Solutions-driven health and safety specialist and risk manager, Gauntlet Health and Safety, has launched a suite of exciting and relevant e-learning modules that golf course managers can access for assistance in training all employees, from groundkeepers to clubhouse personnel.
Worried about the risk of too many rookies in Europe’s Ryder Cup team? What about the risk of too many rookies on your course? Have you even considered what that could mean? Many golf accidents happen because players aren’t aware of the hazards. Others occur because new members don’t understand course etiquette.
A health and safety and insurance expert, with over two decades of experience in health and safety consultancy, is warning golf clubs to beware of a 2016 ‘rookie boom’ that could put their club’s health and safety practices and procedures to the test.
Golfers across the world, be they professional or amateur, serious or casual, talented or not-so-talented all share one common goal: the one aim that unites them all is that desire to get that little white ball in the hole in as few shots as possible.
It’s sometimes hard to imagine the damage a golf ball can cause. After all, how much harm can a 41.1mm ball really do? Well it might be more than you think.
No matter what our level of golfing ability, we all have that one obstacle that we find impossible to master. For the pros, it may be the infamous island hole at TPC Sawgrass, where it seems unavoidable to plop the ball in the water. For the less skilled amongst us, it may be that pesky windmill hole at our local, beachside crazy golf circuit where, no matter how hard and what you try, you can’t help but hit the windmill’s arms as it spins relentlessly round.
When you think of hazards on a golf course you think bunkers, water and the occasional troublesome tree.
