on I think that I could win a tournament, so that’d be the goal.”

“I think the field is going to be one of the strongest we’ve ever had in Australia – Webbie’s playing – she’s number three in the world, Christie Kerr is number four in the world, Natalie Gulbis is around number 18. It’s a fantastic tournament. It’s in our summer, we’ve got time to prepare and they’re both co-sanctioned. You couldn’t ask for anything better than that.”

Interest in women’s golf, and European women’s golf in particular, is booming. Sponsorship, prize money, media coverage and public interest are all starting to follow. That’s due in part at least to the explosion of fashion and general eye-catching looks that are starting to proliferate in the sport.

Kemp is at the forefront of that revolution – from her short shorts, her trademark lopsided cap peak and her J Lindeberger belt – not to mention her appearance as “Miss February” in Jenny Saville’s Australian women’s golf calendar.

“Fashion is pretty exciting. I always try and look good. There’s been a lot of positive feedback about the way we look, which has been good. The image of women’s golf is changing – look at most of the girls now – heaps of short shorts and shorter skirts and tight tops, which looks really good.

“There’s girls like Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer, they’ve really come out and made a name for themselves; you see Natalie everywhere, and I know a lot of girls look at her and say ‘I want to be like that’. If you’re comfortable doing it and you look all right then flaunt it, do whatever. I think it’s fine as long as there’s a bit of golf in there as well.”

Having retained a full playing card, Kemp will be heading back to Europe for the LET in 2007 which is shaping up to be a busy year. Kemp has also scheduled a venture to the US later in the year.

The aim being to get some exposure in some of the corporate tournaments under the main LPGA Tour and see how her game compares in the US at Tour School later in the year.

“I’d like to be a little bit more consistent. Last year I missed my first four cuts and then I made the next four cuts and then I missed the next three then I made one, then missed the next – altogether I made eight cuts and missed nine. I don’t know how I’m going to address that, but in the next few months before I go back over if I can work out some sort of consistency with the cut-making that’d be nice, because it was a lot of frustration last year.”

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SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY Andrea Furst

BSc. Grad.Dip.Soc. Sc. (Psych.)

MPsych. (Sport & Exercise) PhD (Psych.)

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Andrea completed a Master of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 2001 at The University of Qld and has been in private practice since 2001. Andrea runs her own psychology consultancy, Mental Notes Consulting, and is dedicated to providing “solutions for optimistic thinking”, specifically focusing on the psychological needs of sportspeople. She consults to athletes of various ages, ability levels and sports. Mental Notes Consulting services South East Qld’s athletes and organisations. Andrea is currently the sport psychologist for the Qld Academy of Sport (QAS) tennis, canoeing and golf programs.

Outside of the QAS Andrea consults to national and State sporting organisations, schools and colleges, and private academies.

The work involved with each of the various population groups includes individual consults, workshops, presentations, as well as high-performance planning. In addition to private practice Andrea is completing a PhD at Griffith University on optimism training and golf performance. She also continues to lecture and tutor sport and exercise psychology at Griffith University.

The similarities between the characteristics of elite athletic performance and corporate performance have led Andrea to adapt her professional skills to the corporate sector.

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Making Each Shot Count: Shot Routine The first article in the mental notes series introduced the concept of becoming aware of your thoughts and their “trainability”, particularly when considering circumstances that trigger thoughts that are not conducive to playing well on the golf course. Thank you to the girls at Westward Ho Golf Club for their input! Following on from this I thought that it was apt to discuss what thoughts are conducive to playing well! More specifically, what the thought content should include prior to striking the ball.

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common recommendation made by sport psychologists in most sports is for athletes to develop routines while they are competing. Golf is definitely a sport that lends itself to the development of routines. One only needs to watch the touring professionals in action to see the commitment to routines while playing a round of golf. In particular, the development of a pre-shot routine – a simple, yet effective way to ensure that your mental approach to each shot is consistent.

Before I get into the specifics of the thoughts that are recommended for pre-shot routines, I want to explain the benefits of having a routine and give you some ideas of what to include in your own personal routine. I believe that the development of a pre-shot routine should be done on an individual basis. This enables you to decide what factors you want to think about and do before striking the ball. Consult with your golf teaching professional about what he or she would like you to direct your attention to as you set yourself up for a shot.

A pre-shot routine allows you to have something concrete that you can rely on. Moreover, it gives you something constructive to think about, leaving less room for deconstructive thoughts such as the current and the final score, the previous and the upcoming shot, your playing partners, and/or the weather or course conditions.

Common thoughts in a routine include postural cues, emotive words such as “smooth” or “relax”, words of encouragement, target description, and visualisation of the ball flight. These are all areas that I will expand on throughout the mental notes series.

Generally, the pre-shot routine starts as soon as you are near the ball, so that you can see what sort of shot you have ahead of you. Here is a simple outline of three stages to help design your own pre-shot routine:

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A “routine” is a sequence of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that you have repeated to create into a habit before you strike the ball. Golfers at most levels find themselves doing some sort of routine before striking the ball. However, golfers at most levels also find this routine varying in content, length and commitment during the round and between rounds! Aim to develop a routine that is similar in duration, pace and appearance. It should look identical regardless of what the score is or how you are playing.

A solid, consistent preparation gives you the best opportunity to play the desired shot.

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1. Information gathering: Get all the information you need to make a decision on a shot to be executed. Make sure you have a solid decision-making process in place to follow every shot. This is where I recommend you speak to your golf teaching professional about the exact pieces of information that are relevant for your skill level. This is the “game” part of golf ... I encourage players to embrace this aspect of golf; it is where your strategic brain steps in. Often players stand alongside their bag until they have made their decision and use getting the club out of the bag as the last step in this stage.

This stage should be where your brain works the most; the “hard work” stage.

You only move to commit stage once you have demonstrated good decision-making.

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Notes Developing A Pre-

2 2. Commit:

Think and/or do something that commits to the shot that you have decided upon.

Take the opportunity to rehearse what you are about to do.

This may include practice swings, visualisation and/or positive selftalk. Generally players are still standing behind the ball in this stage, however, some players will move alongside the ball for their short game. Stand tall once your commitment thought and/or behaviours are finished, to demonstrate that you have made your decision and you are now about to execute your decision.

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You only walk towards the ball once you have committed to the shot ...

3. Execute:

Over the ball should be the most natural, automatic aspect of your performance ...

Allow stages one and two to prepare you to “show off” when executing your shot. I recommend that players keep a target focus from the moment of the commit stage until the last look over the ball. In addition, if players can keep the same time frame from the moment they walk towards the ball to the moment of impact.

Some of the smallest changes in this stage have large impacts; these include having one or two “extra” looks at the target, fidgeting over the ball, which in many cases changes your alignment, and too many “technical” thoughts (leave them for your informationgathering stage). This stage is where you brain works the least; the “let it happen” stage.

Your pre-shot routine should not only be used when you are playing on the golf course, but it should be implemented when you are practising on the driving range, putting and chipping greens.

This emphasises quality practice and increases the transference of the skills developed in practice to the golf course. Furthermore, it allows you to fine-tune your pre-shot routine, as you may like to make changes to it as you become more familiar with its use and value.

Once you have developed a pre-shot routine pay attention to how many times you actually committed to implementing it on the golf course. Reflect on your round and jot down the actual number or percentage of shots that you can honestly say that you “stuck” to your routine. If you commit yourself to utilising your routine in practice and on the golf course there should be a gradual increase in these figures as you become comfortable with and increase your trust in your personal routine. Invest some of your time into developing a routine and discover how a consistent mental approach enhances the opportunity for a consistent golf game.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

12th March Labour Day (VIC) 12th March Eight Hours Day (TAS) 19th March Canberra Day (ACT)

26th – 29th March Australian Amateur Championships New South Wale GC – La Perouse, NSW

4th May Walk Safely to School Day so remember to look right, left, then right again before crossing the road 7th May May Day (NT) 7th May Labour Day (QLD)

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13th May Australian Women’s Foursomes Barwon Heads GC – Barwon Heads,VIC 14th – 18th May Australian Women’s Interstate Teams’ Matches (Gladys Hays) Barwon Heads GC – Barwon Heads,VIC 21st May Adelaide Cup Day (SA)

6th April Good Friday 7th April Easter Saturday 9th April Easter Monday

24th May Organise an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for cancer research

7th – 9th April Mandurah Easter Amateur Open Mandurah CC – Mandurah, WA

28th – 30th May South Pacific Ladies Open Classic Surfers Paradise GC – Surfers Paradise, QLD

10th April Easter Tuesday

Kristie Newton Jun

11th June Queen’s Birthday (except WA) 11th – 17th June Participate in International Men’s Health Week by visiting your GP to talk about your health.

18th – 22nd June NSW Women’s 72-Hole Stroke Play Championship St Michael’s GC – Little Bay, NSW 24th – 26th June NSW Women’s State Championships The Australian GC – Sydney, NSW JUL 07

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24th – 25th March Australian Women’s Amateur “Qualifying” 36 Holes TBD

3rd June Women’s LM Gordon Bowl Royal Adelaide GC – Adelaide, SA

30th April – 4th May Tasmanian Women’s Amateur Championship Kingston Beach GC – Hobart, TAS MAY 07

10th – 11th March Ladies Sunshine Coast Open Headland GC – Sunshine Coast, QLD

4th June Foundation Day (WA)

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6th – 7th March Australian School Teams TBD

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5th – 7th March Queensland Women’s 72-Hole StrokePlay North Lakes Resort GC – MangoHill, QLD

Tamara Beckett Apr

30th April – 3rd May Western Australian Women’s 72-Hole Stroke Play Lake Karrinyup CC – Karrinyup, WA

Cherie Byrnes May

Dana Lacey Mar 5th March Labour Day (WA)

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25th April Anzac Day

29th April – 5th May Do something different to improve your heart during National Heart Week

4th March Women’s Glenelg Vardon Glenelg GC – Adelaide, SA

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16th April Women’s Mount Lawley’s Silver Mount Lawley GC – Perth, WA

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8th July To raise awareness of the world’s fastest growing non-infectious disease, Diabetes 30th July SA Women’s 72-Hole Stroke Play Royal Adelaide GC – Seaton, SA

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1st October Queen’s Birthday (WA)

24th August Help in the fight against cancer and make a donation to the Cancer Council on Daffodil Day

8th – 12th October Australian Women’s Senior Amateur TBD

5th October Lace up your joggers and participate in Walk to Work Day for better health

Melanie Smith Sep 16th September Women’s Golf Tasmania South Kingston Beach GC – Hobart, TAS 20th September Make a donation towards Alzheimer’s research on World Alzheimer’s Day

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25th December Christmas Day 26th December Boxing Day 26th December Proclamation Day (SA) 6th – 9th December LG/Bing Lee NSW Women’s Open Oatlands GC – Oatlands, NSW 11th – 13th December The Dunes Medal The Dunes Links GC – Rye,VIC

21st – 23rd October Tasmanian Women’s 72-Hole Stroke Play (Elvie Whitesides) Ulverstone GC – Ulverstone, TAS NOV 07

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14th – 20th October Enjoy a balanced meal every day this week for National Nutrition Week

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Peugeot Women’s Classic (Teams event) held throughout the year – local club tournaments, the State championship, the national final – then PARIS! For more info go to www.peugeotwomensclassic.com.au

8th – 12th October Australian Women’s Mid Amateur TBD

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Women’s Golf

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ccompanied by mother and caddie Joanna, and dad Pedro whenever business and family commitments in Korea allow him to join the family, Haeji has made her mark in Queensland and on Australian women’s golf during the previous 12 months.

We have a new golf queen – quietly spoken, 16-year-old, Korean-born Haeji Kang is based on the Golf Coast and attends Robina State High School. Haeji is another product of the successful program from which Amy Yang has emerged and graduated to the professional ranks.

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Summary Of Major Achievements • Queensland 72-Hole Strokeplay Champion at CoolangattaTweed in March, 2006 against many of Australia’s and New Zealand’s top amateur women golfers. Score of 294.

• Paired with Amy Yang to win Australian Foursomes Championships at Karrinyup in WA • Defeated by Helen Oh in the final of the Australian Amateur Championships at the same venue that week.

• Queensland Junior Amateur Champion at Nudgee in October. Leading qualifier and defeated all comers in the matchplay series to win the final 9 and 8 over Hiromi Kamata.

• A fantastic result for her in the NSW Women’s Open – leading amateur and fifth overall against Australia’s homebased professionals and leading Australian amateurs.

• Represented WGQ at the Greg Norman Junior Masters Championship in December – won the Championship with a great comeback after a disappointing third round.

• Travelled to Tasmania to contest the Australian Junior Girls’ Amateur Championships at Ulverstone in January, 2007.

Won the event by an amazing seven strokes, with a score of 11 under par for the 54-hole event, including an opening round of six under 67.

• Invited to play in the ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal Pines in February – Leading Amateur trophy with a two under score of 286.

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Where To From Here?

Professionalism is definitely a consideration for the future.

However, in the meantime Haeji is working on completing her education and consolidating a position as one of the leading amateurs in Australia. She will obviously add a few more jewels to the crown in the intervening years.

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To cater to our high number of female members our Pro Shop reflects a great range of ladies golf apparel and equipment and ladies have been known to drive all the way across Brisbane to buy the latest gear. Membership both male and female is always open and usually at least twice a year McLeod offers a Membership special. A recent membership drive saw 58 new members join in just one month – we have no cap on numbers and we do have a country membership category.

McLeod has a membership base of over 1000 members, both male and female.

There have been huge changes at McLeod over the years.

The clubhouse has been extended and now has function room and poker machine facilities, but our pride and joy is our course.

We like to call it the “Best in the West”. The 18-hole course is not an easy course by any stretch of the imagination. Par for the members is 74 and 71 for the fellows. We have very strong Senior Ladies and Vets groups who enjoy allocated days for play, our Wednesday ladies field averages 120 plus, the Thursday men’s field is consistently high and most Fridays is an open competition.

Saturdays see the Fellows Competition with fields often over 180 and the ladies field on Saturday with 80-100 players. Sundays are Mixed Comp days with usually 80-100 in the field. Social Club usage on Sundays is always high and like all golf clubs social golf income is important to the bottomline and social players are always welcome at McLeod.

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Volunteers At the ANZ Ladies Masters Our volunteers at the ANZ Ladies Masters are an amazing group of people. They come from many walks of life and all have the same passion – to help. I have seen them endure electrical storms and extreme heat, and still return. While they do receive a shirt, lunch and drinks each day they work, a BBQ at the end of the week and a free game of golf on a beautiful golf course (for the lucky few who play golf and can take yet another day off work), the majority help because they just “love it”.

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nitially, all volunteers were recruited from local golf clubs, but over the years less golf club members apply and a lot more individuals like to work. It is an opportunity for a lot of people to watch world-class golf and meet other people in a very friendly environment. There are also a lot of what I call “professional” volunteers, who help at the tennis, Indy, etc. as well as the golf. Some take their holidays and pay for their own accommodation to take part. Many loyal volunteers return year after year and some have been helping for 17 years, although some

Amelia attends Somerset College, which support what she does for its valuable experience and lessons it teaches her. There is cash handling, meet and greet, exposure to people from other cultures ... (particularly the Jap-anese, which is great so she can practise her vocab on lol) not to mention the excitement of her meeting such wonderful women golfers. In fact, this year many returning Japanese “customers” were looking for her and bringing her gifts and photos from the previous years’ tournaments.

have started to retire. Each year there are a lot of new volunteers and this year was no exception, and most are very enthusiastic to return next year. Volunteers do not need to be golfers and in fact, often prove to be better volunteers as they are not interested in watching the golf, and some jobs don’t see any golf at all.

Some of the volunteers travel from places such as Sydney, Adelaide, Wagga Wagga, Toowoomba, Warwick, Tin Can Bay, Hervey Bay, Maclean and Sawtell, etc. One lady even came from New Zealand to volunteer.

