John Barker Winter Cup - Final

Paul Ricardo & Matt Worthington

defeated

Shawn Hassall & Adam Lawrence

2 & 1

Pictured L - R. Paul Ricardo, Tony Barker, Matt Worthington​

1st Place - $10,000 in gold bullion. Ticket 287 - Michelle Desaulniers

2nd Place - $1,000 Westfield voucher. Ticket 36 - Matt van Eck

3rd Place - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 26 - Pete McCormick

4th Place - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 118 - Rob Darlison

5th Place - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 251 Maurice Dowsett

6th Place - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 322 Graham Kelly

50 to go - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 10 - Ros Harding

100 to go - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 321 - Glen Fletcher

150 to go - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 95 - Michael Egerton

200 to go - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 333 - Wayne Davey

250 to go - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 152 - Heather Hamilton

3rd ball drawn - $250 Westfield voucher. Ticket 197 - Terry Lobjoit

Congratulations to Graham Whitaker who ​had a hole in one on the 15th on Thursday. ​Brian Czempinski was a little miffed as he ​had just announced he was about to hole ​out and Graham stole his thunder!!

Founders Trophy

Entries Now Open

The Founders Trophy is an event to celebrate the Founders ​of Beaconhills Golf Club in 1947 and has been played since ​1952.

Format: Handicap Matchplay

Qualifying: 31 August

Round 1: 14 September

Round 2: 21 September

Final: 19 October

Enter on the separate timesheet on 31 August.

$15 entry

Relief on the 10th

The rule states “During play on the 10th hole only, if any ​protective fence is in the players line of play and the ball is ​nearer to the pin than the drop zone marker, the player may ​take free relief by dropping a ball in and playing it from the ​allocated drop zone near the women's 10th tee.”

The key points are:

• Your ball must be closer to the 10th pin than the drop ​zone marker
• The protective fence must be in your line of sight to the ​hole.

Beaconhills Shield

Just a reminder for our women members who play on ​Saturdays. The 4th round of the Beaconhills Shield is being ​played on Saturday September 7.

Can you rake a bunker ​before y​ou play your ball?

This is one of those questions where some golfers perhaps ​think this is a complete no-no and would be looking to try ​and penalise you the moment the rake touches the sand. In ​reality, the answer is actually both ‘yes’ and ‘no’.

Rule 12.2b holds the answers here (‘restrictions on touching ​sand in bunker’). One of the key distinctions is that when ​your ball is in a bunker, you may rake the bunker at any ​time to care for the course as long as you do not improve ​the conditions affecting your upcoming stroke (this means ​to improve your lie, area of intended stance, area of ​intended swing or line of play). If your actions in touching ​the sand with the rake were to improve the conditions ​affecting the stroke you’re about to play (for example, ​raking a deep footprint right behind where your ball is lying), ​that would get you the general penalty under Rule 8.1a.

Rule 12.2b (1) confirms that there is also a penalty if you ​deliberately touch sand before making a stroke at a ball in ​a bunker “with a hand, club, rake or other object to test the ​condition of the sand to learn information for the next ​stroke”.

Rule 12.2b (2) is where it states that touching sand in a ​bunker does not result in a penalty if you are “smoothing ​the bunker to care for the course”, as referred to above. ​What this means in practice is that if your ball is in the front ​right part of the bunker close to the lip, for example, there is ​no issue with you raking the back left part of the bunker ​before playing (or, indeed, anywhere else that wouldn’t be ​improving the conditions affecting your next stroke) if ​someone else hasn’t bothered to smooth over their ​footprints and strike marks there.

Remember that after your shot, you must rake and smooth ​the bunker including any foot marks you have made ​entering or exiting. If you can fix up a few other bits along ​the ​way without holding up play, then please do so.