Click on the link below to download the Conditions of Play for the 2011 Pennant Season.

2012 Pennant Conditions of Play

HOST CLUB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Host Club is responsible for:

• Welcoming visiting clubs;
• Providing at least 2 match officials;
• Providing cards and copies of local rules;
• Food and beverages must be provided, the format of which is at the discretion of the host club with a view to being simple and inexpensive.

HOST MATCH COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Please note that the HOST CLUB provides the "Match Committee" of the day (except the Finals) and carry out the following duties:

• Have sufficient presence on the course to allow all players easy access when a match decision is required.
• Supervise Pace of Play, course care, and etiquette for players and caddies.
• For major disputes or breaches of etiquette, the Zone Committee shall arbitrate the case.

Click on the links below to download the 2012 MEN'S PENNANT DRAW

ALL GRADES

or

A GRADE

JUNIORS

B GRADE

SENIORS

Please click on the link below to download the result sheet for 2012.

2012 PENNANT TEAM SHEET & RESULT FORM

It is the responsibility of the HOST CLUB to ensure that the current result forms are available for all games.

Please return the form promptly at the conclusion of each round, so that results can be recorded, displayed on the website and published in the newspaper.

Please fax the completed team sheets/forms to:

5448 6445

or scan and email to:

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QLD TRAINEE ORDER OF MERIT CHAMPIONSHIP - BRISBANE GOLF CLUB

Back in December, Horton Park Trainee Professional, Atomu Watanabe, won the QLD Order of Merit Championship for Trainees.

Atomu's 4-under 68 at Brisbane Golf Club saw him awarded the 'Paul King' Trophy and a share of the $6000 prizemoney. Atomu scored an impressive 5 birdies on the front nine alone and his ball-striking impressed many spectators. Queensland’s PGA Life Member Paul King was on hand to present Watanabe with the trophy. “When you first look at Atomu he looks like a jockey, but I’ve never seen a jockey strike a ball that well.”

SANCTUARY COVE TRAINEE PRO-AM

On Monday 16th January, Mt Coolum Golf Club's Steve Jenkins' new Trainee Professional, Ben Thomson, has won his first cheque as a Professional golfer.

In difficult wet conditions, Ben finished in 4th place with a 1-over 73 at the tough Sanctuary Cove Golf Course, only 3 shots behind the winner.

Ben's next events are at Windaroo Lakes on Monday 23rd Janaury and Oxley on 13th February.

Congratulations Ben! Keep up the good "work".

(Article by Scott Mayes. Scores from www.pga.org.au)

Some people have reported an increase in the number of players wearing ear phones/buds during rounds of golf. This Decision helps clarify Rule of Golf 14-3a (which does not specifically mention listening to music).

Decision 14-3/17 Player Listens to Music or Broadcast During Round

Q.  A player uses a device to listen to music, a radio broadcast or any other type of broadcast during a stipulated round. What is the ruling?

A. Under Rule 14-3a, a player may not use any artificial device or unusual equipment that "might assist him in making a stroke or in his play." Listening to music or a broadcast while making a stroke or for a prolonged period might assist the player in his play, for example, by eliminating distractions or promoting a good tempo. Therefore, the use of an artificial device to listen to music or a broadcast, whether or not through headphones, while making a stroke or for a prolonged period of time during a stipulated round is a breach of Rule 14-3. However, it would not be a breach of Rule 14-3 for a player to listen to a device briefly, for example, to obtain the results of another sporting event or traffic information, while walking between the putting green of one hole and the teeing ground of the next hole.

A Committee will have to consider all available facts and circumstances in determining whether a player using an artificial device to listen to music or a broadcast has done so for a prolonged period such that the action might have assisted the player in his play.

There is no restriction on listening to music or other broadcasts while practicing (whether on the practice ground or on the golf course, and whether by oneself or while playing with others), although club rules and disciplinary codes could apply in such circumstances. (New)