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The following is a typical email received after the 2007 tournament:“Hi Marie Just have to tell you I have never had so much fun for free as I have the last four days as a volunteer marshal. I met so many friendly and interesting people and I was so well looked after for food and drinks and the course was magnificent and the golf was amazing. I had a ball! See you next year I hope.

(Name with held)” Preference is given to four-day workers, but there are a few jobs that require two-day workers. This year we had a total of 450 volunteers.

The volunteers sort over 300 lunches that were delivered each day to the volunteer headquarters, allocating the numbers to each section and delivering them is quite a feat.

with every leader board to update any changes immediately. This gives both the players and the public up to the minute information on the leaders. Obviously, the base radio operators and leader board operators are a vital part of the chain to maintain these results.

High-profile players have carry boards to keep the crowd informed of their progress and also extra security is provided for crowd control.

Behind the scenes there are the people in the Information booths, people selling draw sheets, welcoming the public off buses, security and parking, bus and car drivers, people delivering lunches and drinks to volunteers, shuttle services, running scores from scorers hut to media, etc. etc.

The marshals on the course are crucial to crowd control and assisting the players to have an uninterrupted round as far as possible. Cameras and mobile phones are always an issue, with spectators ignoring the signs that announce they are not allowed on course.

The players are often heard thanking the volunteers for their help and support – this is very encouraging for them. We have been lucky enough to have a few of the players over the years actually come to the volunteer headquarters to personally thank those there and this has been very exciting for them. Some of the players have said the volunteers at the ANZ Ladies Masters are the best in the world. We certainly think they are.

The Walker Scorers with each group relay the ongoing scores to the media. As these scores are received in the Media Centre, each player’s progress is monitored and radio contact is made

One point that everyone agrees on – the tournament would not be the success that it is without the dedication and continued support of this very special band of volunteers.

“What did I think of my first volunteering experience at the ANZ LADIES MASTERS? Just wonderful, heaps of fun!”

The first day I drew some very notable lady golfers, I couldn’t believe my luck. Such inspiring golf to watch! After the first few holes on Day 1, I was unsure whether to be “despondent” or “enthused” about my own golf ... I chose the latter.

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’ve been asked by many since the event just how I came about volunteering at the ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal Pines this year; actually it was pure luck.

While looking for positions vacant within the golfing industry, my son-in-law stumbled across “volunteers wanted” on a website. He and my daughter both came to the conclusion that “this sounds like Mum!”

My first impression was this game is so easy, just look at how they swing the club? So rhythmic and effortless; not once did I see them trying to hit the “cover” of the ball!

My first mental note: Swing easy, I mean “real easy”!

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Mid 2006 I contacted the co-ordinator of volunteers, Marie Kielly, and offered my services. At this point, I must say that Marie was as friendly and approachable on-line as I found her and her team to be “face to face”. She kept the volunteers informed on all aspects of “volunteering” so that the new “kids on the block” were all well equipped to select a position that would suit them.

Right from the start I knew I wanted to be on the course among the golfers, so the obvious choice was to be a “Walker Scorer”.

Luckily I was given this task for the four days of the tournament.

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The next thing I noticed about the girls, they were extremely focused: not once during the four days did I hear what they were considering for dinner, or what they had accomplished over the weekend! They were quietly focused and the “silence” was deafening!

It occurred to me at some stage that we could have been the only group on the course at the time.

My second note: Stop idle “chit chat” in future and focus on your own golf; I’m just not sure how I’m going to encourage my fellow golfers to do the same! (The girls at Sawtell love a good joke or exchange of ideas!) I guess the value of the trophies isn’t quite the same!

It became obvious to me early on the first day that what I considered a “good shot” was not always the case! I soon learnt it was best to follow the lead of the other golfers or their caddies ... if they said “good shot” then I said “good shot”! It prevented the odd sly look from the group. However, in my own defence, they were all great shots: the difference being in the individuals perception.

The third important thing I took away from this elite group of women golfers: Never show your dissatisfaction of any shot, just quietly give your caddy the club, albeit firmly, and walk briskly to the next shot. By the time you have walked 260 to 300 metres your breathing has regulated and you can get on with the job. It was the only show of discontent I noticed. There’s definitely no swearing at Royal Pines!

What a credit these girls are to their families, sport and their countries.

They regularly expressed their appreciation of the efforts of the volunteers, having thanked me on more than one occasion. It was lovely to hear, totally unexpected. I really didn’t think they would notice us at all.

Too hard to choose between golf or a massage?

All the volunteers were spoilt with lovely lunches on each of the days, a sumptuous BBQ at the conclusion of the tournament, exhibition game of cricket by a lot of the lady golfers and we have a game of golf at Royal Pines to look forward to in March.

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Pleasantries were always exchanged; a seat in the shade for a minute or two, a very welcome site for a “walker scorer”, an offer of a cold drink by a marshall also bought a smile. Age seemed to be irrelevant, the volunteers ranged from seven years to 70 (+) years.

Hundreds of positions to fill and from what I could gather all fulfilled wonderfully.

I met a “non-golfing” volunteer, who considered her time there as “her special time out”, something she enjoyed immensely. She told me she volunteered at all sorts of sporting events. Not a bad idea.

I spotted quite a few celebrities in and around my scoring duties, in fact Karrie Webb’s coach was about to hand me his business card late on Sunday (obviously he saw potential in me), however, as I was about to accept it, a young female professional golfer “swooped” in and retrieved it from his hand. I didn’t want to say anything to embarrass her or him, but I consider it a huge missed opportunity for me!

In conclusion, I loved the volunteering experience. I urge others to give it ago if they have the time, and just for the records, you’ll definitely see me there again next year!

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Open to the public seven days a week, the Spa boasts an impressive list of facilities. The unique HydroMassage Pool allows you to massage your entire body with strong underwater jets.

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Beaudesert Golf Club 75th Anniversary Seventy-five years ago, a group of Beaudesert enthusiasts decided to put in five pounds each to start a golf club in the town of Beaudesert.

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his was when the country was coming out of the Great Depression and finances were very tight. They were advised that a good course could be set up for 120 pounds, so 25 people put in the required amount. They managed to secure a lease over a grazing block of land, adjacent to the racecourse. The nine-hole sand green course (called links in those days) was at the western edge of the present racecourse.

Each green was about 20 feet (six metres) in diameter and fenced to allow stock to graze on the course. The original greenkeeper had to ride his horse from the town to work on the course with horse-drawn machinery.The golfers had to pick up score cards and pay green fees at the honorary secretary’s office in town on Friday afternoons and return the cards to him on Monday mornings.

After about eight years at the racecourse, the decision was made to move the course to the Kerry Road site in Beaudesert and build a nine-hole grass green course there. Many hours of voluntary work enabled the club to move to town in 1941. The official opening of the new course had to be postponed after the foundation president and Air Force instructor John Collins was killed in a plane crash at Archerfield. The name of the well-known

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pastoral family is remembered by a street running alongside the present third and fourth fairways. A competition sponsored by his family was known as the John Collins Memorial and was open to teams from the Brisbane area.

The club continued to prosper after World War II but the decision to extend to 18 holes did not come until the 1980s. The sale of the old clubhouse and adjoining residential blocks plus an exchange of land with a developer allowed the club to build an 18-hole course with a new clubhouse.

More than 1000 trees were planted by volunteers, and sewage effluent was pumped five kilometres from the treatment works to maintain the greens. This water source has been particularly important in the prolonged drought that is still facing parts of south-east Queensland.

Several events have been planned to celebrate the jubilee starting on March 24th, 2007 with an official dinner. Golf competitions are scheduled for various times for the remainder of the year. All golfers are invited to join the locals in celebrating their three-course history.

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Women’s Golf

New South Wales Local Player Joanne Mills Wins Inaugural LG Bing Lee NSW Open At Oatlands

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n the course where she grew up playing golf, Joanne Mills defeated rookie professional Sarah Kemp to claim victory at the fifth play-off hole in the final round of the inaugural 2006 LG Bing Lee NSW Women’s Open Championship. Mills began the final round at 7 under par and carded a 3 under par to complete the 54 holes at 10 under. Kemp returned a 5 under par on the final day to force the play-off, however, Mill’s birdie on the par 3 18th in the play-off proved the difference.

Mills had been a member of the Oatlands club for 17 years and had her father Greg, PGA Australia Careers Executive Officer, acting as caddy. Her familiarity with the course stood her in good stead and Joanne was clearly thrilled at creating history in winning the first NSW Women’s Open event on her “home track” in front of the many members at Oatlands Golf Club who have followed her progress over the years.The playoff included three trips up the hilly 18th at Oatlands, and a happy yet relieved Mills quipped after her win “I don’t know if I could have made it up that hill again”.

The crowd on the course and in the clubhouse were enthralled by the extended finish that was being played live in front of them.

Many also kept an eye on the TV for the coverage of another product of the club, Peter Lonard, in a four-hole playoff of the PGA Championship at Coolum. Lonard and Mills are both Oatlands Hall of Fame inductees and their parallel stories played out to different endings when Nick O’Hern chipped in on the fourth playoff hole in the PGA event, allowing the attention of the spectators to refocus for the presentation of the Inaugural Championship Trophies as twilight approached.

The leading amateur trophy saw a three-way tie between current Australian Amateur Champion Helen Oh, Haeji Kang from Queensland and Sarah Oh. Overnight leader Nikki Garrett finished in outright third position, one shot behind the leaders. A double bogey on the par three 12th followed by a bogey on the 13th saw her chances of

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Dawn Fraser ALPG patron watched by Carol Humphreys and Anne Lenagan

victory slip away. US Tour Player Wendy Doolan finished in fourth place when she came unstuck at the fifth and the 14th holes.

Women’s Golf NSW was able to establish the new NSW Championship event with the support of LG, Bing Lee and the NSW Major Events Board. The event is scheduled to take place again in 2007 at Oatlands with their continued support. The event attracted a very high calibre of competitors, even though the purse had not been considered to be sufficient to attract the very high-profile international players. Despite this, the event was the third-highest purse in Australia (following the Ladies Masters and Women’s Australian Open).

In the leadup to the event, the launch of the Women of Professional Golf Calendar 2007 added to the public and media attention and the ProAm was so popular that it was almost oversubscribed. ALPG Patron Dawn Fraser, feeling fit and in good form following her role in Dancing with the Stars, played alongside professional Melanie Holmes-Smith, former WGNSW President Carol Humphries and current WGNSW President Anne Lenagan.

Golf legend Bruce Crampton extended his stay in Australia following the Men’s Australian Open Championship and gave his support to the event, speaking with great encouragement to inspire the players and supporters at the opening function.

More than 100 volunteers provided their assistance to help in making the event a successful and memorable occasion, and the age range of participants this year was very broad, with the youngest competitor aged 15 and the most senior 80.

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Volunteers At The Women’s Australian Open

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Jan Heys with the signed glove

by Donella Burridge

hen I asked Frances Crampton about the volunteers’ roles at the Women’s Australian Open, I had heard that there were nearly 700 volunteers, but still didn’t quite anticipate that it would be such a long list.

It was sounding like that song, “I’ve Been Everywhere Man”. Something that you need to take a very deep breath to get through. Volunteers worked as: marshals, starters, walker-scorers, rules officials, scoreboard attendants, caddies, media assistants, locker room supervisors, chief marshals, hole captains, carry board carriers, shuttle drivers to and from the 10th hole, leaderboard attendants; They worked on or in the scorers hut, registration area, practice fairway, kids zone, uniform distribution and exchange, drink replenishing on the course, VIP and sponsor hospitality, providing caddy bibs, courtesy cars, player registration, score control in media area; as well as running the Pre-Qualifying and running the Peugeot final.

Jan Heys was one of those volunteers. She helped out in the scorers’ hut for her second time at the Women’s Australian Open and found it a rewarding experience. “It’s exciting, I enjoy watching all the young ones come through, as well as seeing the top players.”

Jan has been a tireless volunteer for Junior golf, running regular clinics for the juniors at Beverley Park.

“I’ve watched some of the players grow up with their golf, sometimes from ages 10 to 12 through the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation. Some of them were very shy and then seeing their confidence increase as their ability improves, then seeing players like Sarah Kemp have a great round, I get a real buzz out of it.”

Players sometimes really find a great target for an autographed item. A gift Jan received at the end of a round was a signed glove

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from Natalie Gulbis. That gift will go on to provide a prize for another up-andcoming player. “From the word go, I had in mind an encouragement award for an individual, someone who has had a great round. Maybe a prize at a competition like the Round Robin at Blackheath where the focus is on teams, but you don’t get there unless you have a great round.”

There are lots of reasons why the volunteers help so much. One of the benefits of helping at these events is being able to see how the great players are doing at close range. Others enjoy the camaraderie and the sense of making a difference. Many of the volunteers who had been out on the course linked hands as they walked up the 18th to see the leaders complete the event, forming a pink and white barricade and leading the spectators to a better view of the finish.

At the end of four long days of golf, the volunteers were in fine spirits at the closing BBQ. Karrie Webb and amateur champion Ashleigh Simon might have liked the chance to put their feet up, but both found the time to speak to the group gathered on the hardcourts of the tennis centre at Royal Sydney Golf Club. The white hats and pink shirts that had been a feature on the course now consolidated to form a sea of colour. Many of the hats has been formed and shaped into individual styles and they were the most popular item for signing by the three-time champion Karrie Webb.

The Team Leaders could relax and look forward to something of a sleep-in on the Monday after a series of 5.30am starts to have all of the necessary preparation just right for the arrival of the players, spectators and of course, the volunteers.

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WGNSW Gets Set For Some New Events And Some Favourite Courses Returning In 2007 The annual WGNSW Autumn Meeting is also not to be missed this year with the return of Royal Canberra and Federal golf clubs for the Singles Events.

Dear Cathryn I read with interest your special feature in issue 4 December 2006 on page 82 regarding the amazing achievement of Val Tame scoring a holein-one twice in the same round of competition.

Ruth Walsh (left) with Lee Heaney

I thought you could be interested in the fantastic achievements made by our oldest member, Ruth Walsh, who scored a hole-in-one on December 5th 2006.

Tuross Head Country Club Golf Course is built on the side of a steep hill where every shot must be aimed up the hill to compensate for the huge run down the hill. Ruth’s hole-inone was scored on the 148m par 3, 4th hole. The fairway is approximately 30m wide, runs alongside the main road into Tuross Head, is between large pine trees on the left and a massive run down the hill on the right, which in dry weather can run across two fairways. Accuracy is all important.

Ruth is no stranger to a hole-in-one, only a few months ago scoring one at Rich River – making a total of three in her career.

Ruth is a quiet achiever and we feel very proud of her. She has been club Champion 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998 and was in the winning Club Foursomes Championship team in 1989.

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enowned as one of Australia’s leading golf courses, Royal Canberra is sure to be a huge drawcard for the event. 2007 also sees the introduction of the NSW Mid-Amateur Championship to be held at Manly Golf Club from 16-20 April in conjunction with the NSW Seniors Championship. The event is open to women golfers on handicaps of Scr-25, who are aged 35-49 years. All players will contest 36 Holes Qualifying, with the leading eight players to go on to Match Play Rounds.

WGNSW’s most prestigious event, the Johnson & Johnson NSW State Championship, will move to a June date in 2007, allowing the NSW 72 Holes Stroke Play Championship to be the Qualifying Rounds for the NSW State Championship. The NSW 72 Holes Stroke Play Championship will be played at St Michael’s Golf Club with the leading players to head to The Australian Golf Club for the State Championship Match Play Rounds. At the same time, those players on handicaps 6-12 will have the opportunity to play for the NSWLGU Salver, with the leading eight players on this handicap range from the NSW 72 Holes Stroke Play also qualifying for Match Play Rounds at The Australian Golf Club. The Margery McWilliam Bowl will also be moved to this June date. The successful Johnson and Johnson Club Champions Championship will also return in 2007 and will be contested in conjunction with the final two rounds of the NSW 72 Holes Stroke Play Championship.

