The Thursday Haggle
WHO
Organised by the Vets, any Maungakiekie member can enter the Thursday Haggle. Although most of the present playing group are retired or semi-retired Maungakiekie Vets there is no age restriction and the Thursday Haggle welcomes not only retired or semi-retired members but also those who may work part-time, or can manipulate their work/recreation time.
WHEN
Thursday mornings: Balls in by 8am
Draw made at 8.15 am
Tee off from 8.20 am using both 1st and 10th tees
Start sheets for our occasional 8.00 am shotgun starts, when made necessary by Thursday corporate events, are available on the Tee Booking System at least a week in advance.
COSTS
$2 per game
Optional: Raffle tickets available at $1 each.
SPECIAL EVENTS (See Vets Programme page
Four $5 Days (Pre-Easter, Mid-Winter, Spring, and Christmas Specials), also...
Ron Whetton Shield,
Jack Lang Trophy,
Trevor Rennie Trophy, and
Ken Harris Champagne Special
The Thursday Vets Organisers
See Vets Programme for details on the current organisers,
Vets’ 10th Tee Concession
Recognising that the 10th hole provides some serious 'driving' difficulties for some older members and those with a degree of physical difficulty, both the Tuesday Committee and Thursday Organisers, acting in consultation with the members, have decided:
USE OF ALTERNATE TEE
That those older Veteran players who feel that they do have a serious problem with the upper tee position of this hole may tee off from the lower, white tee (behind the ladies' 10th tee).
2-STROKE PENALTY
That players availing themselves of this option will incur a two-shot penalty. That is, their score for the tenth hole will be the number of strokes played plus two penalty strokes.
NOTE
This concession now applies to both Tuesday and Thursday Vets golf. Whilst this concession originally applied only to the Tuesday Vets golf programme, it is also extended to Tuesday match play events that are normally played on a Thursday, ie, The Brass Monkey and The Masters Trophy events.