GOOD MONTH FOR
Editor: Jacqui Barry
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…8 year old Alex Turlik who played in the ODLM Pro-Am; what a great opportunity and thrilling occasion for someone so young. He was joined by Clement Flaherty and Aashka Desai who finished second with their Pro Tandi Cunningham. Well done to the juniors ..Bill Ayres who reached his goal of 20 by 60...he just turned 60 and is very proud to have got his handicap down to 20 which was his target. His next target is to reduce his handicap by one shot each year for the next 10 years!
A FEW RULES… A number of rules situations have cropped up recently so here’s a clarification on some of the more recent ones..
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Shirley hits her 2nd shot on the 4th of the Faldo, thins it over the green and believes it might be in a water hazard behind the green. She decides to play a provisional ball. What is the ruling?
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The provisional ball is now in play since Rule 27-2a/2 prohibits a provisional ball in these circumstances. She would have had to check first if her ball was in the water.
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Jenny’s ball lies in a bunker and a rake has been left in another part of the bunker. Prior to making her stroke in the bunker, the player retrieves the rake. Having lifted the rake, Jenny smooth’s the footprints that she has just created, and some others in the process, what is the ruling?
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There is no penalty provided the smoothing was done for the sole purpose of caring for the course and nothing was done to breach Rule 13-2 in relation to the players next stroke (e.g. improving area of intended swing). If however a player is regularly creating and smoothing footprints close to her ball prior to making strokes from a bunker, it would be appropriate to question the player about the purpose of the smoothing. If the player is smoothing the surface to gain knowledge of the condition of the bunker the player would be penalised.
BAD MONTH FOR ...one of our ladies who was supposed to be lunching with some friends at the Rivington Grill so she drove to Dubai Mall and after having a chat with the Manager about the weather, her jewellery and all sorts of chit chat, he then told her that the group of ladies she was joining were not there but at the other Rivington Grill at the Madinat Jumeirah...ouch!! The Madinat is also quite close to where she lives so a long drive across town for nothing!
DIWALI SCRAMBLE
e-mail: barrydxb@emirates.net.ae
Issue: December 2012
s I am writing this the Omega Dubai Ladies’ Masters has just finished with the newly crowned ShanShan Feng posting a tournament score of -21 which is the record so far in the seven years the tournament has been held; the previous record was -18 by Annike Sorenstam. Another record was made by Netherland’s Dewi Claire Schreefel who posted a fantastic score of 63 to beat the previous record of 64. “It feels nice to finish off in such a dominant matter,” said a Feng, the only player from China to win on the LPGA Tour. “This is my third wire-to-wire victory since August last year.” “This (Omega Dubai Ladies Masters) is like a major on the Ladies European Tour. I have always heard about it that it’s very nice and everyone speaks English! ”I love the (Majlis) course, I love the people here,” said the 23-year-old. “I think I putted very solid the whole week and that was the key to my victory,” It was a good tournament but somehow very quiet around the course in terms of spectators. However those who were there were treated to some great golf and a presentation on the 18th green by Princess Haya together with HH Sheikha Al Jalila Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Well done to ‘golf in Dubai’ and all those who were involved in the organising of the event as well as marshals, staff, hosts, caddies etc. There seem to be many new faces in the ladies’ section this season, so welcome to any newcomers; if you have been a member for some time and you play with someone new, please try to introduce them to others on a Monday morning and ensure that anyone you play with sits with you for the presentation. It’s a vey daunting prospect as a ‘newbie’ to walk into a room full of women who all seem to know each other…I remember it well -all of 24 years or so ago. There have been a few issues with rules lately; if in doubt, remember that you can always play two balls for that hole, record the scores and check the rules with Barney when your round is finished (except in matchplay of course). Congratulations to Kate Phillips, Membership Services Manager and to Pro Dave Adams who got married on 11th December so best wishes to you. Another member of staff, Lucy from the locker-room is getting married on 8th January in Sri Lanka so congratulations to you and Guus also. A number of the ladies are travelling to Sri lanka for the occasion and I believe Najla Bartette is going to be Maid-of-Honour. I’m sure there will be lots of photos from both weddings in next month’s Chipping In.
