We wish all our members and their families a safe and relaxing holiday next week, with the weather improving we hope to see you on the Golf Course as well. Read on for a host of updates for the month ahead along with a newly announced offering for The Formula One weekend 4-6th June from our friends at the Four Seaons Hotel Baku. |
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Rangers V Celtic
After a rather cold and wet Sunday morning, the sun finally made an appearance for the Bernardi / McGhee Matchday trophy. After a convincing win for Rangers 14.5pts total against Celtics 11.5pts in March 2021 there was all to play for. With the only halved match of the day between the Captains Bob McEwan and Les Tulleth the early games went to Celtic with Wade Droney securing a 5&4 victory in his match. Wins for Dean McEwan, Andy Hulston and Leo Troup (Celtic) put them slightly in front before Nick Hore, Azzubair Jwayyed, Callum Stewart and Ray Irving balanced the tally for Rangers. A 3 match win for Celtic as players Oliver Mansfield, Lawrence McLeod and Jim Nelis was met with the same comeback from Tony Triggs, Howard Lyn and John Wright (Rangers). As the final groups completed their games wins for the Michael’s (Patterson and Young) put Rangers marginally in the lead. It was Ricky “The Rocket” Lewis who saved the day with a winning point for Celtic to even the result to a 11.5 / 11.5 MATCH DRAW for the Golf. Well done to the side contest winners - Oliver Mansfield with his Nearest the Pin in 2 shots at Hole 3, Andrew Ikstrums for his Nearest the Pin at Hole 5 and Hole 17 with Leo Troup claiming the Longest Drive on the 15th Hole.
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Dreamland Golf Club Members Match-play Championship 2021
We are delighted to publish the 2021 Summer Match-play Draw which will be displayed on the Golf Academy notice board and Golf Genius website and updated each week. As you enter the tournament website you will see it presented as a Left Flight Draw and a Right Flight Draw, so you can track your progress. First round games to be played by Monday 14th of June.
Please Note that for MATCHPLAY it is 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, please let us know that your intension to play a match, so our team can prepare scorecards with the number of strokes given or received during the game.
This year we will also have Runners Up league, if you loose your match in the first round, your name will be entered in Runners Up league which will run alongside our 2021 Matchplay Championship – Even more reason to enjoy this exciting format this summer. Good luck to everyone!!!
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MAXX Royal Qualifier – Dreamland Members Only
We are delighted to host a new event on the Calendar, the MAXX Royal Golf Cup. Dreamland Members have the chance to win 4 day golf package at Belek, Turkey to participate in MaxxRoyal Golf Cup 2021 series final which will take place in 6-10 December 2021. The winner will stay for a 4 days at 5* MaxxRoyal Belek Golf Resort and play golf with Final competition to take place in Montgomery Golf Course. The Runner up of the event will win a 2 nights stay at Argentario Golf Resort & Spa in Tuscany, Italy, including 2 rounds of golf for 2 people.
Sunday 9th of May, 10:00 shotgun start.
Entry Fee - 50 AZN, includes shared cart hire and drinks during prize presentation
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Medal Series 2021 - May Monthly Medal
On Sunday 16th of May we will hold our third Monthly Medal Series - May Monthly Medal. Be sure to sign up and we will arrange the draw with morning tee times. As with previous years we will offer points to the leading 10 players in each handicap division 0-21 & 22-36. As well as monthly awards, the series Grand Final will be played on Sunday 20th of October 2019. The entry fee is 15 AZN for members. Good Luck to all!
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Facebook Advert - FAKE
We have been alerted to a recent Facebook post, however we are unable to find out any further details at this stage. If anyone is contacted by or knows the people trying to stage the league we would be more than happy to discuss :).
All official members events are published and promoted through the newsletter or the club notice boards, not through Social Media.
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Online Tee Sheet EZLinks – UPGRADE
We are in the final stages of upgrading our Tee Sheet booking system, the new format will allow for more features in online bookings.
Our opening times are extended for the month of May with last balls at the Golf Academy issued at 7pm (8pm Close) and last tee off on course 6.00pm (8.00pm Close).
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IMG Prestige Travel Feature
Dreamland Golf Club and Golf Hotel are pleased to feature in the 2021 IMG Prestige collection of courses and managed properties. Remember that as a Member of Dreamland you can avail of preferred pricing through this network. Don’t delay in preparing your plans for when the airlines resume flights!
