Normally at this time of year, the new board has gathered for the first board meeting, where we have talked about and made decisions regarding the new season - but the renovation of the restaurant has postponed our annual meeting, so it will not be held until January 13th at a different address than in Dyrehaven and with the new payment deadline of December 31st for the annual membership fee, a meeting in January is also more suitable, because then we know how much we have to dispose of financially.
December has been a quiet month in the Winter Tournament – the change in weather with snow and frost kept many players from playing their matches and it probably suited the lady of the house well that they were able to help at home with the Christmas preparations?
Last week we got a new government. One of their new proposals is to abolish a public holiday. The board is proposing that it be Great Prayer Day. That will mean we can have one more game day from next year. We keep our fingers crossed 🙂
Quota status
With only a little over a week until the new deadline, 75 members have paid their dues. The Tuesday Club has raised its annual dues from 300 to 400 DKK at their general meeting! – but this only applies to 2023, as they are celebrating their 75th anniversary, which requires a little more capital. The Old Boys Club can celebrate their 45th anniversary in September 2023 – an anniversary that we have chosen not to mark. We will wait another 5 years to celebrate ourselves.
300 kr. – Nordea Bank: 2135 5363344048. Please, please. not write your name on the payment – only your membership number
Old Boys Golf Trip, Emporda in Northern Spain
We received 14 registrations for the trip to Northern Spain in October in a very short time.
We have room for 1-2 more, so you have the time and desire to participate.
A member of the club sent me this:
Hi Tommy,
It's a good choice you've made for your golf trip next year.
When we were members of the Danish golf club in Provence, we went on the club's trip to Emporda twice. Lovely hotel and 2 beautiful courses. Can only be recommended.
Old Boys Golf Trip 2023
We can again offer a golf trip in 2023! Earlier this month, the chairman was with KGK Erhvervsklub in Spain and played PGA Catalunya, where there was the DP World Tour in April. Fantastic experience - 2 fantastic courses. But the chairman has decided that it will not be PGA Catalunya that we will visit on next year's golf trip - and this is solely due to the price! The trip would have cost the same as to Ireland this year, but a single room alone cost 3,000 DKK extra - so I have looked around for other options and my contact at the travel agency has highly recommended Emporda Golf Club also in the Costa Brava area, so that is what we are going with this time, even though the price for a single room is on the expensive end, it is offset by the fact that the hotel offers both breakfast and dinner every day. That justifies the single room price, the chairman thinks.
https://www.empordagolf.com/en/
https://www.hotelterraverda.com/en/
We have a limited number of places on next year's golf trip. If you would like to join us, please register via this link: https://tgptours.com/tours/emporda2023 Read more about the trip HERE
A deposit must be paid upon registration and the remainder must be paid 1 month before departure - but you will receive an invoice for both payments directly from Golf Plaisir.
New member
KGK Member 1-3221 Finn B. Allingstrup is a new member of both KGK and the Old Boys Club. Finn has previously been a member of Furesø Golf Club. We warmly welcome Finn and look forward to playing with him. This month we can welcome KGK member 1-1904 Jens Taarnhøj back as a member of our club in the club.
Birthdays
On Thursday, January 12, member 1-79 Tonny Bech Pedersen will celebrate his 80th birthday.
On Thursday, January 28, member 1-2967 Jan Misser can celebrate his 70th birthday.
The board sends its greetings to both of them on the day.
We have looked a little in the Danish Golf Magazine and found this about the new rules:
Please note – updated rules from January 1st!
Golf rules: Here are the most important of the upcoming changes to the rules of golf.
Already again? It feels like a short time ago that the rules of golf underwent a comprehensive revision with a completely new system. But that was as of January 1, 2019, so we have already played four seasons with the “new” rules, and that means that the R&A and USGA have again reviewed the rules and introduced some adjustments, as they always do every four years. The changes come into effect on January 1, 2023. These are not sweeping changes to the entire rule set like four years ago, but there are still several things that we as ordinary golfers should be aware of, and which should therefore be mentioned here.
Drop on flag line
Most golfers will occasionally have to drop behind the flagstick, either because the ball has been knocked into a penalty area or because the ball has been declared unplayable. As it stands, Rule 19.2b requires the player to select a reference point on the flagstick and from there has a club-length relief area no nearer the hole where the ball may be dropped.