Ruth is 82 years old and we consider our greatest athlete.

Ruth is a founding member of Tuross Head Ladies Golf Club and has spent many years promoting and developing Women’s Golf in our District. Ruth encouraged Tuross Ladies Golf Club to apply to NSWLGU for affiliation and she was a driving force behind our affiliation with Women’s Golf Australia and Far South Coast and Tablelands Veterans’ Golf.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Our club enjoy your publication very much. Please continue the good work.

Regards, Leonie Doolan President Tuross Head Ladies Golf Club

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The Club Without A Clubhouse

by Donella Burridge

North Turramurra plays host to the Women’s Golf Club on Thursday mornings.

Donella Burridge spoke to a few groups to find out how it works for the women who participate in this unusual club that operates without a clubhouse or base, but offers so much. The club is run by Women’s Golf NSW as a way to help women get started or simply to participate in a club when they would not have been able to do so otherwise.

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t was almost eight am and I was a bit concerned when I heard that most of the players in the competition were probably on the course by now, although some will probably start later, around 10 am. It all seemed very laid back, unlike me, as I thought with a moment of panic that I might have missed speaking to any of the Women’s Golf Club members before they started.

Fortunately a number of players arrived shortly after I did; looking relaxed, smiling and ready to start. Five were part of a group that were expecting another regular golfer to arrive any moment as they waited to tee off.

On Saturdays, players book in for a game, but on Thursdays there is a casual, unstructured feeling to the regular stableford competition. Some players coordinate their times to play together, welcoming others into their groups as they arrive and list their names at the pro shop. Three of the group teed off and I wandered along with them to enjoy the walk and the conversation, thinking that I must organise to play next time.

The buggies make green trails through the silver, dew-covered grass, lush from recent rain. This fairway is shaded at this time of the day, surrounded by tall gums protecting it from the morning sun. The umbrellas and sunhats look out of place in the moist conditions, but they will be much needed later. North Turramurra is a suburban course, but from here it feels like we are entirely surrounded by a forest. The reality of the city’s proximity is highlighted when I notice that the top of Centrepoint Tower is visible to the south above what appears to be more tree-covered hills.

Marie has been playing for about two months; “I remember my first day, when you start with a handicap of 45. I was very nervous, but it must have lifted me because my handicap went straight down to 36.”

That access to a golf handicap is one of the attractions for many of the members of the club, along with the easy-going friendships that seem to be just part of the package. The players I spoke to from three playing groups ranged in experience from a couple of months to several years. The variation in handicaps was from 29 to 39. There had been a number of women with lower handicaps, but they followed the predominant trend when players

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reach a certain standard and confidence; leaving in order to join what most people would call normal golf clubs.

A bit of pressure was causing the opposite reaction for Helen who arrived flustered and anxious after enduring one of Sydney’s unpredictably bad mornings for traffic. She said that in her mind she had been fluctuating during her long waits at traffic lights.

Should she just turn around and go home or summon the patience to continue to the golf course, albeit a little later than planned?

There are plenty of things that can put your concentration off in golf, but she seemed to have decided that it was too lovely a morning to miss just because of some traffic snarls. When I saw her on the second hole, she was still feeling the effects of that distraction and commented that it was not going to be her day after a disappointing shot. It was just taking her a little while to get into the swing of things, so to speak. Her attitude remained positive and she said, “It’s a great way to start golf. This is somewhere to go when your golf is not that good or you don’t have the confidence to show up and start playing at a club.”

A round usually takes the players about four hours, sometimes more like three and a half, depending on who is playing and how well they can keep up. Jenny says, “It really suits working women. I did retire from work, but didn’t suit me so I went back to working four days a week. It wouldn’t be worthwhile for me to pay the joining fees, membership and spend that much time being part of a regular club at the moment.”

The players found that the clinics are reasonably priced, which they felt was important when you are starting out and don’t really know whether you want to make a major commitment to the sport.

Jenny explained that some people who played at the same course had said to her that they don’t want to join because they felt that it’s too competitive. She disagreed on the competitive tag.

“It’s just not like that. They are often exactly the ones this club would suit best. It’s a shame that they don’t realise what they are missing out on. It gives us a great opportunity to be able to go away in a group sometimes for a couple of days to play at some different courses. We have played at places like Wyong, Tuggerah and Toukley.”

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Marj now enjoys playing with two different clubs of golfers and had been playing social golf when she heard about Women’s Golf Club. “I play a social comp with Forestville RSL Ladies at Warringah over nine holes, but it doesn’t give you a handicap.

With this, we can play at another club if we get an invitation.”

Kay has her own take on golf handicaps. “I played a really good round a few weeks ago and my handicap went down so much that people say that it might take me a couple of years to actually reach that standard consistently. It’s funny that the men are really glad when their handicap is low, but the women don’t like it so much.

They are more likely to say; “Oh no, my handicap went down”.

The sun is getting higher and with the umbrellas and sunhats doing their job I realise that I haven’t prepared myself for a full round. It’s time to leave the ladies to their game and conversations as I note that I will be better prepared next time.

Women’s Golf NSW run the Women’s Golf Club and supports members through competitions, clinics and rules nights to help players with developing their game. Membership fee is just $121 per annum (based on a financial year), and no joining fees. For more information contact WGNSW golf@wgnsw.org.au or phone (02) 9764 3790.

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he Ladies Fashion Classic at Pacific Dunes is back, and due to popular demand it will be held twice in 2007.

Pacific Dunes invites all ladies to attend the Fashion Classic sponsored by Australasian Women’s Golf Magazine. The ladies day of golf and glamour will first run in April for the Autumn season and again in October where Spring fashion will be showcased.

Includes: Entry to Fashion Classic, 18 Holes of Golf, shared motorised golf cart, lunch with a glass of champagne and a complimentary gift bag for each lady including the latest edition of Womens Golf Magazine..

To take part in the Ladies Fashion Classic at Pacific Dunes book by calling (02) 4916 0500.

The day will include indulging in gossip with friends, fine food and wine, the latest trends in golf attire and of course 18 holes of golf on Pacific Dunes premier greens. The fashion classic begins with 18 holes of golf played in a two person Ambrose format, and will be followed by lunch and champagne. The Ladies Fashion Classic will showcase the latest fashion trends from Oakley, Cutter & Buck, Ralsport and Footjoy during the afternoon fashion parade. Pacific Dunes will also be offering some fantastic prizes for golfers including the team winner, runner up, third place and longest drive.

Pacific Dunes Sales and Marketing Manager Kylie Petersen said last year’s inaugural Ladies Fashion Classic was a great success.

“Last year the event had a full field as well as a waiting list and this year’s April event is filling fast,” Ms Petersen said. “The Fashion Classic this year promises to be even bigger and better than before with some surprise celebrity golfers confirmed for the line-up. “So make sure you get together a group a friends and book now to secure your place in this day of fun, fashion and golf,” she said.

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ALPG NEWS Warren Sevil General Manager Australian Ladies Professional Golf

GARRETT ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN EUROPE Twenty-two-year-old New South Wales golfer Nikki Garrett, confirmed her position as the 2006 Ryder Cup of Wales Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour when she fought off a late challenge by her closest rival, Spain’s Tania Elosegui Mayor, at the Dubai Ladies Masters.

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head by $22,000 in the race to be the leading firstseason player, with just the Dubai event to play, Garrett started the tournament slowly, making the 36-hole cut at four over par. Elosegui Mayor on the other hand was sitting on five under par in third place, and nine ahead of Garrett.

The young Australian, however, put the title beyond doubt with a powerful finish, and her final round saw her reel off five birdies in her last eight holes for a round of 66 to eventually win the coveted debutante honours by more than $25,000.

For Garrett her 10th-place finish in Dubai was her sixth top 10 of the season, the best of which were two third-place finishes at the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe and the SAS Masters in Norway. She finished in 12th place on the LET New Star Final Order of Merit, with $99,445.05.

Nikki Garrett, photographer Anthony Powter

Speaking after returning from the United Arab Emirates this morning, Garrett was on a high, but said the Rookie of the Year was more a bonus than a focus. “I hadn’t set the rookie award as a goal in my first year. I just wanted to concentrate on playing my best golf to see how I went against the best players on the LET. It was a major learning year, and winning the Rookie of the Year is a huge bonus. Having said that, I was obviously aware that Tania could catch me at the final event, and when she started strongly last week I did take notice. Fortunately I worked the course out on the weekend, and was very happy with my finish.”

Highlighting the strength of Australia’s emerging female golfers is that four of the top 10 in the Ladies European Tour’s Rookie of the Year race were Australian. Sarah Kemp was third, Leah Hart sixth and Anna Rawson seventh. All four will be back playing in Europe in 2007.

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t was a great finish to an exciting year. A day for kindred spirits, united in their passion for their game and with just one intent – to celebrate the achievements of one century and to embrace the dawn of the next. The voices of their pioneering sisters could surely be heard in their enthusiastic greetings to one another, the happy chattering and the gales of laughter as they recalled happy times spent together on and off the course.

November saw the climax to Women’s Golf Victoria’s year-long calendar of events and festivities to mark the 100th anniversary of its inception. Two hundred women were invited to a gala luncheon held at Royal Melbourne and many others were invited to District Luncheons held throughout the year in recognition of their contribution to women’s golf. Also on the day, winners of the Centenary Fourball Final played in the morning were presented with their trophies.

MC Sandra Mackenzie opened proceedings with some amusing anecdotes from her playing days before introducing President Judy Onto, who reminded all how far women’s golf has come since the early days of 1906 and of the work still to be done. “Yes, there are challenges ahead of us,” she said later,“but they are surely no more difficult than those of 100 years ago. The women of those days showed tremendous courage in their determination to succeed and to gain credibility in a very different society from today. I think that spirit still exists and will sustain us into the second century.”

Fundraising was an important part of the activities of the young Victorian Ladies Golf Union and so it remains today. Mrs

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Judy Onto with Dr Marcus Carey

Onto was delighted to present Dr Marcus Carey from the Royal Women’s Hospital with a cheque for $40,650. WGV has earmarked as a significant project the raising of $75,000 to cover the training of one urogynaecological specialist, and to assist in bringing this important area of women’s medicine into the public domain. Commencing in November 2005 with the sale of the first Address Book produced to mark the special year, the project aims to reach its target in two years. The remaining funds will be raised through further sales of the Address Book and from proceeds of the Centenary Fourball event continuing to be played in 2007, but to be known as the Royal Women’s Hospital Fourball.

(To purchase your copy of the address book ($20 plus postage) contact the WGV office on 03 9523 8511 or visit www. womensgolf.org.au).

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TOURISM – TRAVEL

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ssociated with a fully accredited and IATA licensed retail travel group, golfOZ provides a level of quality and servicing unparalleled on the Gold Coast. golfOZ, in alliance with a corporation with over $15 million dollar turnover in the last calendar year, offer the total solution golf service. They can provide in house air ticketing, hotel reservations, ground transfers and of course, the most competitive golfing rates around. If its golf you want ... golfOZ can provide it, any course, anywhere, anyhow, anytime! golfOZ’s speciality is tailor making golf packages to suit your requirements, whether you are an individual or a group. What they can offer is various golf and accommodation options, personalised golf and airport transfers, optional day activities outside of golf – a day at the races, shopping, taking in a footy game or fishing on a reef.

While most of their golf tourers are men, couples and ladies groups are slowly becoming more popular.

Take “The Gopher’s” golf group from Manly that tour with golfOZ each year throughout Australia on their annual golf tour, they toured the Gold Coast in 2006 and loved playing all the manicured resort courses the destination has to offer.

“The Gopher’s” golf group from Manly

Contact golfOZ for a quote and more details today Ph: 07 5575 8500 Fax: 07 5575 8753 Email: info@golfoz.com.au

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Dot Frith – Vision 8 Hole-InOne!

by Rachel Rodger

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n golfing terms Colac’s Dot Frith is a newcomer to the sport. But despite her fledgling status, Frith now has one up on many seasoned golfers after claiming a hole-in-one.

Frith became the second women in less than two months to hit a hole-in-one at Colac Golf Course, eagling the seventh hole during the first round of the David Parker Classic on Sunday. Frith said her seven-iron tee shot felt sweet, but she did not see the ball land. “I knew it was a good shot, but I didn’t know it had gone in because the hole was up over a hill,” she said. “I was halfway up the hill and they were saying “Dot, I can’t see your ball”, but I said “That’s because it’s probably gone over the back”.

The realisation hit when she saw her yellow Vision golf ball resting in the cup. “I just jumped up and down on the green, and Judy Bethune who I was playing with came over and hugged me,” Frith said. “It was a real thrill,” she said.

Frith, who has a 17 handicap, took up golf five years ago and is now “hooked”, learning the game from Colac’s Maurie Nielson. “I just came for a hit one day because I had tennis elbow so I couldn’t play tennis or squash,” she said. “I didn’t come from a golfing background, I didn’t even know how to hold a club when I started. Now I love it, it’s the best sport I’ve ever played.” Frith has won A Grade competitions in Colac and East Geelong this year.

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One-Shot Wonder: Colac golfer Dot Frith must be thinking the game of golf is easy. Frith, who only started playing golf five years ago, claimed her second hole-in-one in just over a month at Colac Golf Club. Frith, who aced hole three, said it was “wonderful”. Photo courtesy of Colac Herald.

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Women’s Golf

Tasmania

Matt Goggin Launches Tasmanian Junior Golf Foundation

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ack in Hobart after his most successful year to date on the US PGA TOUR, Tasmanian Matthew Goggin has launched a junior golf foundation that aims to develop the game in his home State.

Goggin teamed up with his coach Dale Lynch on the 22nd December at Royal Hobart Golf Club for an open clinic for boys and girls and their families as part of the State Launch of the MGJG Foundation. “I want to help get more kids interested in golf in schools and clubs, and then foster their talent through to elite development – and cover all the gaps,” said Goggin, who is ranked 125 in the world.

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on the Board along with his mother, Lindy – a former champion female amateur players herself. The Chairperson, Antony Manton, heads an eight-person Board that boasts representatives from the Tasmanian Golf Council, Woman’s Golf Tasmania and the PGA of Tasmania.

Recently appointed General Manager Christian Rainey is excited about the possibilities; “Together with a strong Board – and thanks to the assistance of organisations like Golf Australia and the PGA, corporations like Subaru and ANZ, and individuals such as Jack Newton and obviously Matt – the Foundation looks towards 2007 and beyond as a platform to deliver and promote the game of golf and its values to as many young Tasmanian boys and girls as possible.”

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TOURNAMENT NEWS

The ‘Fisher & Paykel Classic’ Title Awarded To Tasmanian Amateur Golfer More than 22,000 women amateur golfers competed in the initial Club rounds for a chance to play in the Fisher & Paykel Classic Final – only 12 lucky women got the chance – the overall winner with a total of 69 points in the single stableford tournament coming from our smallest State – Tasmania.

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he inaugural National Final of the Fisher & Paykel Classic, a newly created amateur women’s golfing tournament sanctioned by Golf Australia, was held as a prelude to this year’s MFS Women’s Australian Open.

The 12 finalists aged from just 12 to 60 years of age – two from each State of NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA and TAS played two rounds of golf, the first in blistering Sydney heat at the prestigious Terrey Hills Golf Course on Tuesday 30th January; the second in cooler conditions at the exclusive Avondale Golf Club tucked away in the leafy upper North Shore suburb of Pymble on the 31st.

“Before the Final was even contested, we were told by Golf Australia that the Classic had been the most successful women’s golf event ever staged, with more than 22,000 amateur female golfers registering to play in the inaugural tournament,” said Fisher & Paykel’s marketing manager, Peter Russell.

“The event has been designed for women Club golfers of all ages and was professionally coordinated by management company Total Sport & Entertainment with the assistance of Golf Australia.

