One of Australia's most exclusive golf clubs is accused of telling wealthy members they can get around Sydney's 5km exercise limit by getting a BOAT to the course
- Royal Sydney Golf Club told members they could access course via water taxi
- This would allow golfers to play while also staying within 5km exercise limit
- The club later denied it was encouraging members to break Covid rules
Sydney's most exclusive golf club has denied encouraging members to flaunt Covid regulations to play a round of golf.
The Royal Sydney Golf Club on Monday told members from the wealthy suburb of Mosman they could travel to the course by water taxi without breaching the city's 5km exercise rule, The Australian reported.
'You can come to the club if the whole of the Royal Sydney property is within a radius of 5km of your home and provided you do not travel outside the 5km radius during your travel, the club wrote.
Sydney's most exclusive golf club has denied it encouraged members to flaunt Covid regulations to play a round of golf
'A Mosman member does not breach the rule if he or she came to the club via water taxi, but would breach the rule if he or she drove.'
The club's general manager Michael Solomons later retracted the message and told NCA NewsWire any misconceptions created were 'regrettable'.
Mr Solomons insisted the club was not encouraging members to break Covid rules or suggesting ways to avoid them.
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'It has been our foremost principle that the club and its members should at all times comply with not only the directives issued by NSW Health, but also with the spirit of compliance that sits behind them, given the profoundly challenges times arising from the current Covid-19 circumstances,' Mr Solomons said.
Under NSW Health regulation Golf is still allowed as a form of essential exercise.
Royal Sydney requires an invite to join and charges an initial fee of more than $20,000, with a annual fee of about $5,000.
The club's general manager Michael Solomons retracted the message and told NCA NewsWire misconceptions created were 'regrettable'
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