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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
It would also help if golfers didn't continually drive their carts straight up the middle of the fairway to get to their balls. Everyone should be utilizing the 90 degree rule. And this goes for the maintenance people as well, who typically drive down the fairways to get to a green. Stay in the rough when at all possible
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I worked at a country club in Virginia. The members regularly drove past the cart path markers in the rough. I asked the superintendent is that should be allowed. He said that was contrary to his preference and should not be permitted. His reason was the rough is much more sensitive to damage than the fairway. The fairway is fertilized, aerated, irrigated, and treated with fungicides, insecticides, and other chemicals to strengthen it. The rough is pretty much on its own. So, he prepared a club policy handout to firmly ask members to not ride in the rough past the cart path markers. Essentially, he told them that if the wanted to violated the clubs rule, they should stay in the fairway.
Those of us who have played on many courses have encountered courses where the entry and exit points to the fairway are restricted and players are instructed to stay in the fairway except at the entry and exit points.