Gwen wins her 25th championship

Local legend Gwen Justice has won her 25th Trentham Women's Club Championship after winning the event in 2010.

Gwen’s first win was in 1981 and that doesn’t leave too many years that she hasn’t won this honour in the intervening period. Gwen graciously accepted the trophy for her amazing achievement with the usual words of encouragement to everybody.

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Gwen Justice with the Women's Championship Plate, on which her name is now inscribed 25 times!

How to play at Trentham

1. Become a member
Membership entitles you to play the course at any time, except when the course is closed for competitions or tournaments. Our membership page has full details. You may also need to book a time on Saturdays or Sundays when the course is busy.

2. Play as a green-fee player
Trentham is open to green-fee visitors at all times except when club competitions are held (9.30-3.00 Thursdays and Saturdays) or when there is a tournament. There are a number of ways to book, visit our green fees page for details or go to our Internet booking form.

3. Play in our weekly competitions
Visiting golfers with Golf Australia handicaps are welcome to play in our weekly competitions. Visitors pay half green fees ($10) plus a $4 competition fee. For competition times visit our events page. There are no timesheets or bookings required, just register during the times specified. Our monthly program is available by using the drop-down menu at the top right of every page on this website.

4. Play in our tournaments
Trentham conducts tournaments from time to time, including our tournament week in October. All golfers with a Golf Australia handicap are eligible to play. Our tournaments page has details of upcoming tournaments, including downloadable entry forms.

Trentham on 'Swinging in the Sticks'

'Swinging in the Sticks' is a weekly radio program produced in conjunction with the PGA of Australia. Each week hosts Mark Allen and Andrew Lowther talk about everything golf, with a particular focus on regional golf and what's happening in our own backyard.

Trentham features on Show 9 of ‘Swinging in the Sticks' with an interview about the club and our course improvements. Show 9 is available for podcast here (Trentham segment is 32.25 into the program).

The 26-week long program is broadcast throughout 33 regional radio stations on the east coast of Australia (click here for a list).

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The big wet

Trentham's golf course has received 200mm of rain so far in August, and over 450mm of rain over winter. The course dam is overflowing strongly, and local major Coliban water storages are filling wonderfully after years of drought.

Despite this, the course is in remarkably playable condition and club competitions have hardly missed a beat. Apart from a few puddles and wet patches here and there, the fairways and greens are all in good playable condition. The course is currently playing preferred lies, but only because of occasional mud adhering to balls and some plugging in soft areas.

The playability of the course is testament to the excellent drainage of the red soil, and the work the club has put into new greens over the last decade. The club is also undertaking a program of fairway aeration to further enhance fairway conditions.

The excellent winter rains augur well for the coming Spring, when we expect fantastic course conditions for the club's annual tournament.

Course closures and conditions

Current conditions

Fairways: Good. Playing preferred lies due to some mud adhering to balls and the occasional plugged lie.
Tees: Good.
Greens: Good. A couple of wet spots on the 4th and at the front of the 9th.
Surrounds: Good. Preferred lies in operation on the surrounds to the new 6th, 8th and 14th holes until they become more established.

Course closures

TRENTHAM TOURNAMENT WEEK
Tee-times are unavailable to green fee players for events during the Trentham Tournament Week on Tuesday 26th October, Wednesday 27th October, Friday 29th October, Saturday 30th October and Sunday 31st October. Please call our green fee booking line 5424 1046 for any queries.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14th
Tee-times are unavailable to green fee players due to the conduct of the Trentham Plate.

EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
Tee-times are unavailable to green fee players from 9.30am until 3.00pm to permit club competitions, which tee off from 11.30am until 1.00pm (12.45 on Thursdays).

Course reviews

To read reviews of the Trentham golf course that have been published in recent golf magazines, click here.

New greens open for play

Putting on the new 6th green

Golfers playing on the new 14th green.

Trentham's three new greens (6th, 8th and 14th) opened for play on Saturday May 15th. The opening brought to fruition another stage in the club's comprehensive course improvement plan.

Built at a total cost of around $65,000, the new greens replace original greens that were small and poorly drained. The new greens also provide better pin placements and more interesting approach shot options.

Trentham initiated a major long-term course upgrade project in 1995, under the guidance of architect Kevin Hartley. The upgrade commenced in 1996 with six new greens (1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th, 16th and 18th) constructed to USGA standards. Two new holes were added, along with other fairway and hole improvements.

In 2001 the 3rd and 11th greens were re-constructed, then in 2006 the club continued the project with the re-construction of the 12th, 13th and 15th greens.

The new greens bring to fourteen the number of greens rebuilt. Only four original greens remain (4th, 7th, 9th, 17th).