Bettington Restaurant April – Don’t Wait until 2025!

Just over 200 members and guests attended the Bettington Restaurant nights in March and were treated to a wonderful two or three course meal.

The April dates are now available and members are encouraged to try out the Bettington Restaurant and utilise their Bar Account credit early in the new membership year rather than waiting to the end to 2025 and having to utilise it in a hurry.

Bookings for the fine dining events can be made through Fixtures and Bookings section of the Club website.

Max Dakic School Holiday Clinics

Hey Junior Members! In these upcoming school holidays, Max Dakic will be running two Junior School Holiday Clinics.

• Week 1 – Friday April 19th
• Week 2 – Friday April 26th

The clinics will cover all aspects of golf including Full Swing, Chipping, Putting & More! Food and beverages will be provided to the participants following the clinic.

• Time, 12:00pm – 2:00pm,
• Cost $120 Each Clinic (2 Hours)
• Both Members & Guests are welcome!

Booking is to be made through the Proshop.

10 spots per clinic so book quick!

Two Holes in One on the same day for Two Lucky Ladies

The incredible performances on the golf course by the OGC ladies continued today with two holes in one in this morning’s competition. Jenny Park recorded an ace on hole 9, while Anna Kim recorded an ace on the 5th hole. Well done ladies on two perfect shots!!!!

OGC’s Undefeated Pennant Players for 2024

In the recent Men’s Major Pennant season and Ladies Grade Pennant season, OGC had a player from each team go through the season undefeated, an acheivement recognised by Golf NSW with an undefeated Medal.

Proving that hardwork and practice payoff, Charlie Kim went though the Men’s Major Pennant divisional rounds undefeated in 6 matches.

And in her first season of Grade Pennant for OGC, Penny Deehan went through the Ladies Grade season also undefeated in 6 matches.

Well done to both players on a tremendous season that produced a semi-final result for the men’s side and Pennant win for the ladies side.

Captain’s Corner – Coaching / Advice

We are often confronted with situations where assistance may be provided to fellow players during the course of a round of golf.

It is very important that we understand the difference between providing assistance and providing advice.

Assistance may include providing clarity of a Rule, and the location of things on the course such as the green, bunkers or another players ball.

However, a player cannot provide advice to another player, such as, but not limited to, choosing a club, making a stroke or advising how to play a hole during a round of golf, or advising someone of the wind strength before a shot is made.

Several other examples of providing advice could include, making a comment as to a persons club selection, loud enough for another player to hear who has a similar stroke. Indicating to another player the suggested line of a putt on the putting green is also deemed to be providing advice. Offering a comment to another player, suggesting the player take an unplayable penalty is also deemed advice.

For clarity, a player must not give advice or ask for advice, during a round. If a player asks for advice and another player provides that advice, both players are liable for a general penalty

If a player provides or asks for advice a general penalty applies for each offence. A general penalty is two strokes.

Good Golfing,

Colin McRae
Club Captain

Buggies Blocking Carts in Front of Clubhouse

Members and their guests are asked to be mindful of where buggies are left in-front of the Clubhouse (golf course side) at halfway and after golf to ensure there is room for golf carts to use the pathway with plenty of room to spare.

There have been a number of incidents whereby carts have been blocked by buggies and even a few where buggies have been damaged by carts. 

Buggies that are left blocking the path will be moved by staff to allow cart access in both directions.