Great Self Control on your part.

I am still mulling over the idea of buying one of those paintball guns for those who feel they can breech the rules with impunity. Not only golfers, but golf cart drivers. :-)

But then, I would then fall into that category, wouldn’t I?

But maybe I should take Mickelson’s lead and evaluate the pros and cons before I took some action. Would I get probation? Would LE just roll their eyes at the old, senile person and laugh it off? Would I get sued? If so, would my umbrella policy cover it?

So many questions ...

If your husband were an experienced golfer, he would have know that 'executive' courses are always short with mostly par 3 holes


You mean our exec courses are not the same quality as Pebble Beach? What a surprise.

Oh the stories I could tell while living on the course. Guys playing in the dark with their headlights pointed to the green. Golfers driving all over my yard looking for a ball. Another guy telling me to f... o.. when I told him to stop beating my shrubs while he was looking for his ball. (Unfortunately I went after him, but the coward drove away). I was able to id him and found out he actually worked on one of the courses. No more. Daily Sun published the golf etiquette rules on Feb. 4, 2013. They need to be published again. Never play or retrieve a ball from the yard of a resident. Report any damage of private property. Playing is strictly prohibited beyond the property line of a resident, even if not designated by white stakes.
90% of our golfers are great and respectful and I am more than happy to let them get their ball (unless it's a ProV1) The trees have finally grown so I get very few balls any more. Love the view! ps last time I played Evans Prairie, I had to call up and tell them the fairways were so wet they should ban carts. We were sinking. Where is the course superintendent?

Hmmmm, I play "championship" courses regularly and have played some tour courses but not Pebble. I love to play the executive courses, and usually try to play the level three and four tracks. I find the execs in TV to be mostly well maintained and designed and in some cases quite challenging (tell your hubby to try Pelican). I don't look at them as "practice" for the championship courses, but rather a unique experience on their own. I usually play in ninety minutes or less and enjoy not always having to slog through a five hour round. Everybody has to find their own comfort zone - mine is rather sizeable.

We do not live on a golf course here but have lived on Country Club courses in Texas and Georgia. Oh, the stories I could tell. It’s just not here in TV.

I think it’s become necessary due to the population.

Unreal!

I bet Pebble Beach wasn't free.

Not quite-----$495 off season, $525 in season. Plus it's hard to get a tee time unless you stay at one of the resorts for $800-$1200/night. Now if you don't mind putting on a lunar landscape, the fee is only $250 for the week of 9/4 after they aerate.

Yes, so hardly a good comparison between a TV course and Pebble Beach.:o

We
used to live on a golf course and the golfers will stop at nothing to get their ball even after they had hit your home.I was even told thats what you get for living on a golf course. The ambassadors cannot do a thing about these rude golfers and yes there were many! We had to move and are very happy to be away from that nightmare and yes it was in the villages!

Straight from the horse's mouth...or better still, straight from the gopher's mouth...

Yes, he was surprised because of the way our friends were raving endlessly about the golf courses as if they were of the Pebble Beach caliber. He was not told the course was "executive." In fact, he accepted their invitation to see for himself because he could not believe that it was possible to play on such a great course for free.

By the way, we lived only 1/2 hour from Pebble Beach, so he did not have to stay at an expensive resort there. But yes the fee was high but well worth it because of its beauty and challenges. I am sure you have seen it on television.

However I acknowledge it would be great to be able to play golf all day and every day 365 (366 in a leap years) days a year without having to pay anything except for trail fees if you don't bring your own golf cart.