course closed again but people spotted out playing
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HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Club over complicating things unnecessarily. We have trolleys allowed and if you use them it is holes 1-14 and then down 18 but todays update says if you are carrying you can play all 18. If it is too wet for trolley surely give them a complete rest. What are the chances we'll get some groups being a mixture of carry and trolley and those pushing will still play these holes.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
That does seem a bit ridiculous
We are ok stage 2 of 4
1 is no restrictions
2 is buggy ban, trolleys with hedgehog
3 carry only
4 closed
Haven't seen us go to 3 for 2 years now
We closed once last week because of biblical rain then opened 10am next day
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I cancelled my tee slot today because of the forecast of heavy rain by lunchtime.
It has only just started to rain (3.30).
It has only just started to rain (3.30).
nickjdavis
Head Pro
At the range this afternoon...
I enter a bay, only to find the auto ball feeder isnt working (big sign on the flap cant miss it) and the power tee system dead. Not to worry, I just move on to the next bay.
A couple of minutes later an old gent turns up, starts to go in the bay and I tell him its not working...cant load balls, power tee dead. He grunts at me, puts his bag down, puts on his glove, arranges his clubs and goes to tip his balls into the hole provided...and then sees the big sign on the flap that says, do not put your balls in here. He then proceeds to try to physically pull the power tee to a better height without success.
Hits a few balls off the matt before giving up and taking his remaining balls elsewhere.
5 minutes later, 4 kids turn up with parents in tow....just happens to be four bays free including the faulty bay. One kid starts to enter the bay and I tell him that it is out of order...big sign and there is no power to the power tee. One of the kids interrupts me and says it doesn't matter if he cant use the automatic ball feeder and that his mate can just tee his ball up on the power tee. I reiterate that the power tee isn't working. They look at me like I'm an old buffoon (some degree of truth in that if i'm honest). They proceed to pull and tug at the power tee to get it into a better position.
Parents come over to see whats wrong and I once more pull the auto-voice string in my back and say that the bay is faulty, balls not loading, power tee not working (at this point I should point out that there is plainly no power to the screen that shows how many balls you have hit, no led's that show you the tee height that is selected, nothing, zip zilch, nada)....so dad has his own go at fixing it!!
I mean really...has everyone suddenly taken a course in golf range automated tee system repair, whilst I was busy shanking a lob wedge into the car park?
I enter a bay, only to find the auto ball feeder isnt working (big sign on the flap cant miss it) and the power tee system dead. Not to worry, I just move on to the next bay.
A couple of minutes later an old gent turns up, starts to go in the bay and I tell him its not working...cant load balls, power tee dead. He grunts at me, puts his bag down, puts on his glove, arranges his clubs and goes to tip his balls into the hole provided...and then sees the big sign on the flap that says, do not put your balls in here. He then proceeds to try to physically pull the power tee to a better height without success.
Hits a few balls off the matt before giving up and taking his remaining balls elsewhere.
5 minutes later, 4 kids turn up with parents in tow....just happens to be four bays free including the faulty bay. One kid starts to enter the bay and I tell him that it is out of order...big sign and there is no power to the power tee. One of the kids interrupts me and says it doesn't matter if he cant use the automatic ball feeder and that his mate can just tee his ball up on the power tee. I reiterate that the power tee isn't working. They look at me like I'm an old buffoon (some degree of truth in that if i'm honest). They proceed to pull and tug at the power tee to get it into a better position.
Parents come over to see whats wrong and I once more pull the auto-voice string in my back and say that the bay is faulty, balls not loading, power tee not working (at this point I should point out that there is plainly no power to the screen that shows how many balls you have hit, no led's that show you the tee height that is selected, nothing, zip zilch, nada)....so dad has his own go at fixing it!!
I mean really...has everyone suddenly taken a course in golf range automated tee system repair, whilst I was busy shanking a lob wedge into the car park?
Alan Clifford
Well-known member
Don't get involved. No one thanks you.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Yeah...I should have just let them crack on and pour the balls in...would have been a better life lesson for them than taking advice from a curmudgeonly old git.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I would have given the old guy the benefit but after that I'd have left alone. If there was a sign then it is their own lookout
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
After going through several useless caterers our club has announced they'll do it themselves now, but we'll only be able to get food from 11am til 3pm. No breakfast before the morning tee times then.
So me turning up to a 8am tee time at 7.15 yesterday to have a fresh Cumberland sausage bap and latte pre game wouldn’t make you jealous then?
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
Ordered a new set of Mizuno S23 wedges a few weeks back through pro shop .
Hadn't heard anything so drop them a line, get a call back saying the 48 isn't available until July but the 54 and 58 are but not with the custom shafts I'd specified.
Hadn't heard anything so drop them a line, get a call back saying the 48 isn't available until July but the 54 and 58 are but not with the custom shafts I'd specified.
SteveW86
Head Pro
The rain…..
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Ditto. Absolutely hammered it down again last night and the course is closed again. Can’t remember when I last saw the sun in the sky. It has been hidden behind clouds for weeks.
D
Deleted member 29109
Guest
Dito your dito.
I could have played yesterday afternoon, but it would have been a rush to get there so didn’t as I was booked in for lunchtime today.
We’ve had nearly 10mm of rain overnight so the course has been closed due to standing water on greens and fairways. Something that, until this winter I had seen only once on this course.
cliveb
Head Pro
<4yorkshiremen>10mm? Luxury. We had 35mm last night</4yorkshiremen>
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I'm feeling smug, told my mate midweek we'd better play on Saturday as it'll end up being closed Sunday. I was right!
SteveW86
Head Pro
Reading your post from yesterday, maybe you’d have been better having a tee time today?
D
Deleted member 29109
Guest
We are usually very good at avoiding the bad weather, but got it wrong this weekend.
We have to play Sundays in winter as we struggle for time due to the boys football on a Saturday morning. But they had an earlier KO yesterday so could have made it out. I was jut being lazy as there is a road closed on my route to the course which turns a 15/20 minute drive into a 45 minute drive.
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Deleted member 35577
Guest
Bummer. I was due to host a bunch of mates this afternoon followed by a curry
SteveW86
Head Pro
Bummer. I was due to host a bunch of mates this afternoon followed by a curry
Bummer indeed, hopefully you can rearrange when the weather is better. Golf and a curry is a great day.