Effective January 1, the procedure for taking relief from the flag line has been adjusted so that the player must now drop on the line itself, and the point where the ball first hits the ground creates a relief area of one club-length in any direction from there. That is, the ball must come to rest within one club-length of the point on the flag line where the ball is dropped.
However, there is a limitation to the relief area that the ball may not come closer to the hole than its original position, for example, in the case of a drop for an unplayable ball, where you only go back on the line very briefly.
Moved by forces of nature
Another adjustment to the rules is in Rule 9.3 regarding “ball moved by natural forces after relief taken”. A new exception to this rule means that a ball must be replaced if relief has been taken and the ball is then moved by natural forces to another area of the course, such as a penalty area or bunker. This also applies if it ends up out of bounds.
For example, you may have taken relief in the general area on a slope close to a penalty area. As you prepare to make your stroke, a gust of wind blows your ball into the penalty area, such as a lake. Since the penalty area is a different area of the course from where your ball lay, the ball (or another ball) must simply be replaced without penalty.
This change came after some incidents on the PGA Tour that seemed unfair to the players.
Ball hits you
Rule 11.1b(2) regarding ball in motion accidentally hitting player has been amended with some additions so that a stroke from the putting green no longer has to be cancelled and replayed if it hits the player himself or the club used to make the stroke – or an insect (exactly an animal, which is also defined as loose natural objects).
An example: You are standing close to the hole and putt. The putt takes the edge and goes all the way around in a horseshoe and hits your shoe or putter. For most people, the natural reaction is to just hit the ball in. Fortunately, you are allowed to do that under the new rules, where before you had to replay the shot – and got two penalty strokes for not doing so!
This means that shots from the green have been equated with shots from all other areas on the course, where there is no penalty if the ball hits yourself or your equipment after a shot.
Damaged club
Many players have experienced a golf club being damaged during play, for example, by the shaft breaking during a stroke. Previously, it was not permitted to replace the club during play, but Rule 4.1a(2) has been amended to allow a player to replace a damaged club provided that it is not damaged as a result of abuse, such as a player who slams the club into the ground in anger over a botched shot.
In addition, it is probably not practical to change the club during the game, which will probably limit the practical application of the new rule. But perhaps in some cases it would be possible to rush into the clubhouse and get a new club when passing the clubhouse after the 9th hole?
Target mark
Rule 10.2b adds that no object may be placed anywhere on the course to assist in indicating the line of play or other direction. The player cannot avoid penalty even if the object is removed before the stroke is made.
This means that when you are going to make a blind shot over a hilltop, you may go ahead and orient yourself before the shot, and another person may also show you the direction, but you may not place your bag or anything else on the hilltop to help you with the direction. The old joke about “aiming for the third cloud from the right” is hardly recommended either!
Players with disabilities
The Rules of Golf now have a new Rule 25 for golfers with disabilities. The rule has existed since the last rule revision, but as a separate set of rules, and is most commonly used in pure Para golf tournaments. Now they are part of the Rules of Golf and apply to all tournaments.
A player who, under special rules, can prove that he has one of the functional disabilities referred to in Rule 25 is therefore allowed to use the possibilities in Rule 25 for his game in all contexts and is considered to be playing on an equal footing with other participants in the tournament in question.
Eligible players may include blind players, players with amputees, players in wheelchairs and players with developmental disabilities. According to the rule, these players may, for example, receive assistance from other people during the game, and the rules are relaxed in certain respects for golfers with disabilities.
In connection with the revision of the Rules of Golf as of January 1, 2023, new editions of the Pocket Guide, the Rules of Golf (in English) and the Official Guide to the Rules of Golf (in English) have been published.
The pocket guide has been updated to match the new Rules, and the previous edition from 2019 must therefore be replaced. Among other things, the dropping method on the flag line has been changed, and at the request of the clubs, information has been added about the meaning of the stakes, as well as selected Rules, as the Player's Edition of the Rules of Golf from the R&A is no longer published.
kind regards
The Board of Directors of Old Boys
Copenhagen Golf Club