The “NOT SO” Winter Scramble With temperatures topping 20 degrees on Sunday we welcomed 19 teams to compete in glorious condition. Well played to our side contest winners, Nearest the Pin on hole 10 - John Salins, Nearest the Pin on hole 17 - Emidio Deramo, Longest Drive on hole 9 Stuart King and Longest Drive on hole 15 April Lemley. With some terrific play on course we congratulate our winners who shot a gross 68 59!nett, Bryan Thomas, Nick Hore, Callum Stewart and Team Capt. David Lawson. The runners up were Rajesh Chawla, Jesus Pantoja, David Hamilton and Alastair Dodds with a 69 Gross - 60.5 net. The third place went to Ewan Drummond, Susan Drummond and visiting players Alastair Anderson and Dave O'Conner who shot a -5gross 60.6net. A reminder that with the Golf Course comfortably through its recent renovations we REALLY need all players to help us with the below initiative aimed at repairing more pitch marks made on course!!!

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Care of YOUR Course! Please, Please help us to keep the course and playing surfaces in fantastic conditions – a few simple minutes to repair pitch marks makes all the difference to fellow players . With this in mind we ask you to study the table below showing the groupings for the first  Letter of your SURNAME. Beside this you will see the hole numbers that we ask you to help with repairing extra pitchmarks (your own and others you see) on these greens EVERYTIME you play!

Hole in One Congratulations to Tural Velizade on his “Hole in One” at Dreamland GC’s Par 3 17th this week.  Playing from the white tees (134metres) the perfectly struck 7 iron landed directly online with the flag , with the ball rolling out to ACE the hole. Having narrowly missed before he was naturally delighted to final achieve what he has described as the “Best moment in my career so far”. Tural is currently practising to participate in the 12th King Hamad Trophy at the Royal Golf Club Bahrain next month.

2019 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup Amateur Series Grand Final Well done to Dreamland Golf Club member Elman Rzayev who represented his country last week at the 2019 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup Amateur Series Grand Final. After a hugely successful year on course Elman already represented Azerbaijan in the MercedesTrophy world final in Stuttgart Germany last month. Playing at the Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort and Spa Turkey he recorded 14th place in his category for the week before competing in the Golf Mad Extra Stableford, where he claimed the Longest Drive prize. Supported by Azerbaijani team players Dr Khalil Huseynov and İlgar Ahmadov the group once again enjoyed the courses on offer in Belek before watching the professionals compete in the Turkish Airlines Open staged at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal.

Aiming High! Azerbaijan’s famous mountaineer and friend of Dreamland Israfil Ashurly hit a new high this past week as he concurred mount Ama Dablam. Located in the Himalaya range of eastern Nepal, the summit sits at 6814meters with Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse in the backdrop of his photo. Climbing with a Wedge and a Logo’d Dreamland ball he still had the energy to hit a great shot off the peak! He has currently amassed 4 climbs at a height of 8000m+ from the possible 14 summits, with only 39 Alpinists in the world concurring all 14.

Couples Scramble Continuing on from the success of last year, Saturday 30th of November has been chosen for the 2019 Couple Golf event. Staged as a 10am shotgun start, family players will be mixed between teams giving a competitive edge to this fun Scramble Format. Please click on the event link below for more details.

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November 9th 2019 – Saturday Roll Up Results Excellent playing conditions were enjoyed on Saturday, with 26 members using this opportunity to participate in the weekly Saturday Roll Up. There were tie on top of leader board with Nick McDonald and Alisdair Still (trying new Taylormade M6 irons) both scoring 5 under par 41 points. In order to determine winner, it required us to look at their back nine scores. After countback Nick took first place with better back nine score 21pts and Ali took second place with 20 pts. There were also a tie for third place with John McGhee and Steve Young scoring 2 under par 38 point. After countback John took third place with better back nine score 20pts and Steve’s inward score of 18pts were not enough to keep him on the leader board. Last Saturday’s only 2 came from Brian Lawson, thanks to his birdie on 5th hole.

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Retail Thanks to everyone that has tried (and purchased!) the new Taylormade Range of products available in store. Feel free to contact the team to arrange a test of the new M6 irons which are working well for many of our members! Contact Golf Operations Supervisor Parviz.Muradov@dreamlandgolfclub.com who would be happy to prepare a trial set for your next round.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We would like to wish all our “Birthday Ballers!” the very best wishes as they celebrate in November. Go easy on them out on the course and make sure you treat them to a drink on their special day.

ACADEMY NEWS

Tour News Last weekend Tyrrell Hatton prevailed in a record equalling six man playoff at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. Hatton claimed his fourth title in memorable circumstances after two groups of three were sent out to play the par 5 18th under floodlights. The six players were eventually whittled down to two as Hatton beat Matthias Schwab on the fourth extra hole. Three of the six players (Hatton, Schwab & Perez) to finish on 20 under par and get into the playoff are Ping staff professionals playing Ping G410 drivers, fairway woods, irons and wedges. To demo or get custom fitted for these tour proven successful clubs please contact Head Professional Alex Day on E alex.day@dreamlandgolfclub.com or M +994 55 333 0507

Family Par 3 Scramble Enjoying perfect playing conditions on Monday afternoon, Academy students participated in the inaugural Family scramble around the Par 3 Academy course. Six teams paced around the 9 holes and produced some wonderful shots notably Amir Kerimov's ace on the final hole into the oversized footgolf hole - they all count). Another notable piece of skill/luck came from the flat stick in John Quinn's hands as he made consecutive putts up to 9 feet into an undersized hole this time! Amazing! The competition as a whole was a close run thing with only 6 shots separating the 6 teams. Runners up with a score of 27.1 were the consistent pair of Eldar & Ali Kerimov but pipping them to first place by just .1 of a stroke were the Mohess trio of Lyndon Aileen & Caden. Congratulations and well done all - thanks for all participating! We shall look forward to making this more of a regular fixture throughout 2020.

Grab a Coffee! Take a break and marvel at the magnitude of swing techniques and the advice on offer from David Edwards in the video “Magic Moments of the 2019 Azerbaijan Open”. For anyone featured in the video who wishes to take a lesson we are delighted to offer 10% discount for the month of November…. Except John Salins!

The Christmas Craft Fair The variety of talent from our Baku Expats has amazed us this year! Come and see our Christmas Decorations, Gifts, Keepsakes for you and your home, designed and made by us. ALL PROCEEDS go to help various groups in Azerbaijan that desperately need our support throughout the year.   Please note - prices range from 5azn to 150azn Thank you for your support Suzanne Garnham - on behalf of all the Crafty Expats

Hyatt Regency Baku - Off Peak is On Special Rate of 1000AZN for Annual membership Access hours: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Promotion will be valid during November Ramin Azizov: Health Club Manager HYATT REGENCY BAKU T: + 994 12 490 1234   E: ramin.azizov@hyatt.com www.baku.regency.hyatt.com

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