Congratulations to Trevor for winning Tuesday’s Stableford competition this week!

Congratulations to Clinton for winning Tuesday’s Stableford competition this week!

As members have undoubtedly seen, there has been plenty of work taking place regarding the course redevelopment and layout changes. Most notably has been the construction of a new 3^rd green and a new 4^th tee.

“The redevelopment of the course has been split into two stages,” Course & Facilities Committee Chair, Trevor Jones said. “Stage 1 is focused on the new layout for the 3^rd and 4^th while Stage 2 will focus on the 7^th, 8^th and 9^th layouts.”

So far, stage one is progressing as follows:

• The new 3^rd green has been built and irrigation has been installed, the turf is growing well,
• The new 4^th tee has been built,
• A dozen new trees have been planted to frame the new fairways and the shaping of them while mowing has started as well.

Items to be finalised in stage one are:

• Irrigation to the new 4^th tee,
• Completion of fairways with tree removal and,
• Review of fencing.

“We’re projecting stage one to be completed in March 2024, all things going well,” Trevor said.

Stage two, focusing on the 7^th, 8^th and 9^th holes will involve:

• Merging the existing 7^th and 8^th holes together to make a new 360m 7^th hole,
• Relocating the existing 8^th green further away from the boundary fence to create a new 8^th green,
• The existing 9^th hole will become the 8^th hole,
• A new 9^th tee to be built and fairway changed to bring the old 9^th green back into play as a 100m Par 3.

“There are a lot more moving parts to stage two than there are in stage one,” Trevor said. “At this stage there are several factors that can alter a projected completion date but we will keep members informed as we work through things.”

If you have any questions about the redevelopment works, please email the Manager via manager@australasiangc.org.au to be passed onto the Course & Facilities Committee.

The groundstaff have noticed there are a few bare patches of grass on the practice green, that had formed over the long weekend.

This was caused by a sprinkler malfunction over the weekend and has now been rectified.

With the sprinklers working properly again and the rain over the last couple of days, the grass will be looking great again in no time.

Congratulations to Rod for winning the Tuesday (Count Putts) competition this week!

Congratulations to Rod for winning the Tuesday competition this week!