We thought you d like to see some before and after photos, just to show what a difference they are making to our course:

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1 Shoretalk: Friday 8th December 2017 Members Corner: Hole-in-One: Congratulations to Prasanna Gulasekharam for his hole-in-one on the 22 nd hole on Wednesday 29 th November This helped him to shoot an excellent Gross 77 for 39 Stableford points. Well done Prasanna. Also congratulations to Jonathan Carter for his Hole-in- One on the 22 nd Hole on Sunday 3 rd December Dad s Army: As you re aware, the NSGC Dad s Army have been out on the course again, working their magic on the 8 th Hole. We thought you d like to see some before and after photos, just to show what a difference they are making to our course: Before Before After After The team are always looking for new recruits, so if you have some spare time and would like to be part of the army, please contact General Alex Sharp on He looks forward to hearing from you. Shootout Trophy Winner: Congratulations to Earl Hart who won the Life Member s Trophy Shootout on Sunday 3 rd December Here is Earl receiving the impressive trophy from our Men s Club Captain, Graeme Storey.

2 LAST CALL! After the first very successful round, the second NSGC 2 for 9 Golf, kindly and proudly sponsored by ILG (Insurance and Lending Group), is to be held on Monday 11 th December Here are the details of the competition We had 32 players for the first round, which was fantastic. All had a great time and we re hoping that they will be back for the 2 nd round and some more members/visitors will also want to try this new, fun format. To book your place for Monday 11 th December 2017, please Richard in Golf Operations as soon as possible: richard@nsgc.co.nz. We look forward to seeing you on Monday 11 th December 2017 for NSGC 2 for 9 kindly and proudly sponsored by ILG (Insurance and Lending Group) Pitch marks: Please repair them as a courtesy to other golfers/members of the club and in order to keep our course in excellent condition. Picture recently taken during a Twilight round of golf.

3 RYDER CUP SPECIAL OFFER FOR NORTH SHORE MEMBERS: PaR nz Golfing Holidays is offering any North Shore GC member a FREE PAIR OF ADIDAS GOLF SHOES OR TAYLORMADE PUTTER if they book a Ryder Cup Package by Sunday 31st December The 2018 Ryder Cup will be hosted by Le Golf National GC in Paris, France on 27 th 30 th September After the Ryder Cup, PaR nz Golfing Holidays will host a luxury 5-star 13 day golf tour of Northern France visiting many WW1 and WW2 sites in Brittany and Normandy, along the way playing golf on spectacular French coastal courses. We return to Paris to play two golf masterpieces Fontainebleau, in Versailles and our finale round at Le Golf National, the Ryder Cup s Albatross course. FOR FULL TOUR PACKAGES ENQUIRE: kim@parnz.co.nz or NEW TOURNAMENT 2018 BAY OF ISLANDS 4-COURSE CLASSIC Have you ticked Kauri Cliffs off your Bucket List yet? Yes, you can play on one of the world s best golf courses ranked #49. PaR nz Golfing Holidays will host our first annual Bay of Islands 4-Course Classic from Monday 28th May Friday 1st June The four courses include Kauri Cliffs, Bay of Islands, Waitangi and Whangaroa. For the programme, 4 rounds will be played over 5 days with a rest day to enjoy the local tourist activities around Paihia, Russell and Kerikeri. Men and women of all ages, are welcome to enter. Full entry $470.00pp. ENTER HERE: Christmas generosity: On behalf of the club, we would like to thank all the members who have given so generously to our Salvation Army appeal for those less fortunate than ourselves. Debbie (our Office Manager) will be taking all the gifts to the Salvation Army tomorrow. Thank you once again for your generosity the gifts will definitely put a smile on all the kids faces. Forthcoming Golf Events: FINAL CALL VERY FEW SPACES LEFT AVAILABLE! Christmas Twilight on Tuesday 12 th December Very reasonable entry fees of $6.00 for members and $25.00 for visitors so why not invite some of your friends along to join in the fun. The tee booking for the event is open via Dot Golf.