CAPTAIN’S CORNER
COMPETITION RESULTS MONTHLY MEDAL
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ow fantastic is the weather now? I’m sure you are all enjoying the cooler days and making the most of this time of year. November is always a busy month; the Al Dobowi Mixed Amateur Open was, as usual, tightly contested with our very own Amarjeet Radia and Rohit Gupta victorious!! Congratulations to you both !
AL DOBOWI MIXED AMATEUR OPEN
Monday, 5th November 2012 SILVER “A” DIVISION (HCP. 0 – 14) Winner Viv Caley Runner Up Naema Maya Overall Best Gross Viv Caley SILVER “B” DIVISION (HCP. 15 –23) Winner Maura Duggan Runner Up Angela Connor BRONZE DIVISION (HCP. 24 –42) Winner Janet Curtis
Friday, 2nd & Saturday, 3rd November 2012 NET 72 NET 72 82 NET 71 NET 72 NET 61
PAIRS BETTERBALL Monday, 12th November 2012 Winner Caroline Jones & Jenny Ayres Runners Up Sandie Broedelet & Elaine Belcher Third Carolyn Thompson & Maura Duggan
45 Pts 45 Pts 43 Pts
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CHAMPIONS RUNNERS UP THIRD FOURTH OVERALL BEST GROSS BEST NET DAY 1: BEST NET DAY 2: BEST GROSS DAY 1: BEST GROSS DAY 2:
Rohit Gupta (EGC) Amarjeet Radia (EGC) Carolyn Thompson (EGC) Nigel Thompson (EGC) David Adams (TEC) Louise Adams (TEC) Shane Samtani (EGF) Caroline Lamb (EGF) Dalip Tripathi (EGC) Jayshree Gupta (EGC) Sandie Broedelet (EGC) Rob Broedelet (EGC) Maria Petre (EGC) Lloyd Stewart (EGC) Ashley Anderson(EGC) Tony Azoulay (EGC) Nina Larm (EGC) Johnny Aldridge (EGC)
70 + 68 =138 73 + 68 =141 72 + 69 =141 67 + 75 =142
79 + 76 =155 69 69 72 76
Janet Curtis made light work of the November Medal, winning with a net 61 ! Keeping up her outstanding form this season, Viv Caley triumphed, taking home both best gross and best net for silver ‘A’ division. A Pairs Betterball followed which saw jenny Ayres and Caroline Jones take the honours and Sandie Broedelet triumphed in the two rounds of the Heritage Trophy with a score of 79 points….big congratulations to all the winners! Many thanks to our Club Captain, Moshe, for organising a new fixture on our calendar, the Diwali Scramble; everyone had such a great day and a huge amount of fun was had by all. Our festive season is approaching, so look out for some of my favourite tournaments, the Ladies’ Christmas scramble and the Mixed Christmas scramble. Moshe and I are, as is customary, raising funds through the sale of raffle tickets for all our Junior Staff, so any donations towards our raffle prizes would be very much appreciated. The main draw will be held at the Mixed presentation Christmas dinner on December 21st. Finally, an update on our Pink Ball tournament.....the total amount raised for Breast Cancer Arabia was a staggering 62,071. Dhs which was an unbelievable effort all round! THANK YOU to everyone who contributed. Glynis Hendry Lady Captain
HERITAGE TROPHY Monday, 19th & Monday 26th November 2012 WINNER Sandra Broedelet SECOND Sanchia Overholster THIRD Veronica Elias Best Round 1 Elaine Belcher Best Round 2 Lisa Cadiz MOST IMPROVED Vera Woolnough
39 + 40 = 79 PTS 36+ 42 = 78 PTS 33+ 41 = 74 PTS 38 PTS 40 PTS BY 12 PTS
DIWALI SCRAMBLE Friday, 9th November, 2012 WINNERS RUNNERS UP THIRD NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 4 (GENTS) HOLE # 15 (FOR ALL)
Moshe Kohli, Viswanathan Shankar Abdulfattah Sharaf 57.1 Kevin Roy, Mahyra Roy Patrick Mulligan, Surjit Namli 57.2 Ghanshyam Manghnani Ashok Agarwal, Nina Larm, Stephen Jones 59.3 Vipen Sethi Gokul Mani
