20th April 2020

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10th April 2020

As Captain, I would like to thank all members of Gourock Golf Club for your continuing support.

I totally understand that these are very difficult and trying times for us all. We can only hope that this period of lockdown will end in the not too distant future.

Your financial support is crucial to the survival of the club.

We are here to help – as we have said before, if Gourock Golf Club can help you through this crisis, please reach out to the office staff (working from home) by ‘phone or e-mail and we will work to arrange help. This will be handled sensitively and in the strictest confidence.

In regard to our golf course, from next week we hope to return a section of our green-keeping staff to provide ‘essential maintenance’ in line with current legislation, which includes cutting fairways, greens, tees and the semi-rough.

This will enable us to prepare our course to be in the best possible condition for our return.

I thank you all again for your perseverance during these unprecedented times. This is YOUR CLUB and with the patience and understanding you have shown over the last few weeks, that should be confirmation that we will pull through this together.

Stay safe everyone and we all look forward to welcoming you back to the Club.

Thank You

Neil Beaton 

Captain

Since our last update and in light of government instruction last night we have closed the course until further notice. Our priority is the health and wellbeing of our staff, their families and our members.

These arrangements are, of course, temporary. We will provide further updates as and when required.

As mentioned on the club e-mail sent out, we ask that all members – Gents, Ladies, Juniors – remove their clubs, trolleys and their belongings from the locker rooms/sheds by no later than 6pm on 24th March 2020. If you don’t need your belongings they can remain at the club.

We repeat if any member is in need of any help or assistance then contact the club and we can hopefully use the resources we have to assist.

In the meantime, the committee and staff would like to thank you for your continued support and good wishes. Please stay safe and follow government advice.

Members can help reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 by entering all competitions online. The below links give you instructions on using the new Website and App.

All competitions were cancelled following government guidelines. Should advice change the following precautions are recommended for all members:

• If you can’t book on-line, call the club for help reserving a tee time.
• All tee-times are made available for booking on-line or by calling the club – no 3^rd man reserved slots are available on the day of competition.
• On the day of competition, please check-in yourself via the phone App or iPad touch screen.
• Golfers are recommended to change shoes in carpark to minimise the use of the locker room.
• DON’T congregate prior to your tee-time.

All scores returned must be entered digitally via the phone App or iPad.

• Scores must be entered on App or iPad – scorecards will be available for personal use only but should NOT be returned.
• Each player can sign for both marker signature and own signature on whichever device they use.

And finally, Match-play competition entry deadline has been extended to 31^st May. More information will follow on how 2020 Matchplay competitions will be run.

Note: This list is in addition to the greens staff general maintenance activities. The Course Manager will endevour to complete these projects based on priority, budget and conditions.