I always fix my pitch marks when I find them on a green & make sure I return divots on the fairway. Leave bunkers as best as possible after I've been in them, assuming a rake is available, or even when its not.
I like the idea of each person having a good check around a specific green etc, that they are alloted. Even that minor remedial action of repairing everyones pitch mark helps between visits by the greens person.
I might suggest such a course of action to our club.
i always try to fix 2-3 ball marks per green. golf courses would be so much better if everyone had the mentality of leaving it in a better shape than when you started.
This would be a wonderful idea if the management at my course wasn't so poor. They run the course so badly that someone bringing this idea to them would only further confuse an already confused and irresponsibly run course. Kind of a shame.
Yes, we at Filey have this idea, my section look after the 10th.
Our Membership is split into 19 sections alphabetically and then we have 18 holes and the practice greens to look after.
One thing that we have to put up with here is Birds; seagulls and Crows mainly; they move drying Divots looking for worms. Makes it appear that no one replaces there divots. Many of us have started to knock the sides in to repair our divots that way, rather than just place the turf back and stamp on it.
Our club has what we call the "Artisans" section - a group of part-members who pay heavily reduced membership, have restricted playing privileges, their own clubhouse, and who do minor course maintenance in return. It seems to work pretty well - as well as repairing greens and tees they do trimming around the greens and other useful tasks.
Yes, we at Filey have this idea, my section look after the 10th.
Our Membership is split into 19 sections alphabetically and then we have 18 holes and the practice greens to look after.
One thing that we have to put up with here is Birds; seagulls and Crows mainly; they move drying Divots looking for worms. Makes it appear that no one replaces there divots. Many of us have started to knock the sides in to repair our divots that way, rather than just place the turf back and stamp on it.
A course i have visited from time to time gives golfers a small bag of 'divot pegs' to hold down the bigger divots. They are bio-degradable and supposed to disapear by the time the divot has taken root.
Maybe that could help out on the course you mention??
Since I have become a member at my club I have tried to do more repair work. I will sand the divots on the tee box if I am waiting for the group ahead of me or not being pushed from behind. I fix as many ball marks on the greens as I see. And will pick up trash around the tee boxes. This is what really blows my mind!! Every tee box on my course has a trash can yet the woods right adjacent to the box is full of beer cans. How hard is it to put them into the trash can? Same way along the fairways. Most people play with a cart. There is a little basket behind the seat that will hold empty beer cans until you get to the next garbage can. This one I just don't understand.
Another good idea I have come across.
Sandmoor GC in Leeds; one of the top ones in the area; got their Junior Section to invite other juniors from other clubs for a couple of nights "Divot Filling" and in return these other juniors got a free round. We at Roundhay GC, a nine hole Muni a couple of miles away always sent a few juniors.
The result:-
Sandmoor was always in good condition and many of the Roundhay Juniors moved to Sandmoor in their late teens.
Roundhay and Sandmoor has a great relationship.
I like the idea, but thankfully we really have a good membership that makes every effort to keep the course in great shape, which in turn benefits everyone.
We pay a substantial amount of money to be members there, so most see it as a personal investment. And too, a majority of the focus in the monthly newsletter is member particpation in helping maintain the course.
So although there is no formal system, there is a lot of emphasis on personal responsibility. That alone differs drastically from other courses, which is why our course is always regarded in high standing from guests who are invited to play it.
And will pick up trash around the tee boxes. This is what really blows my mind!! Every tee box on my course has a trash can yet the woods right adjacent to the box is full of beer cans. How hard is it to put them into the trash can? Same way along the fairways. Most people play with a cart. There is a little basket behind the seat that will hold empty beer cans until you get to the next garbage can. This one I just don't understand.
It's a litterbug mentality. I don't get it either... and not just on the golf course. Some folks are just pigs and think the world is their trash can.
Another good idea I have come across.
Sandmoor GC in Leeds; one of the top ones in the area; got their Junior Section to invite other juniors from other clubs for a couple of nights "Divot Filling" and in return these other juniors got a free round. We at Roundhay GC, a nine hole Muni a couple of miles away always sent a few juniors.
The result:-
Sandmoor was always in good condition and many of the Roundhay Juniors moved to Sandmoor in their late teens.
Roundhay and Sandmoor has a great relationship.
June 2nd, 2006, 01:33 AM
Every tee box on my course has a trash can yet the woods right adjacent to the box is full of beer cans. How hard is it to put them into the trash can? Same way along the fairways. Most people play with a cart. There is a little basket behind the seat that will hold empty beer cans until you get to the next garbage can. This one I just don't understand.
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