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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki
Agree, Good thread.
Everyone blames the deteriorating conditions on the maintenance, where really WE can keep the courses nice, especially in the high season
1) I think those playing championships have played more golf and should know better. You’re not paying $50 to play if you’re a beginner or not that good - youll play executive; and have more fun
2) The golfers aren’t even using the rakes, BUT the rakes that are out are 12”; a 20 or 24” rake is much easier to rake and you get a better finished product.
3) The best system that works is loss of golf privilege or loss of access to tee time system for a week or month. I don’t know how that can work here; but technology can help. Upgrade the ID system with RFID tags - or require tags on carts. Rangers don’t need to confront abusers, just be around and see when people don’t rake or fix divots - boom; shut down ID to reserve tee times for a week. Heck, shut down the whole 4 some and it will become self monitoring. Will fix itself in a month.
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Very difficult here in TV, since the "country clubs" are not truly private courses. I have a friend who is a pro at the Boca Polo Club. They have cameras everywhere and a person watching them from a control room. Every foursome is observed and timed. If they are getting behind, they are notified by speaker and the viewscreen in the cart. If they pull any of the garbage that is routine here (not filling divots, not raking bunkers, not repairing ball marks) they get a letter. Three letters---suspension of privileges for 2 weeks. Five letters or doing something egregious, you're ejected from the club. And since the bond is $150,000, you do not want to get ejected.
Naturally this is an outrageously expensive solution to the problem and somewhat Orwellian as well. More "ambassadors" with more enforcement powers (and the willingness to use them) might help, but we seemed to have gone in the other direction with that.