Members, please note that the solid blue lines that now appear around all greens are in place to protect the area surrounding our greens during the winter months.
The serrated blue lines are for our course team (mowing definition). The solid blue line is for carts and buggies. 9th and 17th green does not have any solid blue lines.
This means that all buggies or carts that have wheels are not permitted within the Blue lines. For example, the following are banned from being within the blue lines:
- Push buggies
- Electric buggies
- Member motorised carts
- GGC Golf motorised carts
- GGC Golf motorbikes
The integrity of the course during the winter months is paramount to ensuring the course is presented in as good a condition as possible. Please respect your fellow members and abide by the blue line guidelines.
Own a Hole Strategy
After the Australian Junior Championships and Gosnell’s open a hard core of volunteers ventured out on the course and have repaired over 6000 divots on all the par 4’s and 5’s. This action was taken to ensure the fairways continue to be presented in the best possible condition.
It is now imperative that all members realise that we all have a responsibility to repair our divots as well as a minimum of one other on the hole you own, together with raking bunkers and repairing pitch marks on all greens.
If one of your playing partners is unfamiliar with the correct process, please educate them on how to repair divots or pitch marks or raking of bunkers the correct way.
Over the past few weeks, I have witnessed many attempts to repair divots on fairways and I say thank you to those members who are treating the course with respect, but there are still many other divots that no attempt has been made and this is disappointing. To those members, I plead with you to show some courtesy and respect to your fellow golfers.
If we all get behind the “Own a hole” initiative then the course will continue to improve to exceptional levels.
A list of the Hole you Own, based on the first letter of your surname follows, just in case you have forgotten which Hole you own:
Alphabet Number of members Hole
A 21 1
B 51 2
C 57 3
D 25 4
E & F 28 5
G 32 6
I & J 27 7
H 47 8
K 20 9
L 51 10
M & N 58 11 & 12
U – Z 63 13 & 14
O, P & Q 48 15
R 31 16
S 42 17
T 33 18
Terry Gale
Chairman of Greens
