| KCC Golf Society Golf Day -
KSC(E) Wed 22nd July 2008
We have 44 players with tees from 12 noon to
1.30pm.
This is the 6th Stableford League event and Men
will play off the White tees and Ladies off the Red tees.
The Novelty holes will be:
Nearest the Pin: Hole 5 (Men); Hole 13 (Ladies);
Hole 15 (All). Longest Drive: Hole 9 (Ladies); Hole 10 (Men).
In order to be eligible for the Best Gross and
Stableford Prizes, full GS members must wear the Society Blue
shirt.
Please arrive in plenty of time for your tee
time and remember that we are guests of Kau Sai Chau and we must
abide by their timings for play on the Course; these timings are
displayed inside the Golf Cart.
I have also attached a few thoughts about Pace
of Play, please print it out, read it and follow the tips on Tuesday,
this will enable us all to play at a reasonable pace and have
a good time.
Have a good weekend.
Cheers, Richard
Flight List
Time Name H'cap Name H'cap
12 noon Richard Tinlin 20 Edward Hui 20
Eric Carter G Dennis Wong G
12.09 Lee Parker 0 Clement Lo 12
Robert Stevenson G Ken Leung 11
12.18 Alfonso Cordero 14 Asghar Ali 14
Grewal Manjit Singh G CF Fung 17
12.27 John SL Ng 20 Andy Law 28
Gabriel Lam 19 Vivian Chan 28
12.36 KC Sin 23 Mary Ching 28
James Lau 28 Vanessa Fong 14
12.45 Peter Hung 14 Dorothy Hung 18
Vincent Lee 22 Helen Wong 28
12.54 Jacky Sung 19 Peter Lam G
Frankie Wu G Kenneth Wong G
13.03 Jim Down 21 Sunder Swamy G
Toby Down 14 Leon D'Souza J
13.12 Terry Greene 19 TK Cheng 20
Simon Castley 14 Andy Chan 19
13.21 William Ko 24 Quito Baros 28
Duncan Wong 26 Nana Baros 28
13.3 Dale Omeara 9 Belinda Omeara 28
Mike Kitney 22 Sabrina Kitney 28
PACE OF PLAY
This is an important subject which can be a cause
of great frustration for many players. Many courses advertise
a target time for each round and on Kau Sai Chau (East and South)
each buggy has the target time for each hole.
Slow play affects everyone's enjoyment of the
game. Players should make a real effort to play at a good pace.
Priority on the course is determined by a group's pace of play.
It is a group's responsibility to keep up with the group in front.
In order to keep up a good pace the following
tips are essential:
Avoid excessive practice swings.
Be ready to play as soon as it is your turn,
for example have your glove on.
Proceed to your ball as soon as it is safe to
do so.
If you want to determine yardages, do so while
walking to your ball.
At the putting green, leave carts in a position
that will allow quick and easy movement off the green to the next
tee.
Study your line of putt while others are putting,
avoiding any distraction to the other players.
When the hole is finished, leave the putting
green immediately.
Mark scores on the way to the next tee.
If there is any chance of your ball being lost
outside a water hazard or out of bounds, play a provisional ball.
Most important of all, remember to take your
sense of humour and enjoy!
KCC Golf Society Events
2008
Wednesday 9th January 2008 - New Year Champs
- Kau Sai Chau (S) Stableford Lge (1)
Friday 7th/Sat. 8th / Sun. 9th March 2008 - Optional
1/2/3 Day Event
Day 1: Golden Gulf GC - Stableford Lge(2)
Day 2: Pine Valley SC
Day 3: Pine Valley SC
Wednesday 9th April 2008 - Jinli - Stableford
Lge (3)
Tuesday 6th May 2008 - Nansha - Stableford Lge
(4)
Wednesday 4th June 2008 - Mission Hills (Norman)
- Stableford Lge (5)
Saturday 12th / Sunday 13th July 2008 - Pine
Valley Weekend
Tuesday 22nd July 2008 - TBA - Stableford Lge
(6)
Wednesday 3rd September 2008 - Wind Valley -
Stableford Lge (7)
Wednesday 8th October 2008 - GS Champs - Kau
Sai Chau (S) or (E) Stableford Lge (8)
Tuesday 4th November 2008 - GS AGM Event - Mission
Hills (World Cup)
November 2008 - Pine Valley Anniversary Weekend
- date will be announced when we receive the information.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008 - TBA ( Nansha /
Xili / KSC (E) )
This year we have 8 designated Stableford League
Events with the best 3 results to count in the League Competition.
In the event of a tie the player with the best 4th Stableford
points result will win; if there is still a tie, then the best
5th result will decide etc. If there is still a tie after the
8th result has been used, then the player with the lowest handicap
will win.
We will be organizing a number of day trips to
Pine Valley during the year and the dates will be announced nearer
the time. These were very popular and a lot of fun last year and
we hope you will support them again this year.