We were aware, through our discussions with Golf Australia, that as part of Fisher & Paykel’s sponsorship of women’s golf, an opportunity existed to stage a grass-roots competition for Australia’s registered female amateur golfers – of which there is around 120,000. But the response we received, with more than 540 Clubs registering almost immediately upon receiving their invitation, was astounding,” he said.

“One in four registered female golfers across the country took part in the 2006 competition, and so we expect the 2007 event to be significantly larger,” said Russell.

Thirty-three-year-old Julie Tass from Tasmania played on par to her handicap on the first day of play, and was just one under on the second day to accumulate the most points, winning the event by five points to runner-up Uschi Dold, 59 years of age from New South Wales.

Western Australia’s Kanokwan Schedlbauer, 37, took out third place with 61 points, but winning the admiration of her co-players was young 12-year-old Ruby Curtin from Victoria, who came in fourth with 60 points.

“Ruby’s place is nothing short of miraculous,” said Russell, “but to take out fourth place against competitors who have been playing the game for a great deal longer than she’s been alive was a real inspiration to watch.”

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Tamara Beckett lent their support to the newly created Fisher & Paykel Classic, attending and chatting to the finalists at a welcome cocktail reception arranged on the eve of the Classic’s first day of play.

Golf Australia’s CEO, Tony Hallam, addressed the group, speaking of the sport’s desire to increase the percentage of women of all ages playing golf.

Australian female golfing icon Jane Crafter joined Hallam on stage to discuss the rise in prominence of women in sport, citing the merging of men’s and women’s associations last year to form Golf Australia, the governing body for the sport nationally, as a positive move that will serve to highlight the emerging depth of talent in the field of women’s golf today.

Said Hallam, “Women’s golf, and in general women in sport, have been under the radar for too long. Our aim was to bring back the Women’s Open for our players, spectators and the public and we are very proud that it is back on.

“While Australia boasts four of the top 100 players in the world, we are also committed to continue to foster our up-and -coming talent and broaden awareness of the game. One of our areas of focus is grass roots and Fisher & Paykel’s investment in a grass roots competition for women can only help to expose the game to a greater audience and hopefully encourage increased participation among women of all ages.

“Securing television rights – the ABC providing live free-to-air coverage of the Women’s Open over the four days of competition, attracting long-term sponsors like Fisher & Paykel and showcasing the skill, talent and glamour that women’s golf delivers makes for a great Women’s Open, and one that we hope many of our elite juniors aspire to be part of in the future,” he continued.

The 12 Fisher & Paykel Classic finalists were flown into Sydney, their accommodation and costs covered as part of their prize.

Each finalist received vouchers that may be redeemed for Fisher & Paykel appliances and tickets to the MFS Women’s Australian Open.

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Women’s Golf

South Australia Over the years Women’s Golf South Australia has invested considerable resources in preparing teams for the annual Gladys Hay Memorial Cup Interstate Series. With a number of secondplace finishes, South Australia has been unable to hold aloft the coveted winner’s trophy since the State’s first and only win in 1936. That was until September 2006!

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he winner of the series was decided on the final day of play at the Devonport Golf Club (Tasmania), with South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria all equal on team points before play commenced. Also, each individual game is important and South Australia did have a two and a half game advantage over New South Wales and three games over Victoria going into the final day’s play. After a tense battle South Australia finally claimed the trophy, with one game to spare!

The importance and excitement of this win to women’s golf in South Australia was highlighted by the number of congratulatory letters, e-mails and phone calls we received from club members and past Cup players, including a very fascinating letter from the only living member of the 1936 victorious team, Miss Katharine Rymill.

The 1936 Gladys Hay Cup was played at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club between South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Miss Rymill, with much humour in her letter of congratulations to our 2006 team, noted that during the event in 1936 an Australian team was selected to play in New Zealand for the Tasman Cup. Katharine Rymill was told she was not selected because of her behaviour! This behaviour was cited because after following the final match down the 19th hole she ran towards the club house calling out “we’ve won”. A fellow competitor also missed out on selection because she was wearing the wrong girdle! How things have changed during the passage of time!

Our 2006 successful team was a combination of new players and players with experience in previous Gladys Hay tournaments.

Our players were non-playing Captain Lyn McGough (a former team member), Louise Glennon (1st year team member), Ebony

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Heard (4th year), Samantha Holt (4th year), Sarah King (2nd year), Susie Mathews (3rd year) and Stephanie Na (3rd year).

Susie returned to the team after a four-year absence at UCLA in the United States. Susie’s experience and knowledge gained as a member of the UCLA’s women’s golf team proved a bonus for South Australia.

The team was expertly coached by Fiona Pike, a former touring professional in Europe and the USA, and she was also a past Gladys Hay representative for our State. While the team members have their own individual coaches, Fiona was engaged over the past three years as our State Coach, to prepare our players for the Gladys Hay tournament. Her attention and dedication at practice sessions enhanced their skills, which proved invaluable during the series.

We are very fortunate and very much appreciate the generous support of our South Australian golf clubs, which have made available their practice facilities and courses for our State squads over the years.

WGSA’s Junior Advancement Committee and Development Coordinator, with the future in mind, are running programs to encourage and promote the game of golf to school girls. Our programs include coaching clinics, playing days and also aligning schools with nearby clubs to introduce more girls to this wonderful game. At the same time we are also committed to assisting these clubs to grow their junior membership, which is essential for the development and future successes of South Australian women’s golf. And some of these young girls may eventually represent our State in national tournaments, such as the Gladys Hay Memorial Cup Interstate Series.

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PROPERTY REVIEW

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Position and timing ... two words important in golf and also very important words when it comes to investing in golf real estate.

SG Lifestyle Properties have taken both of these factors into account in both developing and releasing their latest real estate offering at Links Lady Bay on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.

Position, in that they have chosen one of Australia’s top 50 golf courses and also secured the prime location home sites/pieces of land on this beautiful coastal links course. Absolute golf course frontage land with sea views, close to the clubhouse, dayspa and hotel resort facilities.

Position because Links Lady Bay is located just one hour from Adelaide in the middle of the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula.

The Region boasts one of Australia’s premier wine regions the McLaren Vale, the internationally acclaimed Kangaroo Island and some of Australia’s most beautiful coastline, fishing and boating, set in a four season mediterranean climate.

Timing because having seen the growth of the golfing residential communities in the eastern states, DSG Lifestyle Properties knew that it was only a matter of time before this baby boomer driven phenomenon arrived in South Australia.

Timing because buying real estate before the boom occurs is how you guarantee great capital growth and with prices of these prime home sites ranging from $165,000 to $250,000 now is the time to secure your piece of this great opportunity before prices skyrocket.

Make no mistake about it, the golfing residential community is about to go off in South Australia. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to secure your slice of the action. Opportunities are now available for investors with lease back options, retirees or for those who are in the position to purchase a second dwelling for family holidays.

Ring us on 08 8100 3333 or check out the website on www.ladybayresort.com.au or better still discover it for yourself.

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Western Australia Women’s Golf WA Target Active Retirees

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omen’s Golf WA has been successful in being awarded an Active Ageing grant of $11,748 from the Department of Local Government and Regional Development for our Senior Women’s Golf Project. This funding is supported by another grant of $2000 from Healthway.

We will offer a series of eight-week clinics that will cover the fundamental aspects of playing golf followed by a game at the conclusion of the clinics. The short-term goal is to encourage active participation, with the longer-term goals being the participants either joining clubs or starting up their own club within the village.

The aim of the project is to target women living in retirement and lifestyle villages to participate in golf.This project will be led by our volunteer Board Member, Jan Plaisted. Jan will be responsible for linking the retirees with nearby private and public clubs.

The benefits to the participants will be learning new golf skills, increased health benefits, increased social benefits, increased management skills and an increase in social confidence.

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Kristie Smith Named In Top Six Junior Sports Stars In WA

The 12th Annual Diabetes Australia Corporate Cup SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SPONSORS

• A.H. Beard • Cabe • Harvey Norman • Jack Newton Apparel • Thrifty Kristie Smith

Women’s Golf WA nominated Kristie Smith in the ANZ Sports Star Awards in the Smarter Than Smoking Junior Sports Star category for her achievements in 2006. From a field of over 30 entries, Kristie was named one of six finalists.This is the second year in succession that Kristie has been nominated as a finalist.

• Australian Golf Digest • Double A • Hillross • News Limited • Yalumba Wines

A truly national corporate event supporting the future of junior golf and diabetes.

COMPETITION: Team of four – Aggregate of best two Stableford scores per hole. Individual Stableford.

NATIONAL FINAL: Winning team from each State gains entry to the National Final at Alice Springs Golf Club including a practice round and two tournament rounds, accommodation at the Crowne Plaza Alice Springs and return flights from qualifying city.

Only teams with official handicaps can represent their State at the National Final.

COSTS: Team Entry: $1,925 incl. GST per team per State, including eight guests to black tie dinner.

2007 PROGRAM TASMANIA – Tuesday, 27 March Barnbougle Dunes Golf Club Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Friday, 30 March The Grange Golf Club Holiday Inn VICTORIA – Friday, 13 April Heritage Golf and Country Club NEW SOUTH WALES – Tuesday, 24 April New South Wales Golf Club Novotel Brighton Beach NORTHERN TERRITORY– Tuesday, 15 May Alice Springs Golf Club Crowne Plaza Alice Springs WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Friday, 18 May Mount Lawley Golf Club Novotel Langley Perth QUEENSLAND – Friday, 25 May Indooroopilly Golf Club Mercure Hotel Brisbane

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WA continues to produce exceptional golfers with Kristie Smith being named in the Australian team and Whitney Hillier in the Australian Junior team to compete against New Zealand in the Trans Tasman Cup. Womens GOLF March 2007

NATIONAL FINAL: Friday 8 – Sunday 10 June, Alice Springs Golf Club, Crowne Plaza Alice Springs.

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TOURNAMENT NEWS

Lexus Cup Women’s Golf Tournament Headed For Perth Perth has won the right to host the prestigious International women’s golf event the Lexus Cup in 2007.

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ourism Minister Sheila McHale recently announced Perth had won the rights to host the event, which is expected to attract many of the world’s leading female golfers.

“This is a fantastic achievement for Perth and Western Australia,” Ms McHale said.“The Lexus Cup will join the Johnnie Walker Classic as a major tourism and sporting drawcard and one of the golfing highlights on the State’s events calendar.”

The Minister said the event would be held at The Vines Resort and Country Club in December 2007 and WA had secured the first option to host it again in 2010 and 2013. “Three days of live television broadcast will showcase WA to some of our key tourism markets in Japan, China and Korea,” she said. “It will also be televised in the UK, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA. For an investment of $550,000 into the Lexus Cup, we expect to receive media exposure worth millions, as well as a boost to the local economy of at least $1 million.”

Ms McHale said the new event would follow a team match format, similar to the Ryder Cup, fostering the development of top-level women’s golf. “The inaugural Lexus Cup was held in December 2005 in Singapore and attracted players such as world number one Annika Sorenstam from Sweden and Grace Park from Korea,” she said. “Because the Lexus Cup will be hosted at The Vines, a public golf course, visitors and local golfers will be able to play the same course as their golfing heroes.”

Vice-president marketing planning division, Toyota Motor Asia Pacific,Vince Socco, said it was time for golf fans outside Singapore to experience the Lexus Cup. “Perth is a natural choice as it is a top tourist destination which has some of the best courses in the world,” Mr Socco said. Martin Jolly, senior vice-president and managing director for IMG Asia Pacific, said the event would see leading international women players compete against top Asian players. “We have high hopes for the event continuing to grow in stature and to take its place among the other great international golf team events,” Mr Jolly said. “We are sure Australia, as the next host country, will be an integral part of that growth and we look forward to working with Tourism WA on Lexus Cup 2007.”

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Lexus Cup Background Facts: About The Lexus Cup

The Lexus Cup is a prestigious LPGA Tour-sanctioned ladies team event pitting 12 international players against 12 leading players from Asia. Lexus Cup 2007 will take place in Perth, Australia. Team members are selected based on their rankings and season earnings, including two captain’s picks and two sponsor’s exemptions.

About Lexus

Lexus belongs to the global Toyota family. Lexus has become synonymous with luxury, quality and innovative engineering since its introduction in 1989.

About IMG

IMG is the world’s premier Sports, Entertainment and Media Company. IMG is a diversified global business with two major business segments: IMG Sports and Entertainment, and IMG Media. IMG employs more than 2,300 people in 30 countries. Forstmann Little and Co purchased IMG in 2004.

About the LPGA

Featuring the world’s best women golfers, the LPGA’s membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals.

The LPGA Tour in 2006 features 35 events, with total prize money of more than $50 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised approximately $170 million for charity. From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world’s pre-eminent women’s professional sports organisation.

Minister’s office – (08) 9213 6900

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SPECIAL FEATURE

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST FUN RUN CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY! Australia’s largest annual non-profit fun run/walk is heading for its tenth anniversary on Mothers Day, May 13 2007. Since being launched in 1998, the Mothers Day Classic has raised over $2.4 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research program.

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rom modest beginnings the MDC has grown significantly over the past 10 years. Participation has increased from 3,300 people in the first year to over 30,000 participants in 2006. This year the Mothers Day Classic will be held in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart and for the first time in 2007 Canberra, Perth and Parramatta in New South Wales.

Walking, running or strolling the 4km or 8km course is a great way to support or pay tribute to loved ones who have been through the breast cancer journey. Thousands of women, men and children of all ages wear tribute cards to support those fighting breast cancer, and to remember those lost to the disease. A minute of silence is held on the day to remember those who have died from the disease.

To celebrate the tenth anniversary the Mothers Day Classic is expanding into regional areas and encouraging local communities to stage their own event. With so much expansion participation is expected to increase considerably for the tenth anniversary.

The Mothers Day Classic was established by Women In Super, a group that provides networking opportunities for all women in the superannuation industry. Over the past 10 years Women in Super has created an event that provides the community with a great wayto celebrate Mothers Day and also to support breast cancer research. “When the event was launched we had no idea how quickly it would grow. With eight events around the country and the opportunity for regional communities to participate we hope that the total funds raised from this event will bring the total raised since inception to over $3 million” said Women in Super national spokesperson, Mavis Robertson.

Participants can add to the amount of money raised for breast cancer research by getting friends, family and colleagues to sponsor their participation. Obtaining sponsorship not only results in increased funds, but also gives those who are unable to attend a chance to contribute.

The Mothers Day Classic is proudly sponsored by Members Equity Bank – the bank for working Australians. Members Equity Bank provides low cost banking products and services to everyday Australians including low cost home loans, savings accounts, personal loans, credit cards and business banking services. This year will be the third year that Members Equity Bank has been the major sponsor of the Mothers Day Classic.

The Women in Super Mothers Day Classic is the largest single donor to the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research

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program. The proceeds from the 2006 Mothers Day Classic have been used to continue to fund five research projects, supporting breast cancer researchers around the country.

“As an organisation whose principles are based on helping people save money for retirement, the Women in Super members felt that they should contribute to research that will eventually defeat breast cancer and improve the chances of more women living and enjoying retirement,” Ms Robertson says.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in females in Australia and it is estimated that almost 13,300 Australian women will be diagnosed this year. A lesser known fact is that approximately 100 Australian males will also be diagnosed with the disease. The National Breast Cancer Foundation is Australia’s only independent, not-for-profit community organisation supporting and promoting high quality research into the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer.

This Mothers Day, join thousands of people around the country supporting breast cancer research. The Mothers Day Classic kicks off on Sunday 13th May at: • Adelaide – Pinky Flat • Brisbane – South Bank Parklands – Cultural Forecourt • Canberra – Grevillea Park • Hobart – Domain Athletics Centre and Queen’s Domain • Melbourne – Alexandra Gardens and the Tan Track • Parramatta – Parramatta Park • Perth – TBC • Sydney – The Domain And it’s not all exercise! There will be entertainment, face painting, jumping castles for the kids and fantastic prizes to be won.

