The Country Club Golf Club Memberships offer tremendous value at $375 per year for our two golf courses! The St Georges Basin & Vincentia courses offer the perfect mix of enjoyable, challenging and picturesque golf.

Your membership entitles you to heavily discounted green fees, discounted cart hire and special members competition cart hire pricing. We have members comps running from Tuesday – Saturday, see our sports page for full schedule.

Golf Membership Application Form

Download Vincentia Vets Golf Constitution

 

We have for hire 10 well maintained and clean electric golf carts for use by members and guests. Carts are available seven days a week and pre-booking of golf carts for your round can be made through the Golf shop on 02 4441 5621

• Golf Members
  • $22 for 9 holes
  • $32 for 18 holes
• Golf Member in Competition:
  • $13 for 9 holes
  • $24 for 18 holes
• Country Club Member and Visitor:
  • $30 for 9 holes
  • $40 for 18 holes

The following points form part of the Golf Cart Hire Agreement of our carts.

Rules of Use

• Hirer must be over 18 years of age to hire and drive carts and hold a current Drivers Licence.
• Maximum of 2 persons and 2 sets of clubs per cart.
• All damage to carts caused by improper use including excess speed is at hirer’s expense. A security deposit or credit card will be required.
• Do Not drive on to Tee areas.
• No driving within 2 metres of greens or greenside bunkers.
• Avoid all wet areas, in wet conditions drive down edge of fairways.
• Obey all signs and directions.
• Use paths where provided.
• Do Not drive carts while under the influence of Alcohol or Drugs.
• Use caution in tree areas or under overhanging branches.
• Members found breaking these Rules may be refused Cart Privileges.

If you would like to read our full Golf Cart Hire Agreement which includes the Rules of Use the document is available in the Golf Shop and  at the next page in this site.

You must have a valid Drivers Licence to hire and drive our Carts.

Persons failing to comply with these rules may be ordered from the course.

We stock a range of your golfing needs at Vincentia and we have a fully stocked pro shop at St Georges Basin that stock:

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Dress Regulations

There should be no need for the Committee to exercise any kind of supervision over the dress of members. It should be left to the good taste of our Members to appear in acceptable attire both on the golf course and in the club-house.

LOCAL RULES  2019

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF LOCAL RULES IS 2 SHOTS

General Local Rules

All players are required to read the Local Rules Board before teeing off. In particular note rules relating to Red and Green pegs defining Environmental Areas. You should also read the additional local rules that may apply to the day’s competition on the whiteboard behind the first tee.

• Bare patches on greens and fairways may be treated as GUR and relief is taken under Rule 16. (Abnormal Course Conditions).
• All paths are integral parts of the course except for paths constructed from cement, tarmac or other materials or indicated by white painted bricks, rocks or timber edging.
• Stakes defining Penalty Areas or GUR are Immovable Obstructions.
• Abnormal Course Conditions relief (Rule 16) may be taken from a rut made by course equipment. However, relief may NOT be taken from shallow indentations made by tyres.
• A ball striking power lines must be replayed without penalty.
• If your age plus your handicap add up to 100 or more you may tee off from the forward (8th) tee on the 18th hole. If you do so you must add one shot to your score on the hole. This rule will not apply during Club Championships or the Vincentia Open
• All Ambrose events shall permit 1 club relief through the green. The ball may be placed.
• A ball lying within 30 cm of an exposed tree root may be lifted and dropped within one club length no nearer the hole without penalty. Relief is NOT available if only the player’s stance is affected by the tree root.

Local Rules For Environmental Areas Holes 10 to 13

Environmental Areas are marked by red stakes with a green stripe defining penalty areas or assigned by an environmental area sign.

These areas have been classed as Environmentally Sensitive Areas by Shoalhaven City Council and you are NOT allowed to enter the Environmental Areas to search for your ball, or for any other reason.

