More Aussies than ever playing golf!
A record 3.8 million adult Australians played golf in some form in 2023-24, according to the latest Golf Australia Participation Report.
The report shows that golf in Australia is riding a wave of unprecedented growth, celebrating its fifth consecutive year of club membership growth and a record 3.8 million adult Australians playing golf in 2023-24.
Women’s and girls’ participation continues its steady climb, with a 3.2% rise in membership, supported by initiatives like the R&A Women in Golf Charter and the Australian Golf Foundation’s Junior Girls Scholarship program, the latter seeing a 22.7% growth.
Golf Australia’s MyGolf participation grew by 10.7% with 36,643 junior participants, while the Get into Golf entry level program for adult beginners saw a 21.2% increase, with 86.8% being women and girls.
Some interesting facts on the growth of the number of women and girls getting into golf. We are playing a small part in that by running our MyGolf program for juniors.
Open Women’s Events
Women’s Club Championships
No doubt everyone is interested in the results after the first and second rounds.
The chart below shows the scratch results by division:
Congratulations to everyone. There are some great scores so far. The final round is scheduled for Sunday 2nd November. the top 12 scores will be seeded but everyone who has played the first two rounds are definitely able to play on the day and indeed are still able to play in the Championship. While we have no players from Division 3 in the seeded group the top 2 players in Division 3 have been put into the draw but I hope all 4 will play.
Our top 12 players are as follows:
Michelle Alcock 173 Div 1
Judy Mcalpine 186 Div 1
Virginia Wozniak 191 Div 1
Ellen Neale 192 Div 1
Marg Horwitz 193 Div 1
Sue Harrison 195 Div 2
Carol Warner 196 Div 2
Robyn McGuinnes 197 Div 2
Vicki Lansdown 199 Div 1
Jane Clifford 200 Div 2
Andrea Tomlin 201 Div 2
Helen Egan 202 Div 1
If any of the seeded players are unable to play on Sunday the 2nd of November please let me know as soon as possible.
Medal of Medals
The Medal of Medals will be a multiday event to be played on Thursday the 6th November and Saturday the 8th November.
The following is a list of members who have won a Club Medal this year which makes them To be eligible to play for the Medal of Medals. A player can only play in the competition on 1 of the 2 days and must nominate if they are playing prior to the round.
CLUB MEDAL WINNERS 2025
Michelle Alcock Chris Hill
Kate Flight Helen Egan
Jan Tuite Jenn Worner
Carol Warner Andrea Tomlin
Jenny Ogg Barb Mead
Jane Whittaker Susan Flaxman
BARBARA MCCARTHY MEMORIAL TROPHY
This competition is still open but we do need to get it finished prior to our Closing Day on December the 11th.
Jan Tuite and Barbara Clayton still have to play round 1 with the winner to play Judy Mcalpine.
Jane Clifford and Andrea Tomlin are the winners from the first round and will now play the second round.
Golf NSW Medal District Championship 2025
This event is being held at Gold Creek Country Club on Thursday 30th October.
Bowral will be represented by Michelle Alcock in Division 1, Jenn Worner in Division 2 and Barb Mead in Division 3.
Good luck to the three of you. I hope you play well and enjoy the day.
Closing Day 2025
Closing Day this year will a be a 4 person Ambrose event on December 11th. Followed by our Annual Meeting and then a dinner. More details will be sent out prior to the event but please keep the day and the evening free.
RESULTS
CHALLENGE BOWL - Andrea Tomlin
ROSEVALE PLATE - Susan Flaxman
MCLEISH CUP - Virginia Wozniak
FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP - Sally-Anne Ferguson &Virginia Wozniak
OTHER NEWS
On Saturday the 18th we had a number of members at the club to say goodbye and to wish Sally well. Sally was with the club for around 8 years and has become a friend to many of us. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us. As a farewell gift from the women members we surprised Sally with two lovely rose bushes.
If anyone was unaware that Sally was leaving please understand that it all happened quite quickly and I only found out on the Friday afternoon. I did hope the usual members communication channels would spread the news. My apologies if you did not get the message.
BOYS STUFF
We also celebrated our 2 juniors who played off for the Bradford Trophy.
Congratulations to both Noah Hunt and Hamish Leonard, well done guys!
Noah won on the day and also came 3rd in the daily stroke event in A Grade.
Our course is looking great and we are getting a lot of run, so get out and enjoy this beautiful weather.
Look forward to seeing you on the course!
Jan