COVID-19 Update as of Tuesday 12 May 2020 – Course Re-opening

We are pleased to announce the re-opening of the Charterhouse Golf Course from 8.00am on Wednesday 13 May 2020 for members only to play golf.

Please note, if you are self-isolating as a result of contact with an infected person or in families who are self-isolating, it would not be appropriate to visit the Club and play golf at this time.

In order to comply with the Government’s guidelines on Covid-19 and limitations in services available through the Charterhouse Club (Queen’s Sports Centre), please observe the following restrictions and guidance below:

• Hours of Play: 08:00am to 20:00 Monday to Sunday

• Grounds Staff have priority until 09:00am every day for maintenance

• Maximum 2-ball play only ensuring 2 metre social distancing is maintained at all times including Tees and Green

• Golfers should only handle their own ball

• Golfers should only handle their own score card

• Bag tags must be clearly visible at all times – random checks may be carried out

• Strictly no guests

• There will be no access to the hut on the 1st Tee

• No flags/pins – Holes will be positioned centrally on all greens and the cups inverted to enable players to retrieve their balls without touching the cup.

• No ball washers

• No Tee markers

• No bunker rakes – Grounds teams will endeavour to rake bunkers once per day but this cannot be guaranteed. Please use your club (or your own rake)

• Toilets – The Charterhouse Club (QSC) remains closed with no access to facilities within the building. No other toilets are available at Charterhouse.

• Score cards will not be available until further notice

• No matches/competitions/tournaments

• No handshakes at the end of a round

• All parking to be at the Charterhouse Club in the upper car park on Duke’s Drive – Please do not pass the barriers to the lower car park (this applies to disabled parking also).

• Strictly no parking on Queen’s Drive.

• Please do not loiter in the car park. Once your round has finished, please leave the grounds as quickly as possible.

• Please note that Charterhouse campus remains physically closed to pupils and visitors and all other areas of the campus and grounds are out of bounds to Golf Club members.

• All other normal rules and etiquette apply.

Please note that members of the Grounds Department and other members of the School workforce have been furloughed during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Grounds team, therefore, have minimal staff currently working to maintain the whole site and whilst the course has, and is, being maintained, this will remain at a minimal level for the foreseeable future.

Finally, and without wishing to be draconian, failure to comply with these conditions may result in the course being closed indefinitely without notice.

Please continue to check the website regularly for further information.

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Update number 01483 413217