Dear Members,
We were amazed to host players over the weekend, given the snow we experienced last week. A huge thanks to our superintendent Andrew Ikstrums and his team for preparing the course, as well as taking the opportunity early Saturday and Sunday morning to cut the greens for us to enjoy, hours after the snow thawed. These pictures clearly show just how the temperatures can range with apparent -12 on Thursday to +14 on Sunday afternoon.
Welcome to Spring
We look forward to getting through the final weeks of Quarantine here in Azerbaijan and hope that from April we can review our operations ahead of the season. Read on for updates on the AIGS Winter Eclectic Trophy, the start of our Dreamland Golf Club 2021 Medal Series starting this month, the SOCAR CAPE Novruz Stableford and the Bernardi / McGhee Celtic Rangers match which will be staged this month. **In readiness for the season we ask ALL players to submit score cards for your WHS (World Handicap System) with the target to get 20 scores recorded for each player.  For further details feel free to contact our events@dreamlandgolfclub.com team for more details.

Corporate Tournament Sponsorship - We are starting to see some signs of recovery however the international events such as the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup remain on hold. We will continue to work with local businesses in a bid to attract them to support our events for the 2021. Should any company be interested in promoting their services through a Golf Tournament we would be delighted to hear from you events@dreamlandgolfclub.com.
Membership
Thanks to everyone who has renewed their 2021 membership, whilst we appreciate there is still some uncertainty for many of our members we are pleased to share monthly membership for March, keep in mind the Novruz Holiday week will allow for some extra golf!
Renewed Members
Your 2021 voucher packs are close to completion so we will look to distribute them over the coming weeks. In addition this year members will each receive a Range Card for the ball machine which allows ball credits when practicing at the Academy. 
AIGS Winter Eclectic
Congratulations to the A.I.G.S (Azerbaijan International Golf Society) players on the completion of the Winter Eclectic tournament.  Well done to the 2021 winner Elman Rzayev with a -16 total for his rounds, in turn collecting a voucher for 400azn. In second place was Wade Droney -15 (300azn Voucher, 3rd place was a tie between Nick Hore and Iain Grant – 14, with a countback on the lowest back 9 total Nick (net 26) took 3rd and Iain (net 30) 4th with 200azn and 100azn vouchers credited to their accounts. The final award for 5th place went to Alisdair Still with his combined 8 round score of -13 and a 50azn voucher credit. Anyone wishing to join the A.I.G.S can contact Martin Docherty martin.docherty@socarcape.az or Alistair McDuff alistair.macduff@socarcape.az we look forward to several events this coming season.
Monday Openings – PUBLIC HOLIDAY DATES
We will be open for play on the public holiday dates of Monday 8th and Monday 22nd of March with tee times from 10.00am.  For the holiday dates during Novruz the course will be open from 10.00am with the last tee time 16.00pm. Please reserve your tee time with reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com
Driving Range Opening
Please see our amended operational timings, with the amendment that the Driving Range will be open Tuesday – Friday 9am – 18.00pm Saturday-Sunday 8.30am – 18.00pm. Please consider WEDNESDAY to be our PAR 3 Day. Once we resume 7 day operations this will be reviewed to MONDAY’s. 
SOCAR CAPE Novruz Trophy 2021
On behalf of the team at SOCAR CAPE, Dreamland Golf Club members are invited to participate in their annual SOCAR CAPE Novruz Trophy which will be played on Saturday 20th March and Monday 22nd of March. Saturday’s first round can be played at ANY tee time that day to suit players, cards can be submitted for your round one score whilst also being considered for the Saturday Roll Up. On Monday 22nd of March we will return for the FINAL round with TEE TIMES DRAWN in score order from 10.00am.  Commenting on the event “Our annual trophy was started in 2016 as intracompany event that was expanded in 2019 to attract golfers outside of SOCAR CAPE and has always been a great fixture to start the season, in a change for this year the event will be over 2 days and played at Dreamland, as the final round at Quba is not possible due to the current situation. I look forward to seeing as many players participate as possible – Ilgar Ahmadov General Director SOCAR CAPE.
Celtic V Rangers
The Bernardi / McGhee Celtic Rangers Trophy will be played on Sunday 21st of March – 9.00am shotgun start. Teams will be selected by Captains Bob McEwan and Les Tulleth for this 24 per side popular fixture. Tee times will open from 11.20am for member and guest play on that day from tee 7.
Medal Series 2021
We are delighted to stage our first Medal Series event on Sunday March the 14th. Played from Blue Tee’s for the Gents and Gold Tee’s for the Ladies, Medal (Stroke Play) is the purest form of the game as every shot counts. Who will be the winners of our Medal Series Mug's in 2021?
DREAMLAND GOLF CLUB – COVID Statement
Whilst maintaining our existing measures of cleaning and disinfection on a regular basis, we continue to monitor and Test our Operations team for the safety of all. We ask guests to be respectful of the measures in place and act responsibly at ALL TIMES. 
Dreamland Management
 
