What would you like?

[stevelev]

I'd like a few things. But cant see them hapening anytime soon.

1. Compulsory insurance as part of membership if not insured on joining, and proof of insurance annually. Also ensure visitors are insured prior to booking.

2. Marshalls that marshall and not look for balls all day.

3. Levelled tee boxes.

4. Pitch marks repaired.

5. Bunkers made consistent and raked regurlary, especially when wet.

6. People picking up their broken tee's litter and any other crap and using bins supplied.

7. Decent paths, our have more pot holes than a stoners carpet.

8. Rake out the weeds from all the water hazards, and keep them clear.

9. Renew the nesting house for the moorhens in the water hazards, and more birdboxes. But a cull of the Geese, there are bloody hundreds every year, [****] everywhere.

Thats enough for this year, next year

 

[goldenbare]

As somebody who plays on a muni serviced by the Council I hope they manage to employ somebody who has some greenkeeping experience.
In particular knowing that a hole should not be put on the slope between seperate tiers of a green

I suppose you get what you pay for

 

[JT77]

Pretty happy in general, few new tee boxes being added, some new bunkers going in, and noticed yesterday that they are planting more trees, looking good on the course....

Would like to see some drawn comps though, every sat comp, same fourballs....stale for me, who knows what goes on in them, can be a bit clicky too.

 

[chris661]

At our place Paul McGinley is doing a bit or redesign work bunkers, greens tee boxes etc its is a medium term project but the early results look really really promising. Just a pity it cant all be done at the one time but hey ho the ends justify the means and all that.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Our barmaids are plenty busty and flirty enough so I think it would be sorting the disease on the 17th, it is again too shaded and drains poorly.

 

[madandra]

What would you like to see improve at your course this year?

ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Better tee boxes.
Better sand in the bunkers
Better fringes.
Better greens.

Other than that, it's fine......

 

[kid2]

Bunkers,bunkers,bunkers......
Iv seen better sand on some local building sites



Oh and we'd really really love a very very grumpy Course ranger to speed up the slow people!

 

[Colinb]

My course is in pretty good nick, even after the harsh winter we've had. Only thing that bugs me are visitors that throw their empty cans and bottles from the buggies into the rough.

A better changing room and maybe an airline for blowing the trolley down would be good, but it's nothing major.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Better tee boxes.
Better sand in the bunkers
Better fringes.
Better greens.

Other than that, it's fine......

Good to hear the fairways are fine and the hazard areas are in good condition

 

[ScienceBoy]

As somebody who plays on a muni serviced by the Council I hope they manage to employ somebody who has some greenkeeping experience.
In particular knowing that a hole should not be put on the slope between seperate tiers of a green

I suppose you get what you pay for

Been there, if anyone has played the Otterbourne 9 holer in Hampshire they will be familiar with the 7 green.

192 par 3, green sloped back to front. The middle top has one really slopey bit, middle of summer I stuck tee shot to about 4 feet and 13 putted.

 

[link80]

Where I play the main problem is the bunkers, which reading through other posts seems to be the common problem at most courses. I know they are a hazard and should be avoided but as people have said, a good raking and a top up of sand every now and then wouldn't hurt, it seems their just left to the golfers to rake.

 

[big_russ]

Some of the tees are very poor in respect of their levels and consistency. Planned work due over the next couple of months should sort this out. Other than this everything else is in good order.

 

[GB72]

All I would like is a bit of 'different' thinking at the club. We seem happy enough plodding along in our own way with nothing really changing. Same groups in all the comps, same type of comps every year, same nearly empty bar that looks like a bar from a Premier Inn and lacks character or any reason to stay, same little cliques, friendly enough to talk to but never really overly inviting if it breaks up their usual 4 ball that sort of thing. Basically we have become a sleepy little club that suits the long standing members who have been there for decades.

OK, change that, I would like to grab the club by the collar and give it a damn good shake until it woke up to reality, the modern world, the new member and the 21st century golfer.

 

[Robobum]

A lot of our tees need leveling and making bigger to give the greenkeepers chance to move the blocks around more.

I'd like to see a few of our bunkers made more penal by reinstating the faces that were softened to aid maintenance. Also the playing area in a few isn't large enough.

We also have a prime bit of land right in the middle of the course which could be made into an excelletn short game facility...........if only.

 

[Imurg]

We have a great 9 hole short course that we can use. Longest hole is 94 yards so it sharpens up your short game no-end.
For the long game we have 2 nets.

We need a long-game practice area of some sort. There is ground available but I'm not sure it would be logistically possible to do it.