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Originally Posted by thevillages2013
Played Tequesta Friday and all bunkers that I saw had two rakes and that isn’t enough. I will walk to get a rake but some won’t.
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How about when a rake is lying across or close to a line of footprints? Some people won't use a rake that they tripped over. At Boca Polo Club, there are about 100 cameras across the course and a media room where someone monitors the play. If you fail to rake a bunker, sand a divot, fix a pitch mark or fall behind you hear about it and there are CONSEQUENCES. I would suggest $50 fine and a 1-week suspension from golf for the first offense after a warning, $100 and 2 weeks for the second, and $500 and 1 month suspension for each offense after that. The cameras would be impractical with 800+ holes here, but the ambassadors could report the offense to a data base that tracks the player's record and hands out the penalties. Just announcing this policy would probably result in a 95% improvement in players caring for the courses that they complain about conditions on. And while they're at it , replace all rakes with the 24" version---much easier to use