swanny32
Journeyman Pro
My home course (daveyck2k's as well) doesn't really scream quality to many people unfortunately, it's a half decent track and has some great membership deals if you're a youngster but the quality of the course leaves a lot to be desired at times. The tee boxes always seem to be in pretty poor condition even though they tell us they are working on them. Last summer the greenkeepers dug the moling lines to deep on a few of the holes which have only recently closed up, seriously, they were so wide that people were losing their balls down them. I hit one of the best drives I have ever hit on the 4th during a medal competition last summer, bounced on the fairway but hit one of the said cracks which pinged it off at a 90 degree angle and it went out of bounds.
Our putting green is embarrassingly bad and the practice grounds seem like somewhat of an after thought in terms of care and attention. The 9th green which used to hug two green side bunkers has halved in size over the last 10 years apparently and is now nigh on impossible to hold from the tee as it's a raised green which slopes front to back, I flushed an 8 iron into it the other day, it pitched short of the green and I found it about 15 yards out the back of the green.
Other things that nag me, the greenkeepers will go out and cut back trees and leave their cuttings on the ground, a tree on the right of the first fell down last year, a bloody big tree at that, they cut it into pieces to remove it from the fairway pretty quickly but the cut up pieces are still sat in the rough at the top of a ditch. Greens are never cut at the weekend meaning by the time we get to competition Sunday they can be pretty long and bobbly as Davey found out this past weekend, the head greenkeeper is more likely to be seen playing in the competition than he is out on his mower.
I'm sure I could list more problems but I don't want to bore you too much, I won't start on the cost of food and drink in the bar but it's £3.80 for a pint of San Miguel.
Anyway, I feel like I need to write to complain about these things, after all I pay my membership fees along with everyone else but am I going to be wasting my time? The pro who I'm good friends with now has put his points across to the owner but nothing ever seems to get done. I don't think I'd sign the letter or name it as I wouldn't want to risk being the bad guy (if you know what I mean). What would you guys do? Obviously a lot of people will say "well move club" but I can't afford to join any of the other clubs in the area, my membership fee as I'm under 30 is £420 a year full 7 day privileges, if I went somewhere else I'd be paying £800 minimum.
Our putting green is embarrassingly bad and the practice grounds seem like somewhat of an after thought in terms of care and attention. The 9th green which used to hug two green side bunkers has halved in size over the last 10 years apparently and is now nigh on impossible to hold from the tee as it's a raised green which slopes front to back, I flushed an 8 iron into it the other day, it pitched short of the green and I found it about 15 yards out the back of the green.
Other things that nag me, the greenkeepers will go out and cut back trees and leave their cuttings on the ground, a tree on the right of the first fell down last year, a bloody big tree at that, they cut it into pieces to remove it from the fairway pretty quickly but the cut up pieces are still sat in the rough at the top of a ditch. Greens are never cut at the weekend meaning by the time we get to competition Sunday they can be pretty long and bobbly as Davey found out this past weekend, the head greenkeeper is more likely to be seen playing in the competition than he is out on his mower.
I'm sure I could list more problems but I don't want to bore you too much, I won't start on the cost of food and drink in the bar but it's £3.80 for a pint of San Miguel.
Anyway, I feel like I need to write to complain about these things, after all I pay my membership fees along with everyone else but am I going to be wasting my time? The pro who I'm good friends with now has put his points across to the owner but nothing ever seems to get done. I don't think I'd sign the letter or name it as I wouldn't want to risk being the bad guy (if you know what I mean). What would you guys do? Obviously a lot of people will say "well move club" but I can't afford to join any of the other clubs in the area, my membership fee as I'm under 30 is £420 a year full 7 day privileges, if I went somewhere else I'd be paying £800 minimum.
