It takes considerable time and expense to maintain the golf course in the outstanding condition you enjoy each day. By following these simple tips and routines, you’ll help ensure the golfers coming after you experience the same great playing conditions. Let’s all do our part to care for our course.

Fairway Divots

A well-struck iron shot often takes a divot, the top layer of turf sliced away as the club contacts the ground leaving a bare patch on the fairway. Repairing your divot helps the grass recover up to two weeks faster.

1. Locate the turf you removed. If it’s in one piece, great; if it’s broken up, gather as much as you can.
2. Fit it back in place so it sits neatly in the scar.
3. Firm it down with your foot a couple of gentle taps with your club isn’t enough.

Taking these simple steps keeps the fairways in top condition for everyone who plays after you.

Carts and Trundlers

While most of the course is pretty tough there are parts of the course that get a fair bit of traffic or may be soft, particularly after rain. Even during dry periods the fringes of the greens get the run off from irrigation. To protect these sensitive areas the following rules apply:

1. Keep carts and trundlers away from the fringes of greens. Avoid areas showing signs of damage to give it time to recover.
2. Look out for wetter areas of the fairways, particularly after rain, and drive around them.
3. Don't drive onto the tee blocks with your cart. If you have enough energy to swing a club you should be able to handle the few steps onto the tee.

Pitch marks on the green

The dent in the green caused by your ball must be repaired immediately. Successfully repaired pitch marks can heal within 24 hours but if left it will take three to four weeks to heal.

1. Always start at the back of the mark and push forward with the repairer.
2. Use repairer around all sides and slowly ease turf toward the centre of the mark. Do not lift the soil upwards.
3. Lightly tap down with putter. The finished result should look like you have never been there.

Bunkers

Before leaving a bunker, a player should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by him, and then leave the rake in he bunker with the handle pointing toward the tee of the hole being played.

1. Always enter the bunker at the lowest point.
2. Rake across the line as you exit the bunker.
3. If required rake other affected areas.
4. Do not pull sand towards the edge of the bunker. Push back excess sand.

Bottles, cans and garbage

If you can carry it out with you can carry it back!

It is nice to take something to eat and drink while you are playing. Please use the rubbish bins on the course or put your rubbish in your bag for later disposal. This includes the pesky silver tops from the energy drink bottles. We all get sick of walking towards what looks like a ball only to find it is one of these bottle tops.

Alcohol Ban

Cambridge Golf Club has a policy that forbids the consumption of alcohol on the golf course.