The former Port Fairy player, who grew up in Warrnambool, is living in Melbourne's stage four restrictions.

It meant she was forced to temporarily step away from her job at Commonwealth Golf Club where she is halfway through a PGA traineeship.

"In the initial lockdown when golf was closed (earlier this year), we kept working at the club, the full-time employee," Flaherty said.

"This time it is completely shutdown, no one is allowed at the premises.

"It is very different. I didn't think I'd be having six weeks off just like that and not be able to play golf. I am trying to keep busy. I moved into my boyfriend's house so I wasn't living by myself."

That decision is reaping rewards. Flaherty's partner Joel Ward is also a trainee professional who has continued his work at the stage three-restricted Gisborne Golf Club.

"He's got a golf net set up in his backyard and some gym equipment so we do that and walk the dogs," she said of the Maribyrnong base.

"We help each other out with our games and we're always researching a golf swing and how to improve and we push each other as well which is really good."

Flaherty hopes her PGA traineeship will open doors but admits 2020 has thrown some curve balls.

"We still have assignments we can do online but our golf events have been cancelled until they find out when we can play again," she said.

"They have asked trainees to do rounds with their bosses or another PGA pro and that counts to their averages and rounds for the year.

"I played a couple of rounds with my boss (before stage four) but it's been a very unusual year."

Flaherty, 25, hopes her traineeship, which involves working five days a week in a pro shop and a weekly tournament, will allow her to have a long-term career in the sport.

"I am going to be a fully qualified PGA pro so I can teach, I can work in a shop or I can go and play," she said.

"It gives me those few options. I am probably going to do a bit of coaching and playing when I finish."

Flaherty is excited to hit the course again but is unsure when that will occur.

"I won my first event in my first year and then I had another win late last year but this year I haven't really played much," she said.