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Golf:

Women & Girls Program of the Year Winners

We are excited to announce that Windaroo Lakes Golf Club has been awarded the R&A Women in Golf Charter Women & Girls Program of the Year! 
 
This award celebrates the club or facility with the most outstanding Women and Girls MyGolf or Get Into Golf program, based on participant numbers, program quality, and customer experience.
 
A huge shoutout goes to the Golf Fore Women program, lead by Janine Barney. Her dedication and vision have brought so many women into the game, setting a benchmark for the golf industry.
 
Although Janine couldn’t make it to Melbourne to accept the award (she was hosting the GFW Christmas Party), the timing was perfect—she got to celebrate with the GFW community as the exciting news came through!
 
Thank you to Tania Bennett, who represented Windaroo Lakes and accepted the award on our behalf, to Janine for your passion and leadership, and to all the women who have been part of this journey. This win belongs to all of you!

Rules for Specific Games

2 Ball Ambrose

2 Player Team.
Each player hits off the tee. The best shot is selected and marked.
The other player picks up their ball and places it within 1 card length of the selected marker.
Each player then plays their next shot. The best shot is again selected and play continues as above until the ball is in the hole.
On the putting green the best ball is marked and the other ball is played from this position.
The gross score is then entered on the card.
Handicap allowance – 1/4 of combined handicaps.
There will also be a requirement for each team member to take a certain number of drives. This will need to be recorded to ensure the rules have been met.

Irish Fourball

4 Player Team.
Each player plays their own golf ball throughout each hole.
Each player then calculates their Stableford Score.
A pre- set number of players’ score per hole are combined to give the team score. E.g. on
Holes 1-6 All 4 players’ scores are combined for the team total on each of those holes.
Then on Holes 7-12 only the top 2 players’ scores may be combines for the total on each of those holes,
then on Holes 13-18 it could be the 2 lowest scores that are used.
The scoring format will be advised prior to the start of play.

2 Person Combined Stableford

2 Player Team.
Each player plays their own golf ball throughout the hole.
Each player then calculates their Stableford Score.
The two scores are the combined to give a team total.

4 Ball Best Ball (4BBB)

2 Player Team.
Each player plays their own golf ball throughout the hole.
Each player then calculates their Stableford Score and the highest score is recorded as the team score.

Canadian Foursomes

2 Player Team.
Both players hit off on all tees, then decide which ball they will play.
A player hits the second shot with their partner’s ball and they then play alternate shots with that ball until holed out.
Handicap allowance – 3/8 of combined handicaps.

American Foursomes

2 Player Team.
Both players hit off on all tees. They then play 2 second shot with their partners ball.
One ball is then selected and the owner of that ball plays the third shot.
Then continue with players playing alternate shots until the ball is holed.
Handicap allowance – ½ of combined handicaps.

Foursomes

2 Player Team.
Only one ball is used. Players take turns to tee off and then play alternate shots until the ball is holed.
Handicap allowance – ½ of combined handicaps.

Here’s a hint for Foursomes strategy. Determine which are the toughest driving holes on the course. Factor that into your decision on who hits off at the 1 st tee. You want your best driver to be teeing off on as many of the toughest driving holes as possible.