We will also look at an Overseas trip this year,
but will monitor support before finalizing arrangements.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The KCC Golf Society strongly recommends that
all members and their guests purchase comprehensive insurance
against personal injuries, loss and damage including third party
insurance. The KCC Golf Society will not accept any responsibility
for nor be liable for any injuries, loss or damage suffered or
caused by any members or their guests or any third parties howsoever
arising in the course of transportation to and from and in the
course of golf and/or social activities organized by the KCC Golf
Society whether in Hong Kong or any other country. All members
and their guests will be taken to have read this notice and agree
to be bound by the terms of this notice when they take part in
any of the golf and/or social activities of the KCC Golf Society.
Golf
- Where did we begin?
When Ian Powell was the General Manager he organized the occasional KCC Golf Day!
When Mike Williams was the General Manager he organized the occasional KCC Golf Day!
On one of these occasions the participants were imbibing the amber nectar after a round at Kau Sai Chau and this continued for a period before, during and after Dinner and Presentation back at KCC. Many words were exchanged - are we on recognizable territory here? On this occasion the words were meaningful and it was decided to carry out a survey to establish if there was sufficient interest within the KCC membership to start a KCC Golf Society. A questionnaire was sent out with the monthly Newsletter (October 1996). There was an encouraging response with 80 replies.
The December Newsletter advertised the EGM of a proposed KCC Golf Society on 20 January 1997. The first Committee was then formed with Andy Daws as Captain, Lawrie Taylor as Secretary and a number of flexible arms being manipulated.
One of the original committee members was K C Shing and he has remained on the committee ever since, filling the role of Treasurer for the past few years. At the first official committee meeting on the 28 January 1997 it was decided that the first KCC Golf Society Golf Day would be arranged on 11 March at Kau Sai Chau. At that time there were about 30 regular members.
Andy Daws remained as Captain for around two years until his family moved back to Australia and his time became more restricted. A number of the original committee members were also leaving Hong Kong. The Golf Society has gradually increased in membership numbers over the years until at the beginning of 2004 we had a membership of 160.
The Centenary year was a huge year for all Sections of KCC and for the Golf Society it started well with our team winning the First Division Championship of the Carlsberg Inter-league competition.
It was decided to organize a Golf Society Centenary Championship. In our wildest dreams we were hoping to celebrate the occasion with 100 players but being realistic our aim was for a more modest 60. Planning took place over a number of months with a sub-committee of K C Shing as Chairman, Richard Tinlin as Golf Day Organizer and Regina Chugani as Sponsorship and Entertainment Organizer. Within two weeks of posting the enrolment list we realized that we were on to a winner; still three months to the event and we had 85 golfers enrolled. We were then under pressure to expand our booking from 100 players and with great reluctance increased it to 120. This number was almost reached but nearer the day business commitments and personal problems reduced the figure to a final 105.
As KCC President Ronnie Ng aptly put it when presenting trophies, 'Never has such a large number of KCC members taken part in a single sport on the one day.'
And what a day it was - glorious weather, everything running like clockwork with 105 members teeing off at Kau Sai Chau on the South Course and 143 enjoying the presentation and buffet dinner held on the cricket ground in the evening, helped along by some great entertainment.
One interesting comment from a Hong Kong international golfer who was playing on the North Course on the same day was, 'How did you manage to get everyone to wear the Golf Society Blue Shirt? All of the South Course is a sea of blue shirts!'
'Easy, you just let everyone know from the outset that this is an event organized by the Golf Society and that you must wear the GS shirt in order to be eligible to win a prize, and everyone wants to win a prize in the Centenary Championships - they don't come around too often!'
Comments from many members at the end of the day were, 'That was the best day ever!'
Moving on from the Centenary Golf Day, 2004 was an important year for the Society as debentures at Pine Valley were purchased by KCC and this move, which has enhanced our standing as a Club and brought us in line with the other major sporting clubs in Hong Kong will also encourage golf within KCC. With a strong committee we are hoping to greatly enhance the facilities available to Society members so that more people will be able to take up and enjoy this wonderful but sometimes frustrating sport.
As some people would say, a bad day on the golf course is much better than a great day in the office, so get out there, enjoy the fresh air, great views and exercise but remember to always pack your sense of humour. When you smile you use 14 muscles, when you frown you use 78, so keep on smiling and all the energy you save will enable you to enjoy the après golf to the full.
Golf Society Committee for the Year 2007-2008
is as follows:
Captain - Richard Tinlin
Email: richard_tinlin@hotmail.com
Vice Captain - Lee Parker
Email: lee@theoldgolfpro.com
Hon. Treasurer - KC Shing
Email: kcshing1@netvigator.com
Hon. Sec. - Malcolm Hammeresley
Email: hammersleymalc@netvigator.com
Handicaps Sec. -
Alan Thorburn
Email: awtnet@netvigator.com
General Member / Events - Luz D'Souza
Email: luz@loydsouza.com
General Member / Events - CM Mak
Email: cmmak@clp.com.hk
General Member
/ Events - FK Lim
Email: limfongkee@netvigator.com
General Member
/ Events - KC Sin
Email: chuensin@netvigator.com
Other Links:
Kau Sai Chau: www.kscgolf.com
HK Golf Assoc.: www.hkga.com
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