In line with the announcements we are OPEN TUESDAY – SUNDAY offering the following services.
 
  • We will continue to operate from the Golf Academy and Dreamland Golf Hotel for Food & Beverage services until 1st of APRIL 2021.
  • The Driving Range will OPEN Tuesdays to Sunday’s until 19.00pm. Last balls issued at 18.00pm.
  • Golf Lesson appointment to be made by contacting  academy@dreamlandgolfclub.com
  • GOLF COURSE – MONDAY CLOSED - OPEN MEMBERS / GUESTS and VISITORS welcome bookings online or by contacting reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com
  • GOLF SHOP – AVAILABLE for online requests and sales on Weekends - retail@dreamlandgolfclub.com
  • LOCKER ROOM – CLOSED
  • CLUBHOUSE ACCESS – CLOSED (Wash Rooms and Take Away Beverage Service only)
  • DREAMLAND GOLF HOTEL –  OPEN – please email Gulnara.Asadova@dreamlandgolfhotel.az for details
**The above situation may be reviewed at any time in line with changes to the current Quarantine measures. 
ARRIVAL
  • Access through the MALL entrance – ONLY WITH TEE SHEET BOOKING
  • Each guest will have their temperature checked and Vehicle Baggage Check at the GATEHOUSE. Any person (Member or Employee) recording a temperature of 38 degree will not be allowed access to the property. If you are feeling unwell with a temperature we ask that you please STAY HOME.
  • Travel through Dreamland Access Barriers to the GOLF ACADEMY CAR PARK.
  • ARRIVE - 10 minutes before your game to the GOLF ACADEMY – Your Golf Equipment will be prepared for READY GOLF
  • Proceed to the GOLF COURSE without delay – 7th Tee (finishing on Hole 6)
  • Upon Completion of your game you can leave Dreamland within the shortest time possible to avoid interaction with fellow guests.
 
SAFETY MEASURES
We have the following safety measures in place at Dreamland, for Golf Members and Employees.
  • The wearing of a MASK IS COMPULSARY AT ALL TIMES including your during Your Game!
  • Social distancing is a MUST – maintaining a 2 metre distance is crucial AT ALL TIMES.
  • Hand washing and sanitizing is VITAL– we have stations in place for this to happen.
  • Always follow the hygiene instructions and disinfect or wash your hands before and after the game, avoid touching your face, mouth, eyes.
  • No contact with playing partners (replace 18th-green handshake with shoe bumps, elbow bumps, or Namaste bow….)
Well done to Andrew Ikstrums on leading the European Tour Fantasy League for February. Cash prizes are awarded for most fantasy points accumulated each month. We currently have 10 participants and runs over 10 months for the duration of the European tour schedule. Drew the (Grass Cutter) won this month winning 100AZN with a great week at the World Golf Championships @ Concession GC Florida. Season is starting to heat up, it would great to get some more members involved in the fun. Feel free to contact Andrew.ikstrums@dreamlandgolfclub.com to sign up!
 
