Latest News
As many of you will have experienced the Power Outage in Baku has caused concern for all this past week. Dreamland Golf Club has been no exception so apologies for the delay in this week’s news as we have been hampered with power and internet connectivity. Martin McGavock and his team have been working day and night in 38-41 degree temperatures to supply generator power to our pump stations so that we are able to irrigate the golf course.  With 66 hectares of cool season grass its vital we supply water on a daily basis to ensure the course condition remains.  We ask that all members and guests do their bit to protect the course with Martin’s advice below.
Course Update – Martin McGavock Course Superintendent
“We are in a period of extreme heat stress at the moment with temperatures that have matched and overtaken Dubai this past weekend. The course has a lot of dry areas as our grass varieties experience heat stress up wards of 32 degrees Celcius. Grass under this stress goes into a defence mode and is easily damaged easily by weight golf carts and hot tyres. We ask that all golfers until further update kindly adhere to the 90 degree rule by keeping on cart paths and driving off at 90 degrees to you ball location to play a shot and directly returning to cart path at 90 degrees”. See below instruction.
In the current weather along with meeting golfer expectations on course, grass survival is high priority, where we work from ‘pin out’ starting with the greens as the most important surface on the course – which are performing very well during this period!
 
“I ask that you kindly assist us by avoiding driving in brown dry looking areas where possible, observe the 90 degree rule and PLEASE REPAIR YOUR PITCHMARKS as we have been experiencing a high volume of unrepaired Pitchmarks for the amount of rounds played on the course. Nobody wants to miss a putt because someone’s unrepaired Pitchmark has diverted their ball”
2018 Ambassadors' Trophy 
On July 29th we invite all Embassies to join annual Ambassadors' Trophy Golf Tournament where each country with one team-captain and three invited golfers will fight for the best golfing Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan!
Save the date and contact your Embassy friends so they could officially appoint a team of four people to represent your country and challenge a last year winners from South-Korea! Who will be the winner this year?
Additional information can be found from Anton Samsonov Anton.Samsonov@dreamlandgolfclub.com or follow the link below. We look forward to your participation. 
IMG Success
A great win at the French Open last weekend by IMG client Alex Noren at Le Golf National in Paris, which will also host the Ryder Cup in September. Le Golf National is an IMG Prestige affiliated facility. Across in the USA, IMG client Francesco Molinari claimed his first win on the PGA Tour by an impressive 8 shots at the Quicken Loans National at TPC Potomac. Well done to all!
Azerbaijan International Golf Society (AIGS) – Annual Trophy 
The AIGS Golf Society will play their Annual Trophy and BBQ on Sunday 15 th of July. All AIGS members are asked to confirm their availability with Martin Doherty AIGS Committee martin.docherty@socarcape.az . Given the Sunday is the World Cup Final the plan is to start mid morning with the below timings
1000 Annual Trophy Shotgun Start
1430 Groups Conclude Play
1445 Welcome Drinks at the patio & BBQ
1530 Prize Presentation
1600 Chipping Contest
1700 Bus Departs for Harbour Bar Port Baku to watch The World Cup Final 
VOTE FOR THE BEST CLUB IN AZERBAIJAN 
As part of growing the exposure for Azerbaijan as a golf destination we are nominated as a finalist of 2018 World Golf Awards! Your vote matters! Please support us and cast your valuable vote for Dreamland Golf Club!
Re-Play Golf Cart Rental
Given the great weather and playing conditions we see good demand for players wishing to play additional holes after they have completed their morning round. To accommodate this and ensure we have the first tee runs smoothly we ask that players book in with the Golf Shop and hire the cart for a further 9 holes or 18 holes. 
2 Player Scramble - July
Unfortunately due to late notice from our sponsor we have had to postpone this event to later on in the season. The TEE sheet will be open for play as usual for this day.
Members Trips
Date Confirmed – Anton had an enjoyable trip to Georgia and as a result are pleased to announce that we will travel up at the end of our season for Saturday 13 th and Sunday 14 th of October. Current plans include travelling up on the Friday for a practise ahead of the 2 days of golf. We hope for future years the date will fall closer to the summer however the new course which will host the match, Tbilisi Hills is not officially open for play until September 2018. We look forward to confirming final timings with Gary and Perry Einfeldt (GM of Tbilisi Hills) so we can look at flight options and get our team ready to play for the 2018 Azerbaijan v Georgia Friendship Trophy.
 
