Women's Golf at Bega
Weekly Golf Results 2025
News:
- Wendy Hergenhan is the Coolamatong Open Champion for 2025 with a gross score of 84. Congratulations Wendy! Another good day for Bega Golf Ladies at Coolamatong today.
- C Grade played a Stableford and Leanne Illich was the winner with 40 points, Barbara Ubrihien was r/u with 39.
- The team event was won by Annette Britten,Gillian Petersohn and Leanne Illich. Great results 5 representatives all winning a prize.
- A notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting from the Board of Club Bega has been linked below. This meeting has been convened to consider a proposal regarding the change of status for the land described as Lot 3 in Deposited Plan No. 608678. The land is adjacent to the treeline along the 8th fairway and includes part of the 8th green. An aerial image illustrating this boundary is included. It is essential that all golf members review the provided information and attend the meeting scheduled for 5 November at 6pm to hear the proposal in detail and to raise any questions required to make an informed decision on the vote.
October Summaries
Saturday 25th
Well the big scores continue! Today’s Stableford was won by Kerry Carter with a massive 46 points, closely followed by Sue Behl with 45, both winning a ball. Who won the NTP please?
And at Coolamatong we had more winners with Annette Britten & Leanne Illich with a lovely 58 & 5/8th to win the Nett. The course was lovely but the greens are so thick & lush, makes them a lot slower than Bega. Good luck tomorrow ladies.
Wednesday 22nd
Thank goodness the temperature wasn’t too bad for play today, maybe the breeze helped that.
The scores were certainly hot with Monica Cullen winning the Stableford with 44 points on a c/b from Maria Marr.
Monica also won the NTP with her 2nd shot on the 18th.
Next Wednesday is our postponed AGM, even if you aren’t playing golf please try to make an effort to attend. This will be at 2pm.
Another very important meeting is the Extraordinary meeting on Wednesday 5th November, at 6pm at the Golf Club, members will be voting on an important matter which does affect our proposed new clubhouse.
Lots happening with the return match of the Jellat Cup on Saturday 1st November. We have quite a lot of points to make up so please make an effort to play as Tathra has a good number of players coming.
The Club Championship Foursomes are on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th, find yourself a partner.
The Mixed Foursomes are also coming up.
Good luck to those playing at Coolamatong this weekend
Monday Report
Information & entry form for this event is on the front page of our website, or go to the Juniors page to download.
Women's & Junior Clinics
Clinics are on hold at the moment due to the Pennant season. Email for any further information:
Women's September Competition Results:
Wednesday Results
Nine Hole Wednesday Results
Saturday Results
Nine Hole Monday Results
Rule of the Week
R&A Rules of Golf
You hit a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway only to find that you have to stand in a puddle of water to play your ball, or you hit your approach to the green just a little too long and it comes to rest on a cart path. It doesn’t feel fair to have to play your shot from these positions, so what can you do?
These are two examples of conditions that are often found on a golf course that are not normally meant to be part of the challenge of the sport. These types of conditions are known collectively as abnormal course conditions and also include; holes made by animals, areas marked as ground under repair, immovable obstructions (such as artificially surfaced cart paths) and temporary water (such as puddles). As abnormal course conditions are not part of the challenge, the Rules of Golf give you the option to take free relief under Rule 16. This is one of the most frequently used Rules and one that is worth taking your time to understand. Watch this animation from the R&A webpage on rules as it explains more about abnormal conditions and when you are allowed to take free relief from them:
Remember:
- Even if you have interference from the likes of a cart path, or an animal hole, it doesn’t mean you are entitled to a perfect stance and lie after you take relief. To take relief you must find the nearest point to where your ball lies where you no longer have interference from the condition and then drop within one club-length of that point, no nearer the hole.
- If your ball was in the general area, your nearest point of complete relief must also be in the general area and your ball must also be dropped in the general area.
- It is worth noting that in many situations, the nearest point of complete relief will not be the nicest spot - it could even be in a bush, or in very thick rough. That means you should always check where you will be able to drop your ball under this Rule before you lift it, as playing the ball as it lies might be your best option!
- You are not allowed to take free relief from an abnormal course condition in a penalty area.