Below is Drew’s team selected at WGC event
Saturday 27th of February 2021 – Saturday Roll Up Results
Excellent playing conditions were enjoyed on Saturday, with 35 members using this opportunity to participate in the weekly Saturday Roll Up. Bayram Erdogan took first place with fantastic 44 points. There was a tie for second and third places with Bonsang Koo and Brian McCormick both scoring 6 under par 42 points. In order to determine runner up, it required us to look at their back nine scores. After countback Bonsang took second place with better back nine score of 20pts vs. Brian’s inward score of 19pts which were enough for him to take third place.
Last Saturday 3 players had 2s on their card – Patrick Clark birdied the 5th, John Bruce birdied the 13th, whereas John Deane birdied the 17th hole to put 2 on his scorecard. They also shared last 2 weeks’ rolled over 2s club prize money.
Course Update
Maintenance March has arrived along with spring after a great weekend of weather! We are planning a whole course rejuvenation beginning on Tuesday the 9th of March through to the 19th. The putting surfaces will be left until last, commencing the greens rejuvenation on the 29th of March (after the Novruz Holidays).

It is an exciting and busy month ahead for the agronomy department. I am personally really looking forward to seeing the course bounce back quickly and in its brilliant best again setting it up for huge golfing season ahead. Below is a short timeline and a look into our upcoming maintenance practices. 
Rejuvenation Processes
A.   TEES – Commencing Tuesday 9/3/2021 – 11/3/2021
1.    -4mm double vertical cut.
2.    15mm hollow core 50mm x 50mm spacing.
3.    -15mm SISIS VEEMOW scarification.
4.    Debris clean up – blow off, sweep, shovel up core piles.
5.    4mm clean up double cut using a fixed head Toro flex 1600 walk behind mower.
6.    Spread fertiliser amendments @3kg/100m2 and over seed with Poa Pratensis @2kg/100m2.
7.    Heavy topdressing of sand applying approximately 75 tons of sand to the tee boxes.
8.    Drag mat and brush in the sand.
9.    Apply 12min of irrigation to settle sand, activate the fertiliser and seed germination process.
 
B.   ROUGH – Commencing Tuesday 9/3/2021 – 13/3/2021
1.    First Rough Cut scalp – using our Toro 4700 Rough mower, we adjust the height of cut from 57mm to 27mm. This scalps off the tired, worn and frost burnt fescue rough grass.
2.    A sweep and blow off to collect the excess grass debris.
3.    Apply 300kg/ha of Ammonia Nitrate 16.16.16 fertiliser blend. Approximately 12,000kg of fertiliser to be applied to the rough.
4.    6mm of irrigation applied during a nighttime rough cycle to activate the fertiliser.
 
C.    COLLAR & FOREGREENS – Commencing Wednesday 10/3/2021 – 13/3/2021
1.    -4mm double vertical cut.
2.    15mm hollow core 50mm x 50mm spacing.
3.    -15mm SISIS VEEMOW scarification.
4.    Debris clean up – blow off, sweep, shovel up core piles.
5.    4mm clean up double cut using a fixed head Toro flex 1600 walk behind mower.
6.    Spread fertiliser amendments @3kg/100m2 and over seed with Poa Pratensis @2kg/100m2.
7.    Heavy topdressing of sand applying approximately 140 tons of sand to the foregreens.
8.    Drag mat and brush in the sand.
9.    Apply 12min of irrigation to settle sand, activate the fertiliser and seed germination process.
 
D.   FAIRWAYS – Commencing Monday 15/3/2021 – 20/3/2021
1.    -15mm SISIS VEEMOW scarification
2.    Toro Fairway mower - 7mm double cut
3.    Blow and sweep debris.
4.    Over seed with Poa Patensis and topdressing of weak or dead areas.
5.    Apply 300kg/ha of Ammonia Nitrate 16.16.16 fertiliser blend. Approximately 4500kg applied to the fairways.
6mm of irrigation applied during a nighttime irrigation cycle
Care for your Course
Please continue to repair your pitch marks on the greens and please fill your divots with either sand or divot sod removed from playing your shot. It was extremely disappointing to see a divot taken out of the 16th green on Saturday right next to the hole. Additional rakes have been added to the bunkers, so please take the time to rake the bunkers after you play your shots.
Have a good week and happy golfing!
Online Tee Sheet EZLinks
For those members who wish to register, please refer to the advice notes in the below link as always our team are on hand to help  reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com
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