February 2019 Gauteng Edition IN THIS EDITION PD general information Provincial Day results SA Open 2019 Birthdays PD Calendar 2019 Provincial Challenge 2019 Golf rule of the month Next Provincial Day Golf Equipment Order of Merit SADGA Gauteng Committee MOTTO The cornerstone of golf revolves around honour and integrity. Without this basic premise, our game cannot survive. PD general information Provincial Day entries must be done directly with Jodi Schultz at jodis@theproshop.co.za or 066 273 7440. Jodi will also send the invites out. Jodi is also the PD coordinator on the day with his wife Maxine assisting him at the registration table. Jodi and Maxine, many thanks for your time and efforts in running our Provincial Days, including taking of photos. All completed scorecards must be submitted to Jodi on completion of rounds. David Frost or Johan du Plooy will assist Jodi in verifying the scores. Please complete scorecards properly. Ignorance is not an excuse. All players must please remember to open their rounds. All scores must be submitted to the national handicap system on completion of rounds. Any player, having financial difficulties, must feel free to contact Lily with regards to club membership, etc. Although SADGA s budget has been cut back, they ll still do their utmost best to assist where possible. Only players affiliated to SADGA and members at clubs will benefit from the disabled rates at PDs. Nonaffiliated members will pay the same entry fee as that of able bodied players. Full membership is available at Zwartkop CC for only R1,820 (July 2018 June 2019). Provincial Day results Date: Sunday, 3 February 2019 Course: Killarney Country Club Players: 52 (31 disabled & 21 abled) Format: IPS Pos Player IPS 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 David Frost Johan Gouws Albano dos Santos Basil Mann Johan du Plooy Dean Ferreira Giel Vermeulen Paul Jonck * Curtley Roberts Wimpie Lindes Mark Goldin Pher Farao Virgil Foster * Thys Kruger Eric Hammer Simon Cuzen Mark Maconochie JB Matthews Johan Kotze Greg Language Ian Kichenbrand * Kobus Oeschger Sidney le Sueur Gareth Dudgeon * Deon van Niekerk 41 38 37 34 33 33 32 31 31 29 29 28 28 27 26 26 25 23 22 21 20 19 17 16 12
SA OPEN 2019 Magalies Park All disabled players, that took part in the 2018 SA Open, can play for free (green fees) at Magalies Park from Monday to Friday, every week till the 2019 SA Open, also to be hosted by Magalies Park. Please note that this excludes competition and cart fees. Date: 12 to 17 May 2019 Cost: Refer SADGA website (Entry form available under Downloads) Note: Requests for financial assistance closes 28 Feb 2019. Killarney PD results continued.. Pos Player IPS 21 Dionne Venter Anton Nel * Juandre Odendal * Jeff Yates * Jodi Schultz Ernest Conradie 12 6 * These players did not qualify for prizes, as they don t have official handicaps yet. Still to join clubs. A total of 52 players (22 disabled, 9 deaf and 21 abled supporters) took part in the PD at Killarney. Good start for 2019! Thank you to Killarney CC, especially to Karen, Kevin, Barry and the rest of Killarney s staff, for hosting us on a great course. Also many thanks for sponsoring the green fees and some prizes. Special thanks for running the St Vincent School deaf program with Barend Knoetze as coach and also for the 4 memberships for our St Vincent kids. Special thanks to Kevin for donating R15,000 to the First Swing Programme. Although a storm interrupted play, we still managed to complete our rounds. The storm only lasted for a few minutes, but was so intense that we re all soaking wet before reaching the club. Congratulations to the winners on the day: Physical Disabled Deaf Abled 1 st David Frost (41) 1 st Albano dos Santos (37) 1 st Neels Vermaak (40) 2 nd Johan Gouws (38) 2 nd Mark Goldin (29) 2 nd Bryn PyneJames (38) 3 rd Basil Mann (34) 3 rd Tyler PyneJames (37) Closest to the pin Longest day Johan Kotze (4 th hole) Dionne Venter (12) Johan du Plooy (14 th hole) February & March Birthdays Reinard Schuhknecht (3 Feb) Kobus Oeschger (10 Feb) Hanjo Bester (2 Mar) Jabu Price Moor (6 Mar) Bob Fussell (7 Mar) Nico Schmulian (7 Mar) Herman van Wyk (18 Mar) Jacques van Zyl (22 Mar)
Killarney PD in pictures.
