Anybody Belong to a Local Golf Association?

[SoonerBS]

At the muni course where I am a member, they use to have a men's Golf Association that was active several years ago, but until recently it had all but died out (except for the banking account). Our muni course is a typical city owned course -- workers do the bare minimum, but expect to be paid a full salary. What makes it worse is that none of the workers actually golf, so they really don't give a **** how the course looks. For a muni course, it has a nice layout, good greens, and a lot of potential to be better, BUT we realized it probably would not unless we stepped in to offer help. So, the Association has recently been resurrected with all new members and officers to try and make the course better and also schedule a lot of golfing events for ourselves (several tournaments and a Spring/Summer Tuesday night scramble). The association will work off handicaps so everyone in the association has to get a handicap, including me. We have an officer elected who is already taking scores and will get our handicaps issued by the 1st day of 2010. We had a workday two weeks ago where we trimmed several limbs and cleaned up brush (it was highly successful, but I got a bad case of poison ivy). We have another day scheduled in January and everyone is pumped about how much better the course is looking after our last workday. We have some new ball washers bought and ordered, we have projects planned to put up some fencing to keep trash from blowing on the course, leveling some tee boxes (much needed), and many more projects.

Many of the members are excited about this renewal of activity, including me. Any of you guys belong to similar associations in your area?

[Not a hacker]

In Oz, we occassionally organise working bees if the course get's really banged up, but generally the greens keepers stay on top of things. As for the events and handicaps, we are governed by a state wide golf association, which is responsible for the running of major state wide events, and the inter club pennants season. As for handicaps, they are also overseen by the AGU (Australian Golf Union), but are maintained by each club, with appointed match committee members responsible for inputting data on computer systems at the end of each competition round. We have a national system called 'Golf Link' which records all such information and maintains AGU handicaps.

[famousdavis]

At the muni course where I am a member, they use to have a men's Golf Association that was active several years ago, but until recently it had all but died out (except for the banking account). Our muni course is a typical city owned course -- workers do the bare minimum, but expect to be paid a full salary. What makes it worse is that none of the workers actually golf, so they really don't give a **** how the course looks. For a muni course, it has a nice layout, good greens, and a lot of potential to be better, BUT we realized it probably would not unless we stepped in to offer help. So, the Association has recently been resurrected with all new members and officers to try and make the course better and also schedule a lot of golfing events for ourselves (several tournaments and a Spring/Summer Tuesday night scramble). The association will work off handicaps so everyone in the association has to get a handicap, including me. We have an officer elected who is already taking scores and will get our handicaps issued by the 1st day of 2010. We had a workday two weeks ago where we trimmed several limbs and cleaned up brush (it was highly successful, but I got a bad case of poison ivy). We have another day scheduled in January and everyone is pumped about how much better the course is looking after our last workday. We have some new ball washers bought and ordered, we have projects planned to put up some fencing to keep trash from blowing on the course, leveling some tee boxes (much needed), and many more projects.

Many of the members are excited about this renewal of activity, including me. Any of you guys belong to similar associations in your area?

I belong to a country club.

[Horseballs]

At the muni course where I am a member, they use to have a men's Golf Association that was active several years ago, but until recently it had all but died out (except for the banking account). Our muni course is a typical city owned course -- workers do the bare minimum, but expect to be paid a full salary. What makes it worse is that none of the workers actually golf, so they really don't give a **** how the course looks. For a muni course, it has a nice layout, good greens, and a lot of potential to be better, BUT we realized it probably would not unless we stepped in to offer help. So, the Association has recently been resurrected with all new members and officers to try and make the course better and also schedule a lot of golfing events for ourselves (several tournaments and a Spring/Summer Tuesday night scramble). The association will work off handicaps so everyone in the association has to get a handicap, including me. We have an officer elected who is already taking scores and will get our handicaps issued by the 1st day of 2010. We had a workday two weeks ago where we trimmed several limbs and cleaned up brush (it was highly successful, but I got a bad case of poison ivy). We have another day scheduled in January and everyone is pumped about how much better the course is looking after our last workday. We have some new ball washers bought and ordered, we have projects planned to put up some fencing to keep trash from blowing on the course, leveling some tee boxes (much needed), and many more projects.

Many of the members are excited about this renewal of activity, including me. Any of you guys belong to similar associations in your area?

