From Dale:

The Little Treasure Shop is going on the road to set up a tent at the annual Downtown Cobourg Sidewalk Sale. Volunteers have sorted through the stock room and found great sidewalk sale deals to share along with the desire to let the community know that there is a wonderful gift shop in the hospital that carries a wide selection of inventory for the sole purpose of raising funds for patient care at NHH. 

We thank @TenThousandVillagesCobourg for sponsoring our tent right next to theirs at 16 King St. W.  

If you are downtown, drop in.  We will be at the Sidewalk Sale for Thursday, August 1 and Friday, August 2 from 10am to 6pm.  Picture is old but you can certainly recognize a couple of the volunteers.  

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Congratulations Sharon…in NFLD!! 

Winner of the second Sue Morrow Sponsor Night!

Topic:: Weekend Update: 
             Food & Beverage 

The DWS Executive identified inconsistent availability of food for sale other than bbq. 
After meeting with Jen this week we have come up with a plan:
• Breakfast sandwiches will be in the pro shop on Saturday and as well as muffins and scones
• Pre-made sandwiches will be in the fridge at the bbq. 
• The bar cart will also have some sandwiches 

There are 72 players Saturday morning, men and women. We do not want to miss any opportunities to maximize sales. 

Your support is appreciated as is your feedback. 

Bridget
Social Convenor

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Don't forget to sign up for the Club Championship next weekend - July 27, 28

For Red tees: Play for the overall, 50+, 60+, or 70+ championships. There will also be 2 flight winners.

For Red/Green tees:  Play two rounds of golf on the Red/Green course, with prizes drawn randomly, with no scores handed in. OPTIONAL: Hand in your scores and play for the Mary Buckley Eclectic (your best score on each hole over two days is counted minus handicap). These scores will NOT be posted publicly.

The cost is $35.00 which includes a BBQ lunch after the round on Sunday and prizes.

Come out and enjoy our 50th Anniversary Club Championship Weekend! 

Sign up is in the lower hall.

Any questions, please ask!

Hope to see you July 27 and 28th

 Belated Congrats to the Bulger 2-Ball winners:

Tied for first:

Sandi MacDonald and Yvonne Shannon - net 64

Dawn McMaster and Diane Arsenault - net 64

Tied for second

Dale Hodge and Jeanne Beaith - net 64.5

Bridget Smith and Joanne O'Sullivan - net 64.5

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From Jon Sherman - The Four Foundations of Golf

He outlines 13 bad habits which may be holding you back from becoming a better golfer. 

Here are the first three:

1) Complaining about external factors for your performance.

It wasn’t the:

• Course
• Conditions
• Playing partners
• Equipment

You have to take more responsibility for your game.

2) The endless swing-tip hamster wheel.

Showing up to the range every week with a new swing tip will not take your game to the next level.

3) Impatience 

Whether you are on the course or waiting for your handicap to drop after doing a lot of work, golf can move slowly.

Patience is a superpower in this game.

Two new events

DWS IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TWO NEW EVENTS!

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER OF THESE EVENTS, CONTACT TRACEY.

 After a long hot day, one cart just had a mind of its own! 

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This week our two Junior Girls competed at the Golf Ontario U19 Championship at 

Beverly Golf Club, near Hamilton. Both represented Dalewood very well!!

Anna Crowley

Grace Mayer

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The sign up sheet is posted for Club Championship, on July 27, 28.

There are age categories (overall, 50+, 60+, 70+) and flights.

You will play with similar handicaps on the first day.

There is a red/green category - more info on this is needed.

There will be a BBQ on Sunday immediately following play rather than a dinner. 

The cost is $35, which includes prizes and the BBQ.

Let's have lots of women out there!

 Happy Canada Day!

(Thanks, Sandi, for the display.)

Our little raccoon family on #11:

Thanks, Joan.

A pair of very noisy hawks on #9:

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Don't forget the sign up for the Bulger Alternate Shot, Tuesday, July 9.

League Sponsor Sue Morrow from Royal LePage ProAllianceRealty would like to announce our first draw winner of a $25 Dalewood Dollars gift certificate is Ariane Macdonald.

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I will take this spot to tell you about a newsletter I get from Jon Sherman, who happens to be the mental, strategic golf coach for MacKenzie Hughes. His newsletter is called "Practical Golf."

Today's idea on strategy is: Double (triple) bogey avoidance is more important than getting birdies, if you are trying to lower your scores. 

As the chart shows, the difference between 1.1 and 6.1 doubles is far greater than the difference between 1.9 and .1 birdies. 

