Yellow Fever AGA Golf Chch Fundraiser Inv

Yellow Fever AGA Golf Chch Fundraiser Inv

Yellow Fever AGA Golf Christchurch Fundraiser Invitational  

 

Good day Yellow Fever,

The Yellow Fever Executive Committee cordially invites fellow Feverites to the Yellow Fever Amateur Golf Association Golf Christchurch Fundraiser Invitational  to be held on the 12th of March at the world renowned Makara Golf Resort.

 

Raising funds for Christchurch

The Fever loves a bandwagon as much as the next man, so we will be fundraising on the day for the Salvation Army�s Christchurch Earthquake appeal.  We are seeking contributions as follows:

 

Individuals: Before your round, you will be asked to nominate your donation per stroke you take.  For example, if you nominate $1 per stoke and shoot 45, then your donation will be $45.  Remember, no figure is too small.  It all helps toward the cause.  For those who want to be involved but not play golf, there will be other opportunities such as caddying (potentially for some Phoenix players involved), or running the BBQ etc.

 

Businesses: We are seeking to get businesses to sponsor each hole. They will be asked to nominate money per birdie and par scored on their particular hole (up to a limit).  If you know any businesses that may be keen to be involved, please let us know!

 

The Course

Makara is short 9 hole golf course (see below).  It is pretty much the opposite of all your preconceived thoughts of what a golf course is.  Case in point, there are four course rules; 1) No gumboots, 2) No BBQ on the course, 3) No chilly bins on the course, 4) maximum of 4 drinks per person on the course. So if your stroke play resembles something more like digging a hole to China, then it is no biggie.

 

Hole

Metres

Par

Strokes

Sponsored by

1. Woolshed

79

3

9

 Cool Moves

2. Willows

175

3

2

 Mystery Donator

3. Riverview

233

4

3

 DB Breweries

4. John�s Gulch

73

3

7

 TBD Design

5. Joe�s Whare

302

4

1

 RYOS

6. The Pines

200

4

5

 

7. Dinosaur

80

3

4

 Caffee Zoro

8. Stock Yards

221

4

6

 Stirling Sports Queensgate

9. The Forks

93

3

8

 Allroof Solutions

Total

1456

31

 

 

 

The Rules

Fever loves the retro so we are bringing back the original rules of golf, give or take, plus one of ours.

 

1. You are not to change the ball which you strike off the tee.

2. You are not to remove stones, bones or any break club for the sake of playing your ball, except upon the fair green, and that only within a club's length of the ball.

3. If your ball comes among watter, or any wattery filth, you are at liberty to take out your ball and bringing it behind the hazard and you may play it with any club and allow your adversary a stroke for so getting out your ball.

4. If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last.

5. If you should lose your ball, by its being taken up, or any other way, you are to drop another ball from the lost position and allow your adversary a stroke for the misfortune.

6. If a ball be stopp'd by any person, horse, dog, or anything else, the ball so stopp'd must be played where it lyes.

7. If you draw your club in order to strike and proceed so far in the stroke as to be bringing down your club, if then your club should break in any way, it is to be accounted a stroke.

8. He whose ball lyes farthest from the hole is obliged to play first.

9. Neither trench, ditch, or dyke made for the preservation of the links, nor the Scholars' Holes or the soldiers' lines shall be accounted a hazard but the ball is to be taken out and play'd with any iron club.

10. No player shall attend the course without the wearing of jandals, and any who does fail to wear the jandals as part of his attire must allow his adversary a stroke.

 

On The Day

The Fever has hired out the Makara Community Hall  (just down from the course and right next to the church) from 11am to 6pm as our meeting point.

DB breweries have come to the party and donated 9 dozen export 33 beers for the day.  We will be sell these (probably illegally) out of the community hall from around midday.  So every dollar raised from this will be donated to the course.

The BBQ will be running from about midday so if you have a later tee off time, you are more than welcome to come down early for a yarn and a beer.

We have had a number of items donated to uses as prizes or to raffle off, including:

2 bottles of whisky from Cool Moves

Adidas gear from RYOS

Reebox gear from Stirling Sports Queesngate

Unfortunately the golf course will not be closed for our special use, so we will be competing with other casual players.  Tee of times for groups of 4 will be every 15 minutes from around 12:30am.  Spaces are limited so you�ll need to RSVP to this email address: yfgolffundraiser@hotmail.co.nz.  We will draw up a roster of scheduled tee times closer to the date.

 

Key Information

Time: 12th March 12pm-6pm

Location: Makara Golf Course

Cost: $2 entry fee per player.  $8 course fee.  Donation per stroke.  Can hire clubs and purchase balls at the course, but numbers are limited. CASH ONLY

2ndBest2011-03-10 16:10:11

Retro golf attire

Boo I'll be playing cricket.

Never mind I hope it is an enjoyable day for all involved.

Great stuff guys!

  Smithy2011-03-01 14:49:14

I'm a bit worried about this rule being taken a bit too literally, and not just on the course..

"4. If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last."

Count me in for this one.

Hatter.  PM 2ndBest.

Email is better.

Do ProDirect do flat caps and vests?

Hmm, we shall see.

Car parking available?

Yes

^ twattery filth?

I can't play golf, but seeing as jandals are the shoe wear I'm going to have to wear glory jandals if I come?

People who can play golf are likely to be in the minority.

Boom. First company to sign up

See if John Dow and Cr Mystery want to sponsor a hole.

They already do - Karori Park

Surely Second.  CoolMoves were supplying the bangbus before Hatter got his (oven) mitts on the deal.

O yeah. My bad. If Phil from RYOS sponsor a hole we will remain the 5th (Joe's Whare) to Frodo's Whare. 2ndBest2011-03-01 16:09:50

Kiwi Jambo2011-03-01 16:24:03

Best dressed?

Tempted, but I drive like Tiger Woods - into trees.

I've emailed. Will help out however I can. Without playing that is

Vince's caddy?

3. If your ball comes among watter, or any wattery filth, you are at liberty to take out your ball and bringing it behind the hazard and you may play it with any club and allow your adversary a stroke for so getting out your ball.

4. If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last.

5. If you should lose your ball, by its being taken up, or any other way, you are to drop another ball from the lost position and allow your adversary a stroke for the misfortune.

It may or may not have been mentioned in the email that I will donate extra if I am allocated the job of Vince's caddy.

You'd be keen for him to score a birdie then?

Edit: And I suppose you'll be suggesting he uses the wood for most of his shots?
Junior822011-03-01 20:06:00

One the one condition that said 'birdie' is me