I am pleased to announce that Roehampton Club are through to the finals of the Surrey Inter-Club Foursomes. Angela Atkins partnered with Lorna Robey to defeat teams from Cuddington Golf Club, Windlesham Golf Club, Chipstead Golf Club and then with Jane Peel to triumph over Coombe Hill Golf Club in the Semi-finals. The finals will be played on October 15th, when Angie will once again join forces with Lorna.
Tricia Culliford, Jean Halliday and Rosemary Paterson (86 points)
Ginny Gotla, Keh Smith and Jackie Beedle (81 points c/b)
Angela Atkins, Jinni Featherstone-Witty and Siobain Rolston (81 points)
| Division 1
1st Emma Angood (20) 38 3rd Angela Atkins (15) 37 |
Division 2
1st Avis Darzins (29) 43 2nd Kathleen Bacon (24) 43 3rd Pippa Walker (30) 43 |
Many congratulations to Kathleen Bacon for her Hole-in-One on the 13th hole (pictured)
This Saturday we have the Summerside Cup being played. Sign up numbers look healthy but there are spaces still available if you are a Full Playing Member and would like to play.
On Bank Holiday Monday, the traditional Mixed Foursomes took place. The turnout was healthy, and the scoring conditions were ideal. Jinni Featherstone-Witty and David Moss played some incredible golf and scored a staggering 51 points. They were eight points ahead of the pair of Ginny Gotla and Bob Storer who finished in second place. In third were the pairing of Derek and Pippa Lyons who carded 41 points.
The week before there was the 9-hole mixed evening event. Played in glorious weather, the teams played greensomes. Martin Abbott and Perrine Faye came out on top and won with 24 points.
Assistant Pro Nicole Stewart and I took on Angela Atkins and Siobain Rolston in a most enjoyable fourball better ball match. My pride prevents me from saying exactly where we shook hands, but the challengers were a combined 2 over gross at that point, which left Nicole and me slightly defenceless. Congratulations to them for playing wonderful golf and dovetailing perfectly.
The rules covering Immoveable Obstructions are fairly straightforward. These are obstructions that cannot be moved without unreasonable effort or without damaging the obstruction or the course. The player is allowed relief if her ball touches or is in or on the obstruction or if it physically interferes with the players area of intended stance or area of intended swing. Only when the ball is on the putting green does she get relief from her line of play from an obstruction on or off the green. If the obstruction or any abnormal condition is close enough to distract (e.g., in her line of sight or intended line of play) the player but does not meet any of the foregoing requirements there is no interference under the Rules.
However, please do remember to look at the back of the score card before playing at a new course, and perhaps revisit our own, because golf committees may adopt local rules denying relief. One of the most famous examples is the 17th Road Hole at St. Andrews, where the paved tarmac is designated as an integral part of the course, and not an obstruction, so no relief is given.
However, committees can be forgiving as well. At Roehampton Club, sprinkler heads, that lie within two club lengths of the greens allow the usual relief from swing, stance and lie, but in addition, the player can take relief from her line (please note it is whether the sprinkler heads are within two club lengths, not the player’s ball). And a final note, boundary markers such as posts, fences or walls are never classified as obstructions and no free relief is given.
