Cooden Beach Golf Club welcomes the return to golf in glorious sunshine

Club Captain Ronni Schrevel, a 6 handicapper struck the first shot, albeit a little wayward which we can put down to being a little rusty after such a long lay-off.

General Manager Adrian Wratting said: "Our club are following the Play Safe Stay Safe guidelines which have been issued by golf’s governing bodies which is very easily practiced on the open spaces of the golf course which is in amazing condition.

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"We are very proud to belong to a community that Cooden Beach Golf Club is, all coming together to help one another when needed and supporting the NHS."

Cooden Beach Golf Club is supporting the NHS with a first hole challenge, any members failing to make a net par makes a donation to the NHS, given that no members have played golf for some time we are anticipating quite a nice sum at the end of the day.

Some of the safety measures that are in place to ensure that Government guidelines are complied with to keep all our golfers safe are:

- 2 ball only (starter controlled)

- 10-minute intervals

- Strict two-meter rules in operation throughout with numerous signs around the course to remind players.

- Course Marshal’s ensuring pace of play to avoid any concertina effect on the course

- Safety gadgets to get your ball out of the hole without needing to touch the flag, kindly donated by Stuart Bellhouse of A & S Signs and Print whilst raising funds for the NHS.

- No bunker rakes in use

- No ball washers in use

-No water fountains in use

- No access to club house

- Hand sanitisers where necessary

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