RETURN TO GOLF - TEE TIME BOOKING & SAFTEY INSTRUCTIONS
INVERALLOCHY GOLF CLUB – 27TH MAY 2020
Dear Member
Providing the Scottish Government announces today that golf can be played again from Friday 29th May and further to the letter issued to members and posted on Facebook earlier this week - the committee would like to advise the following:
· THE ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM ON CLUB V1 MEMBERS HUB WILL GO LIVE FOR BOOKING AT 3PM THURSDAY 28 MAY
· 1 TEE TIME PER DAY PER PLAYER CAN BE BOOKED AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE OPEN FOR BOOKING 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE (FOR EXAMPLE – IF IT OPENS ON THURSDAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BOOK A ROUND FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY)
· IN ORDER TO GIVE EVERYONE A FAIR CHANCE TO GET A TEE TIME - YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ONLY 1 BOOKING FOR YOURSELF AND ONE OTHER PLAYER PER LOGIN. THERE WILL THEN BE A WINDOW OF 30 MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAN LOG IN AGAIN AND BOOK FOR A DIFFERENT DAY (OR AMEND YOUR EXISITNG BOOKING)
· IF YOU ARE ONLY PERSON BOOKED IN A TEE TIME SLOT THEN YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY YOURSELF
· TO ENSURE GOOD TIMING IS KEPT FOR PLAY – EACH MEMBER SHOULD ONLY PLAY 1 BALL (1 PLAYER PLAYING 2 BALLS IS NOT ALLOWED AT THIS CURRENT STAGE)
· A MEMBER MUST HAVE A TEE TIME BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE COURSE TO PLAY
· AVOID ANY LARGE GATHERINGS AND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM THE GOLFERS PLAYING AHEAD OF YOU
· THE PRACTICE AREA WILL BE OPEN – MEMBERS ARE RESTRICTED TO 20 MINUTES MAX IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WAITING TO PLAY AND SHOULD FOLLOW THE 2 METRE RULE AT ALL TIMES
FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE A REMINDER OF THE LETTER THAT WAS ISSUED TO MEMBERS EARLIER THIS WEEK (ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM AND GUIDELINES FOR PLAY)
Online / Pre-Booking System
One of the requirements is that a player must book a tee time in advance – a turn up and play scenario is no longer allowed. This is because as the club must maintain an accurate record for 6 weeks of all golfers as this may be used in contact tracing. This is a huge change to how our club functions but unfortunately this is out of our hands and we hope that our members understand.
With that, the committee have been working in order to prepare the current Club V1 system in order to allow our members to register and be able to book a tee time. In order for this to be used, we would like to ask all members to sign up to the Club V1 Members Hub.
This can be done in 2 ways:
1) On a Smartphone or other Tablet device, download the ClubV1 Members Hub app and follow the instructions to set-up your account. The information is the same as you use when logging on to the HOW DID I DO site if you have that already. If not, then you will need to register (please use the e-mail account that was provided to the club when you became a member) and then link the profile to INVERALLOCHY GOLF CLUB;
2) On a computer, use the following link (https://default.hub.clubv1.com/) and again either log on using your HOW DID I DO log on or register your account.
Note that you will need to have an email address registered with us in order to sign up to this and be able to book a tee time.
The functionality to allow a tee time to be booked will be available from 3pm on Thursday 28th May – assuming the Scottish Government announcement earlier that day gives the go ahead for golf to be played from Friday 29th May.
In this first stage, the following rules will be implemented:
- 2 balls only, you will be able to play with someone from a different household;
- Tee times will be available from 6:30am to 8pm every day with 10 minute intervals. Please do not be late for your tee time – if you are late, then you will not be permitted to play at another time as will be likely that time will already be booked;
- you will be able to book only 1 tee time per day;
- you will be able to book for yourself and 1 other person as long as they are a member and are registered on our Club V1 system;
- a tee time must be booked prior to heading to the course. This is to ensure no gatherings and maintain social distancing;
- members should arrive no more than 15 minutes prior to their tee time;
- the clubhouse will be fully closed so you should change your shoes in the car park;
- after your round, return directly to your car to change shoes and leave immediately.
Some members (e.g. retired, furloughed offshore, self-employed) will have greater access to the course than others – especially Monday to Friday in the mornings and afternoon. If those members could consider, at least initially, avoiding play on midweek evenings it will be appreciated by the members still at work.
We are aware that there are members with no e-mail address and so the committee would encourage all members to sign up for one and reach out to a friend or family member for help in order to do this. This online booking system is a requirement before our club can open for play – if we did not implement this then we would not be allowed to open.
Course Guidelines When Open for Play
Once we are back playing, please ensure that the below criteria is followed – some of which had been put into place prior to the full lockdown being implemented:
- Avoid any bodily contact especially handshakes;
- Avoid touching your face with your hands;
- Please follow social distancing rules and avoid congregating in large groups if waiting on a tee to become available before playing;
- Leave the Flag in at all times – when the course is open the holes will be partly filled so that the ball cannot go fully into the hole. As it is only social golf initially, we would encourage “gimmes” to be used as an alternative to holing out;
- Ball washers will be removed from the course;
- Soil seed containers will also be removed. Consequently, members will be asked to replace any divots that may be taken;
- Bunkers will be in play but will have no rakes in them. Players will have to flatten out their marks in the sand by using their feet and/or club. As it’s only bounce games, the players can decide what (if any) relief can be given and the committee recommends a lift and place without penalty in the bunker as the preferred method;
- Bring your own hand sanitiser to the course and use regularly during the round;
- Travel to the golf course from your home should be in line with Scottish Government regulations;
- If you are in the highest risk group outlined by the Government, then you should stay at home and not play golf;
- If you, or any other member of your household are ill or have any symptoms of COVID19 then you must stay at home;
- The clubhouse and course toilets will remain during this current phase, therefore please use the toilet at home before you leave
These guidelines try and follow social distancing rules as much as possible and the committee also ask players to remember this and use common sense to avoid contact with a fellow player. The country has been doing this for a number of weeks so we should be used to it by now!
Medal Play
There will be no club medal golf competitions put on for this first 2 week period. The committee hope to re-start these a later date.
Clubhouse
Clubhouse remains closed and will be for the foreseeable future.
Best regards
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Michael Ritchie
Secretary
Inverallochy Golf Club
