I agree with the last post. I lived on a golf course for 11 years before moving to TV. I never had a problem with golfers retrieving their ball from my yard. I would even help them look. I knew many of them anyway so it was not worth the aggrevation to argue about. It goes with the territory.
The ball mark thing is another story. I know sometimes when you have extremely hard greens it is hard to find your ball mark. There are times I will look and not find it, but I can usually a couple of others to fix. I average fixing at least 2 ball marks on every green. I do it while others are getting ready to putt or I am waiting for them to get to the green. I like to putt on nice greens so it is the least I can do. I just do not get people that do not fix divots. I won't make judgements on who they are and what the reasons are, lazy, forgot, don't carry a divot fixer, don't want to bend over. Many times in a group I fix other marks from players in my group and they will do the same.
For the most part I am ok with the playing conditions here. I have been a member at private courses for almost 20 years before coming here and yes they are in better condition, but you pay dearly for that. I am just not willing to pay those fees in retirement.
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