We paired up with a partner and played the Eleni Ponting Better Ball

on Tuesday on a very hot day!

The Teams:

Linda MacDonald & Bridget Smith; Yvonne Shannon & Susan Ross-Foster

Betty Bright & Jane Gibbens; Patti Hunt & Patty McDonald

Moneen Smith & Joanne O'Sullivan; Annabel Thorpe & Ariane Macdonald

Diane Arsenault & Dale Hodge; Dawn McMaster & Cathy Morin

Jeanne Beaith & Laura McCracken Ebbrell; Anne Parks & Donna Todd

Leanne Stevenson & Sandy Young; Gail Richards & Rachel Jackson

Sandi MacDonald & Leah Anne Goody; Tracey Bodashefsky & Ann Hall

Barb Pemberton & Joan Hayward; Janet Hull & Laura Roberge

The Results:

1 Betty Bright & Jane Gibbens - 65 Congratulations!!

T2 Ann Hall & Tracey Bodashefsky - 66

Jeanne Beaith & Laura McCracken Ebbrell - 66

T4 Donna Todd & Anne Parks - 67

Linda MacDonald & Bridget Smith - 67

T6 Joan Hayward & Barb Pemberton - 68

Sandy Young & Leanne Stevenson - 68

Diane Arsenault & Dale Hodge - 68

9 Susan Ross-Foster & Yvonne Shannon - 69

T10 Janet Hull & Laura Roberge - 70

Sandi MacDonald & Leah Anne Goody - 70

Ariane Macdonald & Annabel Thorpe - 70

T13 Rachel Jackson & Gail Richards - 71

Dawn McMaster & Cathy Morin - 71

15 Patty McDonald & Patti Hunt -72

16 Joanne O'Sullivan & Moneen Smith - 73

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From Laura McCracken Ebbrell: You can support the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation by purchasing 6 or 12 bottles of wine from Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery. You can order a 6 pack for $130 or a 12 bottle mixed case for $191.40. 

For more details and to place your order: nhhfoundation.ca/events/wine-ale-2022

 There is a definite "birdie theme" going on here:

From Susan: "On #8 I hit the pin, but the ball did not drop. Both Lynda and I got birdies. She took a great shot for the birdie theme.

Congrats on two (3) great shots!

(And thanks for sending, Susan.)

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If you signed up for match play this is just a friendly reminder that the first round must be played by this Friday, June 24. 

Hopefully you have made arrangements.

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If you won a prize certificate in the Opening Field Day, please keep it to redeem for merchandise in the pro shop.

This and that

Our match play charts have been posted by Dale Hodge, the match play and handicap convenor. They are also posted on the tabs above. June 24 (three weeks from today) is the date by which the first match must be played - don't delay in getting a conversation started. It's especially tricky in the doubles, with 4 people. Signed and attested scorecards are to be put in the box on the cabinet in the locker room. Match play scores are to be entered for handicap and may be used for the achievement board in addition to another game played that week.

The rules are posted above each match - it's always a good idea to refresh your memory. 

New this year - we are using 90% of handicap for the doubles matches, as per a Golf Canada recommendation. On the GC website, (https://scg.golfcanada.ca/login) under your name is Playing Handicap Percentage, which you can open to 90%. Then below on the chart, you look at your Playing Handicap (not Course Handicap) for Women's RED. Any questions? Dale can help.

Good luck and have fun!

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A question about bunker play has come up a couple of times recently. "What am I allowed to do when I am under the lip and can't possibly go forward?"  This one on #12 below is an example:

One option is to hit it right or left out of the bunker, but sometimes that may be impossible. Another option is to take a penalty stroke and keeping the ball and the flag in line with each other, go back within the bunker as far as you'd like (see #2 below). For 2 penalty strokes you may drop outside the bunker, again keeping the ball and flag in line (see #4 below). 

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Hole-in-One Club

Each time someone in the club gets a hole-in-one, people in the club are charged $2 on their accounts. About 80% of that money is put on the account of the lucky shooter to spend in the pro shop or the bar/restaurant - right now about $245. About 20% is taken to buy each winner a gift to remember the occasion. 

If you were a member of the Hole in One Club last year, you are already enrolled for this year. The more people in it, the larger the prize money, so encourage all you friends to join up. On average we have between 15 and 20 holes-in-one every season.