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Originally Posted by ajbrown
I must admit in all my years chasing the little white ball I have never picked up a broken tee like it is litter. Does any golfer really do that? I only responded at all because I wondered the same thing Russ posted when I started playing here.
I do understand why courses do this (i guess...), but I also think they could find a way to leave a few off to the side by the sandbox or tee marker as many courses do.
I quoted two posts because they match exactly how I think on this subject. There may be more....
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about a player who teed off during a practice round and left the broken tee in the ground....a member in a green jacket was nearby and noticed this...the member went up to the professional golfer and told them that tees were not left in the teeing ground as it was unsightly...the player then removed the tee .
It's a matter of what one considers trash in this case....some folks can have a yard full of stuff and they view it as their stuff...others may feel it looks like a dump....some folks don't mind a yard full of weeds...others may not prefer an uncut and weed filled lawn. It really doesn't matter what everyone thinks in this case....since I've played the game(more than 45 years)I've usually picked up my tee because it was considerate and removed the litter. If everyone left their tee there you'd notice after thousands of rounds. Yes the mower will pick up most of them, but the blades would dull faster(wood vs. grass).
As for leaving a few on the tee box so some golfers can use them...then they'll just have to be picked up again. I know the reason some golfers use broken tees on par 3's...it's so they won't have to use a whole tee...it's not that they are cheap...it's because they find it wasteful and it'd be fine if you could get everyone to pick up their tees(broken or not), but since they don't....we do. :-)