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Relief from Penalty Areas

Need a refresher on how to take relief from our many penalty areas?

The attached document provides a useful guide on how to correctly take relief from red and yellow penalty areas.

Please take the time to have a look at the document to avoid taking an incorrect drop (which incurs a further two penalty strokes).

Penalty Areas

No Show Guidance Statement

Please note the No Show Guidance Statement .

GLGC Guidance Statement No 7 -‘No Show’ Policy (Rev May 2015)

Any Member who fails to arrive for a booked or allocated tee time in a club competition, without advising
the starter within a reasonable time (at least 20 minutes prior to the allocated tee time), may be subject
to administrative action as outlined in this policy.
1st Instance
The incident is recorded by the Committee on a No Show Register and no penalty is imposed. The
Committee may contact the member to seek an explanation. If no further instance occurs within the six
month time frame, the Member’s name will be removed from the Register.
2nd instance within 6 months
The incident is recorded by the Committee on a No Show Register.
The Member is sent a letter / email advising of his/her failure to show for the tee time for a second time
and also affording the opportunity to provide an explanation for the second “No Show”.
The Member will also be reminded that the Committee has the discretion to impose sanctions on those
Members who fail to comply with Club policy in this area and that a suspension of playing rights is
possible and that a 3rd instance within 6 months may result in removal of internet and kiosk booking rights
on MiClub.
3rd instance within 6 months:
The incident is recorded by the Committee on a No Show Register.
The Member is sent a letter advising of his/her failure to show for the tee time and affording the
opportunity to provide an explanation for the third “No Show”. Acceptance of any explanation for failure
to show will be at the discretion of the Match Committee. If the explanation is not considered satisfactory,
the Member’s playing rights may be suspended for a period of between 15 and 30 days with effect from
14 days after the date of the letter (email) and the matter will be addressed as a disciplinary matter in
accordance with the Club’s Rules. The Disciplinary Committee’s decision will be influenced by whether the
No Show was for an individual or a team event.
Should the decision be to impose a penalty, the Member’s playing rights will be suspended for the period
determined; this includes overall use of the GLGC course and practice facilities. The suspended Member
will not be permitted to book into a competition until the period of suspension has expired. During the
period of suspension, the member will not be able to play in competitions at other Australian golf courses.
Suspended members not complying with this direction will have the matter referred to the Match
Committee for further disciplinary action. The Member will be advised of the suspension by telephone
and by letter /email.
Should a Member fail to comply with this policy on more occasions than is covered above, that Member
can be asked by a Disciplinary Committee to “show cause” why playing rights should not be terminated
indefinitely.

Preferred Lies- Local rule change

As of the 01/05/19 the preferred lies rule is changed. The new local rule is as follows:

When a player’s ball lies on the fairway of the 16^th hole only , the player may take free relief once by placing the original ball or another ball in and playing it from the relief area.

The relief area is one club distance from the spot of the original ball, no nearer the hole and must be on the fairway.

Update to website

Changes have made to our website to make it easier for you to find the Members Handbook, Local Rules and other important information.  From the Home Page / Golf see the drop down menu for the relevant page.

A small quantity of hard copies of the 2019 Handbook will be available in the Club shortly.

Green Care

The new rule of putting with the flag in has improved the pace of play but has raised another issue that needs to be addressed.

There seems to be a growing number of players that are unaware of the damage that they are causing.

Firstly under no circumstances it it appropriate to retrieve your ball from the hole with the head of your putter.

Secondly, do not pull the flag out with a ball in the hole, this can pull the insert up and disadvantage players following you.

Please also take the time to repair any pitch marks that you see on the green. Our course is in a lot better condition than most clubs in the area and we would really like to keep it in the best condition for all our members.