The Environmental Areas are defined as No Play Zones (Rule 2.4) and relief MUST be taken under Rule 17.1.e. as follows:

1. If your ball is in or lost in a penalty area in the Environmental Area then you must take a drop, with a one stroke penalty, within one club length of, and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of complete relief.

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2. If your stance or area of intended swing is interfered with by foliage in an Environmental Area then you must take a drop, without penalty, within one club length of, and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of complete relief.

If there is doubt whether a ball is in, or lost in the Penalty Areas on the 11th or 12th holes only, a provisional ball may be played as per Rule 18.3.

The provisional ball only becomes the ball in play if it cannot be determined if the original was lost in the Penalty Area, however if it is virtually certain it is lost in the Penalty Area relief should be taken under Rule 17 and the provisional ball is discarded.

Players are not allowed to stand in an environmental area to play a ball which is in the general area.

Optional New Local Rules

The new rules include 2 optional local rules that each club can consider separately:

• In stroke play a maximum number of strokes per hole may be adopted
• A 2 stroke penalty and a drop may be taken where a ball is lost or out of bounds in lieu of the stroke and penalty rule

The Country Club Vincentia Mens Golf Committee has decided NOT to adopt either rule at this time.

General Etiquette and Speed of Play

The Match Committee reserves the right to alter the programme or method of play at any time.

Practice on the course may only take place from the practice area where balls must be directed towards the 6th green. Playing practice on the course is limited to two balls per player.

Users of motorised carts or bikes must:

• Drive in the rough wherever possible.
• Keep away from any wet or soft areas.
• Keep carts at least 5 metres off tees and greens
• Not go past any black painted lines around greens

Play Ready Golf and Speed up play

VGC Actively promotes Safe Ready Golf and to speed up play players are requested to observe the following

• Walk quickly between shots
• Walk directly to your ball and prepare to play your next shot when it is your turn or it is safe to play out of turn
• First player ready should tee off – do not wait for the player with the honour
• Leave you cart or buggy on the way to the next tee NOT in front of greens
• Clear the green quickly and mark your card at the next tee not at the green
• Always pick up when you have lost a hole to Par or have insufficient strokes left to score in Stableford.
• No more than four (4) players may play in one group unless permission is granted by the Club Captain or in his absence the Starter.

Vincentia Golf Contacts

Pro Shop – (02) 4441 5621  – vincentiaproshop@thecountryclub.com.au

Mens Golf / Vets Golf – Greg Tindall
Phone: (02) 4441 7977

Womens Golf – Soo Martyn    
Phone: (02) 4441 6765 or  0422 582 432. Email: martor47@hotmail.com

Committees

Men’s Golf Committee
Captain: Brian Holland – brianholland@hotmail.com – 0401 001 187
Vice Captain: Terry Bird – twobirds@bigpond.net.au – 0422 729 578
Secretary: Greg Tindall – gregtindall56@gmail.com – 0478 166 441
Handicapper: Jim O’Brien – Jimob2540@gmail.com – 0467 053 623
Treasurer – Derek Frew – frewcrewtoo@icloud.com – 0401 523 727
Committee: John Keighly
Jim O’Brien
Scott Turner
Peter Laver

Women’s Golf Committee
President: Marilyn London – 0421203487  44433528
Vice-President: Lorraine Morrison – 0432109035 44437926
Secretary: Soo Martyn – 0422582432
Treasurer: Sharon Mearing – 0412060928
Captain: Frances Savige – 0418514199  44430465
Vice-Captain:Sue Josephsen – 0421674680  44417391

Vets Golf Committee
President – Peter Laver – 0418 719 331 – lavers1@live.com.au
Vice President – Andrew Gibbes -0412 125 963 – gibbesandrew@gmail.com
Captain – Derek Frew – 0401 523 727 – frewcrewtoo@icloud.com
Vice Captain – Michael MacNeill – 0416 108 220 – mikemacneill816@gmail.com
Secretary – Keith Pinkard – 0408 840 520 – keithpinkardvgc@bigpond.com
Treasurer – Glen Borm – 0402 705 058 – glen_borm@live.com.au