No more Winter Rules.....

[PJ87]

Should just be preferred lies all year round for amateur golf anyway. Would solve the issue of having to play out of a divot, plus weather is trash all year round now anyway. We play for fun anyway so what's the harm?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Should just be preferred lies all year round for amateur golf anyway. Would solve the issue of having to play out of a divot, plus weather is trash all year round now anyway. We play for fun anyway so what's the harm?

I agree especially when we get a summer as wet as this one. Pick and place makes sense.

 

[3 jabber]

When is an old divot no longer a divot

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Should just be preferred lies all year round for amateur golf anyway. Would solve the issue of having to play out of a divot, plus weather is trash all year round now anyway. We play for fun anyway so what's the harm?

How times have you actually been in a divot ?

It’s a very rare occurrence

 

[RichA]

How times have you actually been in a divot ?

It’s a very rare occurrence

On courses where drives follow the contours into shallow areas it's not that unusual.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

How times have you actually been in a divot ?

It’s a very rare occurrence

Depends where you play. I've played some poorly looked after courses where divots aren't replaced by members (or moved by birds) and seen one bloke land in three on the front nine. You could see the veins on the neck rising and the anger building

 

[PJ87]

Depends where you play. I've played some poorly looked after courses where divots aren't replaced by members (or moved by birds) and seen one bloke land in three on the front nine. You could see the veins on the neck rising and the anger building

We are very fortunate that our marshalls go round filling divots , each Marshall has 2 holes to look after when their on so over the space of a week all 18 holes are done

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We are very fortunate that our marshalls go round filling divots , each Marshall has 2 holes to look after when their on so over the space of a week all 18 holes are done

Or green keepers do a good job and to a large degree our members are fairly responsible. It's a shame when you watch societies go out and simply chop their way round without a care of the condition of the course and divots left, bunkers unraked. Sadly the way the club is going its about getting the cash in and the profits and to hell with the members

 

[Arthur Wedge]

On courses where drives follow the contours into shallow areas it's not that unusual.

As they say in the sport. Rub of the green

I can remember once over the last year were someone has gone into a old divot

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As they say in the sport. Rub of the green

I can remember once over the last year were someone has gone into a old divot

Disagree. How is it a level playing field if one person hits a 250 drive on the fairway and lands in a deep divot and the PP is next to him on a good lie? It is a rule that was antiquated and still needs permanently changing. Otherwise why not take all paths on courses out from being a lift - rub of the green if you land on it?

 

[Voyager EMH]

When is an old divot no longer a divot

When it doesn't matter.

 

[Orikoru]

How times have you actually been in a divot ?

It’s a very rare occurrence

I know but I'm sick of hearing about it now. The campaign against having to play from divots has become greater than the problem itself.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Or green keepers do a good job and to a large degree our members are fairly responsible. It's a shame when you watch societies go out and simply chop their way round without a care of the condition of the course and divots left, bunkers unraked. Sadly the way the club is going its about getting the cash in and the profits and to hell with the members

And you are entirely confident that your members replace them religiously? Along with every pitch mark, every bunker is raked correctly? If they do all of this, your club is utterly unique! Visitors are an easy target but the reality is that the blame is shared across the board.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

And you are entirely confident that your members replace them religiously? Along with every pitch mark, every bunker is raked correctly? If they do all of this, your club is utterly unique! Visitors are an easy target but the reality is that the blame is shared across the board.

Of course not but certainly those I play with are very diligent with divots and pitch marks. As for the whole membership I couldn't comment and I am sure there are plenty that don't. Visitors are easy targets but when you are standing on the putting green to the side of our 9th watching them go into the bunkers and simply walk out, group on group as I saw from a society last week, it does form a prejudiced view

 

[Arthur Wedge]

And you are entirely confident that your members replace them religiously? Along with every pitch mark, every bunker is raked correctly? If they do all of this, your club is utterly unique! Visitors are an easy target but the reality is that the blame is shared across the board.

It’s definitely members - they want to blame societies and visitors but we all know the biggest culprits at all golf clubs are members

 

[Slab]

It’s definitely members - they want to blame societies and visitors but we all know the biggest culprits at all golf clubs are members

Yeah, Wasn't there loads of posts at covid time (when it was only members in UK) still complaining about condition of course

 

[DeanoMK]

It’s definitely members - they want to blame societies and visitors but we all know the biggest culprits at all golf clubs are members

Totally agree with this!

Anyway, a very sensible move by EG, I had a few mud balls when playing on Friday last week at a local course but we had agreed as a society that PL was going to be used.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Totally agree with this!

Anyway, a very sensible move by EG, I had a few mud balls when playing on Friday last week at a local course but we had agreed as a society that PL was going to be used.

We played at AVGC on Saturday and they decided for it to be pick and place as well

 

[DeanoMK]

We played at AVGC on Saturday and they decided for it to be pick and place as well

That's where I was Friday, it held up surprisingly well considering the amount of rain, I was impressed.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

That's where I was Friday, it held up surprisingly well considering the amount of rain, I was impressed.

Yep apart from the greens which need rope drainage thought it was decent on Saturday- even if you can just spray it everywhere