Play Safe - Stay Safe (July 19th 2021)

The government has removed virtually all legal restrictions, but please respect anyone who still wants to keep their distance.

• You still must not come down to the golf club if you have Covid symptoms or have a positive test for Covid! 
• Following advice from England Golf, the committee has decided that we still require all to pre-book tee times for recreational golf as well as competitions.
• Flagsticks and bunker rakes are back in play
• Scorcards are to be exchanged as before
• Wash or sanitise your hands regularly
• Free access is allowed to the clubhouse

• Please wash your hands thoroughly and / or use the hand sanitizer, especially before and after keying scores into the iPad! 
• You may socialize in any size group inside or outdoors. You may sit or stand.
• You may access the fridge for drinks and snacks.
• The last person with a key must lock the door to the room with the fridge when they leave.
• The last person to leave the patio area must make sure that the clubhouse outer door is properly closed.
• There is no restriction on using lockers.
• The toilets will be open - please close the internal locker room doors after you - the combination for the doors is published in the members' area of this website. If we run out of soap, paper towels or toilet paper, please let Richard Badrock know immediately.

•  Decide who is marking whose card and swap them before the round.  Agree the score and then the marker is to sign the card and return it to the player for their signature.
• We require you to sign-in before Medals, Stablefords and Bogeys and key in your own score for all individual competitions - either on your phone or on the iPad. Post your card in the competitions drawer in the clubhouse or the special box for major competitions.
• You can shake hands, fist bump or high-five, but not everyone will be comfortable with this sp please check beforehand.
• There are now no preferred lies anyway on the course - neither on the fairway or in bunkers.
• Please make sure that you rake the bunkers properly removing ball marks and footprints!
• You can touch the flagsticks at any time, but remember that the latest rules mean that you can leave the flagstick in the hole whilst putting.
• Gimmes are not allowed in strokeplay competitions, but are encouraged for recreational golf.
• If you hit a ball out of bounds, you can go into the clubhouse to log it in the out-of-bounds book!

Every member must book a tee time prior to arrival, they cannot just turn up.

HandicapMaster have upgraded our handicap system to allow use of an online booking system for tee times. Full instructions are available on another page - see link below.

• You can play alone or in a group of up to 4 from different households.
• The system will limit each member to 1 tee time per day. It will not limit how many times per week you can play but please try to be fair to your fellow members and do not book a slot every day.
• At the moment we are going to allow a limited number of visitors per day. This will be reviewed if members are not able to easily find available tee times for themselves.
• We are going to try to keep a rolling programme of 9 or 10 days available for booking.

The committee will review these instructions at the beginning of each month unless a major problem arises before then.

If you need any more help, please contact a member of the committee.