LADIES CHRISTMAS SCRAMBLE Monday, 10th December 2012 WINNERS Angela Connor, Agneta Ekstrand Brenda Cornwell, Fiona Berry 37.9 Runner up Mary Brown, Judy Ashcroft Anjana Thapar, Movanna Sadek 39.1 Third Elaine Belcher, Sue Hopwood Carrie Parker, Marie Benson 40.9 Best Dressed Viv Caley, Janet Curtis Karin Gesterkamp, Phyllis Pule SPECIAL EVENTS NEAREST THE SANTA’S HAT HOLE# 2 Ivy Bailey STRAIGHTEST DRIVE HOLE# 3 Gitte Nielsen NEAREST THE SNOWMAN HOLE # 5 Phyllis Pule NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 7 Fiona Berry NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 8 Caroline Jones STRAIGHTEST DRIVE HOLE# 10 Jenny Ayres LONGEST DRIVE HOLE# 11 Viet Nga Luu Petersen NEAREST THE PIN HOLE # 12 Chris Hutchinson LONGEST DRIVE HOLE# 16 Nanna Nielsen NEAREST THE SANTA HOLE # 17 Antonia Ludvigson NEAREST THE PIN(WITH YOUR PUTT) HOLE # 18 Maria Arias
BEGINNERS’ GROUP by Barbara Head, Lady Vice-Captain
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even weeks in and the Beginners’ Ladies are going from strength to strength! Games have been played on the Majlis, Faldo and the Par 3. We have had two clinics - one on putting with Alistair and the other on chipping and pitching with Dave. The ladies have enjoyed these immensely so thanks to our pros for offering this service. A group of beginners also played in the Pink Ball Day on 22nd October. We have a Christmas Scramble to play on Tuesday 11th December as well as looking forward to the Christmas Lunch with all the ladies on Wednesday 12th December. In addition I see these ladies out practising trying to get cards together for their handicaps so well done to all of them. Our beginners are the future of the Club and hopefully they will in turn move on up to the Monday group to fill in the gaps left by those moving on. Their enthusiasm is infectious and reminds me of what it used to be like when we were all starting out! Golf should be fun and we always try to have a laugh on a Tuesday as well as developing skills. We will restart in January 2013. Again, if anyone has joined recently and is a 36 handicapper or a beginner, please feel free to contact me.
OVERHEARD IN THE SPIKE BAR A group of us were going to have the afternoon/evening on the boat and on my way there I sent a message to my daughter “Don’t forget the champers” This got auto-corrected to “Don’t forget the cyanide”! “We’ve been married 42 years…the first 41 were the hardest”. “I was updating my CV the other day and I realised I had something else to add to my list of work/experience which is Potter. I asked my friend the other day what he was doing and he said he was just pottering. I do that all the time so I am officially a potter”
WELCOME BACK TO Jenni Hoskins, Joan and Rai legnar, Frank and Paula Johnstone, Gwen Wylie, Amy Grant
Inter Club 17th October saw us at Arabian Ranches where I am pleased to say we came out as winners that day. Thanks to all who supported us on that day. Wednesday 5th December sees a team going to Saadiyat so wishing good luck to them that day too! Thanks to everyone who has shown an interest in supporting the Club in this and if at any time anyone else wants to be considered, please add your name to the lists or e mail me. There seems to be some confusion about the InterClub so just so you are aware, competition is for ALL standards of golf. I have explained this in two previous emails; however, if you are not getting the information, can you make sure that the Club has your up-to-date email address . After 2 events, EGC is holding onto first place in the Inter Club with EGC having 550 points, Arabian Ranches on our tails with 535, then Yas Links with 482 and Saadiyat with 264. Thanks to the ladies who got up early to travel there - Carolyn, Maura, Amy, Ruth, Lisa, Mags, Ingrid, Ivy, Mieke,Ashley and Ingrid. Thank you for representing the Club at such a busy time of the year and well done to everyone. Mieke was second in the overall individual points with 41 stableford. Ashley won the longest drive and Amy and Maura won nearest to the pin giving our girls 4 of the 7 prizes up for grabs. The next fixture is at Yas Links in Jan and the sign up sheet is in the Locker Room.