4 Men: Men s Pennant trials: For those members who would like to be considered to represent the club in the Nobilo, Rangitoto, Sunderland or Kaipara Pennant teams in 2018, we are holding trials on Sunday 17th December 2017 and Sunday 21st January The entry sheet/expression of interest is on the notice board in the Men s Locker Room. Please add your name to the list. Mixed: FINAL CALL! Mixed Closing Day. Saturday 16th December Shotgun start at 12.30pm. Ambrose in teams of 8. We have spaces for one or two individual players only. There is also a slight change of format, which will help speed up play on the day. Full instructions will be given to players before tee off. Happy Hour from 11.30am. Sausage sizzle and beers provided downstairs, in front of the putting greens. From the Course: General Course Condition What the Heat Can Do to Grass: The heat is on and the battle to keep everything alive is certainly at the forefront of our work at the moment. We have been fortunate that there have been no drying winds to accompany the intense sunlight that we have been experiencing for the past two weeks. On Monday of this week, the intense sunlight during the day was enough to bleach the tips of a grass species that is renowned for being a hardy tough turf. Temperatures are in the mid to high 20 s and will continue for quite some time yet. The tips of carpet grass have been bleached from intense sunlight If the sunlight is strong enough to do this to such a hardy grass species, you can imagine what it is capable of doing to all our other surfaces.

5 The saviour for most of our playable surfaces is that we spend a great deal from our allocated budget to try and avoid such natural damage and where this photo was taken, the area receives none of that. Yet with everything we are trying to do we are faced with difficult situations trying to keep the unmanageable alive. Fairways drying out due to poor irrigation coverage or thatch issues Tony Jonas Golf Course Superintendent Depth of thatch

6 From our Caterer: We are taking orders for whole and half Christmas hams that can be picked up any time before 12.00pm on Sunday 24th December Prices are $80.00 for a half ham and $ for a whole Ham. Very good quality hams, dressed and ready for warming in your oven. Please could you make a note that we will not be open on Monday s from Monday 18 th December re-opening on Monday s from Monday 15 th January Peggy Thomas Newman Café Forte Rules Questions of the week: A fun Christmas rules scenario to get your head around! What is Terry and Pete s score for the hole? (Stroke play) While at the first tee, before either player makes a stroke to begin their round, Terry asks Pete what club he is going to use. Pete replies three wood. Terry then selects a driver from his bag and makes a stroke. His ball comes to rest in the fairway. Pete then makes his first stroke from the teeing ground and his ball is headed toward a lateral water hazard surrounded by extreme rough. Unsure if he will be able to find his ball, Pete announces that he will play a provisional ball. He hits the provisional ball towards the same area as the original and proceeds from the teeing ground to begin his search. Meanwhile, as Terry is preparing to make his next stroke from the fairway, he sets the club down behind the ball, accidentally causing it to move. The ball rolls into a nearby divot. Unsure of where to play his next shot from, he decides to play the ball as it lies in the divot. It heads toward an area of rough near the green. Terry is uncertain about where his ball came to rest. Intending to play a provisional, ball he drops another ball (Ball B) without announcing it as a provisional ball. He plays Ball B onto the green. Pete finds both his original ball and the provisional ball in shallow water inside the margin of the water hazard. He picks up both balls and then decides to take relief from the hazard by dropping a ball within two club-lengths of where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard. His next stroke comes to rest short of the green. Terry finds his original ball (Ball A) in the rough but wishes to continue with Ball B. Uncertain of the proper procedure, he decides to play both balls. He one-putts Ball B first and then takes two strokes to hole Ball A. Pete then chips his ball onto the green, but in doing so, his club strikes the ball twice. He removes the flagstick and places it on the fringe. His putt is offline and strikes the flagstick. He then holes the ball with his next stroke from where it was stopped by the flagstick. Answer: In Red

