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Originally Posted by Gerald
Amazing how there is a complaint about just the greens. How about all the other rules. Like private property do not enter. Stay out of areas that are clearly marked water areas and mashes. The list goes on and on. 95% of the full time golfers here do comply. But when the snow birds come. All hell break loose.
As I waited for my tee time yesterday. I watched as a male golfer goes over next to a rec-center and starts swinging his club taking large peaces of grass out of the lawn. I suggested that was not the place to do that since it was clearly not part of the golf course. His reply (well I don't use those kind of words). And another quote. "I paid for golf time and I can swing my clubs where ever I want to" . Then his friend comes over looks at me. laughs and takes his club and starts hitting the plants. " Don't like he tells me. Try and do something about it."
Welcome to the villages when the snow birds are here.
As for the Ambassadors. They can't really do much about it. The villages will not let them do what is needed to stop this kind of thing from happening. Please remember this is about making money not about playing golf.
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I am currently a snowbird and I can tell you I am very cognizant of good golf etiquette and course maintenance! I always look over the green as I am going to my ball, and fix any ball marks I see,including my own. Additionally, I have played with dozens of full time residents, many of whom do not ever repair a ball mark or rake the trap. I have played golf for fifty years and still went to the good golf school two years ago in order to learn the local expectations and founditvery informative. Incidentally, I have played with two couples in the last year, both of whom were full-timers that actually parked their carts on the fringe, one had a person who was limited physically, but the other couple appeared to be fine. Guess it depends on the person and not the time they spend in TV!