Coronavirus Precautions at Olde Florida Golf Club

Coronavirus (Covid-19) is a respiratory disease that has spread from China to many countries around the world, including the United States. To reduce the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on businesses, workers, customers and the public it's important for everyone to plan now and take precautions.   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides the latest information about COVID-19 and the global outbreak: That information can be found here. 

Coronavirus is spread between people who are in close contact with one another (within 6 feet). It is spread through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly inhaled into the lungs.  It's also be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it, and then touch their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes. People are thought to be the most contagious when they are most symptomatic  (i.e., experiencing fever, cough and/or shortness of breath).

The goal of the Olde Florida Golf Club Coronavirus Precautions Document (below) is to protect employees and members, as well as to minimize a potential disruption to daily operations at Olde Florida Golf Club. 

The staff has been made aware that it's vital to adhere to the proactive and sensible precautions outlined in the document. The staff have been made aware that these are unprecedented times and this is a fluid situation. Items in the document may be modified, or more added as more is learned about COVID-19.

Employees have also been advised that these same precautions should be followed when not on Olde Florida Golf Club property in order to protect fellow employees and members, as well as helping to stop the spread of this potentially deadly virus in our community and throughout the country. 

Olde Florida Golf Club - Coronavirus Precautions Document   

• Employees will be trained in a group setting on proper hand washing and the transmission of the Coronavirus.

• Employees should cover their mouth when coughing and sneezing.  

• Employees should not use other employees phones, desks or offices.

• Employees should wash hands frequently and always wash their hands prior to operating one of the microwaves or eating food.

Informational posters in the employee lunchroom

• Employees should avoid touching their face.

• Employees will be tested daily with a "no-touch thermometer gun" prior to beginning work. 

• Group meetings will be held in an outdoor setting. Daily job assignments will be provided to staff on the electronic work board, not a physical meeting.

• There should be no gathering of employees in the lunchroom, restroom or any "under air" space at anytime - maximum occupancy of this space is limited to 10 people at a time.  

• NO non-employees or members (including vendors and contractors) are allowed on site without the permission of the golf course superintendent. Scheduled deliveries from an established vendor/source are an exception (US Mail, UPS, parts or operational products, etc.) However, there should be no physical touching or interaction, including the signing of delivery tickets.

This sign has been placed on all entrances in the agronomy center 

• Any vendor or contractor that has been deemed essential to the golf course operations will be required to wear a supplied pair of disposable gloves (available at the reception desk) and will be instructed to maintain a 6' distance from all Olde Florida Golf Club employees and/or members.

• All packages received from UPS, USPS, Amazon or FedEx will be placed on a table in the facility (under roof, but not "under air"). All packages will be wiped with bleach solution prior to being opened. 

• If golf course equipment is delivered, the vendor will not be allowed in the building and will be instructed to maintain a 6' distance from all Olde Florida Golf Club employees. An Olde Florida Golf Club employee, wearing gloves will immediately pressure wash and disinfect the new equipment. 

• Golf course water bottle cooler lids and closure straps will be sanitized twice daily - in the morning when being filled and after lunch. This task will be assigned by the assistant superintendent.

• Employee assigned to fill water coolers with water bottles and ice will wear disposable gloves. 

• Practice green flagsticks, member trap rakes, ball washers, golf cart sand buckets and scoops have been removed and will not be utilized until further notice. 

• A spray bottle with a mixture of 1/2 cup bleach to one gallon of water will be provided to each employee. Employees are to wipe down anything they touch immediately.

Sanitizing solution

• If an employee is sick, or feeling sick, they are not to come to work. If this is the case, employees should send a text message to a supervisor.

• When changing the pin, the flagstick and the 2” PVC insert (temporarily being used to stop a golf ball from descending into the bottom of the cup) should be thoroughly wiped down with sanitizing solution. Members and caddies have been asked to not touch the flagstick at anytime. 

Employee changing the pin on hole #10

Temporary ball restriction device 

• Time cards will not to be utilized until notified. An assistant superintendent is responsible for communicating with the office manager to ensure payroll is correct.   

• The two assistant superintendent’s will alternate weeks on/off. They will work out their own schedule. 

• The assistant superintendent, office manager, equipment manager and superintendent are responsible for wiping down all surfaces in their respective offices with sanitizing solution on a daily basis. 

• The office manager will wipe down all door handles, refrigerator handles, thermostat, etc., upon arrival, after the lunch break and prior to leaving. 

Sanitizing products are available to all employees

• One employee will be scheduled to remain in the facility each day and wipe down all items that are touched i.e. steering wheels, fuel pump handles, hand tools, wash rack handles, blow off stations air tools, mail box handle, light switches, sun tan lotion pumps, sink faucets, door closures (chains), interior locker handles, break room furniture, etc. 

• All large golf course equipment (carts, fairway mowers, etc.) will be pressure cleaned weekly. 

Olde Florida Golf Club Agronomy Center

• Where possible doors should remain open and untouched i.e interior doors.

• All staff should maintain a 6’ distance between each other at all times. No touching another staff member or another staff members personal items. 

• All staff should ride in individual golf carts unless approved by management. 

• All silverware provided by Olde Florida Golf Club will be individual wrapped and no bulk condiments are allowed in the facility. There should be no sharing of food. 

Olde Florida will provide utensils to employees

• No on premise soccer until further notice.

• Only two chairs at each of the three inside tables.

• In order to accommodate social distancing during the lunch period, and to minimize employees in "under air" space, two of the three microwaves have been moved to the outside facility. After each use the microwave handle should be sanitized. All of the precautions listed above will also apply to the lunch period.