Russia Update - We are looking at taking names for players interested in playing golf in Moscow on the EID holiday 22nd, 23rd and 24th of August 2018. We have some great courses lined up to play including Moscow Golf and Country Club – home of the Senior’s Tour event and others located in close proximity. For anyone interested in receiving more details and to register interest please contact Anton Samsonov – Anton.samsonov@dreamlandgolfclub.com
 
Qatar Trip – Doha will soon have a second golf course as Education City Golf Club is set to open towards the end of 2018. Michael Braidwood GM for the new project has visited Baku and participated in our Mercedes Event in May this year. He is keen for us to experience the new course in November as temperatures will be perfect for a game.  We look forward to updating with more news on this visit. 
Saturday 30th of June 2018 – Saturday Roll Up Results 
Weather was too hot for golf on Saturday and with only 22 players taking part in last week’s Saturday Roll Up. The winner was Les Tulleth with 4 under par 40 points. Jungwoon Choi took second place with 3 under par 39 points. There was a tie for third place, with 3 players – Ilgar Ahmadov, Andrew Hulston and Gary Green – scoring 2 under par 38 points. It required us to look at their back nine scores. After countback Ilgar took 3rd place with 18 back nine pts, whereas Andrew’s 17pts and Gary’s 16pts left them out of the leaderboard.

Last Saturday three players had 2s on their card. Graham Beattie birdied the 5th, Ilgar Ahmadov birdied the 10th and Elman Rzayev birdied the 17th hole to put 2 on their scorecards.
Dreamland Golf Club Members’ 2018 Match-play Championship Sponsored by Valedictorian Putters
We are delighted to see that the Round two club Matchplay ties were almost completed on time except one match is remaining due to rotational leave of players. PLEASE ensure that you make early contact and play your third match before MONDAY 23rd of July as we have provided four weeks time frame for the third round. It’s the responsibility of both players to arrange your match, please feel free to contact reservations to request the e-mail address of your opponent.   reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com   
 
When booking a tee time for your game, please let us now that you are playing a match play, so our team can prepare scorecards ahead of your game. 
Retail News
SAFE GOLF!
As many players will testify this weekend temperatures were similar in Baku to that of Dubai, at around 40 degrees. Please be sure to follow some simple but effective measures to ensure you are safe and comfortable on course.
Wide Brim Hats – The Greg Norman hats are very good at offering wide brim protection to shade your face, neck and ears. The straw material also allows for free air movement so that you head can breathe during your game.
Arm Socks – If you haven’t tried these - you must! A simple arm sock sleeve protects your forearms from the sun rays, cooling your skin and wrists. If you think that they will limit your swing you are wrong, after a few seconds you don’t even notice the material against your skin.
Sun Cream – We have high factor sun tan cream and spray available from the golf shop, be sure to pop some in your golf bag and apply extra cream when passing the bathrooms at the Café T Lakeview at hole 10. 
Water – Try to avoid consuming Alcohol on the course, instead opt for drinking the water provided with the golf cart and top up at our cooler stations around the course at the 7th and 13Tee.
As always enjoy your golf – but please stay SAFE!! 
ACADEMY NEWS
Par 3 Matchplay
Next month we shall be starting a new competition at the Academy, the ‘Dreamland Par 3 Matchplay’. Similar to the Club Matchplay, the format will be an individual knockout competition, handicap based, and over 18 holes (2 x 9 holes). Matches shall be played on the Academy Par 3 course on Mondays and open to juniors, ladies and men. Entry is just 20 AZN per person. To register and enter the draw please contact Alex on alex.daydreamlandgolfclub.com +994 50 983 8 172
Knowing the Rules
Last week’s question:
In a match, Player A's ball-marker on the putting green is pressed down by Player B, his opponent. Player B is subject to penalty. False . Rule 18-3b  does not apply to ball-markers. However, if the ball-marker were moved such that it no longer accurately marked the position of the ball, in equity ( Rule 1-4 ), the opponent would incur a penalty of one stroke.
Pre- Owned Clubs For Sale
Please find below the link to our Pre–Owned selection of golf equipment which we have on offer with the Golf Academy Team. Alex, Kamran or Emma are delighted to allow you to trial any of the items at the Driving Range, as you can see many of the leading brands are featured.
Footgolf is now available on a Monday evening from 5pm till 8pm with floodlight play available on our academy Par 3 course. This is a great new initiative to grow awareness in Azerbaijan and to mix the worldwide passion for football into golf course concepts and scoring system. If you have not tried this then we would highly recommend you get along on a Monday evening to try it out. We will certainly look to grow this concept in 2018. The cost is 20azn per person for 18 holes and we will provide the footballs. For more information on Footgolf please contact    academy@dreamlandgolfclub.com
JW Marriott - The Best Happy Hours in Town!
Start your evenings at terraces of Fireworks Urban Kitchen and OroNero Bar & Ristorante. Unwind after a long working day in a cool ambiance and relaxing atmosphere and enjoy 50% discount on beverages between 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, 7 days a week.
For reservations: +994 12 499 8888
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