May 2025 Newsletter

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Green Fees

Green Fees are $25 per person, per day. Whether you are playing 9, 18, 27, 36 holes, or any other number of holes, it is a flat rate fee of $25 per person, per day.

Cooma Golf Club is a Private Member’s Golf Club, it is not located on public land, the land is privately owned by the members of the club. We allow visitors to play our privately owned course, but you must pay your green fees. If you are caught not paying green fees to access our facility, the Board reserves the right to ban you from the course indefinitely.

If you are a member, and you want to bring a visitor onto the course, they must pay their $25 green fee just like all other visitors. This is regardless of their relationship to you (ie. son/daughter/neighbour/workmate/3rd cousin/etc)

The only exception to this is for members of reciprocal clubs who pay half green fees for each visit. A list of reciprocal clubs is available on our website and on the noticeboards in teh C

Pace of Play

The following mainly relates to competition play but can be noted for social play also:

1. For a group of 4, the round time should be no longer than 4 hours, 20 minutes. Any longer than that is considered slow.

2. The low marker in the group is responsible for keeping the pace of the group moving at an acceptable speed.

3. Each group must keep up with the group in front. If your group has fallen behind, you must take measures to speed up - for example, you do not need to wait for everyone to putt out. Once 2 players have putted out, they can proceed to the next tee to take the next drive while the other 2 players putt out.

4. If you hit a shot that is suspected to be out of bounds or lost, you must hit a provisional ball in accordance with Rule 18. When searching for a lost ball, you have a maximum of 3 minutes to look for that ball. If you are using the MiScore App, if you press and hold the round time, a 3 minute timer will appear. Otherwise you can use a watch to keep track of the 3 minutes. Once that 3 minutes is up, the ball is declared lost and you must play on.

5. During single events (eg. Individual Stroke or Stableford), if walking, each member of the group need to walk directly to their own balls to prepare to take their shot. Avoid traveling to (and commenting on) other group member’s shots.

6. When approaching the green, park your buggies on the side closest to the next tee.

7. If you have taken too many shots to score on a hole, pick up and move on. For Stroke rounds, observe the Max Stroke rule which is outlined in the next section.

   Final Note - If you are playing in a group of 2 or 3, you may politely request to play through larger groups if the opportunity presents itself, but the larger groups are not under any obligation to allow you to play through, especially on busy days where there are multiple large groups in front of you. If you want to play in a smaller group, you must choose a tee time that suits your group size - ie. you can tee off before the larger groups, or wait until there is a sizable gap in the tee sheet. Small groups are not to harass or intimidate larger groups out on the course for any reason, it is your choice to play in a smaller group so you need to manage your tee time accordingly.

Max Stroke Rule

We have recently implemented max scores on stroke days which means you can pick up after 3 over nett par without being disqualified. This is to improve the pace of play and enjoyment for all golfers (but especially beginners). An example of max strokes is an 18 handicapper on a par 4 would normally get 1 shot on every hole, so they can have a maximum of 8 (5+3) strokes on a par 4 before picking up. A scratch golfer would get a maximum of 7 (4+3) strokes before picking up. You can have a score over the max score but it will be reduced and will display a ^ ^ symbol on that hole.

If anyone has any questions about the Max Stroke rule please speak to Club Captain Tom Stewart or Club Secretary Angela Andrews.

Welcome New Members

Welcome to our newest club members Jim Webber, Andrew Dunkerley, Jacky Tucker, Mic Clayton, Phoenix Stewart, Quinn Stewart and Maverick Stewart.

Upcoming Competitions

Saturday 17th May - Autumn Cup
Saturday 24th May - Mens 4BBB Championship (Scratch Champion)
Saturday 31st May - Keno Ambrose Mens & Ladies
Saturday 1st June - Keno Ambrose Mixed
Wednesday 4th June - Midweek Medal
Saturday 7th June - Monthly Medal
Saturday 4th June - 27 Hole Mens & Ladies Foursomes Championships (Scratch Champion)

2025 Program of Events