Club Email

A Word From The President

Dear Members,

I hope everyone has been enjoying the reasonably temperate wet season, if the number of competition entries is any indication it would seem so!

As is the case at this time of year, some aspects of course maintenance, particularly mowing and spraying, has been challenging for the green keeping team. Not withstanding this, Director of Greens, Simon Rogers, General Manager, Brett Lubicz, and myself met with the Turnpoint management team last week to reinforce the importance of weed control on the course, and ensure that Tod is getting their support as necessary as we head towards the dry season.

In other green's matters, the fast-growing rough has provided the opportunity to do some fairway reshaping, which will be reviewed in the next few weeks to ensure it caters for all levels of golfers. During wet days we have advised the maintenance team to focus on course 'house keeping' including weeding bunkers, filling path pot holes, clearing drains, cleaning around sprinkler heads etc.

Whilst the proposed constitution has been completed and was planned for issue late last year, it goes hand in hand with the club's regulations. The proposed regulations are now being completed and both documents will be circulated to members in the next few weeks for comment.

The preliminary Master Plan, drafted by Mode Design, will be displayed in the Club and issued to members in the next week or two. This is a high-level document based on member input during workshops last year. The Board intends to push on rapidly with the identification, refinement and planning of aspects of the development of the Club's facilities, following on from this document. The process going forward will be guided by an 'Infrastructure and Facilities Advisory Committee' made up of appropriately experienced members to advise the Board.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Brett Kruger to the Board as Men's Captain, I am sure his continued contribution to the Match Committee and also the development of the club as a whole will be invaluable.

I look forward to seeing you around the Club.

Simon Gardini

President

General Manager's Update

Since our previous newsletter, many of you have been battling your way through a tricky wet season to get out on course, I commend you for your commitment and determination. Friday nights have been very busy of late at the clubhouse, lots of families utilising the playground area and fantastic to see a lot of members here for the badge draw, which was won recently by a very happy Ima Core! It was also great to see strong turnouts for both our golfing events this year, with New Years Day and Australia Day each selling out.

A little bit of housekeeping from me, I kindly ask that all members and their guests treat our staff with the same warmth and respect that they show in return. Our clubhouse is a place for everyone to feel welcome, relaxed, and looked after, and creating that positive atmosphere is something we all share together.

Please make sure you are regularly checking in with our social media on Facebook or Instagram to keep up to date with all the latest news, specials and events happening at the Club.

Best wishes and happy golfing,

Brett Lubicz

General Manager

Footy Tipping Comp Is Back

$50 per code
AFL & NRL

- Join AFL, NRL, or Both

- Sign up for both and score a $20 Darwin Golf Club Voucher

- Get a free handle of tap beer, small house wine or soft drink every time you hand in your tips at the venue and/or beat the Boss at the end of each round

All entries must be submitted before close of business this Friday the 28th of February

*NRL Game 1 kicks off 1st March*

*AFL Game 1 kicks off on 5th March*

Come into the club house and sign up now so you don't miss out.

Members Badge Draw

Drawn every Friday at 7pm, this week's badge draw is now at $550.

Please remember that you must be present at the time of the draw and you have 1 minute to claim your prize, so see you all this Friday for your chance to win!

Trivia Night

Scott Murphy continues to entertain with his unique style at the weekly Trivia Night, so round up the troops and join us from 6:30pm in the main club room. There are plenty of prizes to be won every Wednesday!! Bookings are advised, so call 8927 1322 to secure your table. The Jackpot is now at $550 this week so be in it to win it!!!

Meat Raffle

House & Social Committee are running meat raffles every Friday night. Thank you to Prime Meats NT & Grant De Ruyter for their generosity in supplying the club with meat vouchers.

Wet weather seems to have dominated recent golfing events.

Our Internal Pennants weekends have suffered with several washouts and our Australia Day Ambrose saw an interrupted day of play.

Countless competitions have seen players record NSA (No Score Approved) on their scorecard as they have not completed their round due to the wet conditions.