He writes "Use this as your North Star when you get into certain situations on the course. It could be when you are short-sided or in the rough. Or when you have a decision to make in a recovery situation in the trees. Most notably, it often shows up on your approach shots, not biting off more than you can chew trying to pin hunt aggressively."

 THE ELENI PONTING BETTER BALL RESULTS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

TEAM	SCORE	TEAM PRIZE
PATTI / PATTY	62	$50
TRACEY / LINDA	63	$40
DONNA / HEATHER	63	$40
VAL / DIANE	64	$20
DAWN / BRIDGET	65
LEAH ANNE / GAIL	65
SANDI / DALE	66
JOANNE / MONEEN	67
SANDY / DIANNE	67
JEANNE / SHARON	67
RACHEL / LEANNE	68
ANN /  LYNDA	69
YVONNE / BETTY	69
CATHY / CYNTHIA	69
JOAN / BARB	70
ANNE / ARIANE	72

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On Saturday, 6 golfers from Dalewood played at the Kawartha GC

Invitational 2-woman scramble and all came away with prizes:

Anna Crowley with a jr. Kawartha member were 3rd gross

Tracey Bodashefsky and Jeanne Beaith were 5th gross

Sue Morrow and a friend from Craigowan GC were 6th gross

Leanne Stevenson and Dianne Beatty were 10th gross

This was taken before the downpour started!!

Photos, next tournament, sponsorship - scroll down!

 The Eleni Ponting Better Ball brought in our summer season with a little heat and humidity!

THE TEAMS:

LYNDA RENNICK & ANN HALL; BETTY BRIGHT & YVONNE SHANNON

DIANNE BEATTY & SANDY YOUNG; LEAH ANNE GOODY & GAIL RICHARDS

LEANNE STEVENSON & RACHEL JACKSON; DONNA TODD & HEATHER OGDEN

BARB PEMBERTON & JOAN HAYWARD

BRIDGET SMITH & DAWN McMASTER

SANDI MacDONALD & DALE HODGE; ANNE PARKS & ARIANE MACDONALD

MONEEN SMITH & JOANNE O'SULLIVAN; PATTY McDONALD & PATTI HUNT

CATHY MORIN & CYNTHIA COURCHENE; TRACEY BODASHEFSKY & LINDA MacDONALD

VAL FOSTER & DIANE ARSENAULT; JEANNE BEAITH & SHARON BRUBACHER

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From convenor Yvonne:

BULGER TWO-BALL TOURNAMENT - TUES. JULY 9<sup>TH</sup>

Lynn will be sending out a sign up as usual

$5.00 to be chitted

 

We will be playing from the red/green tees!

This is a reminder that the cut off date to sign up is July 5<sup>th</sup>.

 

A copy of the rules will be attached to your scorecard.

Don't forget to get a partner and it can't be someone you have

already partnered with in the Eleni or match play!

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Breaking news from DWS:

 

Attention DWS Members. 

 

League Sponsor Sue Morrow from Royal LePage ProAllianceRealty would like to announce our first draw on Tuesday June 25th.

Everyone’s name will be entered for the draw for $25 Dalewood Dollars Gift Certificate.

The draw will be made after golf on the 25th and the winner announced on the Blog. Draws will continue once a month throughout the golf season.

 

Good Luck!

 

DWS Committee

 

Provisional Balls and Red Stakes

A message from Sandi MacDonald:

Match Play and tournament play has begun! Thanks everyone for setting up your games.

A little rules review:

Provisional or No Provisional: That is the question!

The answer from GO (Golf Ontario): 

PROVISIONAL: If you think your ball is lost OUTSIDE a penalty area (for example, into trees or long grass, not in a hazard) or your ball MIGHT be Out of Bounds, please play a provisional. If you cannot find your original ball, your provisional becomes the ball in play. If you do find your original ball, that is the ball that must be played. If you have not hit a provisional and can't find your ball, you must go back to the original place and play again. For pace of play, no one wants to make that walk backwards.

NO PROVISIONAL: If you think your ball is in a penalty area (formerly known as a hazard) …pond, creek, creek bed rough, or any area marked with red stakes, you may NOT play a provisional. If you think it may be found/playable, you must verify BEFORE hitting another ball. You may not hit a "provisional" ball and then look for your first one. 

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Red vs Yellow Stakes: You may have noticed that all our penalty area stakes are now red. You still have the same options when playing from red stakes that you did from yellow. With a penalty of one stroke you may:

1. Play from the same place again.

2. Keep the point of entry into the penalty area between you and the flag and drop, as far back as you want on that line. 

3. Drop within 2 club lengths from where it went in, not nearer the hole.

And, you can always try to play from a penalty area. The rules changed a few years ago to allow us to move "dead stuff" away from the ball and to ground our club.