Howdy Oz Golfers. I just thought I'd send a quick note and thank you. Appreciate the invitation to play at RH last Friday, even if I did get stiffed. You know when you play to your handicap for the first time in 6 months, score 37 points, come 3rd in the event and still never look like winning your match play - that something dodgy is going on!! I reckon Pete the pilot organised that.
A few other things of note:
- to the Queenslanders - no you cannot take our greens back with you. It serves you right for living in a climate that cannot take cool climate grasses
- Jono - I think you need to work on your smash factor mate and dont be frightened to get both feet off the ground when hitting driver
- On behalf of the club, thanks for choosing us to host the most significant even on the OZ golf calendar. Hopefully you all enjoyed the game and appreciated that we are part way through a process of improving our course. You have seen the results of the first stage which is significant widening of the playing corridors. When we started 5 years ago our fairways were 18m wide and the playing corridors were down to 30m in many places thanks to ill advised tree plantings form the 80's / 90's. We have taken out 300 blackwoods and over 350 radiata pines in the past 3 years.
- Our next step is to implement the MP from Richard Chamberlain. Richard was selected because his plan was to work with the existing routing and vibe of the course whilst significantly improving the strategy. I'd like to say he's also a good bloke but you guys know better.
I look forward to hosting you guys again in 5-6 years time when we have hopefully completed the works.
Any feedback on your experiences at the club are greatly appreciated and will be passed on to the GM (pro shop, staff, course, conditioning, food and beverage etc).
Finally it looks like you had a couple of nice days at Barnbougle - that place is magic and I suspect most of you will return there at the very least.
cheers,
Brummer