1. Former Member, Les Hill, turns 100 in November, around the 8th, I think. Fred Biddle will attend the birthday party, so he tells me. 
2. How much drier the 7th fairway is since the staff installed new drains? 
3. The men's handicap board has been moved from the locker room to the notice board outside the pro shop? A good move since most players go straight to the tee rather than the locker room before a game. 
4. That the local preferred lie rule for closely mown areas of the hole being played is only for winter conditions? Watch the notice boards for details of its removal as conditions improve. Preferred lies on the closely mown areas of the first hole are likely to remain all year.

That's History

Currently some members are contesting the John Sandland Trophy event, but, what is it? 

In the mid 1990s, after the construction of the lake to supply our watering needs, the Management Committee, realizing that access to the back nine from the clubhouse had become difficult, decided to erect a bridge. The problem was that a suitable span from the side of the 18th to the lake's nearest bank looked like costing around $15,000. This meant putting a number of vital course works on hold for some time. What would we forego? 

The answer came one evening soon afterwards when John Sandland telephoned me and said, simply, "Frank, I'd like to pay for the lake bridge." Silence! What could I say? 

John not only planned and paid for the structure, but also supervised its construction. 

How can a committee show its appreciation for such a gesture? We toyed with thank you letters, freebies such as the controversial category of honorary membership and so on, but all seemed inadequate. It was finally decided to establish a perpetual competition in John's name. He was pleased and so were we. Have a look at the brass plaque next time you cross the bridge. The man who opened it officially had his name there too, but the birds seem to have got to it! 

Frank Coulter 
Club Historian (President at the time.) 

Just Joking 

Quickies. (There must be one here that you haven't heard!)

I was in the sand so much I saw Yassir Arafat twice!

Q: Where can you find 20 doctors all at the same place on a Wednesday? 
A: "A golf course!"

Some golfers were discussing their games, when one said to the other, " My game was so bad this year that I had to have my Ball Retriever re-gripped!"

Golfer: Well, I have never played this badly before! 
Caddie: I didn't realize you had played before, sir!

"Is it sinful, playing golf on Sunday?" "The way you play, it's a crime any day of the week!"

"Please stop checking your watch all the time, caddie, it's distracting!" 
"This isn't a watch, sir, its a compass!"