For more information or to www.mothersdayclassic.org or phone:

register, please

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National – 1800 000 118

Hobart – 1300 762 241

Adelaide – 08 8232 1847

Melbourne – 03 9819 9225

Brisbane – 07 5449 0711

Perth – TBC

Canberra – 1300 762 241

Sydney (The Domain and Parramatta Park) 02 9439 6060

Or to stage a regional event in your town call 03 9657 4246.

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JUNIOR GOLF

Tiger in the Grass

by Narelle Bouveng Tiger Woods took an interest in golf at the tender age of six months. Watching his father hit golf balls into a practice net, the young Woods began imitating his swing before he could even walk, and by the age of three was able to shoot a 48 off nine holes. Featuring in Golf Digest at the age of five, Tiger began winning tournaments at eight and the rest, as we all know, is still making history.

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hile not every youngster is poised to become the next Tiger Woods, the first shot is like a first step, and to ensure a healthy future for the game, more youngsters are being encouraged to take a putt.

Competition is fierce for junior support with high-powered, big-budget and superstar lucrative sports like Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer and AFL luring youngsters with slick marketing, hands-on opportunities and the definitive element of “cool” that at times may be lacking in more traditional sports like golf. One thing is certain, that if the future of the sport is to attract the youth market, the industry needs to step up to the tee.

While players like Woods do their bit to encourage a greater profile for golf as a modern sport, the initiatives of the Australian PGA are proving winning strategies with the real market – the kids themselves.

At the recent Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship at Coolum the focus was firmly on family and the kids were able to enjoy the atmosphere of a major golf event and the rare opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the stars. The Junior Festival of Golf, which coincides with the Australian PGA, had the support of some of the biggest names in Australian golf today. No score cards needed, the huge grins on faces were all the measure needed to determine it as a resounding success.

World number four ranked player Adam Scott, along with Rod Pampling, Peter O’Malley and Cadbury Schweppes Junior Program Patron Craig Parry attended clinics and hosted barbecues with 100 junior golfers who had qualified to attend at events held throughout the year. Players representing Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, Hong Kong and Singapore competed in the inaugural PGA International 36-hole junior tournament at Noosa Springs and Twin Waters.

In addition, the Pathway to the PGA, another popular junior initiative, included 10 local primary schools in the Sunshine Coast area receiving free golf clinics from PGA members leading up to

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the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA. Two boys and two girls from each participating school qualified through to the “Pathway to the PGA” final held at the Hyatt Regency Coolum, with the winners receiving six weeks golf tuition for their school, a set of Srixon golf clubs to raffle for fundraising purposes and a Srixon junior golf equipment kit for their school’s exclusive use.

Culminating in the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship, it was no surprise that the atmosphere was already charged with youthful energy and exuberance. Regarded as one of the more enjoyable events on the professional golf schedule, the child-friendly and relaxed holiday ethos of the Hyatt Regency Coolum plays perfect host to not only some of the biggest names in golf, but also an entourage of family, friends, celebrities and fans who enjoy the action on course as much as the fiesta of entertainment, dining, leisure and relaxation all on offer over the week-long event.

Kids were welcome on course and are even admitted free, which made for a nice change to the often stuffy and antiquated view on children attending major events. With a few simple rules in place and a collaborative approach shown by the PGA, the kids enjoyed the action as much as the adults. The excitement of being Womens GOLF March 2007

Skills Challenge Staging Period

Star Challenge Period

Shootout Staging Period Draw for Junior Festival of Golf (TBC)

part of the big-time atmosphere could well be the greatest catalyst to getting kids interested in trying the game, as was the case with my own six and eight-year-olds who had never been exposed to golf before.

While the kids club had many exciting activities to consider, it was the PGA Kids Golf Zone that drew most of the attention. A huge marquee filled with interactive activities engrossed children from as young as two right through to adult for hours. Entry was free and kids could test their skills in chipping, putting and driving under the watchful eye of leading golf coaches who were on hand to teach correct techniques and the finer elements of the game.

EA Sports, makers of the world’s most popular computer-based golf game,Tiger Woods PGA Tour, provided several Xbox versions of the game for the less physical children to enjoy, with the combination of activity and relaxation allowing for greater time to be spent getting comfortable in the zone.

While many budding stars revelled being on show and the odd stage parent was caught gloating about their own child’s future prowess, the focus for the kids was on trying something new. The delight on chubby faces was contagious as first shots turned into second, third and fourth respectively and the confidence to “have a go” blossomed into new-found skills and confidence.

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Those first baby steps that are so crucial to the future of golf are being taken and the PGA’s junior golf program is brimming with ideas to attract kids, regardless of ability. But beware, while the allure of lush velvet greens, five-star sand pits and balls that can be mistaken for chicken’s eggs may prove tempting for some youngsters, it is the Tiger in the grass that you need to watch out for. www.pga.org.au www.golfaustralia.org.au Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation – www.jnjgf.com Greg Norman Junior Golf Foundation – www.gngf.org.au

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BEAUTY AND SKIN CARE

SOS Save Our Skin!

by Jeni Bone

Another summer is coming to a close, but unlike many countries, we do not look forward to a bleak winter of very little sunlight. UV levels remain constant, even on cloudy days, and as bronzed Aussies we have the distinction of being a nation that leads the world in incidents of skin cancer. that a single blistering skin burn in childhood more than doubles a person’s risk of developing melanoma later in life. “It is frightening to know that in the past 20 years there has been more than a 100% increase in cases of pediatric (childhood) melanoma.”

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ach year, over 374,000 Australians are diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancers and almost 360 Australians die from the spread of these. Over 8800 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma, and almost 1000 people die. Perhaps due to a glorious outdoor lifestyle and some of the country’s best golf courses, Queensland has the notorious distinction of being the melanoma capital of the world!

For women and men, skin cancers on the face are the most common, including the tip of the nose, around the eyelids, lower lip, ears and scalp.

According to Dr Dilip Gahankari, one of south-east Queensland’s leading plastic and reconstructive surgeons, enhanced and localised exposure to these areas seems to be the reason. “It is not uncommon to see exaggerated skin damage on the righthand side of the face in bus and truck drivers, or on the backs of hands and forearms in outdoor workers and sportspeople.”

People of any age group and any skin color are susceptible to the skin cancer given enough UV radiation dose or sunburn. “The Caucasian skin of course is more susceptible,” says Dr Dilip, adding

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Although melanoma and the non-melanoma skin cancers are the most well-known consequences of sun exposure, the worst is skin damage and exaggerated ageing. It is now well-known from research so far that the actinic exposure (sun damage) causes structural skin damage in both dermal and epidermal layers of the skin in addition to the normal ageing process. These structural changes include degeneration of the collagen fibres in skin. The collagen fibres form a network that is responsible for maintaining the normal integrity of the skin. Replacement of these fibres by the degenerated tangled masses of collagen and elastic fibres (also called elastosis) cause increase in skin rhytids (creases). The actinically damaged skin thus shows little resistance to stretching.

Actinic damage also causes degeneration in the normal blood vessels, which are irregularly placed and sparse. It also causes thinning and dilatation of skin veins. This accounts for the visible “veins” in the photo-damaged skin. The changes in the cell population in sun-damaged skin also reflect the chronic injurycausing inflammatory changes by the long-term U-V radiation exposure.

“Despite big budget ad campaigns and media coverage, we still see young and old crowding our beaches, sunbaking the whole day. Although the use of sunscreen is certainly more widespread, it is often not used in recommended quantity and dosage. People tend to use sunscreens as their main protection, but even the best sunscreens do not replace the precautions of staying out of particularly harsh sun between 10am and 4pm. They also be used in conjunction with broadrimmed hats, sunglasses and protective clothing.

“Unfortunately,” continues Dr Dilip, “looking tanned is still a status symbol in our society, but a suntan is not an indicator of Womens GOLF March 2007

good health. Physicians consider the skin’s tanning a response to injury because it appears after UV rays have killed some cells and damaged others.”

Dr Dilip states that it is a myth that “indoor tanning” is safe.

“It is suggested by research that solariums can emit levels of UV radiation up to five times as strong as the summer midday sun,” he says, referring to a report from Standards Australia, Solaria for Cosmetic Purposes. “They can certainly enhance the ageing and skin damage.”

Contrary to common misconception, UV rays reach you on cloudy and hazy days, as well as on bright and sunny days.

Protection from sun exposure is important all year round, not just during the summer or at the beach. UV rays can cause skin damage during any season or temperature.

“Any sunscreen with better than 15 SPF (sun protection factor) should do the job when applied in recommended quantity at recommended frequency,” he says, recommending “at least two tablespoons of sunscreen be applied to entire body at least 20-30 minutes before going out and thereafter every two hours while in the sun.”

those changing colours, getting bigger or even smaller, becoming irregular, etc. should arise suspicion.

Once sun damage occurs, says Dr Dilip, there are treatments available to remedy wrinkles, spots, pigmentation and scars from mole removal. “These treatments include non-invasive skincare products as well as slightly more invasive options such as chemical peels, laser and dermabrasion. Such treatments act by bringing about controlled inflammation of the dermis with deposition and realignment of collagen fibres. Certain cosmetic injections, like Botox, are effective as a preventative measure for reducing wrinkle formation by causing controlled paralysis of certain hyperactive superficial facial muscles. There is evidence that continuous use of these injections does delay the look of ageing. The peels and dermabrasion basically achieve controlled removal of the outer layers of the skin and provide the fresh, new skin epidermis formation. Lasers can be effective in removal of pigmented spots and visible veins.”

More at www.cancer.org.au and www.iplasticsurgeon.com.au

But sunscreen should not be relied on as the only line of defense: broad-brimmed hats should be worn at all times in sun and UV-protecting eyewear is also a must, as UV rays are associated with various eye conditions, such as cataracts.

Fortunately most skin cancers do give warning signs, says Dr Dilip, but they are often difficult even for specialists to detect and require a high level of vigilance to ensure early detection. “Early actinic damage, often termed “sun-spots”, can present on the face, usually around the cheek and eyes as crusty and scaly lesions that look red or brown patches. Often they hurt a little. Lowerlip lesions present themselves as fissures that heal, only to crack open in a few days.”

Melanomas are the worst of the lot, especially because of their tendency to spread to lymph nodes and other organs via the bloodstream. These can be killer cancers. “The important thing to remember when checking, it’s as simple as ABCDE.” A – Asymmetry – one half of the mole looking asymmetric to the other half B – Border – Moles with border irregularity C – Variegated colour of the mole, meaning lack of uniformity of colour and/or presence of multiple colours within the mole D – Moles with diameter of more than 6mm should be treated with suspicion E – Evolution – Moles with changing characters, such as Womens GOLF March 2007

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PROTECT BEAUTY PRODUCTS

Treat, Enhance And Tint With The Best High-Tech Products This Season

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By Jeni Bone

Solar Defense

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Skin Resurfacing In A Bottle Since 1993, Dr Ho has prepared patients undergoing facial surgery with a skin-reconditioning program and noticed significant changes in patients’ skin texture and appearance, reducing pigmentation, improving acne scarring and reviving dull, lifeless skin. Dr Ho worked with a pathologist analysing the composition of the differing skin problems and from his findings, developed a skincare range known as the Mayerling Skin Renewal Program. It’s now available to us all via the website: www.mayerling.com.au

Long the Beauty Editors’ favourite, Dermalogica protects, preserves and pampers skin with its comprehensive Solar Defense System containing eight skin and body care products, as well as the soothing After Sun Repair, a blend of homeopathic herbs to reduce irritation, redness and pain induced by sunburn.The range includes Waterproof Solar Spray SPF25, formulated with organic silicones and antioxidant essential oils to protect against moisture loss and ideal for the sports-enthusiast; Solar Shield SPF15, an convenient ultra-waterproof protection stick for lips, ears and nose; Solar Defense Booster SPF30; Solar Defense Wipes SPF15, truly takeanywhere sun protection; Ultra Sensitive FaceBlock SPF25, the natural, ultra-fine porcelain particles reflect even the sun’s most damaging rays without irritation or sunscreen chemicals. A light tint ensures natural coverage, while herbal extracts and antioxidant vitamins soothe the skin; Full Spectrum Block SPF15, a moisture-rich sunblock for face and body with soothing herbal extracts and skinconditioning Vitamins A, C and E; and Protective Self Tan SPF15, the only “healthy” tan under the sun, with added SPF15 to protect against UV rays. For product and stockist information visit www.dermalogica.com.au or call 1800 659 118.

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Relief From Redness Clinique has released a brilliant solution to flushing, blushing and redness in Redness Relief Cream, part of the Cx range of active-treatment products. A soft, oil-free cream, it glides on and tenderly smoothes and soothes skin. Skin after-feel is soft, smooth and naturally matte. A gentle hydrating cream, it lives up to its name by immediately soothing and comforting skin, visibly diffusing the appearance of redness. Specialised ingredients work together to soothe and comfort irritated, sensitive skin. The Clinique Cx range is available at selected Clinique counters.

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Insurance For Your Skin Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Concentrate Recovery Boosting Treatment represents a new era in concentrated repair for overstressed skin. This intensive quarterly 21night treatment promises to go above and beyond daily skincare, targeting the most serious skin situations from harsh stressors, as well as sensitivity and accumulated effects from extreme conditions. Advanced Night Repair Concentrate Recovery Boosting Treatment employs three exclusive new technologies from Estee Lauder’s Research and Development Laboratories, improving the skin’s natural ability to minimise the signs of ageing, comforting and soothing skin sensitivity and rebuilding a stronger, more resilient surface barrier. For stockists and information call 1800 061 326 or visit www.estee-lauder.com.au

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Erase Those Lines YSL introduces LISSE EXPERTESTHETIC – a two-part ultratargeted treatment. The Line Eraser Kit and Targeted Anti Wrinkle Night Treatment work together, one by day and one by night. This Line Eraser Kit contains two care formulas, the Peeling Masque and the Wrinkle Eraser Pen, which act in synergy to achieve instant radiance and intensive skin smoothing results, while The Targeted Anti Wrinkle Night treatment stimulates the skin to reproduce itself. Skin-surface flaws (dull complexion, dilated pores, irregularities) are instantly reduced. The skin’s surface is rapidly smoothed. The complexion is fresh, even and radiant. The skin is resurfaced with no aggressiveness. Day after day, it is visibly retextured and rejuvenated. More at www.ysl.com

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Sun-kissed And Makeup Loved around the world and the must-have of celebrities, starlets and mere mortal women, the divine BECCA range was created by Perth makeup artist Rebecca Morrice-Williams, herself obsessed with the quest for the flawless complexion. The range includes this season’s most sensational moisturising makup – Luminous Skin Colour Tinted Moisturiser SPF 25+. With inbuilt SPF25, it provides an ultra-soft, fresh finish with light coverage. RRP $62. Then for the blushing beach glow we all crave, but dare not brave, the BECCA Beach Tint in Watermelon is a beautifully blendable, long-lasting, watermelon-scented crème stain that dries to a perfect, streak-free, non-greasy and non-drying finish. RRP $35. More at www.beccacosmetics.com Womens GOLF March 2007

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The Secret Of Zeolite The Zeolite Spa Range from Eleusian is a naturally active, high-tech series formulated to revive and rejuvenate the body. Combining the latest in skin science technology with purest natural ingredients, the super anti-oxidant powers, as well as the soothing and balancing pH value of micronised zeolite, provide unprecedented detoxifying benefits and outstanding comfort for sensitive or irritated skin. The Zeolite in Eleusian’s Zeolite Spa Range is known as Clinoliptolite (Zeolight 120) and comes from a deposit in Australia that is more than 320 million years old. Rich in the four essential nutrients for our body – Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Natrium – it works to restore the skin’s pH balance. More at www.eleusian.com.au 81

Influenza HEALTH

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Protect yourself against influenza this year ManyAustralians often use the words“cold” and “flu” interchangeably to describe a set of symptoms they may be experiencing, which could encompass anything from a runny nose to a fever. What most people do not realise, however, is that although both a “cold” and the “flu” are caused by viruses, the two conditions can have vastly different outcomes.

