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Thank you all for your support in 2017/18 JT

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Yet again I have to mention that we have people who play the course who continue to not bother to rake the bunkers after playing a shot from the trap! This is poor etiquette and, if observed, should be reported to the a member of the Opps team or Golf Club Manager.  Please take care of your Golf Club! This video shows you the best way to rake the bunkers

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All - please remember to look for and repair the pitch marks you make on the Greens. Also if you see a pitch mark that someone has forgotten to repair - please take a few seconds to do so. This video gives a quick guide on how to repair your pitch marks. Please take care of your Golf Club!

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Golf Rules: Repairing your pitch marks correctly

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Andy Wild talks about how to repair your pitch marks correctly Filmed at Sandford Springs golf course in Hampshire: http://www.sandfordsprings.co.uk Tweet Andy with any questions at http://twitter.com/sandfordsprings Visit Leaderboard - The Authority for Golf Online - http://www.leaderboardgolf.co.uk

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Thank you to you all for supporting Safaa GC in 2017. See you at Safaa in 2018

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Thank you to you all for supporting Safaa GC in 2017. See you at Safaa in 2018

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Happy New Year from Safaa's Ant and Dec :)

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Captain's Away Day - Royal Greens Golf and Country Club 

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Captain's Away Day - Royal Greens Golf and Country Club 

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Well what a day was had by all! Thank you to everyone who attended the first Captain's Away Day. It was a great success from start to finish. Our breakfast at Safaa, transport to and from Royal Greens GC, the reception and service at RGGC, the layout and condition of the course, the club house facilities, the food, the prizes, the warm and friendly atmosphere at dinner etc etc.....everything was simply first class. :)

My sincere thanks go to Sean Graham for his meticulous preparation, to Trish Hughes, Omar al Omar, Nicki Talbot and the team at Community Life for their support and great sponsorship. To MGS Management for their generous sponsorship of the event. To Jose Alimania for capturing the event on film and to all of our Safaa Opps guys who helped make the day run like clockwork!!

Check out the Videos at Safaa Reception and...
Watch this space for news of our next trip to Royal Greens @ KAEC

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Captain's Away Day - Royal Greens GC KAEC

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Captain's Away Day - Royal Greens GC KAEC

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Congratulations to young James Ross on his amazing round and on winning the first 'Away Day' competition.

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Well done to Duncan!

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Putting Yips Caught By Fly Over Drone :( 

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Putting Yips Caught By Fly Over Drone :( 

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Join me to say farewell to John and Bonnie Larson on Tuesday the 28th November.  A 9-hole roll up featuring a speed golf challenge on the 2nd hole. Sign up sheet will be available this week

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Last month we said goodbye to our friends and Safaa members, Derek and Annette Burgess. There was a great turn out for Del's farewell Par 3 competition in which he ended up posting the winning individual score! He was also part of the winning team made up by his regular playing mates, Brian, Jeremy and Iain.

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Our most popular scramble of the year. Sign up on the desk or call reception on 808 6150

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Members Appreciation Medal - 18th November 

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Members Appreciation Medal - 18th November 

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The weather is now perfect for Golf and playing 18 holes is how we should ALL be trying to challenge our handicaps. With tee off times at both 08.00 and 2.00pm - let's see our biggest medal turn out of the season. Sign up sheet on the desk or call reception on 808 6150

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Congratulations to Jibran who continues to improve his game and came out just ahead of Jim Daum

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Our Junior section continues to go from strength to strength thanks to the great work of Ben, Aron and Sean

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Some great scores were posted at the recent Pairs event. It was a very close run competition for first place with Andy and Patrick winning by a single point. Well done to you both and for getting your names on one of the major competition boards!

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Hi all, apologies for the break in service with The Captains Log. Stay tuned for news of things happening around the Golf Club.
I hope to see you at Safaa Soon
JT

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It has been drawn to my attention and I have personally witnessed, members and visitors who are violating Club rules for using a Golf Cart. Anyone seen disabling the GPS to drive nearer the greens or on to the sand-waste may have the privilege of using a Golf Cart withdrawn. Please respect our great Golf Course!
Note - it is still a bit hot to be walking the course! :)

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Get your team in now?

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Members Appreciation Medal  August 19th @ 4pm.

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Members Appreciation Medal  August 19th @ 4pm.

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As you know our monthly medal is helping us raise funds for a staff appreciation day which we will hold in December. This is also when our nice new medals will be presented to our monthly medal winners. Please support our August medal.

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Speeding up the pace of play - with 'Ready Golf'

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Speeding up the pace of play - with 'Ready Golf'

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Enjoy Ben and Sean's video :)

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Ready Golf with the Safaa Professional Team!

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Avoiding slow play with Safaa Golf Club Professionals

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In June I shared with you details of our course maintenance program for the Summer. Thanks to Nic and all the team for the great progress we have seen. We can all look forward to great conditions for our new season.

