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Weekend Play / Course Update – 22nd April

Saturday 23^rd April is the Bank of Queensland -The Gap Medal which will be played as a Single Stroke, with players recording a nett par on the 8^th hole, which remains out of play. The event also incorporated the first round of the Ladies Club Championships, which will be played on the North Course. In addition, the qualifying for the Gent’s Matchplay will also be played for those who have already registered. Good luck to all competing in the Ladies Championship and the Matchplay qualifying.

Local rules will remain unchanged for this weekend, with a review to be conducted next week as we move toward some bunkers returning to general play.  

In the coming week there will be turf laid on a number of areas, including the 1^st, 10^th, 6^th and 18^th holes. This will be another step forward in the flood recovery process. We are still experiencing strong growth to all areas of the course, with temperatures remaining seasonally high. The team have been working hard to keep up with the mowing requirements with 4 consecutive short working weeks reducing our output capacity. Significant man hours have been invested in reinstating those bunkers which are currently repairable. Rakes will return to a number of bunkers, please use them, even though bunkers will remain as optional GUR for this weekend.  

Members will also notice a temporary green is being prepared on the 5^th fairway, this is being done to allow for flexibility if any work to the 8^th green and retaining wall are required.           

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KCGC Composite Course Wrap up

Another year and another Member rises to the occasion to claim the coveted tweed jacket after winning the Club’s US Masters / Composite Course.  Special mention to Club major Sponsor LAWN PRIDE AUSTRALIA for sponsoring the event – your ongoing support of the Club is appreciated. With the exclusion of the 8^th hole due to green repairs, the 6^th hole was brought into the rotation.  The composite course which includes 18 holes selected from the full course included many tees and pars never having been played by Members.  These include the 15^th as a par 3 from behind the pump station for the gents which includes a full water carry, the 11^th as a par 4, the 26^th hole played from the 24^th tee and the 20^th hole played from the 27^th tee.  It’s certainly a challenge and this year the Club had a full field taking it on. 

Following a breakfast and watching Scheffler close out the Masters at Augusta, the group took to the Course and in the end it was Kade Walsh (pictured above) who came away with the win.  Kade shot an impressive 43 points and held off Darren Stewart with 41 points.  In the Ladies competition, Jeanette Giudice won with 37 points.

Congratulations Kade

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Local Rules & Handicapping

Over the past few weeks, the Club was forced to introduce several additional Local Rules, due to the floods and the subsequent damage received to the course.

The decision to not handicap any competition play was based upon the introduction of these additional Local Rules and in the case of the Old and West Courses, players were only able to play 17 holes (8th hole out of play).

We have recently consulted Golf Australia (GA) to determine whether it is appropriate to handicap players when they are only able to play 17 holes. GA has since confirmed that this is possible and sent through the following extract from the World Handicapping System.

The following conditions will apply to 8-17 hole scores: (i) Where 16-17 holes inclusive have been played, the player will be deemed to have had net par for the remaining holes (unless it is considered the player has discontinued play with a view to achieving a specific score for handicap purposes). The score will be processed as an 18-hole score.

Although there is significant rectification work still to be completed on several holes, it has been deemed that the majority of the course will no longer require ‘Tee Up’ to be in effect, however the 1 Club Length in the General Area shall remain in place.

With this in mind, and where applicable, Competition Play from Saturday April 9th, will see handicapping recommence.

The current Local Rules will now reflect the above decision and we would encourage all Members to familiarise themselves with these changes, which will be displayed on the Starters Box.

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Gents Club Matchplay & Ladies Championships

Please review the relevant links for further information: 

Gents Information

Ladies Information

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COVID Update – 5/4/2022

The Club is thrilled to learn that the Queensland Government will be lifting the COVID Vaccination Mandate effective 1am Thursday (14^th / April).

Consequently, members and guests from Thursday will be able to access all areas of the Club without restriction & consideration to their vaccination status.  Furthermore, there will no longer be a requirement to check in via the “Check in QLD App” here at Keperra.

We would like to thank Members for their cooperation and understanding throughout the often challenging period that the vaccination mandate was required to be administered.

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