Trentham Golf Club

General notes

Blue line around greens

If you are in a golf cart, please do not drive it over the blue line marked in front of any green.
Golfers are asked to keep golf carts and buggies off the edges of greens, and to avoid areas where the irrigation work has been performed.

Divots and pitch marks

Please carry a bucket of sand on the course and use it where necessary. Please take the time to repair your divots on fairways and pitch marks on greens and if possible at least one more divot and pitch mark. This will go a long way to keep the course in tip top condition.

While we appreciate members do the right thing, we have many people who use the course that don’t. We thank you all for your additional attention to this.

Temporary Local Rules December 2025

You may also read Local Rules and Temporary Local Rules in the MiScore App.

FAIRWAYS

Please note: large bare patches on fairways as a result of Corella damage are defined as animal holes, and are therefore abnormal course conditions under the Rules of Golf. Players may take relief from bird damage (new and existing) on the fairways due to abnormal course conditions according to Rule 16.1a.

BUNKERS

Due to unfinished renovations in all bunkers, players may lift, rake and replace their ball as close as possible to where their ball initially lay in the bunker. 

GROUND UNDER REPAIR

Unless specifically stated, players must take relief from all GUR in the general area, in accordance with Rule 16.1.

Players may take relief from the following in accordance with Rule 16.1:

  • Leaf, stick and mulch piles
  • Burnt ash piles
  • Storm damage: Any disturbed areas due to tree removal, ground out stumps, or cut and standing stump.
  • If a ball comes to rest on a tree root, or a tree root interferes with a player’s stance or swing, relief may taken in accordance with Rule 16.1b.

All works associated with the installation of the new irrigation system around greens are to be treated as GUR. Players must take relief in accordance with Rule 16.1a.

GREENS

Any bird damaged, or areas of damage that have been repaired, that are in the line of sight between a players ball and the hole, relief may be taken in accordance with Rule 16.1b. Players may take relief by moving their ball away from the line of sight damage, and no nearer to the hole.

All works associated with the installation of the new irrigation system around the greens are to be treated as GUR. Players must take relief in accordance with Rule 16.1a.

Further to this, players are asked to keep golf carts and buggies off the edges of the greens, and where possible not to step into any sanded areas where irrigation work has been undertaken.