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“cold” is usually less severe than the “flu” and has symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose and a sore throat. On the other hand, the “flu” otherwise known as influenza, is an illness characterised by severe symptoms including fever, headaches, muscle aches and pains, which can be debilitating and cause people to be bedridden for days and not return back to full health for weeks.

While recovery from the common cold is generally without incident, influenza can result in serious illness such as viral pneumonia (infection of the lungs) and even death. In fact, in Australia it is estimated that at least 1500 people die from the consequences of influenza on average each year.

Influenza can affect anyone. It’s important to remember that it’s not just the elderly who can suffer from its complications. In fact, up to 18 per cent of excess deaths attributable to influenza are in people under 65 years of age.

In addition to those aged 65 or over, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommends influenza vaccination for a number of groups, including: People with underlying chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, respiratory disease, heart disease, kidney disease and those with a weakened immune system; Healthcare providers; Anyone else who wants to decrease the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza.

For those people with underlying medical conditions who are at high risk of influenza-related complications and serious disease, influenza can also have a severe impact on their existing illness.

For instance, research has shown that the risk of suffering a heart attack increases by nearly five times – and the risk of suffering a stroke by over three times – within the first couple of days after

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developing an acute systemic respiratory-tract infection, such as influenza.

Influenza most commonly occurs in Australia over the winter months, which also see the highest fatality rate from influenza. It is caught by breathing in droplets of the virus that have been released into the air by infected people through coughing and sneezing.

People can also catch influenza by touching objects where the virus particles have settled, such as door handles.

Therefore, it is important that people are aware of some simple measures that they can take to minimise the risk of catching influenza and reduce the spread of illness. These include:

Tips to minimise the risk of catching influenza Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing Keep your hands away from your mouth and face See your doctor for an influenza vaccination Vaccination is the single most effective and practical way for people to protect themselves against influenza. The Federal Government provides free influenza vaccination to everyone aged 65 or over, and the vaccine is available on the PBS for those under 65 with specific medical conditions that put them at high risk of influenza-related complications. Vaccination is best carried out before May, before serious outbreaks occur.

“Many people avoid vaccination as they believe that being fit and healthy will protect them against influenza. This is not true. Further, many people with underlying medical conditions choose not to be vaccinated, as they may not entirely believe in the benefits of vaccination,” said Dr Alan Hampson, Chair of the Influenza Specialist Group (ISG), an independent committee consisting of medical and scientific specialists and patient support group representatives.

“Studies have shown that vaccination significantly reduces the number of cases of pneumonia and other respiratory complications and the rate of total deaths occurring during an influenza season. It is therefore very important that people in at ‘risk-groups’, as well as others who do not want to fall ill with influenza, get vaccinated every year,” added Dr Hampson.

“Australians must understand the severity of influenza and take adequate steps to prevent themselves from developing the illness,” Dr Hampson concluded.

If you would like more information on influenza, speak with your doctor or visit www.flu.com.au Womens GOLF March 2007

What Does The Goji Berry And Bird Flu Have In Common?

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The answer is “They both contain Polysaccharides”.

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or thousands of years the Goji berry has been providing the body with those very tools it needs to deal with all sorts of immune challenges.

They are Polysaccharides... specially configured molecules made up from the simple sugars found in plant foods, that have the ability to attach to our cells in a way that can trigger powerful immune responses, or block the sites where bacteria or virus particles would attach.

These biological “Leggo pieces” are common throughout nature and provide both receptor sites and the “plugs” that allow all sorts of things to attach to our cells.Virus particles and bacteria use them to attach to our cells like pieces of “Velcro”.

Our immune cells use polysaccharides to occupy sites that prevent the unwanted hitchhikers from latching on, and use special polysaccharide “tentacles” to stick and trap them like fly paper.

They are like bar codes which are used to target unfriendly and foreign cells that we either make or are infected by.

The simple elderberry contains polysaccharides that will block flu virus attachments to the cell membrane, as do many other traditional remedies. But none do it as well as the Goji Berry.

The Goji berry is rich in four unique Polysaccharides that can increase aspects of our immune system efficiency by more than 300%. Increasing biologically-active polysaccharides intake is like increasing computer memory, so that it becomes smarter and fast at getting the task done. By saturating our cell receptors with about 60mls of standardized Goji Juice made from the Himalayan varieties of the Goji Berry, we are saturating our immune system with the tools it needs to handle known and unknown new organisms that it may come in contact with.

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FASHION

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Five Under Winter 07 Range Release Cosy and Chic!

The new Five Under Winter 07 range of golf apparel combines chic style with cosy comfort. A gorgeous combination of pants, shorts, polo’s & knits are accessorized with a fabulous range of headwear and accessories to keep of the winter chill without sacrificing style.

Mix and match cute striped polo shirts, funky bright pants, soft woollen knits and you’re ready to play! Or for something really fun, be one of the first to wear our knitted stripe beanie with the cutest pompom! This winter, anything goes!

For women there are funky stretch cotton pants with ribbon trims for a girly look.

Team them with a slim fit argyle print polo and diamond long-sleeve knit in musk pink and aqua. Ribbons and bows prevail, with our new bow polo shirts in delightful winter colours of pink, white and charcoal. These can be teamed with a super stretchy plaid pant in black, light charcoal or gorgeous candy pink and blue checks. Continue the stunning black theme with our charcoal diamond print knit, and a pink and charcoal beanie thrown in to keep you warm. Or for something sunny this winter, team our candy pink and blue checks with an eclectic mix of candy stripe polo’s and pink and blue diamond vests. Whatever colours you choose, your outfit can be accessorized with a fun, chunky knit headband or beanie.

Our men’s range is really making a statement with bright flat fronted pants in baby blue and white. These can be teamed with our best selling argyle print polo, or with our traditional retro polo in double mercerised cotton. For the more traditional look, wear some of our funky plaids with splashes of blue and red to match back with cosy diamond vests and long-sleeve knits.

Five under is a fully Australian owned golf-inspired fashion label, operating from Barwon Heads on Victoria’s South-West

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coast. Founded in 2004 by Nerida Williams, a passionate golfer with a love of fashion, Five Under offers a range of apparel and accessories for golfers who love dressing for golf as much as they love playing the game.

Five Under is about enjoying the golfing lifestyle your way.

For the latest Five Under range and your closest stockist check out www.fiveunder.com.au.

For more information contact Nerida Williams Five under 0417 389 355 nerida@fiveunder. com.au Womens Womens GOLF GOLF December March 2007 2006

Toronto Golf Toronto Golf is an exclusive women’s golf wear label dedicated to the modern active woman of today. Our range is not only a stylish wellcoordinated look for the golf course but can transcend off the green for a casual look.

Toronto Golf has just launched their winter 2007 collection.

Garments are casual yet stylish, focusing on flattering shapes to fit the active woman. Pants stretch for easy movement on the course, and are in great winter colours, and traditional sporty checks. Our pique polo’s are both in fresh yarn dyed stripes, and are also accompanied with solid dye styles quirky design details. Make sure you look at our micro fleece vests and jackets, with coordinating contrast trims and zips. Our vests will keep you warm on those brisk golfing days, yet giving plenty of mobility to putt your perfect par.

Colours are directional, yet classically combined.

Navy and Jade has always been a tradional look.

Black and taupe has always been a smart choice.

Dove grey and fuschia is bright, with a very femine feel.

With plenty of mix and match styles within the collection, you will be able to look, feel, and be confident on the green in Toronto Golf.

For your nearest stockist please contact 1800 807 276

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Glamour Tee A Glamour Tee Australia garment provides glamour, style and comfort for the lady golfer but can be worn on any occasion.

The garments allow women golfers of all shapes and sizes to play in comfort and come off the golf course still looking attractive and ready to face other tasks in all weather.

Imagine playing 18 holes of golf on a hot day and coming off the course looking as fresh as when you began, a Glamour Tee garment will provide that luxury.

The comfort provided allows golfers of all standards to enjoy freedom of movement with style.

The jersey fabric pulls the moisture from the body and is soft and silky to wear.

For the larger bust a Glamour Tee garment will allow room for the bust without falling off the shoulder and the shape of the garment is extremely slimming.

The ease of jersey and the two way zip feature allows for comfort around the hip without being baggy up top.

The Glamour Tee shirt is light, does not crush, and is non iron and quick to dry making it ideal for travel.

The variety of prints available will be attractive to women golfers of all ages.

The range currently has an attractive short cap sleeve for sun protection and a gorgeous 3⁄4 sleeve style.

“Straight from the golf course then out to dinner”.

For further information you can contact Di Allen on 0419 991 702 or www.glamourteeaustralia.com.au

Vanity Fairways Since opening on November 1 last year lots of exciting things have been happening at Vanity Fairways. In-store the range has grown considerably with more styles, colours and sizes than you could imagine ... one lady commented “It’s so nice to have so much to choose from” and another “This is too confusing – I have never had so much choice” – If we don’t have it in stock then we will do our utmost to get it in for you.

Winter stock is starting to arrive – hard to think about jackets and vests when it’s so warm – but that’s fashion for you – light weight knitwear, vests, long and 3⁄4 sleeve polos, capris and 7/8th pants are all in stock now.

Ex-store – we have been involved in sponsorships and golfwear parades at a number of courses around Brisbane – if you’d like us to arrange a parade at your golf club 86

– just give us a call – we are happy to work with your committee to bring Vanity Fairways to you.

Our website is now completely updated with photos and details of most of our stock and we have a direct link via email from the website to the shop. So if anything takes your fancy then you can let us know – we are happy to do mail orders – a great service – especially for our country ladies who can’t get to the shop easily.

Our first “Babes in the Woods” Beginners Golf Clinic starts on Saturday 14th April – numbers are limited and at time of writing we are already almost at capacity ... so if you are interested let us know as soon as possible. The second clinic will commence straight after the first and will cater for those that have played before but need to sharpen their golf skills.

For a look at our range or info on “Babes in the Woods” – check our website: www.vanityfairways. com.au or call Deborah on 07 3720 1237.

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Birdee Golf Apparel Birdee Golf Apparel winter 2007 highlights a light weight viscose/spandex in vibrant colours of hot pink, cool limes, Mocha and Classic Black to suit all skin tones. The viscose fabric is perfect for our winter climate; just add the classic Birdee vest for the first few warm up holes.

Birdee has introduced a new cotton lined SPF 50+ Uvee for warmth, comfort and wind protection. One of the best sellers in new fashionable colours of Mocha, Navy and White.

There is also our comfort cotton/spandex fabric used in every Birdee range with excellent wash and wear quality. Designed in Black and Cream with stripes for a head turning statement.

Visit Birdee’s website to look at this exciting winter range, and find a stockist near you www.birdee.net For telephone enquiries please call Marilyn on 0417 099 919 or Michelle on 0438 004309 or email: info@birdee.net

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RULES AND REGULATIONS FASHION Kristie Newton, photographer Anthony Powter

New Driver Rule Now Only Nine Months Away!

W W t f i G a s a A Caricature FROM PHOTOS

By award-winning cartoonist Alan Moir $275

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Money back if not satisfied Black & White or Colour A3 size (approx. 27cm x 37cm) Send photos and info of subject’s interest (eg. golf) to: PO Box 1629, Bondi Junction NSW 2022 or email amoir@bigpond.net.au

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ith the 1st of January 2008 now only nine months away, Golf Australia wishes to remind golfers, golf clubs, golf associations, club distributors and retail outlets that they should continue to plan for the full introduction of the new Rule relating to drivers.

First promoted and reported in Australia in 2003, this Rule will limit the spring-like effect a driver may exhibit.

While the United States Golf Association (USGA) already has the new Rule in place for all golf in America, The R&A decided to introduce a grace period for regular golf in the countries within its jurisdiction (which include Australia). (Many major amateur and professional golf competitions all over the world have already adopted the new regulation as a condition of competition – including in Australia.) The grace period will continue to operate for club competition golf (and some elite competitions) in Australia up until 1/1/2008.

(Note – The R&A and USGA are golf ’s international governing bodies and are responsible for the Rules of Golf. Golf Australia is the governing body for the Rules of Golf in Australia.)

The status of a driver can be checked via the Golf Australia website, which makes two lists available; a list of drivers that will conform to the Rules of Golf as at 1/1/2008, and a list of drivers that will not conform to the Rules of Golf as at 1/1/2008. The website address is www.golfaustralia.org.au (go to Playing the Game – Rules Handicapping, and Regulations – Rules of Golf – Equipment). Any driver marketed prior to the 1st of January 1999 is automatically considered to be conforming and on the Conforming List (unless specifically ruled otherwise).

For people looking to purchase a driver, the vast majority of new clubs on the market will conform to the new Rule, so it is those buyers looking at used clubs who are most likely to find the lists particularly helpful.

The new Rule states that as at 1/1/2008 a player’s driver must not have a characteristic time greater than 257 microseconds when tested on pendulum apparatus approved by R&A Rules Limited.

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FASHION

Haute Looks for Autumn from rich Navajo sunrises and twilights in the desert. Herringbone waistcoats, full prairie skirts, leather jackets and blouses adorned with layers of lace create a sleek look that is uniquely urban bohemian. Native American Indians are celebrated with turquoise embellishments throughout this collection as Lauren sasses up denim. Metallic-thread floral embroidery patterns, beads, fur, leather and feathers equally elude to the wild wild west. Khaki straight-front trousers with a slight boot cut are a must have, each leg trimmed with a diagonal topstitch down the outer seam and flourished with a leather/feather fringe in black and brown tones.

Lauren’s wool and cotton knitwear is simple and beautiful in natural neutral tones with gentle ruffled collars, leather and wooden closures, and thick cable patterns. This season’s lengths include below the waist dusters, knee-length capes and coat/wrap combinations.

In addition to this season of excess frills and frippery is the inclusion of fox – yes, real fox fur, especially in the outerwear category. Burberry has indeed sexed up its classic belted trenchcoat to include fox cuffed sleeves and a very glamorous trimmed hem. Another Haute european designer, Ballantyne, is also pushing to new heights with a blonde fox collar trimming a black tweed overcoat, perfect for a brisk morning walk and smart over khakis or jeans. Paula Ka is also raising the fashion stakes this autumn with her hot best seller – a decadent beige wool three-quarter swing coat with big buckles on the cuffs and a fluffy cream fox collar.

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he fashion forecast for autumn is nothing less than excessive as designers try to out-do each other with a plethora of unnecessary albeit pleasant inclusions of bow, buckles and straps adorning gorgeous fabrics in earthy hues. Leading the way in his traditionally understated although embellished designs is none other than Ralph Lauren with his 1930’s equestrianinfluenced collection. Inspired by daydreams of Jackie Kennedy, his first collection includes tailored waistcoats, shirting in delicate stripes with Peter Pan collars and woollen jackets trimmed with leather shoulder patches. Skirts are definitely en vogue, showcasing fitted over the knee lengths with fluted flaring hemlines.

Lauren’s Blue Label collection also includes an eclectic story he appropriated named Legends of the Fall, influenced by colours

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Colours inspired by the original Crayola crayon pack are extremely popular on the runways and represented in most high fashion collections from accessories to shoes. Proving that oversized handbags cost too much to retire after one season, the over-the-shoulder carry-all remains the craze this autumn with Prada leading the pack. Prada’s new range injects fun primary colours into couture, with blue and green hues in a wearable lightweight nylon fabric accented with braided leather handles, gold belt and buckle accents and topstitching – versatile and simply indulgent. Salvatore Ferragamo is also invigorating his range with a fire-engine red alligator shoulder bag demonstrating that scarlet is also a “must wear now” enviable shade. Dolce and Gabbana are too seeing red in the coolest of seasons with their flame-inspired patent-leather court shoes, which pair perfectly with black opaque tights and a matte pencil skirt for a slim daytime look. Be it demure retro-glam or bold beautiful colours, autumn is heating up as a terrific time to explore playful feminine fashions ideal for après sport.

