In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and Government regulations, please remember no matter what your personal view on the current situation, Club management, the board, golf committees and staff have the best interests of our members and guests at the forefront of our actions. We encourage members and guests to make every effort to conduct themselves in a safe and hygienic manner when visiting the Club.
Over the coming months we will be doing everything we can to get through this tough time, your cooperation and understanding is appreciated. We will keep you up to date with when the current climate changes.
Please adhere to the social distancing guidelines while in the shop: maintain a 1.5 meter distance between patrons and the counter and staff, limit the number of members and guests in the shop at any one time (as a guide 6 people including staff) so we adhere to 1 person per four square meters rule, avoid using cash and use the hand sanitiser provided.
– No Cash Transactions
– Card Only
– Tap & Go Preferred
– Membership Cards will not be swiped during transactions at this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Golf Carts
A restriction of 1 person per golf cart is necessary to adhere with social distancing advice of 1.5m, This applies to both Club and privately owned carts. A discounted rate of $10 will be offered to all members and we ask that you respect this policy while out on the course. Again, these are measures we are asking members to adhere to, to minimise the risk of infection.
This will obviously place a greater demand on our cart fleet so please if you require a cart make sure that you book it in advance with the proshop.
Exception: Family members may ride together
Timesheets & Guest Play
From Wednesday 25th March, all public bookings will be advised that the course is only open to members. Golfers with golflink handicaps will be eligible for competition play during the week. On advice form Golf Australia, we are comfortable that golfers from within our district are ok to play.
From Monday 30th March, all timesheets will be a “One Tee Start”. and have increased spacing. This is to alleviate crowds gathering around the Pro Shop and practice areas. Saturdays will be an open timesheet all day, allowing husband & wives/partners the opportunity to share a cart on the day.
Golf Club Competition Advice
Golf Australia is not currently advocating for regular club competitions to cease and we are encouraging that these continue. However, it will be important to continue to monitor Federal and State Government announcements over the coming days that may impact on golf operations.
At all times whilst at the Club or otherwise, Members should practise social distancing, avoid group gatherings anywhere – especially within the golf shop, continue to wash their hands regularly and avoid touching their faces.
Warragul CC Temporary Local Rules
Flag Sticks
The committees have agreed to have no flag sticks at all at this time. This is to help mitigate the spread of this terrible virus.
Whilst it is something very foreign to us, removing flags doesn’t serve to favour any one individual. We have distance markers on the fairways indicating to the centre of all greens and most of our membership has GPS or distance measuring devices at their disposal.
Bunkers – Preferred Lies
Rakes have been removed from all bunkers on course. As a result, a preferred lie of a card length (no nearer the hole) will apply in bunkers.
Players will be requested to smooth bunkers using their feet or a club after they have played their shot.
Scorecards
In view of concerns about handling and exchanging scorecards, on a temporary basis,
– Players may enter their own hole scores on the scorecard (it is not necessary for a marker to do it).
– It is not necessary to have a marker physically certify the player’s hole scores, but some form of verbal certification should take place.
Players will be printed a card and will be asked to fill out their own scorecard for the day.
Please also note that we have turned off the communal touch screens to avoid potential infection, cards are to be deposited in the scorecard return. We are currently considering options to process paper scorecards safely by our staff. As a result, there will be a delay in compiling competition results for the day.
Results will be posted as per normal on the club website.
We appreciate your continued support of the Club during this time and further your cooperation of the latest actions to assist in containing the spread of (COVID-19) in the Club and the wider community.
Thank you
Heath Jones
Director of Golf