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2017-18 NEW Membership Packages & Visitor Rates

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2017-18 NEW Membership Packages & Visitor Rates

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As a culmination of member and non member feedback and a series of meetings with the Golf Club and Community Life Management, I was delighted to see the Club announcement of our new membership packages. This provides a more flexible variety of options that will suit a broader range of Golfers here at KAUST. Please share this information with your friends and colleagues and let's see if we can grow our membership in 2017/18. Click below for details.

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2017-18 Membership Packages  Visitor Rates

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Hi everyone, a warm (and humid) welcome back to you all. I hope you have had a great summer break and are all raring to go for our new season. There is lots happening around the Golf Club over the coming weeks - so watch this space for news.
See you soon
JT

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Major Golf Course Maintenance Period:
25th June- 9th July

During the above period, the Guys will be carrying out essential agronomic maintenance works on the golf course. This will enable us to improve the overall health of the course during the summer months and will include works such as aeration, weed grass control and will also begin long-term improvements to the course such as the extension to the size of a number of greens.

During this period, you may notice work being carried out by our green-keeping team throughout the day and although the golf course will not be closed, there may be less than perfect playing surfaces and areas defined as G.U.R. Please be patient with the staff if they are working on an area ahead of your play.

We appreciate your support as we begin to improve our golf course ready for the 2017-18 season

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To co-incide with the Football World Cup Qualifier last Saturday (10th June) between the two nations, the Safaa Scots and English battled it out for the pre-match bragging rights. The Scotland team came out on top on the course however a heartbreaking injury time equalizer (2-2) by England prevented it being a truly memorable day for the Scots :( Thanks to Jeremy Watson for organizing the event (and for not cheering too loudly when the 2nd goal went in!!

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Golf Clinic - Sand Waste Saturday 10th June.

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Golf Clinic - Sand Waste Saturday 10th June.

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If you are like me and struggle to play from the sand - you might want to sign up for Ben and Sean's clinic on Saturday. Click below for details;

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I hope that all who usually play the Tuesday Roll Up and many others join the Summer Series? Click below for details...

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Members Appreciation Medal - June New Course Record!

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Members Appreciation Medal - June New Course Record!

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Congratulations Warren on setting a new Course record on Saturday. Click below to view Warren's great card.
Also s big well done to Derek Burgess on a superb - 5 round!

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Click below to check all our scores and handicaps at Safaa

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Master Scoreboard Golf Results - Safaa Golf Club

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Safaa Golf Club Master Scoreboard Golf Results

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Click here for if you want to advertise your unwanted Golf Equipment

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I am sure you will agree that the course is looking really well at the moment. My thanks go to Nic, Charlie and all the team for their great efforts in the ever increasing challenge of the heat. Click below for more news about what is happening around our Golf Course

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In May, we had a fantastic turn out of 27 members for our first Medal competition. This was won by Gaurav Syal with a superb gross 71 - 5 = 66
Well done Gaurav - you will be invited to receive your medal soon.
June Medal
The June Medal takes place this Saturday with tee off time available between 8am and 9.50am and then 2pm and 4pm.
Please contact reception to book your time or write your name on the sheet on the notice board.
Remember - by playing in the Medals you are also helping support our efforts to provide a great Appreciation day for all the Safaa staff later this year.
I look forward to seeing you there

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With Summer fast approaching and our two Pro's Sean and Ben may have a little more time on their hands?.....So I am throwing out a challenge to them to video some 'trick-shots' for the Captain's Log? Here - Dustin Johnson provides a few simple ideas :)

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Thanks to a little help from my grandpa I did not find it on YouTube so like you know what lets post this Thankyou and enjoy!

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Captain's congratulations to Andy Vasily for winning this year's race. Great consistent Golf all season Andy - well done!
Congratulations also go Rachid Sougrat for his great score and win of The KAUST Cup. Rachid - we always knew you would be a single figure handicap player!!

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The Runners Up :)

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20th May saw this years's Club V Members competition. I was home in Scotland for a Wedding but selected the Members pairing before I traveled. So some good tactical choices and great Leadership from past Captain Rachid saw the Members team take the trophy with a 21.5 - 11.5 Score
I am sure all will agree that this is one competition in the year when it it is just about taking part!