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GIFTS REVIEW

THE PERFECT

Mothers Day Gifts WITH A DIFFERENCE Relax in style and comfort with Coast’s Marine Bean® – the original outdoor beanbag. The Marine Bean and Ottoman are proving remarkably popular in a wide range of applications, from hotels, private homes, to swimming pools, to superyachts.

Hand-made in New Zealand from Sunbrella® brand fabric, the Marine Bean will withstand prolonged exposure to the sun, sea and sand and yet continue to look superb. Every Coast beanbag includes a waterproof liner, a handle and a stainless-steel D-ring.

The Marine Bean is available in two sizes and five stylish colours – taupe, spa, navy, red and linen.

The Ottoman, designed as a companion to the Marine Bean, transforms the Marine Bean XL into a luxurious chaise longue and doubles as a side table. It is available in the same colours as the Marine Bean.

XL Marine Bean A$342 L Marine Bean A$288 Ottoman A$252 Contact tel 1800 197 172 www.coastnewzealand.com info@coast.co.nz for stockists and orders.

INSPA BALANCE BODY Line – Working Wonders On Tired Bodies And Souls Tired with muscles aching and in need of a little indulging?

Reach for the new Inspa Balance Body pamperers, the perfect way to unravel kinks, and those little aches and pains after the gym, exercise or workouts!

The new Balance body products are designed to be enjoyed without moderation! This divine new Inspa line drenches the body in skin-loving ingredients, leaving it silken soft, smooth and glowing while returning peace and tranquillity to the senses. The line features Body Cleanser, Body Moisturiser and Body Salts.

The Balance Body Cleanser, with its warm, woody, oriental notes of Sandalwood, Nutmeg and Jasmine, calms, soothes and relaxes body and spirit, while helping to stimulate circulation, relieve fatigue and ease muscular aches and pains. Its gentle foaming action purifies and refreshes, while nutrientrich Aloe Vera aids in moisture levels and promotes softness and Chamomilla Extract helps to neutralise skin irritations with its anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Recommended for all types and suitable for the most sensitive of skins. RRP $22 for 250ml.

Sweeping away dull, lifeless skin, Balance Body Salts is a heavenly blend of essential oils of Jasmine, Sandalwood and Nutmeg, natural mineral salts and emollient-rich Almond and Soya Bean Oils to give dry, dusty skin a newfound suppleness and a total body glow.

RRP $35 for 600ml.

A return to decadence, Balance Body Moisturiser is a lavish but lightweight body potion rich in skin-nourishing Shea Butter and the softening benefits of Cocoa Butter. The added goodness of Jojoba Oil help prevent dryness and keeps the skin supple and soft. Balanced with essential oils and the healing and hydrating properties of Aloe Vera Extract and the added goodness of Jojoba Oil to help prevent dryness and ensure suppleness and softness. RRP $30 for 250ml. All Inspa products contain the highest-quality and finest natural ingredients, organically grown where possible. Free of carcinogenics, parabens and synthetic preservatives with a percentage of promotional retail sales donated to the McGrath Foundation.

To purchase, please visit www.inspa.com.au or you can call (02) 9529 8922 for more details.

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ALAN MOIR Alan Moir is the awardwinning editorial cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald, and has been caricaturing the famous, and infamous, for many years. But he also offers caricatures based on photos for us normal folks, a very individual and lasting gift.

There have been requests for a hundred topics – fishing, football, cooking, bridge – but by far the most popular is golf!

What is it about golf fanatics? Not satisfied with the frustration and exasperation at the course, they get given a caricature of their most hilarious golfing moments, and they love it! Gluttons for punishment! The caricatures are based on recent photos, are about A3 size and can be colour or black & white, unframed or framed.

Send them to Alan Moir, PO Box 1629, Bondi Junction NSW 2022, or visit www.moir.com.au for more information.

SPORT ID LABELS Use them ... so you don’t lose ‘em Golf Clubs are easy to lose and expensive to replace.

Golfers around the World have found a simple, but effective way to keep track of lost clubs – especially those left bunkerside when they head off to sink that two metre putt for par.

Sport ID Labels is offering a set of 18 Australian made labels that contain up to four lines of text. Wording on the labels is your choice and is usually the player’s name, day/ night phone numbers or member’s home club details.

These brushed silver or gold coloured Mylar labels are super tough and look the part.

GOLF GIFTS ONLINE New range of Designer White Leather Ladies Gloves featuring hand beaded bracelet, which doubles as a stroke counter, and a matching ring adorns the ring finger on each glove.

These sassy swing Designer Ladies Gloves are available in three styles, Alecia, Gale, and Renee, each with an unique array of finely crafted beading using hematite, 14k gold, sterling silver and a variety of coloured Swarovski Crystals.

Left handed gloves available in sizes small, medium and large.

Highly durable, waterproof and suitable for the outdoors, they adhere securely to the shaft of your golf clubs and last for years.

An ideal gift, Sport ID Labels can supply labels for you or a Gift Certificate for friends or family to redeem labels in their own choice of colour and wording.

Available from www.sportidlabels.com.au or by phoning (08) 8249 9600 or 1300 768 121, fax: (08) 8249 9431, or email to: admin@sportidlabels.com.au

Please place your order at www.golfgiftsonline.com.au

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GIFTS REVIEW KAHMA ORGANISER BAG “This is no ordinary golf bag.”

The built in Soft Grip suspends, separates and protects valued irons. The “D” shaped top locates the irons at the front of the bag for direct unobstructed access. There is a “deflector” between the generous wood compartments and the irons for additional shaft protection. Patented Soft Grip technology provides ZERO shaft and club-head contact for ultimate protection. A heavy-duty screen stitched full length to the sides of the bag provides complete separation of irons and woods. All pockets are easily accessed on a cart or buggy and include a large expandable cooler pocket.

Attached to the bag top is a separate irons cover that will keep irons located and protected while traveling. The rain hood can be opened from either side for easy club access on a cart or buggy.

To prevent the bag from rotating there are “anti-roll” straps to loop around the buggy handle. Visualising a shot then immediately locating the right club without fuss will help the golfer stay focused on their game. The silence and pleasures of playing Kahma golf may even reduce their handicap.

All of the above makes for one happy “golfer.”

Phone Geoff or Terry: 02 4959 8200 / 02 4959 8202 Fax: 02 4959 8201.

9 High Street Toronto NSW 2283.

Email: mail@kahmagolf.com Website: www.kahmagolf.com

Divine, skin quenching, luxurious, 100% natural. Just a few words that come to mind to describe Coconut’s own limited edition body care range. Available in petite sizes for easy travel.

Frangipani Body Butter 100g

$9.95ea (incl p&h)

40g

$4.95ea (incl p&h)

Mint & Lime Body Butter 100g

$9.95ea (incl p&h)

40g

$4.95ea (incl p&h)

40g

$5.95ea (incl p&h)

Lime, Lemongrass and Peppermint footscrub Lemonswirl soap

$4.95ea (incl p&h)

Spearmint scrub soap

$4.95ea (incl p&h)

GOLF GIFTS ONLINE Miracle Lace Visors NOW AVAILABLE in a larger brim size for greater sun protection. Larger brim sizes are available in golf designs and plain colours. Please go to our website www.golfgiftsonline.com.au, for a complete range of colours and prints available.

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Personal Pro Golf Wheel The Personal Pro will shave strokes off your score, regardless of your handicap. Just a quick turn of the wheel and this professional tool gives you concise instruction during actual playing conditions.This unique golf gift works hard for you both on and off the course. On the course, at 5 3⁄4” x 6 1⁄2”, it fits easily into a pocket or attaches to a golf bag (chain included). When questions arise, the Personal Pro acts like a swing coach by your side. Especially useful on the range, as a reference guide when practicing.

Ideal for business promotion, corporate outings, fundraising events, league tournaments, or just to improve your own game ...

Rocket Tour Headcovers The Classic Pom Pom headcover look re-visited with Rocket Tour Style.

Made with stretchy knit material, these knit covers come with some happy details - Bold Stripes, Floppy Pom Poms and the recognizable black and white striped ribbon tag for an old school charm. Available in many different colours to suit Drivers (including 460cc) and Fairway Woods.

HJ Gloves Birdie Golf Products are now the exclusive distributors for HJ Glove of America. The Ladies Fashion Gripper is made from high performance micro fibre – leather, remains soft and tacky when wet and has a reinforced palm patch to provide extra durability. Available in 23 fantastic colours, right hand and pairs.

For more information or stockists, please contact Birdie Golf Products 07 5455 5590 www.birdiegolf.com.au

LADY OPTIMA GIFT PACK Support the fight against breast cancer.

Ideal Mother’s Day gift pack includes: 3 x Lady Optima Golf Balls 4 x environmentally friendly plastic tees 1 x pitch repairer with pink ribbon magnetic ball marker 1 x embroidered pink ribbon golf towel.

RRP: $29.95 incl. GST Womens GOLF March 2007

GOLF GIFTS ONLINE A new range of women’s bags are now available from Hawaii! They come in a range of stylish patterns and sizes and are just perfect for keeping all your personal items with you on the golf course by just clipping onto your golf bag.

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GIFTS REVIEW BVLGARI BZ30BSSMB. zero1watch, with stainless steel case (30mm) and déployante buckle.

B l a c k m o t h e r- o f pearl dial set with 12 diamonds indexes with the double logo engraved on the bezel. Stainless steel bracelet. Swiss made, this watch is equipped with a quartz movement.

Water resistant up to 30 metres.

John Plunkett Australia’s leading cosmoceutical company, John Plunkett has created the next generation of anti-ageing formulations. In a breakthrough development, John Plunkett has discovered an effective delivery system for active ingredients to penetrate deep into the skin matrix at a cellular level to promote the regeneration of the skin’s own collagen. Cancel your appoinment with your cosmetic surgeon, the extreme makeover range with its cutting edge technology has harnessed the powers of collagen to actively regenerate your skin, without having to inject it!

The EXTREME MAKEOVER range consists of three revolutionary, collagen enhanced products, that when used in conjunction with one another, not only immediately reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the surface, but also work deeply within the skin to produce dramatic, longer lasting results.

Your EXTREME MAKEOVER begins with COLLAGEN LIFT, a daily facial moisturizer that uses highly advanced microinjected collagen spheres to fill and diminish even the finest lines. Collagen spheres are tiny spheres of dehydrated collagen. When the spheres come into contact with water in our skin, they swell up and thus “inflate” wrinkles, rendering an immediate firmness and smoothness to the skin.

AU $3,600 Stockist: Bulgari Sydney, 75 Castlereagh Street, 02 9233 3611 Bulgari Melbourne, 119 Collins Street, 03 9663 8100

Bulgari

Flower Special Edition, an exclusive sunglass collection

by Bulgari features the pureness of crystal and polychromic expressions. Fine workmanship and contemporary design blend to create an original collection inspired by Bulgari’s latest Sapphire Flower jewellery line, in diamonds and sapphires. Bold Swarovski crystals corollas bloom on acetate frames revealing pink and violet shades or just simply sparkling crystal.

Available in all Bulgari stores and at a selected network of authorised opticians. Stockists: Bulgari Sydney, 75 Castlereagh St NSW, 02 9233 3611, Bulgari Melbourne, 119 Collins St VIC, 03 9663 8100

T5H071 – Timex Ironman Triathlon 30 Lap Shock Magnum – RRP $199 Features: - Shock-resistant to I.S.O standards

- 3 alarms

- INDIGLO night-light

- 100 hour chronograph with either lap/split in large digits

- 3 time zones

- All day INDIGLO display

- 2 mode countdown timer

- NIGHT-MODE feature

- 30 lap memory recall

- 24 hour countdown timer

- 2.5 year battery life

- One top pusher for easy lap/split

- Forward/backward setting

- Water resistant 200 metres

- Customisable features

- Built-in setting reminders

- Golf score keeper - Occasion mode 94

Stockists no: 1800 800 030 Womens GOLF March 2007

Bang & Olufsen – A Wish Come True Looking for something special this festive season? Look no further than Bang & Olufsen.

Offering a wide selection of magical gifts, from a portable MP3 player to entire audio and video systems. All beautifully designed and built to give lasting pleasure. Treat someone you care about to a gift from Bang & Olufsen ... or simply have something special wrapped for yourself for under the tree! Go on .... make a wish.

For your nearest store go to www.bang-olufsen.com or call 1800 818 238.

Sundog Eyewear The Paula Creamer Collection features three distinct glasses all personally designed to Paula’s approval. Each sunglass compliments Paula Creamer’s winning image, style, and presence. While all glasses deliver exacting performance for all golf course conditions, they each reflect a unique aspect of Paula’s personality: Fierce has competitive sport styling, Mysterious compliments her exceptional sense of fashion, and Kharisma embodies Paula’s positive outlook for use in all leisure related activities.

HOT SHOE BOXES

About Sundog Eyewear: Sundog Eyewear is available in over 6300 Golf Shops Worldwide and growing. It is the Recommended Eyewear of the PGA of Europe and honoured to be Suppliers of Official Merchandise to The Open Championships since 2002. The company has grown into a global operation with nineteen distributor groups that take our Sundog brand into forty-nine countries. SCORE Golf magazine recently awarded Sundog product, its highest honour as Golf Product of the Year.

After a hard day at the races, protect your special shoes with Clear Shoe Boxes from dust and dirt.

For more information about Sundog Eyewear please visit the corporate web site at http://www.sundogeyewear.com

Get organized with our clear, stackable shoe boxes. The boxes have envelope endings, both ends for perfect stacking every time and you can remove your shoes without moving the box! They also come with removable handles for trips away!

Order now by going online: www.hotshoeboxes.biz or please call: Ph: 07 5572 3179 Free delivery QLD.

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TO ADVERTISE IN THIS SECTION PLEASE CALL

Womens GOLF on 07 5528 2222 95

PRODUCT REVIEW

Golfing Essentials A G I R L M U S T H AV E

LONG FLAT B-PAK TAKES THE WHINE OUT OF OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING Responding to the changing lifestyle of Australian consumers, wine producer Cheviot Bridge has eliminated the hassle of outdoor entertaining with the introduction of the Long Flat B-Pak, providing the benefits of quality Australian wine in an environmentally friendly, go-anywhere pak.

With no glass and no cork, the new lightweight B-Pak is easy to carry and store, pours well and is shatter and tamper proof, eliminating the risk of breakage, and the inevitable cork falling into your glass.

The environmental credentials of the Long Flat B-Pak include the fact that it reduces greenhouse emissions at every stage of the packaging lifecycle, crushes for easy disposal, and just like glass, is recyclable.

Convenience and portability makes the new B-Pak ideal for rooftop parties, poolside, backyard BBQs, picnic in the park, camping weekends or sailing on the bay – or anywhere where glass is not suitable.

One of Australia’s most enduring wine brands, for over 40 years Long Flat has consistently delivered good quality and value for money wine.

The Long Flat B-Pak contains the same quality as that available in Long Flat bottles, but provides outstanding value for money with the unique, octagonal, one-litre paks selling for the price of 750ml.

Available in the popular Semillon Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Merlot varieties. Produced in South Australia, the Long Flat

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc is a lively dry white, bursting with flavours of green apple, citrus and tropical fruits, that can be enjoyed with oysters, fish, salads or as an aperitif.

The blackberry and cedar-like aroma of the Long Flat Cabernet Merlot is the preferred choice for barbecued meat, fresh pasta and good cheese.

While the Long Flat B-Pak is a new concept to Australia, more than 1.5 billion litres of wine has been sold in the innovative packaging throughout the world over the past 12 months, due to its outstanding track record for protecting the flavour and quality aspects of wine.

With its easy-to-use twistoff cap, collapsible design and two extra glasses per pak, the Long Flat B-Pak is the most convenient wine currently on the market and is expected to start off a whole new trend in wine consumption.

