Strawberry Hill Golf Course is a historic course that was planned before current design safety standards were developed. Many tees and greens are very close together as are the centre lines of fairways. Please be advised that extra care is needed when playing our course. This is particularly important when preparing to take a shot - always check that it is safe to proceed.
Our course is surrounded by housing, a martial arts centre, a children’s playground and a junior school. We therefore ask that you pay particular attention to avoid playing shots that may leave the golf course and cause injury to people in the vicinity or damage to their property.
If there is an accident or your ball leaves the golf course boundary, you MUST report this immediately at the end of your round to the Club Manager by email (secretary@shgolf.co.uk) or phone (020 8894 0165, option 3). Please state your name, the hole number, the location from where the shot was taken and where you believe the shot may have landed. This information is required for safety reporting purposes only.
Safety notices and guidelines
To ensure everyone’s personal safety whilst playing please also be aware of the following safety notices and guidelines:
• Playing golf on any terrain particularly with changeable ground conditions carries inevitable risks.
• We expect all golfers to play by the Rules of Golf with special reference to Section 1: The Games, Player Conduct and the Rules.
• Greenkeepers and course staff have priority on the course.
• Please read and comply with all signage on the course including the practice area and facilities.
• For your own safety, please follow all directional signage. Failure to do so will be at your own risk.
• Always follow the directional signs to the 1st tee. Do not walk from the car park across the 9th fairway as this is highly dangerous.
• Always check when preparing to take a shot that it is safe to proceed.
• When you are preparing to take a shot or practice swing please check that no one is standing close by or in a position to be hit by your club, your ball or stones, pebbles, twigs etc.
• Please take extra care on steps and timber surrounds to tee boxes as these may become slippery when wet.
• Some tees and bunkers have steep sloping sides. To avoid slipping on them always enter and leave from the lowest point and never take trolleys onto them.
• A brook runs across the course and is within the playing area. The embankments to the brook are steep. Take particular care if entering these areas to play a shot or retrieve a ball.
• There are also steep ditch banks on the course. Take extra care in these areas too.
• The bridges across the brook are narrow. Be careful when crossing them particularly with buggies and golf trollies.
• The course is heavily wooded. Be aware of the possibility of balls rebounding from trees.
• Please keep buggies and trolleys outside white lined areas at all times.
• Should high-risk weather conditions (e.g. thunder and lightning) develop while you are on the course we will sound an audible warning to let you know the course is being closed.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL VISITORS AND GUESTS
Whilst we want you to enjoy your round, Strawberry Hill Golf Club accepts no liability for any accident or damage caused by your failure to follow the safety notices and guidelines whilst playing on our course.
Visitors and guests may only play the Waldegrave course. Before playing the course, please ensure that you and others on whose behalf you are making a tee booking, familiar yourselves with the course safety information (this information is also available by scanning the QR code on the scorecard). In making a booking you confirm and consent on your and your group’s behalf, that you have read and understood the course safety information and agree to comply with the safety notices and guidelines whilst playing on our course.
If you have any doubt about your competency to play the course or your safety, please contact the Club Manager for assistance before completing your booking.
Thank you for your cooperation.