Ron and Ray at the Cut
8th October 2009 at the Cut, Port Bouvard
And what a day it was. I was invited by Ron Taggart , my bank manager from Commonwealth Bank. Pepe Giorgio and Trent Nathan , also from the bank, made up the foursome.
It was a fund raiser for the Rocky Bay Inc. They do a lot of charity work for disabled children.
The game was based on the Ambrose rules. Unfortunately as the rest of the team and myself do not have an official handicap, we were playing off an 18 handicap.
We had 3 birdies and 3 bogeys. The rest were pars therefore we ended on a scratch score. That was not good enough because of our forced handicap. I really need to do something about this handicap issue.
The weather was beautiful and the course which is rated as one of Australia's best, was a dream to play.
There were several tough holes. However, each hole has it's own particular charm. I will definitely be back there.
It would have been better if I had been able to play the whole 18 holes on my own. Playing the Ambrose rules meant I did not have a chance to know what I would have played for the 18 holes on my own.
Till my next game, here's hoping that I break 90.
AMBROSE RULES (COPIED FROM THE INTERNET)
Ambrose is played in teams of two, three or four. The team selects a captain on the tee (usually the lowest marker) and they decide on the order of play. Every subsequent drive from the tee must be played in the same order. The players then play a shot from the tee and proceed to their ball. The captain then decides on the best-positioned ball and the other players retrieve their balls.
Each member of the team must have at least three of his or her drives used during the round. Please mark on the card for each hole whose drive was used. Thus in a four person team one person can have his or her drive used a maximum of 9 times.
The player whose ball was chosen has the first shot and then each remaining player drops their ball within one club length of the spot, but no nearer the hole, and plays their next shot in the order originally decided by the captain. This procedure continues irrespective of whether the ball is on the fairway, in the rough or in a hazard, until the play reaches the green.
On the green, the best position is again decided upon and marked. Each player then places their ball within a card length of this spot and has one putt in turn. They must not putt out, but each ball position must again be marked and the procedure repeated until a ball is holed, or a score cannot be bettered. In the interests of speed a tap-in putt may be taken after a good first putt and then the other long putts.
The card is marked as for a single stroke round and the lowest score wins the competition. It is important to note that every player must have their handicap marked on the card. Only one score is kept for the entire team, regardless of the number of members. Handicaps are calculated by adding those of all players and dividing the total by: 4 in a two-ball team, 6 in a three-ball and 8 in a four-ball team. The nett score is calculated by subtracting the exact resulting handicap so all those fractions count.
The single stroke game requires all strokes to be counted and players are unable to pick up the ball without penalty. The score for the 18 holes is tallied and the handicap is deducted from that total. . The lowest score wins, both for gross and nett.
The maximum handicap allowed for a male golfer is 27 and for a female golfer 36.
As an example suppose in a four-person team the handicaps are 13, 22, 27, and 45 which totals 107. Divide the total handicap by 8 leads to team handicap of 13 and 3/8ths.
Suppose the team compiles a total score of 84. The nett score for that team is then 71 and 5/8ths.
Besides prizes for the best team scores there are individual prizes for nearest the pin on the 9th, 10th, 14th, and 16th holes, longest drive (the ball must finish on the mown portion of the fairway) on the 8th and 18thth holes as well as hole in one on the 12th hole and a last team prize.
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