Rowany Golf Club allows players to experience golf in a beautiful setting on the edge of Port Erin.
The club leases the land from Port Erin Commissioners and has a number of initiatives to improve the environment.
It is investing in new equipment, aeration and spraying devices to improve the condition of the course and the efficiency of its maintenance. A volunteer work party meets weekly to carry out improvements.
Sub-standard palm trees were felled, with advice from DEFA, and replaced by indigenous trees and a planting project continues, to add more trees. Use of different fertilisers is being tested to reduce their environmental impact.
The club offers golf in many formats to encourage as many people as possible to enjoy the healthy pursuit.
Discounted rates encourage use of the course by children, students and apprentices, the over-80s, those who do not wish to compete or hold a handicap, those who wish to play only nine-hole competitions, those belong to other local clubs, too, and those who live overseas.
The club places strong emphasis on encouraging young people to take up golf. It has an annual campaign to attract schoolchildren, junior nights (where around 20 youngsters attending each week), prizes for juniors in many competitions and coaching by professionals for juniors showing talent. Adding to this, the annual Rowany’s Week of Golf has attracted over 650 entries this year including a significant number of visitors.
The club established in 1895 is at the heart of, and welcomes the whole community, hosting events, awarding prizes redeemable at local businesses and offering a social membership, through which non-players can enjoy use of the facilities and discounted food and drink.
It encourages golf tourism, with competitive rates for visitors, discounts for larger parties, extra buggies and trollies and shotgun starts for visiting societies.
We are now about to bring in a structured coaching programme – Junior Golf Passport- and hope to encourage the youngsters to work their way through it and graduate, whilst also improving their game!
The club leases the land from Port Erin Commissioners and has a number of initiatives to improve the environment.
It is investing in new equipment, aeration and spraying devices to improve the condition of the course and the efficiency of its maintenance. A volunteer work party meets weekly to carry out improvements.
Sub-standard palm trees were felled, with advice from DEFA, and replaced by indigenous trees and a planting project continues, to add more trees. Use of different fertilisers is being tested to reduce their environmental impact.
The club offers golf in many formats to encourage as many people as possible to enjoy the healthy pursuit.
Discounted rates encourage use of the course by children, students and apprentices, the over-80s, those who do not wish to compete or hold a handicap, those who wish to play only nine-hole competitions, those belong to other local clubs, too, and those who live overseas.
The club places strong emphasis on encouraging young people to take up golf. It has an annual campaign to attract schoolchildren, junior nights (where around 20 youngsters attending each week), prizes for juniors in many competitions and coaching by professionals for juniors showing talent. Adding to this, the annual Rowany’s Week of Golf has attracted over 650 entries this year including a significant number of visitors.
The club established in 1895 is at the heart of, and welcomes the whole community, hosting events, awarding prizes redeemable at local businesses and offering a social membership, through which non-players can enjoy use of the facilities and discounted food and drink.
It encourages golf tourism, with competitive rates for visitors, discounts for larger parties, extra buggies and trollies and shotgun starts for visiting societies.
We are now about to bring in a structured coaching programme – Junior Golf Passport- and hope to encourage the youngsters to work their way through it and graduate, whilst also improving their game!
