Course Care

This is your golf course, so it is your responsibility to leave the course in the best possible condition for fellow golfers.

Assist the recovery of any GUR areas marked out by white lines or white pegs by avoiding them where possible.

Avoid standing too close to the hole.
Place the flagstick down by hand. Don’t drop the flagstick on the green.
Retrieve your golf ball from the hole by hand. Don’t use your putter.
Take care to replace the flag in the centre of the cup, to avoid damaging the sides.

Drive on paths wherever possible.
Don’t drive on tee-off areas, between bunkers and greens, or within ten metres of any green.
In the approach to the greens, don’t drive between the solid blue lines and the greens.

The damage to the course caused by your club after your swing has lifted a chunk of turf and soil. Click here to see how to repair a divot

If you need to play your ball out of a bunker, you must smooth the sand afterward.

Place the rake next to your entry/exit point on the edge of the bunker.
Walk in and play your shot.
Retrace your steps and swap out your club for the rake.
Return to where you played your shot and rake, using a push-pull action and working your way backwards towards the edge of the bunker.
As you progress toward the edge of the bunker and exit, push the sand toward the centre of the bunker.
Please rake the bunkers as you would like to find them and place the rakes in the bunkers, smooth side down and handle pointing towards the tee box, where possible.

The indent left on the green or the fringe surrounding the green when your ball lands heavily. Click here to see how to correctly fix a pitch mark

Carry a single or dual-pronged divot repair tool with you at all times. (Yes, oddly enough, this tool is not used to repair divots!)
Insert the prong(s) into the ground around the impact zone and push the handle towards the centre of the pitchmark, moving the soil underneath the grass toward the pitchmark.
Lightly tap down the area with the sole of your putter head.