Etiquette

[dewsweeper]

Can I just clarify that if the club does not clarify any rake position there is no such thing as "hogan" position.

I thought had posted quite a humourous tale!
Not meant to be taken too seriously!
Obviously not.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Managed to repair seven pitch marks on one green today. Really don't get our membership. Always vociferous in the bar about the state of the green and yet by and large they are the biggest reason why our green staff have to work so hard ot produce decent surfaces

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

..and a quick poll of those around the table as we sat for three hours waiting for the fog to lift this morning found that most would move a rake carelessly left in the bunker to where the club suggests.

 

[Norrin Radd]

..and a quick poll of those around the table as we sat for three hours waiting for the fog to lift this morning found that most would move a rake carelessly left in the bunker to where the club suggests.

you mean there are more like you .

 

[Fish]

you mean there are more like you .

Let's see how many there really are HERE

 

[Hobbit]

I think most of us on here will do certain things on the course. Repair pitchmarks, replace divots, put sand in divots on the tee, pick up rubbish etc, it is just where do you stop ? Bunkers to me are hazards, and I will moan like hell if I get a bad lie, up against a rake, in a foot print, etc, but it is just rub of the green to me. Can honestly say I have never seen a playing partner reposition a rake that is already in a bunker in 40 years plus of playing.

Slightly off track, I do think some golfers need to be told how to rake a bunker. Don't pull all the sand to the back as you walk out. Push sand back to the middle. I have seen a playing partner at Blackmoor do this to a badly raked bunker, but he is a greenkeeper by profession at another club.

Oops!

I've repositioned the odd rake, or raked a bunker that my ball wasn't even in. It only takes a few seconds.

 

[3565]

Just seen the photo and to be honest whoever puts rakes positioned like that in bunkers are complete bozos. If a ball lands short but is rolling into the bunker and is stopped by the handle of the rake and especially towards the end of the handle you've got an impossible shot towards the green! In fact the only way to play that after removing the rake is back the way it came from! It's as bad as not repairing , replacing or raking............

 

[richart]

..and a quick poll of those around the table as we sat for three hours waiting for the fog to lift this morning found that most would move a rake carelessly left in the bunker to where the club suggests.

I wonder how the question was posed ? You might get two different answers if you put the question :

You see a rake poorly positioned in a bunker, which could unfairly penalise the players behind you, would you just totally ignore it ? or

You are walking to your ball on the green with a group behind you, would you take a detour to look into all the bunkers round the green to see if the rakes are badly positioned ?

A good politician can always get the answer they want, especially when there is peer presure not to look a right cad.:thup:

I still have yet to see a golfer move a rake in a bunker they are not in, but I admit I do play with a right shower with appalling etiquette.:thup:

 

[garyinderry]

I rake the odd bunker if I walk past it and notice an obvious footprint. couldn't give a toss where the rake is positioned.

 

[TheDiablo]

I had the pleasure of playing at SILH course for the first time today. Unfortunately I found myself in far too many bunkers for my liking. Every single bunker had the rakes in the same position, so much so that I noticed this and was careful when replacing them.

I genuinely hadnt seen this thread before, stumbled across it via Fish poll. Maybe SILH attitude to other golfers has worn off to the rest of the membership, which doesn't seem a bad thing!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I had the pleasure of playing at SILH course for the first time today. Unfortunately I found myself in far too many bunkers for my liking. Every single bunker had the rakes in the same position, so much so that I noticed this and was careful when replacing them.

I genuinely hadnt seen this thread before, stumbled across it via Fish poll. Maybe SILH attitude to other golfers has worn off to the rest of the membership, which doesn't seem a bad thing!

You actually played my track today - excellent - and do hope you enjoyed it. I was out mid-afternoon by myself and played a few holes. In general rakes were good - middle of bunker pointing to the flag But I did sort a few stupid ones as there there was a mixed match behind me.