By Jolene Ogle
A GROUP of former Peregian Springs golfers have banded together to call on AVEO to re-open the once prestigious golf course.
The group of female golfers have a list of questions for the developer and while they await answers they are “valiantly trying to keep their club spirit alive.”
In a statement to media, the group said they were now getting angry the longer the course remained closed and wanted answers to questions such as when would the course re-open and why would AVEO build retirement communities but seem “unmoved by the social and lifestyle destruction they have caused at Peregian Springs”.
“These ladies are not to be messed with. They are sticking together and they want action and answers,” the statement said.
Group representative Elizabeth Henley said since the club’s closure the ladies had kept in touch by email, arranging golfing excursions to other golf clubs and arranging social gatherings.
“The golf course has now been closed for more than a month and all members who played golf and whose social life was centred at the clubhouse are now sorely missing those happy days,” she said.
According to the group, scepticism is mounting about AVEO’s intentions for the golf course and Ms Henley said the group believed they deserved answers from the developer about the future of the club.
“We have invested heavily in Peregian Springs. This is our lifestyle and for many of us, our retirement,” she said.
“We have paid a considerable amount of money for the right to play golf on our doorstep and enjoy a golfing, social life.
“Aveo/FKP sold us that dream and now it has been taken away. They have not fulfilled their promise and they still have a responsibility to deliver while there is still land to sell here from which they profit handsomely. And they have a responsibility to ensure it is a suitable golf course when they exit.”
Ms Henley said the group had concerns over the maintenance of the golf course with weeds appearing on the course and people using the course as a thoroughfare, despite promises the course would be maintained until a resolution was found.
AVEO’s media team was contacted for comment but no reply was received by the time of going to print.
