Taking Dog Along on Golf Course
 

Looks like it is now allowed to take your dog with you when you go golfing!
We were signing in to golf this afternoon on Churchill when we saw a white
Par Car with an Australian Shepard dog in the cart. I mentioned it to the
starter and he responded the guy didn't mention the dog but he also saw it
when they pulled up to the first hole. Didn't stop the guy! We were behind
the group with the dog and could see the dog on the greens! When the
Ambassador came along all he said was they aren't "supposed" to have dogs
with them but it looks like a really nice dog and it is in the cart. NO I told him
it hasn't been staying in the cart. It did not have on any service dog type vest
and the Ambassador and the Starter when I asked didn't know either. Also
the guy with the dog was golfing in his bare feet...no shoes or socks!
I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it but I sure don't like it!

Wow.

Boy Howdy!

You should have taken pictures with your phone and forwarded them to the director of golf. Told him what course and the time. I think the starter and the ambassadors have NO power to eject anyone, but they can call for back up.

I love furries but there is a time and a place for them. The bare feet are so not what golf is about.

My cat Mikey just read this and he is GLARING AT ME. You don't want HIM on a golf course. He isn't always a gentleman.

They should have charged the dog the Visitors rate for being on the course! I bet the puppy did not have a Villages ID..

Unacceptable behavior all around!

Is this TV??

Greg the Villages has 99% great people but the other 1% leave a lot to be desired!
Gracie I can't believe the Starter and Ambassador's don't have some kind of authority.
When my daughter-in-law was visiting the Starter wouldn't let her on the course to
golf because the straps on her top weren't wide enough. My husband had a jacket
in the cart that she had to wear and it was a hot day!

Doesn't sound like you're a happy villager tonight. I wonder now since this has been posted and dog owners realize that nothing was done about it, how many pets will be out there?

Dogs I could put up with, if their well behaved. No shoes? What's next, "wife beater" tee shirts and shorts/pants with holes?

I saw 4 dogs in Lowes the other day

We were golfing at Redfish at 645pm and a lady was walking 2 large dogs through the golf course. Not on the cart paths, just walking on the fairways. Today on Southern Star, we got out of the golf cart and found a pile of poop as we were walking to the green.
Why would you want your dog walking on the golf course with all the chemicals?
What happen to the responsible dog owner?

Even though pets should absolutely NOT be on a golf course, you may have still been fortunate. None other than the great "Jimmie Mac" golfs bare-foot now, just as he always did back in the mid-80's with the Chicago Bears. That's been awhile, so maybe you didn't recognize him? Jim took a lot of hits to the head, and he shows some of the effects of that now, but he can't be goofy enough to take a dog golfing. Sad to think he may have gotten so pitiful that he'd need a doggie to snuggle with in his golf cart.

Maybe he helps him with the dog legs.

absolutely ridiculous & unacceptable. This idiot should not have been allowed to tee off.

Dogs on the course are one thing .... but why would anyone care if someone golfed bare foot??? What possible harm is their in that??

Just when you think you've seen everything.....:ohdear:

I have seen a dog on a course as well (I think it was Yankee Clipper). I think Starters/Ambassadors should be instructed/reinstructed how to handle these situations as we were told only service dogs were allowed.

It is very possible that the pile of poop you saw at Southern Star was not from a dog. There are quite a few coyotes in The Villages and it very well might have been from one of them.

Are the courses still open at 645 pm? If so, you definitely should have used your cell phone and called the course starter shack. The score cards all have the numbers on them. They would have sent the ambassador to get the dog walking lady off the course.

According to The Good Golf Guide:

"• Shoes must be worn at all times when on the golf courses. Tennis or golf shoes with soft spikes, or shoes with no more than a 1-inch heel, are mandatory."

The favorite TOTV word association always kicks in, so that when the word dog appears, someone will follow with the word poop!

I like the dogs better than such arrogant owners who think they are above rules and norms of conduct.

Funny
 

:1rotfl: Very funny! However the dog and a barefoot golfer not so funny! Not funny at all that the Ambassador didn't address this situation.

We played Southern Star this evening and there was a couple walking their dog along the cart path. I had just hit and when I drove up they had to pull their dog away as he tried to fetch my ball.

From the Good Golf Guide of The Villages:

"• Pets are not permitted on the course or riding in golf cars."

"• Spectators under the age of 10 are not permitted."


http://www.golfthevillages.com/golf-...dGolfGuide.pdf

Would you soak your feet in a solution of pesticides and fertilizer
With the amounts of chemicals applied all most weekly I wouldn't think it could be a healthy practice

how much were they?

No harm.

Some things are just not classy in some places. It is kinda like knowing what fork to use.

Some of us are golf snobs. And proud of it.

I will until my dying day look down my nose at anyone bare footed on a golf course.

I would still save them from alligators if I had to.
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Maybe the person forgot his golf shoes. My husband took off for golf one day and realized once he got to the course that he had on his flip flops. He had to golf 18 holes in flip flops. Not easy to do.

Lowes and Home Depot both welcome dogs. I was surprised to find that out but learned about while living in another state.

I told our dog don't even think you are playing golf. I don't have money for a custom set of clubs and he'd have to clean up his language.

Instructions posted at a local golf club
 

Instructions Posted At A Local Golf Club

1. Back straight, knees bent, feet shoulder width apart.
2. Form a loose grip.
3. Keep your head down.
4. Avoid a quick back swing.
5. Stay out of the water.
6. Try not to hit anyone.
7. If you are taking too long, please let others go ahead of you.
8. Don't stand directly in front of others.
9. Quiet please while others are preparing to go.
10. Don't take extra strokes.
Very good. Now flush the urinal, go outside, and tee off.

So, if the dog picked the ball up and dropped it in the hole, would that be a hole in one?

I'll take it!

Please...this is Americas Friendliest Home Town .....no snobs allowed.

This is America's most golfy home town too.

Collared shirt. Golf shoes. Bag with head covers of animals including dogs, but no real dogs.

I say to you that anyone who is barefooted on a golf course is gonna get stung by fire ants and looked down on by real golfers.

It is kinda like showing up to play tennis in an evening gown and using a ping pong paddle.

People are gonna LOOK at you funny.

Right now the message from corporate offices is get more out of what you have. I think it was a stroke genius making the golf course dual purpose. Golf course - dog park. If that pans out maybe they can add things like gardening, camp ground, 4 wheeler track or maybe a petting zoo

Oh Lord.

Welcome to the forum Golden Years.

You are gonna like it here and I am pretty sure we are gonna like you.

I hope he is kidding.

Show some golf etiquette
 

:agree: Golf is a bit different sport. For one, you referee yourself. Etiquette is an important part of the game. No shoes is a definite no no and I'm disappointed that the Ambassador/Starter didn't send him for a pair before he could hit his first ball on our course.

We are really very liberal allowing denim on our courses. The dog doesn't even deserve a comment. Fore!

For as long as I can remember, when you say bare foot golf, one name comes to MY mind. Would have been my great privilege to watch him play without shoes.

Never mind...I thought the thread was "Talking Dog on Golf Course"

IMO a talking dog should be allowed wherever it wants as long as it is respectful... :icon_wink: