2023 Men’s Pennant – Division 1 – Expressions of Interest

The Club is looking for Members interested in representing the Club in GCDGA Division 1 pennant which begins on 19 February 2023 and runs until 2 April 2023.

Any golfers with a handicap of 3.4 or less, please register your interest by putting your name on the sign-up sheet on the golf shop noticeboard. Click here to view the draw.

Social Sunday – Australia Day Event

Bookings can now be made for Social Sunday on Sunday 29 January 2023. This is the Australia Day event where Members will dress up to represent Australia or the Rest of the World.

Date: Sunday 29 January 2023
Time: 12:30pm shotgun start – pre-golf food served from 11:30am next to the Arnold Palmer statue 
Price: $50 per player includes competition fee, pre-golf food and a special Australian-themed Sunday Night Roast (all-inclusive event)
Event: 2-Person Ambrose – 6 drives per player
Bookings: Bookings can be made via the online tee sheet

Ladies’ 9-Hole Competition

Following the introduction and success of the Ladies’ 9-hole Competitions on Monday, these will continue in 2023 commencing on the dates below:

  • Monday 23 January – The Pines golf course
  • Monday 30 January – The Palms golf course
  • Monday 6 February – The Palms golf course
  • Monday 13 February – The Palms golf course
  • Monday 20 February – The Palms golf course
  • Monday 27 February – The Pines golf course
  • Monday 6 March – The Pines golf course
  • Monday 13 March – no competition due to an event

There will be a mixture of single stableford, 4BBB stableford and 2-ball ambrose events with the competition fee being $10.

The Palms Golf Course Annual Renovations

The annual renovations on The Palms golf course commenced on Monday 16 January 2023. The renovations involve works on all areas of the course, including tees, fairways and greens. 

The golf course will reopen on Saturday 28 January 2023, with an estimated recovery time of four to six weeks. During the renovations, we kindly advise residents that you may experience a slight increase in dust and grass clippings as well as noise from machinery.

We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any inconveniences caused. 

Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club Eclectic and Shootout

The Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club Eclectic began on 1 January 2023 and runs until 30 November 2023.

For 2023, the Club has added The Palms Eclectic competition in addition to The Pines Eclectic competition. To partake in these events, a $20 joining fee for men and $30 joining fee for ladies applies. The ladies’ fee includes entry in Women’s Golf Gold Coast and District Events. When players register for one Eclectic competition, they will automatically be entered into both.

The 2023 Sanctuary Cove Shootout qualifying for men commences on Wednesday 4 January 2023 and closes on Wednesday 8 November 2023. The ladies’ qualifying commences on Thursday 5 January 2023 and closes on Thursday 9 November 2023. The best three stableford scores throughout this period in all single stableford competition rounds on The Pines golf course will count towards players’ totals, with the top 19 players in each field vying to be the Shootout Champion. Men’s scores are taken from competitions off the blue tees, and ladies’ scores are eligible from competitions played off the red tees. The Shootout Final will be held on Sunday 3 December 2023.

Sign-up sheets for both of these events are now available from the golf shop from the noticeboard.

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club – Reciprocal Agreement

We are excited to announce that as of 1 January 2023, we have upgraded from an affiliate to a reciprocal agreement with Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club, which is located on the world famous Melbourne sandbelt.

Peninsula Kingswood is one of the premier golf facilities in Australia with world-class golf courses, practice facilities, accommodation and dining.

Each Member is allowed a maximum of 6 games per year and we are capped at 250 rounds a year for our Members at Peninsula Kingswood.

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club has two world class golf courses:

  • North Course (#5 in Australian Golf Digest rankings)
  • South Course (#16 in Australian Golf Digest rankings)

All bookings will require a letter of introduction, for more information on Peninsula Kingswood please click here.

Ladies’ Clinics – Welcome to Golf with Michael Jones

Learn how to play golf at Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club with PGA Professional Michael Jones.

Clinics will be held on the following dates:

  • Wednesday 8 February 2023
  • Wednesday 15 February 2023
  • Wednesday 22 February 2023
  • Wednesday 1 March 2023

Time: 10am-11am
Price: $140 for all four clinics
Bookings: Bookings can be made via the online tee sheets.

Note that there will be a maximum of eight ladies per clinic.

Clinic Overview

Week One
Basics to start golf – grip, weight setup, swing-balance-finish.

Week Two
Short game – introduction to chipping, bunkers and recovery shots.

Week Three
A brief outline of rules and golf etiquette plus Putting and learning how to read greens and control speed.

Week Four
Playing golf on the practice holes and applying the concepts that were taught in week one and week two.

This will not be a pressured environment, it is simply to give students an idea of golf basics plus course sense and safety.

If you don’t have golf clubs, this is not a problem as we can supply them for you.

 

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