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ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS POLICY
booking). In the event that providing this information results in golfers missing
their allotted tee time, every effort will be made to reschedule the booking at the
soonest mutually convenient opportunity.
2.7 In the event that there is no early warning about lightning, all golfers on the
courses will be expected to leave the course and proceed immediately to the
club house without waiting for a klaxon to sound. A golf buggy does NOT provide
protection from lightning. Golfers must not seek shelter under trees.
2.8 During the play of a formal competition there is an imminent risk of lightning,
the following competition rules will apply:
i. the competition will be suspended;
ii. each competitor will be required to stop play, to mark the position of their ball,
lift the ball and then leave the course;
iii. any player continuing play after play has been suspended will be disqualified
from the competition;
iv. the competition will be resumed only when it is safe so to do. If the competition
committee does not consider it safe to resume play, the competition will be
cancelled/abandoned.
2.8 During a lightning related delay, green fee-paying golfers who decide to
abandon their round will not be eligible for a refund.
2.9 In the event that a visiting golfer’s tee time cannot be rescheduled after a
lightning related delay, a refund will be offered.
2.10 It remains the responsibility of each golfer to recover/retrieve any equipment
they have left on the course during a lightning related delay when it is safe so to
do.
FOG AND MIST
4 Procedures to be followed by golfers (members and visitors)
4.1 Each golfer has a personal responsibility to be safe on a golf course and to
be aware of the Club’s Policy relating to adverse weather conditions in terms of
general play and under competition circumstances. In terms of adverse weather
conditions during competitions, Rule 6.8 applies.
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