Rules and Etiquette

Dannevirke Golf Club is a members' club. Visiting golfers and green fee players are asked to respect the following "Golf Etiquette" guidelines where possible.

Safety
Do not stand too close to the player making a stroke and stay out of the flight path of the ball.

Please contact the office for any first aid assistance or emergency help.

Slow Play
Wherever possible maintain a good momentum while playing. Should you be held up through lost balls (maximum 5 minutes) or slow play please be prepared to call the following group through. Do not mark your card while on the green.

Bunkers
Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes. This allows the next player to have a fair lie. To minimise the disturbance of sand, always enter and leave a bunker at its lowest point.

Please place rakes in the holder provided or out side the bunker if not available.

Replace Divots
Anywhere on the course, a player should ensure that any turf cut or displaced is replaced at once and pressed down.

Repair Ball Marks
Any damage caused by balls landing on the green should be levelled with a pitch mark repairer or tee peg and then tapped down with a putter. A player should ensure that any damage to the putting green made by a ball is carefully repaired.

Golf Carts

Carts should at all times be driven with a high regard for the course. Local notices regulating the movement of golf carts should be strictly observed. Drivers should remain on designated paths, avoid severe braking or turning, park as far away as practically possible from greens, tees and hazards, and above all use common sense.

General Course Care
Trolleys and trundlers should not be taken onto tees or greens. In taking practice swings, players should avoid causing damage to the course, particularly the tees, by taking divots.

General Behaviour
Golf is a sport of great tradition characterised by golfer’s exemplary behaviour and sense of fair play. No unsportsmanlike behaviour is tolerated. Loss of temper, verbal abuse of officials or players, deliberately distracting opponents, throwing of clubs and shouting are not acceptable.

Dress
All players must wear an appropriate standard of dress. Appropriate footwear, shirts and shorts are to be worn on the course and casual and tidy dress in the club rooms.