Killarney PD in pictures continued. (Prizes presented by Jodi Schultz) David Frost Johan Gouws Albano dos Santos Mark Goldin Neels Vermaak Johan Kotze Johan du Plooy Dionne Venter
NEXT PROVINCIAL DAY Date: Sunday, 3 March Course: Silver Lakes Teeoff: 11:23 (both tees) Format: IPS PD Calendar 2019 Date Course Teeoff time Confirmation Sunday, 3 February 2019 Killarney 11:18 Completed Sunday, 3 March 2019 Silver Lakes 11:23 Confirmed Sunday, 14 April 2019 Services TBC Confirmed Sunday, 9 June 2019 Waterkloof TBC Confirmed Sunday, 14 July 2019 Akasia TBC Confirmed Sunday, 4 August 2019 Zwartkop TBC Confirmed Sunday, 15 September 2019 Blue Valley TBC Confirmed Sunday, 13 October 2019 Pebble Rock TBC Confirmed Sunday, 10 November 2019 Woodhill TBC Confirmed Sunday, 8 December 2019 The Els Club TBC Confirmed Standard rates for most courses Disabled players (members at clubs): R150 (R80 green fees & R70 cart sharing) Abled players and nonclub members: R350 (R200 green fees & R150 cart sharing) Thank you to our able bodied families and friends for their continuous support. Provincial Challenge 2019 The annual Provincial Challenge will take place the weekend of 1 March 2019 at Magalies Park. The respective teams, competing in this event, were selected from the National Rankings dated 1 January 2019. Each team consists of 6 players (4 physical disabled, one deaf and one visually impaired). The format will be match play (singles) over 2 days, playing from scratch. The various Order of Merits were not considered in selecting these teams. Only players, that are paidup members at clubs, were considered for the National Rankings. Only players with an amateur status are eligible to represent the various regional teams. Congratulations to the following players that were selected to represent Gauteng: Reinard Schuhknecht James Hourigan Conrad Stoltz Frans Smit Dean Ferreira Raymond Graaf Ernst Conradie (Nonplaying Captain) (Double Leg Amputee) (Leg Amputee) (Les Autres) (Leg Amputee) (Deaf) (Visually Impaired)
Golf Equipment As you know, Jodi Schultz is working at the Fourways Pro Shop. For any golfing equipment, clothing and shoes, please contact him. He s obviously in a position to find us good deals. Golf rule of the month Loose impediments can be removed anywhere on the couse, including hazards. Refer new rules: https://www.golf monthly.co.uk/news/newgolfrules 2019152161#7S0bZjoJwuIpqkpb.99 To simplify the logistics, you can search the web for any golfing equipment sold by any of the Pro Shops. Once you find what you re looking for, contact him and arrange an EFT. He ll then deliver the equipment to you at our next PD. You re obviously also welcome to visit him at the Fourways Pro Shop. Contact details: jodis@theproshop.co.za 066 273 7440 SADGA Gauteng Committee Johan du Plooy jduplooy@consol.co.za [Chairman] 083 382 9010 Jodi Schultz jodi@j7supplies.co.za [PD coordinator] 066 273 7440 Albano dos Santos braga786@gmail.com [Deaf representative] 072 634 0563 Johan Kotze johan.kotze1974@gmail.com [Blind representative] 082 709 0902 Order of Merit (OOM) Below the first OOM for 2019: Physical Disabled Pos Player Club Disability HC* IPS Points 1 Frost, David Hillside Les Aut 13 41.00 50.00 2 Gouws, Johan Zwartkop Les Aut 20 38.00 30.00 3 Mann, Basil Leeuwkop Les Aut 14 34.00 15.00 4 Ferreira, Dean Zwartkop Leg Amp 9 33.00 11.00 4 Du Plooy, Johan Zwartkop Les Aut 17 33.00 11.00 6 Vermeulen, Giel Bronkhorstspruit Arm Amp 16 32.00 9.00 7 Roberts, Curtley Zwartkop Les Aut 13 31.00 8.00 8 Lindes, Wimpie Krugersdorp Leg Amp 17 29.00 7.25 9 Farao, Pher Zwartkop Leg Amp 27 28.00 6.50 10 Kruger, Thys Cathedral Peak Leg Amp 24 27.00 6.00 11 Hamer, Eric Southdowns Arm Amp 34 26.00 5.25 12 Matthews, JB Benoni Lake Visual Imp 40 23.00 4.00 13 Kotze, Johan Waterkloof Visual Imp 30 22.00 3.50 14 Oeschger, Kobus Zwartkop Wheelchair 34 19.00 2.50 Deaf Pos Player Club HC* IPS Points 1 Dos Santos, Albano Zwartkop 24 37.00 20.00 2 Goldin, Mark Zwartkop 27 29.00 7.25 3 Cuzen, Simon Johannesburg CC 34 26.00 5.25 4 Maconochie, Mark Zwartkop 21 25.00 4.50 5 Language, Greg Zwartkop 17 21.00 3.00 6 Le Sueur, Sidney Zwartkop 18 17.00 2.00 *Course (tee) handicap of last PD entered. The detailed OOMs for all regions are available on the SADGA website, under Downloads. The National Rankings, based on Handicap Index, as of 1 January 2019 is also available on the SADGA website (http://www.sadga.co.za ). The updated rankings will be available during the first week of April. [Only players that have participated in 50% or more of the available PD s for 2019 can compete for the respective OOM trophies to be awarded at the December PD.]