7 Terry = 7 strokes. Pete = 9 strokes While at the first tee, before either player makes a stroke to begin their round, Terry asks Pete what club he is going to use. Pete replies three wood. Since neither player had started their round there is no penalty. Asking and giving such advice during a round is a breach of Rule 8. And now on to the playing of the hole. There is a lot to keep track of, so we will go through the hole player by player, rather than stroke by stroke. Terry then selects a driver from his bag and makes a stroke. Terry lies 1. His ball comes to rest in the fairway. As Terry is preparing to make his next stroke from the fairway, he sets the club down behind the ball, accidentally causing it to move and roll into a nearby divot. Terry incurs one penalty stroke for causing his ball to move other than by a stroke and he now lies two. Unsure of where to play his next shot from, he decides to play the ball as it lies in the divot. Terry was required to replace the moved ball on the original spot. By failing to replace the ball, Terry has played from a wrong place which cost him a second penalty stroke in addition to the stroke made from the divot. Terry now lies four. The shot from the divot heads toward an area of rough near the green. Terry is uncertain about where his ball came to rest. Intending to play a provisional ball, he drops another ball (Ball B) without announcing it as a provisional ball. He plays Ball B onto the green. By failing to declare Ball B as a provisional, Terry has put another ball into play under the penalty of stroke and distance and his original ball (Ball A) is lost and no longer in play. Terry now lies six, with Ball B being the ball in play. Any further strokes with Ball A would be strokes at a wrong ball. Terry finds his original ball (Ball A) in the rough but wishes to continue with Ball B. Uncertain of the proper procedure, he decides to play both balls. Only in stroke play can a player who is unsure of the proper procedure complete the hole with two balls. The Rule will then decide which ball the player must score with. He one-putts Ball B first and then takes two strokes to hole Ball A. When a player decides to invoke Rule 3-3 by playing two balls, the order in which the balls are played is at the player s option. Additionally, the proper procedure is for the player to declare which ball he wishes to count before making a stroke at either ball. Terry s Ball B is holed in 7 strokes. As Terry had invoked Rule 3-3, he incurs no penalty from playing a wrong ball (Ball A). Pete then makes his first stroke from the teeing ground and his ball is headed toward a lateral water hazard surrounded by extreme rough. Unsure if he will be able to find his ball, Pete announces that he will play a provisional ball. Pete is allowed to play a provisional ball in this circumstance because he believes his ball may be lost in the rough outside of the lateral water hazard. If the only place that a ball could be lost is inside of a water hazard, a player is not permitted to play a provisional ball. He hits the provisional ball into the same area as the original and proceeds from the teeing ground to begin his search. Pete lies 1 with the original ball, but if the provisional ball becomes the ball in play, he will lie three. Pete finds his original ball and the provisional ball in shallow water inside the margin of the water hazard. He picks up both balls and then decides to take relief from the hazard by dropping a ball within two club-lengths of where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard. Because Pete s original ball was neither lost outside of a water hazard or out of bounds, it remains the ball in play and the provisional ball must be abandoned. This would also be true if his original ball had not been found, but it was known or virtually certain that the ball was inside the hazard. The relief from the hazard cost him one penalty stroke. Pete lies two after the drop. His next stroke comes to rest short of the green. Pete now lies 3. Pete then chips his ball onto the green, but in doing so,

8 his club strikes the ball twice. In addition to the stroke made, Pete must add one penalty stroke for his club striking the ball more than once during a stroke. Pete now lies 5. He removes the flagstick and places it on the fringe. His putt is offline and strikes the flagstick. Pete incurs a twostroke penalty for his ball striking a removed flagstick plus the stroke made. He must play the ball from where it was stopped. Pete now lies 8. He then holes the ball with his next stroke from where it was stopped by the flagstick. Pete s score for the hole is a 9. Golf quote of the week: Golf is a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink!