Hi All,
I hope you've all had a great week on and offthe golf course and welcome to another editionof the KGC Weekly Newsletter bringing you up todate with all the latest news from the club.
Busy week at the club
It's been a busy week both on and offthe course with the Clubhouse hosting theSeniors Annual Dinner last Friday followed by asold out afternoon of bookings for Mothers Day!We have also had some fantastic weather over thelast week encouraging lots of new and returningvisitors to the club.
MarchWinter Open
In our final Winter Open until October we had 48players in total taking part this time welcomingvisitors from Buckingham, Cotswold Hills, EastBerkshire, Glen Gorse, Magnolia, Manchester GC,Nene Park, The Springs, Tidworth Garrison &Wentworth. Competition Standard Scratch showed howtough the course was playing with this finishingon 71 (35pts).
The Member 1st prize receiving a voucher for
£70 was DavidCarter 40 Pts 2nd Ian Gordon 37 Pts 3rd Sam Chick36 Pts. The Top 3 Visitors were: 1st Callum Cooke(The Springs Golf Club) 36 Pts 2nd Mark Tovey(East Berkshire Golf Club) 34 Pts 3rd RobertCrumell (Tidworth Garrison Golf Club) 33 Pts
Hereis the link to all the scores from the day on ourMaster Scoreboard site
A big thank you to all of those which have takenpart across the winter - these comps have proved agreat success. If anybody has any suggestions orfeedback it would be great to hear from you.Please
clickhere to get in touch.
For next winter we have some exciting plans inplace and are looking to do a 'KGC Winter Series'comprising of Six Opens running from October 2017to March 2018 with there being an order of meritcompetition with the 4 best out of the 6 scoresgoing towards this - watch this space!
Obituary for Doug Robertson
Doug worked with our golf course construction teamfor many years and was responsible for all thevery detailed and wonderful shaping on both ourgolf courses. He was renowned for his talent andskill with diggers shaping the landscape andcontouring many golf courses throughout Britain.
Doug worked on the construction of our 18 holecourse and many of you will also have met him andDan when they were working on the design andconstruction of the Blenheim 9 Hole course in2003. Doug always had time for a chat and answeredso many people's questions on design andconstruction of a golf course.
He will be sadly missed but always remembered, sotake a minute the next time you are out on thegolf course to have a look around and take in someof the beautiful contours that Doug will havecreated. Below is a couple of images of thecontours on the main course.
Updated Sheep Ruling
For the purpose of the sheep ruling, entry willnow be allowed to the sheep pen. There aredesignated crossing points on the electric fenceto enter the enclosure; this will consist of somecasing covering the electric wire.
Oxfordshire Foursomes Scratch League
Making it into the Oxford Mail this week! It wasanother victory for our Scratch Team maintainingtheir top of the table spot with a 2-1 victoryover Chiltern Forest. Click here for the results
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/golf/15185019.GOLF__Champions_Frilford_Heath_are_whitewashed/http://www.oxfordshirefoursomesleague.co.uk/It's a few weeks off for the scratch team untilthey visit the Oxfordshire on Saturday 22 April.
Competition round upOn Sunday it was the Professional Club with thetop 16 players progressing to the Knockout stageof the competition. In 1st place on the dayfinishing on 3 up was Lee Parsons followed insecond place by Pat Curley on 2 up.
Clickhere for the last 16 draw
Ladies MedalsIn the Ladies Medal on Saturday 25th this was wonby Julie Hodges with a Nett 74, runner up was ValEadle Nett 78 (Lowest Gross 90). On Tuesday 28ththere were 15 players participating with Pam Salethe winner with a Nett 69 followed in second placeby Jackie Thompson Nett 71 (Lowest Gross 80).
SeniorClub Matches
The seniors have played two home matches recently,being successful in both.
Playing Silverstone for the first time Kirtlingtonwon by 4 -2. In the Captains match Larry B/Clarriefound themselves 3 holes down after 8 but staged astrong recovery in winning 6 of the next 7 holesto eventually gain a 2 and 1 victory. OtherKirtlington winners were Bill K/Stuart W (3 and2), Ian Gordon/Bill B (4 and 2) and Jim D/ Dave M(4 and 3). We much look forward to playing thereturn match at Silverstone in October.
Against Witney Lakes the overall result was thesame with a 4 - 2 victory to Kirtlington. In theCaptains match Larry/ Stuart W lost a close matchon the 17th. Kirtlington winners wereClarrie/Graham Ford (3 and 2), Jim D/Mike L (5 and4), Peter M/Peter F (3 and 2) and Geoff S/Tony B(4 and 3)
Competitions
The summer competitions sheets (singles and pairs)are on the board for people to sign-up.Competitions come thick and fast in May so lookout for the sign-up sheets.
Who will come out on top this year???
With the Masters just a week away there is stilltime remaining to enter the Pro Shop 2017 MastersSweepstake with the chance to win up to
£150 in ProShop Vouchers! Just
£3 per pick or
£5for 2 picks.
Titliest4 for 3 Offer.FREE Delivery to our shop for collection andpayment.
Complete the form below and proceed to the orderconfirmation page to place your order. If yourorder is placed successfully you will receive aconfirmation email shortly afterwards.
http://www.kirtlingtongolfshop.co.uk/ballpersonalise.aspx?bpid=33Lost pair of Galvin Green WaterproofTrousers
Help Needed - One of the members who has been offinjured hadn't realised he left a pair of BlackGalvin Green Trousers in the men's changing rooms.If anyone can recall seeing these could you let usknow.
