Master Pennants

Congratulations to the Club's Masters Pennant side, who returned to the winner’s circle over the weekend with a dominant 5–3 victory over Manly Golf Club on their home course.

The team now sits second in their section behind Bankstown Golf Club, whom they face this Sunday at home. This match presents an ideal opportunity for redemption following Bankstown’s handy win just a few weeks ago, and the result is expected to play a pivotal role in determining who advances to the knockout stages.

We extend our best wishes to the team for this crucial fixture and hope that their skill and course knowledge will carry them to victory over their Bankstown rivals.

Members can follow the team’s progress by clicking on the following link.

Rod Butcher

Team Manager.

Interclub Challenge

Commiserations to the Club's Interclub Pennant side, whose season came to an end on Sunday after a hard-fought 6.5 to 1.5 loss to a strong NSW GC team at Killara Golf Club.

In a rain-interrupted season, the team showed great resilience—recording a win and two halved matches to qualify for the sectional final—only to be narrowly edged out by the team from La Perouse.

Although there is disappointment in not progressing to the knockout stage, every team member should hold their head high for representing the Club with pride and distinction throughout the campaign.

Members can view the final standings here.

Women's Bronze III Pennant

Best of luck to our Ladies Bronze III Pennant team as they commence their season today at Bayview Golf Club. The team representing the Club comprises Joy Hawksley, Kim Lim, Soreen Ferm, Viv Beck, Barbara Beasley (Field Captain), and Carla Geddes.

We wish the team every success for the season ahead and will keep members updated on their progress and results as the competition unfolds.

The course is starting to dry out nicely with the rainfall on Wednesday morning not having that great an impact, as the high winds that followed helped counteract the rainfall. Ropes protecting wet areas on fairways are being reduced as these areas are dry enough for cart traffic to resume through them, and the mowers have been able to cut all fairways and green surrounds this week.

With growth starting to slow down, the team has spent some time this week completing the turfing around the edges of the 19^th tee and pathway. The tee pads have been mown at fairway height which has removed most of the leaf from the couch which is why these pads look brown in colour. A liquid fertiliser and green pigment will be applied to these tee pads which will encourage the turf to tip back up (shoot new green leaf) and regain their green colour appearance. A concrete bowl is going to be installed early next week at the end of the small path that leads down to the 19^th green from the 7^th tee. This is the last task that requires the use of the track through the trees between the 7^th and 8^th fairways, and once completed the course team will start preparing these track marks for turfing.

Winter Grass weeds in tee surrounds have been sprayed this week with a selective herbicide which controls these weeds and will also burn any kikuyu weeds in these couch complexes. Whilst not harmful to the couch, they may lose some colour for a week or two until the herbicide leaves the plant. We should start to see the Winter Grass weeds start to die off in the next weeks.

A new aerator has been installed in the 13^th pond this week and matches the aerator in the 9^th pond.

The volunteers were on course Monday morning raking bunkers in front of the competition players, trimming fairway sprinkler heads, repairing the practice nets, pressure washing pathways, poisoning Crab Grass in tee complexes, whipper snipping under the guard rail along Bettington Rd and rose trimming. Thank you, gentlemen, for all your help this week, your assistance with these tasks gives the course team a great head start on the regular maintenance tasks each week.

Greens will be cut on Saturday then cut and rolled on Sunday morning. Garry will be setting pins on Saturday, and I will be setting them on Sunday. 

Happy Golfing
The Course Team.

Members are warmly invited to compete in this year's Oatlands Golf Club Senior Cup, a Golf NSW Senior Order of Merit Event. This 18-hole stroke competition will be held on Tuesday, 24th June, with a two-tee start from 8:00am.

Event Details:

• Format: 18 Holes Stroke

• Eligibility: Open to male amateur golfers aged 50 and over as of 24th June 2025, with a Golf Australia handicap not exceeding 18.0

• Entries Close: 5:00pm on Wednesday, 18th June 2025

• Draw Released: Friday, 20th June 2025

How to Enter:
Visitors register via the Mi-Tournament website  and members can book into the competition timesheet by CLICKING HERE