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Please note that bookings are now closed for the
Mother's Day event.
House Committee is relieved to announce that the
management and staff of the Strand Golf Club made a
complete recovery after the hectic Nomads preparation
period and tournament the past two months.
Congratulations to everyone involved for doing a
sterling job. Your dedication, hard work and friendliness
is highly appreciated. A visit to the club notice board
and scrutiny of all the letters of appreciation from
different Nomad provinces, will convince everyone of the
impression gained by our visitors. A Job well done!
 John Marais will be hosting a Mother's Day lunch at the
Strand Golf Club on Sunday 8th May 2O11,a superb meal
very reasonably priced. Reservations are essential.
Seating is limited, so reserve your table well ahead of
time to avoid disappointment.
Saturday evening 4th June 2011, our club will be hosting
our annual Winter Dinner Dance. Excellent food and a
swinging live band will make this an evening to
remember. Please make your reservations timeously, as
this is going to be a "full house" event. Please visit
our notice boards for information.
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Marshalls |
Currently, we are in the process to introduce additional
marshals on competition and sponsor days in order to
manage play and problems on the course more efficiently.
Huidiglik, is ons besig met die daarstelling van
addisionele "marshalls" op kompetisie en geborgde dae om
die baan beter te bestuur en probleme meer effektief op
die baan aan te spreek.
This in effect will mean that on Wednesdays, Saturdays
and big sponsor days there will be a starter and two
Marshalls on the course. Dit sal beteken dat daar op
Woensdae, Saterdae en groot geborgde dae 'n aankondiger
en 2 'marshalls" op die baan sal wees. At present we
have two senior members assisting us with the additional
Marshall duties. We require another four members to help
us and therefore appeal to all members that would like
to get involved, to contact the club. Daar is reeds twee
senior lede wat help met die "marshall" pligte. Die klub
benodig nog vier lede om te help, dus doen ons n beroep
op alle lede wat bereid sal wees om betrokke te raak om
met die klub te skakel.
We would like to request all our members to support our
"marshal" - system and to make every game a pleasant,
friendly and happy one. Ons versoek al ons lede om die "marshall"-sisteem
te ondersteun, en elke spel 'n aangename vriendelike en
gelukkige een te maak.
We regularly receive suggestions for changes or
alterations to the golf course from members. These
suggestions are carefully considered, however the
current financial status of the club requires the
committee to be prudent with expenditure on capital
improvements. The focus is on maintaining the current
high standard and quality that we offer players.
1) The
leveling of the tee boxes on holes 1,3, 6 and 9
2) Replanting of the nursery for the repair and
maintenance of greens behind the 14th tee box
3) Landscaping of fire damaged trees to the left
of the 18th by felling and removing the blue gum
trees, importing additional soil to create a
screening berm and planting of the berm with
indigenous vegetation and trees. In addition the
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4) Clearing and landscaping of the area between the 12th
and 16th tee boxes to the fence line. The dead material
posing a fire hazard will be removed and the area
reshaped with berms and planted with 'sour fig' ground
covers.
5) Re-shaping and leveling of poorly draining areas on
the greens of holes 1,6, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15.The lower
parts of the greens are collection areas for water and
areas trapping water have to be shaved off to allow
water to drain off the green as the trapped water
creates ideal conditions for development of diseases.
We wish to thank all the members who diligently repair
pitch marks, fill divots and rake bunkers as this has a
tremendous cumulative impact on the condition of the
course.
Please encourage your fellow players to do likewise.
Regards
Mike Brett.
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The Strand Golf Club hosted the 46th Nomads National
Tournament ("the Nationals d'Vine") from the 19th to the
25th March 2011 and by all accounts this was one of the
best Nomad Nationals ever! Even our dreaded South Easter
took a break for the week!
Approximately 500 players (many with spouses) from all
over South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Australia and New
Zealand visited our Club for the week, for one of the
biggest amateur golf events in the world and the biggest
event the Strand Golf Club has ever hosted.
The guys had a huge amount of fun and enjoyed old
friendships and made some new ones during their
Nationals experience at the Strand. Amongst other a
marquee, seating 600 people, with a fully equipped
kitchen serving 3-course meals in the evenings with live
music, formed the venue for the prize-giving after each
day's play. Players also had huge fun at the "bush-pub"
during the day, with some live sing-along entertainment.
And yes, they also played some serious golf!
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Course Map |
CLUB HISTORY
This is one of the Cape’s
newest additions to the
golfing circuit. The course
opened in 1994 and
the
championship layout has
proved to be an exciting
challenge for any
golfer.
In the intervening years,
the course has matured
greatly and a feature
has
been the attention given
to the manicuring and
maintenance of the
surrounds.
This is immediately
noticeable from the upstairs
terrace of
the modern
clubhouse as you look
over
the finishing hole and
note the
manicured surrounds
of the sparkling water features.
The prominent features of the course are the abundant water hazards and
bunkers, undulating greens and tree-lined fairways.
Right from the opening, the bent grass greens provided excellent putting
surfaces and this remains a fact several years later. There are several
tee boxes on each hole, which makes for a five hundred meter difference
between championship tees and club tees over the 18 holes. In 1994, two
and a half thousand trees were planted on this course and they are now
becoming very much part of the round.
This is especially so as the course is situated close to the popular
holiday coastal town of the Strand. This
area is famed for its long stretch of unspoilt beach.
Websites worth Paying a visit
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