On the weekend of September 10th & 11th, the semi-finals and final were played in Holstebro and our super veterans first won the semi-final against Odsherred with 9-4 and the day after the final against Aalborg with 7-6.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to everyone. Well done.
Team captain Carsten Jensen, Poul Christian Halby, Nils Worsaae, Hans Just, Helle Hauen-Limkilde, Birgitte Henrichsen & Hans Victor.
Photos taken by Anne Victor and Carsten Jensen
'On the weekend of August 27th & 28th, KM was held for KGK's juniors.
A big congratulations to Magnus Becker Frederiksen and Benedicte Brent-Buchholz who became this year's club champions and to runner-ups Oskar Becker Frederiksen and Dagmar Arenfeldt Sørensen.
Photos taken by Jens Peter Sørensen and Liselotte Becker Frederiksen.
Who has the Green Area's best golfers among its members? The clubs Søllerød, Kokkedal, Furesø and Copenhagen fought on Friday, August 19, to become the best golf club in the Green Area.
Four players from each club lined up in each of the following ranks (defined by BMW Jan Nygaard):
Women – handicap +8.0 – 28.0
Mr. A – hcp. +8.0 – 12.9
Men B – handicap 12.9 – 28.0
Junior – handicap +8.0 – 36.0
Despite the weather (dusty rain with occasional breaks) there were great scores and a fantastic and atmospheric afternoon/evening. There was a tough and intensive fight right to the end, but it was Furesø who ended up winning by 1 point over KGK. (575-574) Big congratulations to them on the great team trophy – we will take it next year.
The BONUS prize for the best male in the A and B rows and the best female in the final qualified for the BMW Golf Cup Nordic Final at Brohoff Slott in Stockholm in September (2 days with accommodation), where further participation in the BMW World Final is contested.
In the men's B-series, it was won by KGK member Jan Becker Hansen and best woman was won by KGK member Jannie Steffen. BIG congratulations to them – we will cheer when they play at Brohoff Slott in Stockholm.
See all the winning results here.
Delicious barbecue food, festive drinks, delicious wine from the sponsors were served, and it was all spiced up with music from the evening's DJ.
A huge thank you to the sponsors BMW by Jan Nygaard AS, Rotunden Hellerup & Morsø.
A big congratulations to our talented junior players Magnus Becker Frederiksen and Benedicte Brent-Buchholz who won gold and bronze respectively.
Read more about the championship here https://www.golf.dk/dm/landsholdsspillerne-afgor-danmarksmesterskabet-mellem-sig
In the first game weekend we were supposed to meet CGC and Hjortespring..
Team Sky has been approached by a star player from Silkeborg Golf Club, as 23-year-old Cecilie Bofill has chosen KGK as her home club after she moved to the capital to pursue an education.
Already from her junior years, Cecilie showed herself to be a dedicated player with a penchant for professionalism down to the smallest detail, as well as an exemplary on- and off-court performance. Had that changed since she converted her amateur status to pro? – NO, not at all.
CGC/KGK:
For the team against CGC, Julia Talvela, Dagmar Sørensen and Benedicte Brent-Bucholz were selected to play the singles and Eva Fabricius-Bjerre and Cecilie Bofill the foursome. With this player material, there has now been a generational change on KGK's women's team, as the average age of the 5 players is 18½ years.
CGC performed well and put a lot of pressure on us, especially on the first 9 holes. But then it was as if the tournament routine had been knocked off and the winning shots were found. Julia won 3/2 and Benedicte the same, while Dagmar had to play the 18th hole to finish in order to record a 2/0 victory.
We also win the foursome, but not without a fight. After hole 6, the two young KGK ladies were 2 down, believed to have a clearly better swing technique and ball understanding. Around hole 8, Cecilie chose to leave the driver in the back. Not that the drives didn't hit the fairway, but the balls just got closer and closer to the semi-rough when they had come to rest 245-250 meters from the tee!! But with a 2 iron, which Cecilie hits 220 meters with, and stringy to understand, she also has a backup weapon in the back, which is more than useful. Cecilie and Eva turned the tables and deservedly won 3/2.
Stag Jump/KGK:
On Sunday, the same players as against CGC were to play against Hjortespring, and everyone who has been there knows how technically demanding this relatively short course is. Precision is clearly preferable to length. On Saturday, Hjortespring, who were relegated from the 1st division in 2021, had won away against Helsingør 9/0. We met an opponent who was highly motivated for another victory.
On paper, i.e. handicap-wise, the girls seemed to be matched, but Hjortespring made the most of their home advantage. However, both teams had to find their best game to prevent their opponent from running away.
And it was really exciting in the end, but with a boring result for us. All our matches were lost in 18 holes. Super sad. Because a round shaving of 9/0 does not show the true difference between the two teams. I do not want to belittle Hjortespring's victory, BUT 9/0 ....!!.
We look forward to meeting the "lads" from Hjortespring in the return match in mid-August, where the rough will be tall, juicy, dense and scary.
Thanks for a great weekend to the team.
Team captain Jan Fabricius-Bjerre
We will continue with the dry and beautiful spring weather into May. We don't know when the rain will finally come, but maybe in week 19 it will change.
Here, March had otherwise been a month like April usually is: dry, sunny and cold. But with many good working days. April should then be like May usually is: A little wet at the beginning and then warm at the end. Just the right weather to start the course off really nicely, especially on the fairways.
It didn't work out that way. We have to wait for May to bring the rain. Nothing serious will happen on our fairways before then. They have come through the winter well, but growth and density will only come when there is moisture in the ground again. When the moisture comes, we are ready to continue our maintenance plan to lift our fairways.
We have two new employees in the greenkeeper's yard: Lasse and Sebastian. Both are seasonal employees and will work at the club until the end of September. Lasse and Sebastian have no experience working on a golf course, but are quick to learn. It is going well to get them into the many different tasks, but now that the season is really picking up and there are many players on the course, it is important to be extra careful. So therefore: Be extra considerate of your greenkeepers and give clear signs and most importantly: wait for signs from the greenkeeper. Then no accidents will happen.
The large teeing ground on the range is open again. Enjoy the fresh grass and the even surface. The range is popular and the teeing ground has a hard life. You can help extend the life and quality if you place your next ball right behind the divot you have made. This way, the area that needs to be repaired is significantly reduced and the quality of the teeing ground can be maintained longer for the benefit of all of us. An instruction is posted on the ball machine and a video with Oskar showing how to do it is running on the screen in the hall.
Many members have noticed that we mow our greens with single mowers now. The finish is high and the ball rolls better. The mowing frequency has been adjusted to the conditions, so we mow once or twice a week right now. On the days we don't mow, we then tumble or skip completely to protect our greens. This means that we may find that the greens are a little uneven even though they are fast. It is not ideal, but the evenness will come when we get more uniform growth.
Due to the drought, there is currently no major track work planned beyond daily maintenance. That will change when the moisture arrives. Fingers crossed.
Enjoy!
Martin Nilsson, Chief Greenkeeper