Just go down to your local Home Depot and hire a bunch of Mexicans for the day.
Sounds like a sweet deal. From your muni's perspective. Get a bunch of guys to pay you to do grounds work. If only I could figure out a way to scam a bunch of people to pay me to work for me.

JK, it's a good idea.

[SoonerBS]

Just go down to your local Home Depot and hire a bunch of Mexicans for the day.
Sounds like a sweet deal. From your muni's perspective. Get a bunch of guys to pay you to do grounds work. If only I could figure out a way to scam a bunch of people to pay me to work for me.

JK, it's a good idea.

Believe me, there were a couple of guys in our group who said that they would not be present on the workday because they were already paying taxes to get done what we were going to do. I could certainly understand that school of thought, but facts were facts and the facts were that the workers weren't doing shite and our course wasn't getting any better. The best thing the city could do is fire every worker all the way up to the club pro and go out and hire a bunch of Mexicans just like you said. We have a bunch of Mexicans that live around here and they would work hard to make the course better by just doing what they are responsible in doing. Hell, we sometimes go three or four weeks around here without the pins ever being changed because the staff is too damn lazy to go out and do it.

[Horseballs]

Believe me, there were a couple of guys in our group who said that they would not be present on the workday because they were already paying taxes to get done what we were going to do. I could certainly understand that school of thought, but facts were facts and the facts were that the workers weren't doing shite and our course wasn't getting any better. The best thing the city could do is fire every worker all the way up to the club pro and go out and hire a bunch of Mexicans just like you said. We have a bunch of Mexicans that live around here and they would work hard to make the course better by just doing what they are responsible in doing. Hell, we sometimes go three or four weeks around here without the pins ever being changed because the staff is too damn lazy to go out and do it.

Pin-changing is not something you want to leave up to the Mexicans, unless they are named Trevino or Ochoa. Whenever that task is left up to a non-golfer, the pins are directly on slopes or 2 feet from the fringe.

[Larryrsf]

Pin-changing is not something you want to leave up to the Mexicans, unless they are named Trevino or Ochoa. Whenever that task is left up to a non-golfer, the pins are directly on slopes or 2 feet from the fringe.

Does the hole have to be on the green? I have read that it can actually be OFF the green according to the old rules.

Larry

[noshuz]

Does the hole have to be on the green? I have read that it can actually be OFF the green according to the old rules.

Larry

I'm for placing them in the bunkers! This game is too easy.

[Horseballs]

Does the hole have to be on the green? I have read that it can actually be OFF the green according to the old rules.

Larry

I don't know if there are any set rules, but when I was a greenskeeper way back in the day, we weren't allowed to put the pin closer than a flag length to the edge of the green.

[oldplayer]

Does the hole have to be on the green? I have read that it can actually be OFF the green according to the old rules.

Larry

Boy that's a new one on me. In the very old days they didn't even have greens I guess. Apparently on the first seaside paddocks/links the "greens" were actually an area where the grass was eaten down close by a group of rabbits or hares and the buck would dig a small hole in the centre the area and mark his territory. These were the first greens and holes. But I guess you weren't talking about that far back.

[Mizuno>Ping]

Boy that's a new one on me. In the very old days they didn't even have greens I guess. Apparently on the first seaside paddocks/links the "greens" were actually an area where the grass was eaten down close by a group of rabbits or hares and the buck would dig a small hole in the centre the area and mark his territory. These were the first greens and holes. But I guess you weren't talking about that far back.

You're really old, no?

[oldplayer]

You're really old, no?

I don't actually have experience of playing on those greens. But I remember when I was a lad my old granddaddy talkin.

[famousdavis]

My c*ck belongs in your mum's arse...

I think you meant a "mans" arse. ****.

[poe4soul]

I think you meant a "mans" arse. ****.

Well then you're safe FD.

[Not a hacker]

I think there is a specific distance a flag must be in from the edge of the green, but off the top of my head I'm not sure what it is. I am sure though that the dumb arse contact greenskeepers at my club don't know what it is either. Sometimes thay have it about 1 metre in from the edge. Another thing they do which is wrong is placing the teeing markers really close together on one side of the tee box. This isn't done to save the teeing ground, it's done purely because they want to make a hole harder by dictating what sort of shot you msut play off the tee. IMO the greenskeepers at my course are good kids, but absolute retards when it comes to setting up a golf course.