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Membership
Don’t forget to recommend our flexible “Monthly Membership” to your colleagues or anyone wanting to take up Golf, 599AZN per month is certainly value for money if you plan on playing 18 holes each week. Feel free to contact the team on membership@dreamlandgolfclub.com
Our 2021 Draft Events Calendar is attached on the below link – We trust you will enjoy your season with us!
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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 further notice.
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The Driving Range will OPEN until 18.30pm. Last balls issued at 18.00pm.
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Golf Lesson appointment to be made by contacting academy@dreamlandgolfclub.com
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GOLF COURSE - OPEN MEMBERS / GUESTS and VISITORS welcome bookings online or by contacting reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com
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GOLF SHOP – AVAILABLE for online requests and sales on Weekends - retail@dreamlandgolfclub.com
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LOCKER ROOM – CLOSED
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CLUBHOUSE ACCESS – CLOSED (Wash Rooms and Take Away Beverage Service only)
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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.
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ARRIVAL
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Access through the MALL entrance
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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.
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Your Golf Equipment will be prepared for READY GOLF, our team will have as little guest interaction in the interests of safety.
- Upon Completion of your game be sure to wash your hands. The Dreamland Golf Hotel is open for after game Drinks and Food with the COVID government regulation guidelines.
SAFETY MEASURES
We have the following safety measures in place at Dreamland, for Golf Members and Employees.
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The wearing of a MASK IS COMPULSARY AT ALL TIMES including your during Your Game!
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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….)
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Les hit his straps off the golf course winning last week’s Tenerife open in Spain. Although all honors go to the Parman taking out April's Fantasy League winning by a slender margin of 51 points over new joiner Tom. Well done Parman! |
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Saturday 1st of May 2021 – Saturday Roll Up Results
Due to rainy playing conditions only 23 members participated in last week’s Saturday Roll Up. Competition was tight at top of the leaderboard with 2 players – Lucio Otano and David Seo both scoring 1 under par 37 points. In order to determine winner, it required us to look at their back nine scores. After countback Lucio took 1st place with 19pts vs. David’s 15 inward points which resulted him to take second place. There was also a tie for 3rd place with Dean McEwan, Scott Blyth and Iain Grant scoring level par 36points. After countback Deano took 3rd place with 20pts – Scott’s 19pts and Iain’s 17pts were not enough for them to be on the leaderboard. Last Saturday 3 players had 2s on their card – David Seo and Iain Grant birdied the 5th and Danny Lee birdied 10th hole to put 2 on his scorecard.
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Ladies Clinic
Starting Thursday 6th May, please be sure to book your place in advance as spaces are limited. These classes are open to all so bring your friends along with you.
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Course Update
We welcome in May with a Maintenance Monday, along with some nice rain over the weekend for the course, although it wasn’t as pleasant playing golf Sunday morning.
Maintenance Monday – Greens have received a Vertical cut followed by a dusting of sand. The process involves a -1mm backtrack Vertical Cut and a debris cleanup double cut at 3.25mm. Once the green surfaces are cleaned up, a light dusting of sand is applied and finally a rub in with a coco fiber mat. Vertical cutting is extremely important part of our yearly agronomy plan. We will complete this practice Bi Weekly moving towards summer. We do this cultural practice to true reducing thatch and grain build up from daily growth. Effectively creating a tighter, firmer putting surface for a truer and more consistent ball roll it also speeds up the recovery of any pitch mark scaring.
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We have completed nine Fairways last week with the Verti Drain and will continue this process this week. Over the next 5 days we will complete a deep tine aeration down to depth of 250mm on our fairways and fore greens. This cultural practice has never been performed on these surfaces and will be huge benefit to the course condition throughout the summer. This will have a huge impact on water percolation into the root zone, along with elevating over 5 years of compaction, releasing years of Co2 gas build up and much needed oxygen deep into the root zone. With temperatures now perfect for cool season grass growth, this cultural practice will help our root mass drive deeper into the root zone. This improves the overall plant health and will be much more resilient to the hot and dry weather we face during the summer months in Baku. |
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Our greenside bunkers are receiving some much needed attention. We will work through each bunker 1 by 1 checking sand depths are correct, adding sand where required and a clean out of all foreign materials. We have 136 bunkers on course so please understand it will take some time to complete these works. |
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Please take an extra few moments on the greens to find and repair any ball pitch marks. |
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Dreamland Golf Club | +994 (0) 12 404 7 404 | reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com | |
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