Tanah Merah Country Club has embarked on a campaign for considerate golfing, and one of the areas it wants to clean up is Pace of Play. Slow play is a growing concern compounded with busy courses and high utilisation rates. It turns a leisurely game into a maddening one for golfers who are trying to… Continue reading Slow play can be a bane that takes away golfers’ enjoyment
Category: Golfer’s Zone
What to Do When Your Ball is Embedded Anywhere on the Golf Course
A ball is considered embedded when it is in its own pitch mark and below the level of the ground. To check if your ball is embedded, you can use a tee to mark and lift your ball. If it’s not embedded, you must replace the ball back to it’s original position without cleaning it.… Continue reading What to Do When Your Ball is Embedded Anywhere on the Golf Course
Guns and Roses share honours after historic tie
For the first time, the TMCC Guns and Roses Matchplay Series ended in an exciting tie. In a move away from the normal sudden-death play-off or advantage for defending champions, the two team captains – non-playing Lady Captain, Gillian Sim and General Committee Member Melvin Choo — agreed pre-match that in case of a tie,… Continue reading Guns and Roses share honours after historic tie
TMCC Receives “Best New Golf Event of the Year in 2022” Commendation at the Singapore Golf Association Annual Gala and Awards Dinner
The 2023 Singapore Golf Association (SGA) Annual Gala and Awards dinner took place at the Grand Ballroom, Orchid Country Club, where an assemblage of industry stakeholders, squad members, juniors, staff, and officials convened on the evening of November 15, 2023, to commemorate the eventful 2022/2023 golf season. This event served as a platform to honour… Continue reading TMCC Receives “Best New Golf Event of the Year in 2022” Commendation at the Singapore Golf Association Annual Gala and Awards Dinner
Hole-in-one Achievers (October 2023)
Chipping Onto An Uphill Green
With many of the undulating greens found on TMCC’s courses – Tampines in particular – we very often find ourselves chipping onto an uphill putting surface. Here are a few simple pointers on how you can simplify this shot. The setup is integral to performing this short properly. Place your feet about one and a… Continue reading Chipping Onto An Uphill Green
A perfect night to celebrate the year’s champions
Everyone a winner. Lap of honour. Winner takes all. Nothing succeeds like success. These phrases embody champions. So, it was only appropriate that the event, previously known as “TMCC Annual Prize Presentation” was renamed “Champions Dinner & Prize Presentation” to accurately reflect the social event’s celebration of champions of golf and sports. Consequently, the winning… Continue reading A perfect night to celebrate the year’s champions
How to Take Relief from a Cart Path Next to a Water Hazard
If you hit your ball into a red penalty area and there is a cart path between the red penalty area and the fairway, you have three options for taking relief: In the second episode of our rule’s series, “And Now You Know!”, Joyce Lam, SGA Rules Official, covers how to take a relief from… Continue reading How to Take Relief from a Cart Path Next to a Water Hazard
Lee Hong and Dion Lim Club Championship Titles
Consistency paid off for Tan Lee Hong as he strung three good rounds to claim the Tanah Merah Country Club’s Club Championship at the Garden and Tampines courses in September. Tan shot rounds of 73, 74 and 72, the first round of which played at the par-71 Garden course. The friendly Tan, easily recognisable with… Continue reading Lee Hong and Dion Lim Club Championship Titles
New 2023 Golf Rule: What happens when natural forces cause your ball to move?
In the 2023 Rules of Golf, there is a new exception to Rule 9.3, which states that if a ball is moved by natural forces after being dropped, placed, or replaced while taking a relief and it comes to rest in a different area of the course or out of bounds, the ball must be… Continue reading New 2023 Golf Rule: What happens when natural forces cause your ball to move?