would you say something??

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walking the dogs last night along the Canal which passes a local course. and saw sitting on the edge of the 3rd green which is a drive-able par 4, is a family of Germans having a picnic while the 3 children (girls aged between 7 and 13 i should say) ran around and played in the bunkers.

i stood and watched as 3 groups played the hole and not one said a word to them!!!!!


TBH i would have said something to them, which i imagine if repeated here would get me an infraction
 
patricks148 said:
walking the dogs last night along the Canal which passes a local course. and saw sitting on the edge of the 3rd green which is a drive-able par 4, is a family of Germans having a picnic while the 3 children (girls aged between 7 and 13 i should say) ran around and played in the bunkers.

i stood and watched as 3 groups played the hole and not one said a word to them!!!!!


TBH i would have said something to them, which i imagine if repeated here would get me an infraction
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You have to say something, it's dangerous more than anything
 
Yes..
Our course is very picturesque looking over the local bay and a cliff path runs next to it. A few years back On a blind t shot some idiot was stood in the middle of the fairway taking a picture as I happened to launch a ball right over him. Needless to say we crossed words. His saying how I am stupid and dangerous to which I told him likewise and also pointed to my bag tag saying I was allowed to be there and asked was he as I thought public right of way was only on the footpath.
 
You have to say something to point out that they are putting their own safety at risk. Our course overlooks the City and it is common in the summer months, to have people wandering about trying to get a good view and a good picture of Edinburgh from some of our better vantage points. Some take the warning others get a bit huffy and beige rant at times.
 
We have the same problem at our 3rd hole which has a pond, 2 resident Swans and ATM 8 signets :cool: and seemingly it contains fish .
I usually point out VERY politely they're in a danger of being hit by a ball, and in 35 years of being a member here I've never seen a fish being caught.
If they've not moved on by the time I've played the 4th and 5th, I'll call the clubhouse and report them.
The club then call the police .
 
I would definitely say to move. Beyond stupid. you should have had a polite word even though you were not playing.
 
patricks148 said:
walking the dogs last night along the Canal which passes a local course. and saw sitting on the edge of the 3rd green which is a drive-able par 4, is a family of Germans having a picnic while the 3 children (girls aged between 7 and 13 i should say) ran around and played in the bunkers.
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Out of interest- why the mention of their nationality? :)
 
Came across a similar situation on the first at Wimbledon Common. The course designer thoughtfully put s nice grass bank all around the green for mummy and daddy to sit on while their numerous offspring played on the manicured grass.

As its a long par three and people were hitting driver or three woods, the balls were arriving at a degree of speed but they seemed unfazed. They initially refused to move claiming it was "common land" and while technically we had by laws to play golf. It wasn't until the words police, criminal damage, and the fact there about to be at least sixty golfers following behind, some of whom I knew would fire in to the green whether they and the kids were there (we hadn't and had stopped to try and use reason) that with some Anglo Saxon muttering and tears from the kids they moved.... straight into the semi rough on the second right in the landing zone for a sliced drive. Another protracted conversation. I can laugh at it now but a regular problem at that course
 
Definitely say something. You should be polite about it and tell them that the problem is not that it is private ground or anything like that. Most people who have never played golf (and in Germany relatively few people ever come into contact with the game or have any idea how it works) just can't imagine the distances a golf ball travels. They think as long as they don't see anyone in their direct vicinity playing that there is no problem.

We had a similar situation at our course a while back where a few children played unattended in one of the bunkers. I don't know where they came from or who they belonged to. We shouted at them from a distance (because we were standing on the tee of the par 3 and wanted to tee off), but they either did not even hear us or at least did not notice that we were addressing them. One of us had to run up to them and explain the situation and then they buggered off.
 
We have had issues with some walkers on our course there is a footpath through the course that they have the right to use. However there were two guys who would abuse the right letting their dogs usually 4 or 5 off their leads to play on the course.
Needless to say they would be in bunkers, picking balls up and messing the course up in more ways than one. This made a lot of people quite angry at the time and there were quite a few on course arguments. The club tried to reason with them asking them very nicely to stick to the footpath in the end we had to threaten legal action, silly how things get out of hand.
 
Some walkers know they have right of way and will purposefully walk out in front of you even if you don't see them.

A woman did it on saturday as I was about to tee off. She appeared down the lane from my left and didn't bat an eyelid as she strolled in front of the tee box as I was about to hit.

Not a thought of ill just hang back as this guy is about to hit, or hurrying up to get out of the way quickly.
 
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