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During my Captain's Drive-In speech, I spoke about the history and traditions of Golf Clubs and my wish to re-introduce the tradition of a regular Medal event at Safaa. So on Friday 12th May I would love you to join me for the first medal of this year. More Information about the medal competitions will appear here soon.
The Medal competitions will carry a small charge to help raise funds to host a Members Appreciation Day at the golf club for all of our great on and off course support staff at Safaa GC

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Congratulations to my good friend Derek Burgess on winning the first ever Eclectic competition. This was a record of his best score at each hole across a number of competitions. This comes on the back of Derek's recent runner up success in the Infinity Masters Open at Doha Golf Club.
In this picture at Doha GC, Derek (an avid Hearts FC fan) grimaces at having to pose beside my new Celtic FC Golf Bag :)

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Thanks to all who took part and to everyone at the Golf Club for staging another great event last Saturday. Very hot and windy conditions, but still some great under-handicap scores. Congratulations to Marcus Lentz who came out on top with a great performance.
No comments please about the Schoolboy - Blazer and Shorts Look? :)

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Day 2 of the Championship

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Day 1 of the Championship

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Getting ready for weekend

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Has Sean recently persuaded you to buy some new clubs - with promises of more distance and accuracy?
Have you treated yourself to that club you did not really need? Yes??        Well good news.....
Over the weekend, I will introduce a new page where members can advertise their surplus golf clubs and equipment.
Note - This will merely be a place for you to advertise. I will not get involved in any sales discussions or transactions  :)

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Great to see so many registered for this weekend's tournament. Play well!

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During WEP and the recent Inter Departmental Golf Competition, fellow member Brian James and his, wildlife photographer, compatriot Marios Mantzourogiannis, shared thier fascinating insight to the hundreds of birds who visit or reside at Safaa Golf Club. This week saw the introduction of a Bird hide at the course. More details by clicking the picture below.
Note - members whose ball happens to find the water to the left of the first green are respctfully asked to keep shouting and bad language to a minimum! :)

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When I accepted the role of Club Captain, I spoke of the history and traditions of Golf Clubs, mentioning my home club in Scotland which is now 112 years old. The annual Club Captain forms part of the every Golf Club’s history, but equally so does the special occasion of the annual Club Championship and resultant champion golfers of the year. Congratulations to Tom Carney and Leona Kelly for creating their own piece of our club’s history by not only winning the 2016 Champion golfer of the year, but for the amazing achievement of both of them retaining their titles on Saturday.

On behalf of my fellow Captains Tom and Nee, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in the gents and ladies competitions and to all those at Safaa who worked around the clock to make the whole weekend very special. It was a tremendous team effort - everyone had a role to play and each person played it extremely well.

My final thanks goes to Jose Alimania who captured the event in photograph and video. Jose has created some video footage with highlights from the weekend - these are currently playing in the Safaa reception area and will appear here soon.

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Last week Sean and Ben sent out a very strong 'learning' message about the correct completion of Scorecards - in all competitions including the Tuesday 9 Hole Roll-Up. Even the Club Captain was not spared the punishment - I forgot to add the handicaps in the box on the top right of the card.

Please note the sign below and if in any doubt seek the advice of our Professionals

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Good luck to everyone preparing for this week's Championship weekend. Even if you are not playing please come along and sample the atmosphere at the biggest event in the Club Calendar

Club Championship Dinner

The presentation dinner for the Men’s & Ladies Club Championships on Saturday evening at 6:30pm (with food served from 7:00pm). It would be fantastic if everyone could attend. Participants and families are all welcome and the evening will involve a 3 course meal @ 75 SAR pp for adults and 35 SAR for children. As with last year, the dress code for this event will be smart casual.

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Last week (below) I made two posts about the poor etiquette of Golfers not raking the bunkers. My Bunker Patrols have reported a slight improvement - however there are still people not raking after being in the trap. The picture below is not a scene from the surface of the moon... but my playing partner's lie in the bunker on hole 7 last evening the 15th March! There is no excuse for this.

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Hi everyone this is where I will keep you up to date with news and information around the Golf Club.  Watch this space.....
Format
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Get in touch?
You can add comments below each post
By email; Golf.Reception@KAUST.EDU.SA
By SMS or call 0544 701946

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Photo taken on Mon 6 March on the 5th hole 

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Photo taken on Mon 6 March on the 5th hole 

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This is real example taken by one of our members on Monday evening. This is not acceptable. What is the rule?...if you happen to land in one of the footprints kindly left by a fellow golfer... you must play the ball from where it lies. So please rake after you visit and educate those you see not doing so.

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A few people have mentioned to me that they have noticed that some people are not raking the bunker after being in the trap. Please make sure you rake the bunker and correct anyone you see not doing so.
This reminded me of a funny TV commercial from the 70"s - click below :)

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One of the more iconic Hamlet ads, this advert won a Gold awards at the British Television Advertising Awards. Directed by Paul Weiland at the Alan Parker Film Company.

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Read about the changes by clicking the picture below

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A Fundamental Revision to the Rules of Golf for 2019

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For those who missed it..

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Beware the hole in one? :)

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Firstly my sincere thanks to everyone who took part in the Captain's Drive-in event. It was a very special day and we really appreciate all the good wishes we received
See you at Safaa,

James