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Sand saves: how Balgowlah
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The Board and club then introduced
some major changes which
eventually saw the club return to
cash-positive in 2013.
“We changed from employing
greens staff to maintaining the
golf course through contract
management by Landscape
Solutions,” says Tom Bourke,
President of Balgowlah Golf Club.
“This has produced excellent results
in course presentation and cost
savings, both in staff management
overheads, less administration work
and management of environmental
and occupational health and safety
issues.”
“The Professional and Pro-shop
activity at Balgowlah Golf Club is now
run by an experienced team lead by
Head Professional, Andrew Webster,
who also manages golf at Wakehurst
Golf Club. This has resulted in
significant cost savings to the Club,
a very well-stocked, presented and
maintained Pro-shop and regular
golf clinics for children of all ages,” he
adds.
Additionally, the Golf Club
appointed an experienced club
manager and an experienced finance
administrator to replace the previous
full-time and part-time staff. The club
also replaced their in-house catering
operation with an experienced local
catering firm to establish a consistent
and viable catering operation which
provides good food at competitive
prices.
The club is also determined to
be innovative. Balgowlah opens
all club competitions to all players
(though they admit few men are
yet brave enough to play on the
traditional Tuesday/Thursday “Ladies
days”!). The 9-hole configuration of
Balgowlah Golf course lends itself
well to the modern requirements of
today’s “family-oriented”