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Dress Code
Members and guests are required to conform to the dress regulations outlined below.
These regulations have been instituted to maintain the standards desired by the membership.
If a guest is not correctly dressed, it is the responsibility of the host member to remedy the situation.
The following rules apply to the Clubhouse/Practice Facilities and the Course itself.
The following attire is not permitted at Hartlen Point:
* Metal Spiked Shoes
* Non-Golf Sandals or Hard Soled Shoes
* Shorts Higher Than Mid-Thigh
* Sport or Athletic Type Shorts, Sweat Pants and Tracksuits
* Any Attire With Offensive Slogans or Large Motifs
* Any Authorized Footwear Without Socks
* Torn, Frayed, Holes or Visibly Worn Out Clothing
Blue Jeans are not allowed on the golf course. They are permitted in the Clubhouse and on the Practice facilities.
History of Hartlen Point
In the 1960's the idea of creating a golf course to service
CFB Shearwater personnel and their families was proposed using
Crown land around the site of the closed artillery coastal
defense fortifications at the northern mouth of the Halifax Harbour in
Eastern Passage. With the addition of land owned by the
Hartlen (from which the course gets it's name) and MacDonald
families and the considerable financial support and volunteer
work of more than 300 Canadian Armed Forces servicemen, Royal
Canadian Mounted Police members and civilian defense personnel the
course began to take shape. The club was opened in 1965 with
only three holes, which are played as holes 14, 15 and 16
today. Construction on an additional six holes began shortly
after and 9 holes were open for play in 1967. With the help of a
Canadian Forces loan the 18 hole layout was completed in 1974.
In 1988 golf course architects Cornish and Robinson were
commissioned to design two new holes, one new green and to
reconfigure the layout of the course. The two new holes (9th
and 10th) are spectacular with huge undulating greens and gorgeous
fairway bunkering. The green on the old 8th was rebuilt into a huge
contoured green that is guarded with beautiful bunkering and
now plays as the 18th.
The most memorable hole from
the original layout was the 6th. It had a huge concrete gun
bunker in the middle of the fairway that at one time was one
of the turrets for the massive coastal defense guns. With the addition
of the new holes this hole was one of the two that were taken
out of play because of safety issues.
In 1991 the
last part of the reconfiguration took place. A new full
service Clubhouse was opened as well as practice facilities.
The reversing of the two nines also took place.
A great many
changes have been made over the years at Hartlen Point but the
course has always had scenery that is second to none. Because
of the ever-present winds the course is widely considered to
be one of the most challenging layouts in the province. |