Prize allocation for 18 hole competitions occurs when 12 or more players complete the round. The number of players in a competition during the Wet Season also impacts whether the Pro Shop upload the results as ungraded or A & B Division and whether the Pro Pin prize is attributed. i.e. If only 12 players in comp paying $12 pp, it is not economically viable for Club to be paying out $125 for NTP Pro Pin as well as $80 for the Winner. Nice if you are one of the lucky 12, but poor form for our Financials!

Wet Weather caused our Internal Pennants to bring the washout rule into play by utilising the first weekend in February as the make up fixture for Round 3 to be played. Our golf program only allows room for one rescheduling. Grand Final is the exception. Match Committee will determine a potential date for a replay by the two finalists if there is a washout.

ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITION: Temporary Water on Putting Green R & A Rule 16.1a

R & A Rule 16.1a

When a ball is on the putting green and there is interference by abnormal course condition (temporary water) , free relief may be taken by placing a ball on the nearest point of complete relief.

This includes if the abnormal course condition is in your line of play while ball on putting green.

ACHIEVERS:

ORDER of MERIT - National Golf Australia rankings for 2025

Women's Scratch & Nett winner: Sophie Minchinton

Senior Women's Winner: Robyn Levick

Girls Winner: Sophie Minchinton

Men's Scratch & Nett Winner: Malcolm Roney (Katherine GC)

Senior Men's Winner: John Robins

Boys Winner: Jacob Rawlings

(National G.A. events schedule is listed on golf.org.au )

2025 Darwin Golf Club Order of Merit Winners

Women: Michelle Trawinski

Men: David Richardson

Order of Merit ranking points are gained by participating in 15 designated DGC Stroke competitions from March – October each year. These include our Monthly Medals, Club Championships, Darwin Open, and two specified OoM comps in the annual program.

It is quite an achievement to sit atop the Order of Merit leader board and we hope for a close contest in 2026.

Junior Achievers: Rhys Trembath, Summer Dellow and Sophie Minchinton ventured interstate in recent months to compete in several Golf Australia events.

Greg Norman Junior Masters held at Palmer Coolum Resort Golf course: Sophie and Rhys

S.A. Junior Amateur at Kooyonga GC & S.A. Junior Masters at Royal Adelaide GC : Summer and Sophie

In coming months these juniors have been selected from the Junior Emerging Talent (J.E.T.) group by Golf NT to represent NT/ACT combined Territory Team at the 2026 Junior Interstate team Matchplay event to be held at Moonah Links Resort in Victoria.

Kurt Watts will be accompanying as the Team coach.

They will also participate in the prestigious Australian Junior Amateur Championships at Ballarat GC in April.

Our Juniors appreciate that this is a great opportunity for their ongoing development and performance. Mixing it with the best affords them a great learning opportunity.

DGC has a growing number of Junior members who are thriving under the stewardship of our PGA Certified Golf Professionals, Kurt Watts and Bec West.

A number of development clinics are conducted weekly to cater for both the Beginner golfer and the Higher Performance player.

Darwin Golf Club was successful for its fifth year in acquiring a grant from the Australian Golf Foundation to offer a golfing scholarship to junior girls. Bec West facilitates this coaching program and this year 14 girls will develop the skills of golf and enjoy the connectivity of the game.

MAJOR EVENTS on 2026 golf calendar (now uploaded on DGC website)

NB: Air North Club Championships for 2026 have moved from June to August

( 8 & 9 and 15 & 16 August)

Reminder that the official Opening of our 2026/2027 golf season occurs on Saturday 21 March with an Opening Ambrose. It would be good to see a full field.

Hoping for drier course conditions in the days ahead!

Michele Cody,

Women’s Captain

Brett Kroger,

Men’s Captain

Thank you & Good Luck To Our Internal Pennants Finalists!

The Darwin Golf Club would like to thank all who participated, volunteered and sponsored the event for making it another successful year. Good luck to our finalist for this Saturday.

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