Author archives: Andy Meldrum

The new Warm Up Nets are located at the end of the Cart Sheds, in close proximity to our 1st and 10th Tees. They feature the latest synthetic hitting mats (per our Driving Range) that provide more shock absorption than older style mats, and as such are designed to prevent wrist and elbow injuries. They also allow you to use your own tees/tee heights, as opposed to the old style rubber protruding tees that were only one height, tended to damage clubs, and also led to premature wear in one spot on the mats.

There’s an old saying about sport – “a quick game’s a good game”, and although professional golfers don’t seem to always buy into this, as Club golfers it’s probably something that most of us aspire to! The R&A recognised this a few years ago and established “Ready Golf” principles for adoption by Clubs.

A question the Greens Committee is often asked by Members is why our Bunker Rakes do not have long teeth or ‘tines’ as some other courses do. The wind over the last week or so is a large part of the answer!

As the cooler weather arrives and we see some much needed rain on the Course, it becomes even more important that we remain conscious of where we drive our Golf Carts on the Course in order to keep it in top condition.

Members will be aware of the issue we experience on a number of holes on the course where golf balls roll across cart paths. In order to address these issues, the Greens Committee and the Captain are testing the use of sloped concrete edging on some holes.

Most golfers are very familiar with one situation in which you should always call Fore, but did you know that there are actually TWO scenarios where we should be giving our vocal cords a workout and calling Fore?

Let’s discuss one aspect of Member Standards – our two Call-Up Holes, and the behaviour and respect for other Members that is expected when playing these holes.

Our Club Vice Captain Andy Meldrum explores a few of the similarities between the Old Course at St Andrews which hosted the 150th edition of The Open Championship, and our own course here at Maroochy River.