The Second Nine holes of the Ringwood Golf Course were opened in 1976, officially on 4 June 1976, 2 years after the First Nine Holes. GMelb's father was Curator and GMelb and family still lived on the Golf Course at this time. The dam was a popular spot for looking for Golf Balls. Golfers would play during the day hitting many balls into the dam from the 3 holes around the dam. Overnight the Golf Course would be watered using water from the dam. The dam water level would drop overnight leaving dozens of balls exposed around the edge of the dam and GMelb and his brothers would collect them in the morning and sell them!! The dam would then refill from the creek during the day.
The South co-ordinate is 37 50.??? The decimal minutes can be found from:
(17)+(14)-((15)/2)-(10)
The East co-ordinate is 145 13.??? The decimal minutes can be found from:
(15)+(15)-(17)
As of 2024 the hole distances have changed. If you are using a current course scorecard (or the course website) you will need to add 0.005 to both South and East co-ords in order to get the right answer from the checker.
The cache is a 1L circular black container hidden less than 10m from the path.
As with the First Nine you do NOT need to play a round of golf to solve this puzzle or find the cache!! However a visit to the Golf Shop is likely to be of assistance!
Please note that while there are several versions of the scorecard on the Internet. Most (if not all)of these are not correct and cannot be used to solve the puzzle.
If you are also finding The First Nine Cache then recommended parking is at S 37 50.390 E 145 13.660 otherwise there are several other access points to the track.
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