\u201cIt\u2019s not going to affect us too much because we can play anywhere,\u201d Wayne said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be a great shame to lose this facility, but ultimately we\u2019re not going to stop playing if it closes; we\u2019ll just go somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Justin says its a deal-breaker, which could see him relocating.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking afternoon shifts means that living in a town with no golf course would be difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just no way I could get in 18 holes in the morning in another town and still make it back in time to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Corowa Golf Club weighs its options and contemplates the future, support is growing to find a way to keep the golf course active.<\/p>\n
Club Corowa CEO Peter Norris said it was essential that the community retained the golf course.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be a really tough one if we lost the golf course for our town,\u201d Mr Norris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe town is already doing it tough, with empty shops.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom our point of view, the immediate focus is ensuring that we retain the golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Norris said Club Corowa would be willing and legally able to contribute to a recreational facility in town, but that itwas \u201ctricky\u201d for registered clubs to help other registered clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrants from registered club to registered club are not permitted, so we’re bound a little bit there\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur board has got some legal advice, and essentially a financial package is not something we’re able to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, we will be very active in in helping to come up with a financial plan to retain the golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said a solution could lie in a collaborative effort from the bigger companies in the area.<\/p>\n
Corowa Golf Club is actively looking for ways registered golfers can retain their Golf Australia memberships and handicaps by transferring their memberships to other clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s not going to affect us too much because we can play anywhere,\u201d Wayne said. \u201cIt would be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-486448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}