To help us maintain the course in the best possible condition for the enjoyment of all, and for safety, we request you to adhere to the following:
Please observe as a matter of courtesy when you are driving to and from the clubhouse car park, that if members are teeing off on the first or putting out on the eighteenth, that we stop and allow them to take their shots before moving off.
- Please repair your divots.
- Please repair all pitch marks.
- Please drive buggies safely, and with consideration for others.
- Please do not take any shot until it is safe to do so.
- Please give priority to any walkers on the public footpaths across the course.
- Please do not take buggies or trolleys inside the greenside bunkers, or on to the tee boxes, aprons or greens.
- Please do not take buggies or trolleys inside any solid or dotted white lines, or ropes positioned to direct traffic.
- Please do not play from any area encircled with a white line, or marked GUR.
- Please do not carry your golf bag across, or place it on the greens or tee boxes.
- Please keep up with the game in front.
- Please allow faster games to play through.
- If you lose one clear hole from the group ahead or are searching for a ball - please invite the group behind to play through.
- Note that a single player has standing on our course, but not priority to play through.
- In case of a medical emergency on the course - please contact the Secretary, or any available Greenkeeper (who all carry a mobile phone). Note that other players nearby may have a mobile phone available - see below.
- No calls are allowed to be taken or made whilst in the clubhouse. Smart phones may be used for calendar, email, etc.
Please switch off your mobile phones when on club premises, especially the bars, the restaurant, and the course.
You are encouraged to carry your mobile phone on the course to use in case of emergencies, however it MUST be switched off or to silent mode AT ALL TIMES on the course, except for an emergency.
Mobile phones may otherwise be used in the car parks, and the main clubhouse foyer only - but please do not disturb others.
Smart phones may be used for silent applications such as calendar, emails, etc.
Devices which measure distance only are allowed for all play (social and competition) at Bearsted Golf Club. They must not be capable of gauging or measuring other conditions that might affect play (e.g. gradient, wind speed, temperature, etc) as this would be in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty in competition play is disqualification. If in doubt, you must confirm that your device complies with Decision 14-3/0.5.
The sharing of these devices does not constitute a breach of the rules, as it is sharing of public knowledge, not advice (see Decisions 5-1/5, and 8-1/2). However, the sharing of a device which is capable of measuring other conditions (see para above) will result in disqualification from competition of all players involved.
During winter months when conditions dictate, power trolleys and pull trolleys may be banned to protect the course, although pull trolleys will normally be allowed if fitted with "Hedgehog" fairway protectors. "Course Status" (shown on Home Page) will normally confirm what is acceptable for the day.
