| SHIBUMI |
08-05-2025 01:20 PM |
Well Said
Lets hi-light a few factors here first.........
1. There are not enough rakes at the bunkers here..min. of 2, 3 on larger bunkers
2. Anyone who wants to stay a member at a private golf course takes care of the course or will be cursed and ultimately tossed
3. Most players here top the ball and create less ball marks if they all made ball marks it would become a bunker and not a green
4. most players here only fix a ball mark if its in their putting line
The reason for the above= most players here are recreational hackers and not golfers, no self respecting golfer would leave a divot or a ball mark
Sadly, most started later in life and were not taught the first commandment of golf:
Proper Care of the course. The second being etiquette.
We are inundated with new golfers and unless you educate them when you find them you are the problem.......best to educate them one at a time..........
And shame on all the golf clinics that don't start with care of the course and etiquette :eclipsee_gold_cup:
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
(Post 2450770)
I've in an around the Golf business for 40 years. The complaints about Ball Marks & Raking Bunkers hasn't changed in those 40 years. It's epidemic.
That said, golfer's tend to exert only as much effort and consideration, as management expends. I've belonged to 8-10 Private Clubs through the years. The more expensive/exclusive the clubs are, the better the members take care of it.
If you come across a bunker, without a footprint in it, most players will rake that bunker when they're done with it. Same as fixing a ball mark. If you land on a green without a ball mark and make one, most players will fix it.
There in lies the problem The effort and consideration of golfers, is directly related to the effort shown by ownership. In other words, if ownership presents a golf course that's in $hitty condition, no one cares ... why should they? If management doesn't do their job, golfers can't be expected to do it for them.
In 1973 I visited Disneyland in Los Angeles. I was fascinated by how "clean" the place was. They cleaned the roads every night and the place was immaculate. I would have been embarrassed to drop a cigarette butt. The same applies to golf courses.
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