The Long Flat B-Pak retails for $8.99 and is available at First Choice, Woolworths and Dan Murphy’s outlets nationally.

SASQUATCH SUMO2 DRIVER Nike has revolutionized geometry once again with the new SasQuatch SUMO2 driver featuring a powerful new square geometry to deliver the HIGHEST MOI in golf at 5300 g cm2. SUMO2 stands for Super Moment of Inertia Squared. To achieve the radical geometry this driver utilizes a multi-material construction with a composite crown to save weight vs. conventional titanium crowns. SasQuatch SUMO2 delivers the ultimate in forgiveness which leads to greater distance and accuracy.

• Super Moment of Inertia (SUMO2): Highest MOI = 5300 g cm2, by utilizing a multi-material construction and radical square geometry delivers superior forgiveness and greater distance.

• New Power Bow design: Radical square design increases MOI for superior forgiveness and greater distance.

• Max Back CG: SasQuatch’s radical square Power Bow geometry moves the CG farther back and lower than our original SasQuatch driver.

NEW DIAMANA SHAFT BY MITSUBISHI RAYON A high performance golf shaft built for a blend of power and stability.This shaft is lightweight and has an optimized tip profile for distance and accuracy.

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BOSGOLF AUSTRALIA The future of golf is bright with the revolutionary VISION+™ ball Australian golf specialists Bosgolf Australia and the number one Korean golf ball manufacturer, Fantom Golf Co. Ltd, have joined forces to launch the world’s first highperformance coloured golf ball designed especially for the average club player.

Coconut is proud to release 600ml bottles of Spring Water by Coconut. Make a refreshing statement in your fridge this Summer!

VISION+™ is a ball that will dramatically improve the club player’s game.

With its bright yellow colour and large numbers, the VISION+™ reduces time wasted by unexpected ball loss or confused ball identification. The packaging also features basic icons that simplify the ball selection process. Bosgolf Australia and Fantom Golf have distilled a huge amount of technical information into a single visual imprint that effectively conveys key performance characteristics.

Sold exclusively through club pro shops, the VISION+™ golf ball is for players who are keen to improve their game quickly and easily. Already, in testing, the ball has proven exceptionally popular with the over-40s, the under-21s and women golfers. Make no mistake, the VISION+™ is a high-performance golf ball in terms of feel, distance and accuracy. It is an all-round capable ball that is straight and long for most swing speeds. This is unique in a ball designed for average players. Most manufacturers don’t allow their mass-market balls to outperform their premium-priced models, so they fail to employ cutting-edge technology in the design and production. In contrast, the VISION+™ ball represents the best that current technology and design rules allow for club golfers, who do not currently enjoy the full benefits available to tour players. Everything about the VISION+™ (including the colour, the large numbers and the icons) has been developed through years of player research at all levels.

For more information visit www.coconutluggage.com

For more information, or to arrange an interview, please contact Wayne Bosley at Bosgolf on 0419 489 104 or you can send an email to bosgolf@ozemail.com.au

EAGLE COMPAC Australian Owned Eagle Compac continues to enjoy success in the world wide market place with its patent protected electric golf bag caddy.

Eagle Compac is the most compact single piece electric golf caddy in the world designed for ease of traveling convenience.The change in petrol price dynamics have forced most regular golfers to smaller cars and the Eagle Compac has come into its own for these customers by making it easy for two to four golfers to travel together with golf bags and eagle carts in shared transport.

Since manufacturing and distribution responsibility was transferred to Australian Management 12 months ago the company has grown from strength to strength. New models of the cart are released annually and maintenance releases address any issue found with the cart immediately. Australian management are focused on making the Eagle Compac the most reliable golf cart on the market today at an affordable price with unquestionable service and warranty support. Customer satisfaction is paramount to the companies success and management has a motto of always doing what is right for the customer.”

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See the Eagle website for all models at www.eaglecompac.com.au The buggy is unique in that it telescopes internally to fold down to the smallest footprint of any electric buggy in the world.

The Eagle Compac is constructed using aircraft-quality powder-coated aluminium, high-grade bolts and fasteners.The company claims this buggy to be the most compact electric golf buggy in the world. The new and improved flotation rubber tyres ensure a smooth path on even the roughest of courses. The Eagle Compac is fully adjustable to enable golfers of all shapes and sizes a comfortable fit. The sleek 2006 Eagle Compac is bound to make you the envy of your playing partners.

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PRODUCT REVIEW

LADY OPTIMA GOLF BALL New improved two piece cover and low compression core allows for a softer feel with greater lift and carry. PGF contribute a percentage of all Lady Optima Golf Ball sales towards the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia.

LADY PWT CART BAG 9.5” Features include: side putter clip / top clutch carry handle / internal umbrella well / ‘fast pull-out’ rain cover & large drink ‘cool pocket’.

Colours: Silver / Pink & Silver / Blue & Silver / Purple & Black / Pink & Black / Blue & Black / Purple RRP: $199.00 incl. GST

MGI GOLF BUGGIES MGI has cruised further ahead with fantastic advancements in motorised golf buggies. Women enjoy the style, practicality and intelligence of a MGI motorised buggy, and with the release of four new models this is set to continue.

sound technical, but what it really means is no more runaway buggies on down hill terrain. Cruise control gives you automatic braking down hill and extra power up hills when you need it most.

The Superlite SL100i, SL300i and SL500i along with the Navigator NVR700i are all sleek, stylish and will improve your game. The light weight, all aluminium oval shaped frame comes in four fantastic metallic colours. You can now select the colour that is you.

Owning a motorised buggy has never been easier now that MGI offers four unique models designed to suit your individual needs. Starting from as low as $995 or $9.60 per week* call MGI for friendly advice and information on which buggy will improve your game today.

All new models unfold in two quick and easy clicks so you’re out of the car park and onto the course faster. The new frame also features an ergonomically designed, multi positional handle, so women golfers of all heights can focus on the perfect round.

Not all motorised buggies are the same and many women are experiencing the unique benefits of the Superlite SL500i.

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HENRY-GRIFFITTS HG is responding to a call for a deeper faced fairway wood.

Soon to be coming your way is the new RDH Deep Fairway.

This new fairway is really good. Preliminary player testing has resulted in comments like: “Real solid” “Easy to hit” “Great trajectory” and a couple of “It goes farther”.

It is a classic shape with a deep green finish. We think you will like this new wood!

Here are the specs for this new model: Non-offset Offset Lofts 15°, 19°, 24° 15°, 19°, 24°, 28° Lie Both are adjustable 3° up to 3° flat Face angle Square (adjustable) Square (adjustable) Weight Both are adjustable depending on shaft length and material Face CN-1 CN-1 Body 17-4 Stainless 17-4 Stainless Bulge 11 10 Roll 11 10 The CN-1 face is high tech Cobalt Nickel Hyper Steel Alloy normally used in aircraft bodies. It is cold-rolled and put through a special heat treatment to attain tensile and yield strengths 11⁄2 higher than current fairway wood face materials that are

WILSON STAFF LADIES COLLECTION All of the componentry in the Wilson Staff Ladies range is specifically designed for the female golfer. The Ld6 driver features a 360cc head with 14-degree loft to help get the ball in the air for longer tee shots. The fairway woods and hybrids have been designed with weaker lofts to help get the ball out of those awkward lies. The irons are compact in design, have a very low CG and again are designed with weaker lofts to build confidence and gain the ability to hit the ball onto the green from any lie. All the nanotech shafts are designed with less weight and plenty of flex specifically for the woman golfer. Included in the Wilson Staff range are matching gloves, towels, bags and umbrellas so female golfers can be fully coordinated on the course.

For more details, call Henry-Griffitts on 1800 809 325 or visit www.hggolf.com.au

BOUNCE BALLS • 100% Natural • 100% Good for you • 100% Great taste • Tested on Golf Pro’s not animals Bounce balls are currently sold in most health food stores in Australia, the Premium Protein ball has been a top 10 seller at Macro Wholefoods for two years, and they are currently making their way onto the shelves of Caltex service stations.

Concentration, Energy and Focus are essential on the golf course!

The right Nutrition help’s you achieve this.

Try our balls in your golf bag!

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WILSON HOPE RANGE Designed for the women golfer, the Hope LX set features oversize, high lofted woods, two hybrids and six irons. The irons feature a very wide sole to lower the CG for higher, longer ball flights. All the clubs in the set are ladies graphite shafts specifically designed to increase clubhead speed for longer shots. Matching bags, gloves, balls, umbrella and visor complement the range.

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KALAMITY KAPERS

Kaz’s Kalamity

by Karen Phillips

AA

lright, I admit devouring a whole packet of Tim Tams is not the best way to keep a girl’s golfing figure. But what the hell I say as I down another Malibu and diet coke. It might seem a bit ironic but then again I ask you what’s the use of trying to look your best when there’s always going to be someone, no let me rephrase that, a battalion full of the Barbie Doll brigade who, no matter what you look like, will always consider you one of “Them”. Them being the oversized uncool, way too old to be “in” types whether it’s on or off the golf course.

Whoever said 40 was the new 30 was kidding themselves!

You know the sad thing is that I actually didn’t know this age division existed. OK, I did but I actually naively believed that I was not in fact one of “them” but was rather still one of “those” – the undersized, way cool, still young enough, types relaxing at the bar at the nineteenth hole.

Shattering such illusions can be a turning point in one’s life and as I ponder on the whole incident I realise as I stuff another Tim Tam into my gob, that having my new man friend actually take me shopping for clothes was doomed from the very beginning.

Contain your excitement – the term man friend is used with sweet irony – he left me soon after THAT day. I can’t say I blame him – as I cringe thinking back on the whole shopping experience.

It did go all so horribly wrong.

About the columnist ...

Kaz was born under a palm tree in the sunny state of Queensland. During her whirlwind career, she has been runner up in the Miss Banana Queen Contest, crowned Tweed Valley Showgirl, bikini modelled once ... OK twice, been a newspaper journalist, publicist, stage performer and hosts Australia’s largest businesswomen’s event – Early Risers. She’s lived in Canada, London and Asia and now resides on Queensland’s Gold Coast with her dog – Jack in a three-bedroom villa. One bedroom for Jack and herself, the other two for her designer outfits!

She’s a blonde (yes, even the roots) dynamo perched precariously on two long- lily-white legs and although she’s had a trillion lessons, is still not very good at golf.

Between running her own PR Agency and her media and professional speaking commitments, she spends much of her time ploughing through girly magazines in search of the ultimate LBD (Little Black Dress) and spouting her philosophy on Secret Women’s Business to women everywhere from Tupperware parties to Girl Guide groups!

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I was sooo excited. “Designer Boy”, as I’ve since named him, had decided to buy me a groovy pair of hipster “Sass & Bide” jeans. Actually to tell you the truth, upon reflection I think he only offered to buy me a pair after my Byron Bay Flower Power Child Girlfriend chimed in one night over a curry that she thought I could do with some groovying up in the jeans department and that my faithful old 501’s looked way too outdated. As I tried to quickly explain they were still very much a fashion statement, Designer Boy was agreeing along with Miss Flower Power– all too quickly for my liking – but nevertheless by the end of the night had very kindly offered to buy me a pair of new strides.

Buying such new wardrobe pieces with a new beau is not a walk in the park you understand. First of all I spent an entire week doing butt exercises to tighten up the derrière for the pending shopping excursion and then had to buy myself a hipster g-string. I mean to say you wouldn’t want him hanging over the change room door and catching an eye full of waist high cottontails!

So there we were, apparently he’d asked his fifteen-year-old daughter where to look for the coolest hipster styles. Great! Like I wanted her to know that he was having to spruce up his new date.

So off to the first shlapper shop – “Raving Randy”. I should have known by the name and head slamming music blaring out at 50mega hertz along the Surfers Paradise strip and opted for a Womens GOLF March 2007

Kapers There’s nothing quite like a good fit ... quick Starbucks coffee instead. Before we reached the jean section, a tussle haired, underfed dude in a cut off T-shirt and roman sandals charged at us and asked if he could help. As Designer Boy explained our plight and my face reddened as Raving Randy took one sweeping look at my figure and with a rye grin said he didn’t think they had my size in any of the Sass & Bide range. Upon further inspection, he gaily admitted they didn’t carry my size in any jeans or anything else for that matter. To make matters worse, in my stunned state I found myself saying that in fact perhaps I was not a 32in and could probably fit into a 30in instead. First fatal mistake.

As he made that shifty smile again, he ushered me into a change room and hoisted a few pairs of incy-mincy strips of denim over the door that would have been lucky to cover my kneecaps.

As Designer Boy called to me for a quick parade of the new look I tried desperately to stuff myself into the fabric without breaking the zip. To this day I am certain I heard Raving Randy snigger as I called out in a frail whine that they didn’t seem to do up properly. Within a microsecond he’d thrown another pair over the door and to my relief they fitted – admittedly a little on the tight side but at least I could get them done up. As I proudly leapt from the change room, RR cheerfully announced that he’d thought they would fit being “a man’s extra roomy” style and all. I Womens GOLF March 2007

was gob-smacked and my date looked like he was loosing interest in the whole idea fast not to mention – me!

As we fled the shop, I realised the street was full of similar looking space age doorways. Designer Boy however, was not going to be beaten! He believed somewhere they must sell “larger size” hipster for the more mature figure. As I busily tried to explain that I was a regular size 12 in all other labels, he did seem momentarily relieved.

Into another music blasting pit filled with bopping teenagers on legs the size of paddle pop sticks. Once again the shop assistant who looked like a Paris Hilton carbon copy seemed horrified that we actually wanted a size equivalent to a 12. “Oh no” she said earnestly “We don’t ever carry THAT size – it just wouldn’t sell – our clients are four to six!” I can’t even begin to explain how embarrassed I was. I mean what could I say to fix the situation – it was obvious he had been dating a “big” girl. A girl who couldn’t even find a pair of hipster jeans to fit – no wonder she’d been wearing the 501’s nothing else would bloody fit her!

No need to tell you how the rest of the relationship went – it didn’t. When he started only asking me out to the gym and sent me a bowl of fruit the next week instead of the weekly bouquet of roses I knew it was far too futile to even try and retrieve. Even a week on the cabbage diet wasn’t going to convert Designer Boy. I’ve since learnt that hipsters aren’t all that flattering anyway especially for any unsuspecting onlookers who capture an “eye full” of the bare derrière when perched on a bar stool and apparently 501’s are still very in vogue in places like Wagga! And recently there was a study of women done in one of those women’s magazines and size 12 is average, actually about one third of the entire female population is size 14 – so I feel much better and therefore seeing I am only a size 12, I can afford to eat the odd packet or two of Tim Tams – don’t you agree?

Moral:

• Don’t ever date anyone who thinks they’re trendier than you!

• Don’t ever have your partner ask their children for clothing advise.

• If the music’s loud and obnoxious, and the sales staff are built like Barbies, best not enter the twilight zone – you’ll only leave disappointed.

• If you really like the guy – stick to shopping with girlfriends – you’ll keep him longer!

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From left to right:Tamara Beckett, Jenny Sevil and Deborah Marsland

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Front: Ann Wilson and Dawn Fraser, back: Amanda Turney and Cathryn Meredith.

From left: Juliette Hauff, Phillip Meredith and Amanda Turney

Calendar luncheon from left to right: Kristie Newton, Belinda Kerr, Sarah Kemp and Carlie Butler.

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Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club Grand Opening From left: The Hon Mal Brough and Jon Haseler

From left: Deborah Marsland and Tamara Beckett

Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club Grand Opening From left: Paul White from Fig Tree Pocket, Lynne Porcsin from Fig Tree Pocket and Steve Haddan from Paddington.

Twin Creeks Fashion Parade

Twin Creeks Fashion Parade

Pacific Dunes Alex Beath (guest), Paul Phillips (resident), Pat Rafter, Paul Beath (Guest), Steve McMillan (Managing Director, Citta Property Group).

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