Drop zone rule

[mikejohnchapman]

Thanks guys.

I know some clubs (mine included) don't like DZs as they get hammered quite quickly and take extra maintenance.

Personally think they avoid some of the problems about where to drop in complex hazard situations but they need to be properly advertised.

 

[PJ87]

Thanks guys.

I know some clubs (mine included) don't like DZs as they get hammered quite quickly and take extra maintenance.

Personally think they avoid some of the problems about where to drop in complex hazard situations but they need to be properly advertised.

One club I go to has a simple system on their par 3 18th

Island green. If you find the water you go to this winter mat which is 30 yards from the green however you still have to play over the hazard onto the green and because it's a winter mat there is little or no maintance

Drop zones should be advertised on the tee surely can't be that costly to do!

 

[rulefan]

We have a method that spreads the wear and deduces the need to refresh painted lines.

We simply fix a blue stake in the area and move it as and when required. The LR specifies the the DZ is within 1 (or 2) cl of the stake. The stake is hammered in pretty well to prevent casual 'relocation'.

 

[PJ87]

We have a method that spreads the wear and deduces the need to refresh painted lines.

We simply fix a blue stake in the area and move it as and when required. The LR specifies the the DZ is within 1 (or 2) cl of the stake. The stake is hammered in pretty well to prevent casual 'relocation'.

Simple cheap system

And could put it in the local rules that blue stake = drop zone

Then people could spot it easily

 

[Slime]

Maybe the DZ, which is green side of the hazard, was for balls lost over the back of the green ................ is there another hazard there?

 

[Colin L]

I'm not so keen on blue as it is commonly used for GUR. I chose green because it isn't used for anything else on the course. Small point though.

 

[jim8flog]

Blue stakes on our course means that a water pipe is located there, except for our 150 marker posts which are also blue.

 

[rulefan]

As the suggestion was made to me by a Dutch referee, perhaps orange would be the best colour.

 

[atticusfinch]

LOL!

 

[Colin L]

I asked our Course Manager to make ours tartan. His answer is not printable in a family forum.