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Post by fredlowry on Aug 22, 2011 20:25:56 GMT
Whilst I have sympathy with the sentiment, "We were here first", the precedent in law has already been set with similar disputes on other courses. We have to take reasonable steps to protect the householders, hence the white posts.
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Post by kevnixon on Aug 22, 2011 21:07:11 GMT
This is an interesting situation which im sure has come up on numerous courses in the uk. I fully understand that in the modern world the onus would be on the course to "take reasonable steps to protect the householders" however it could be argued that simply moving an ob post is not reasonable steps unlike erecting a net/tree/fence. To me most payers still aim down the centre of the fairway and a severe slice will still go into the houses, the change in out of bounds position wil not stop it. Take the example of the 8th nd the recently added water hazard. If you choose to hit driver you still aim at the centre of the fairway as you would have before the water was there. I still feel that tucking the tee aiming left will help the problem , and possibly moving the tee further forward and placement of bunkers towards the bottom of the slope to deter the use of drivers? I do however appreciate that this one is an extremely difficult situation for the club to deal with and members should probably realise that the clubs hands are largely tied in this case
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Post by disco on Aug 27, 2011 19:26:10 GMT
after playing this hole a few times in the last week i have realised tht the most successful way to play the hole is by hitting driver over the out of bounds area. it really would have been much more sensible to bring the white stakes right of the bunkers and tightening where the 'big hitters' put their tee shots. im not complaining tho!
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Post by kevnixon on Aug 27, 2011 20:15:25 GMT
Your right disco the only way the club can stop it is by moving fairway left and growing high rough to right. Anyway I was discussing this forum in the pro shop the other day and we couldnt work out the origin of your username?
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Post by dunc on Sept 3, 2011 20:30:34 GMT
Some interesting points raised, but I do agree with Lazza. The course is small enough without being squeezed from all sides at the first sign of complaint. The action on the 13th was a hugh knee-jerk reaction & shows massive weakness. After all they bought the house backing on to the golf course, so balls in the garden is inevitable. A stronger stance needs to have been taken. We should have told the guy that 30ft trees would be planted to try to solve the issue. In any event, if the house is the one I think it is, it is so far down the fairway that it is unlikely to be caused by tee shots. I think that the balls in the garden must have been poor 2nd shots after poor tee shots and out of bounds or not would not prevent that. I do think that there could be aknock-on effect on the houses nearer the green as people take a different angle into the green and perhaps take a shorter club off the tee, resulting in a longer second shot. I despair at what is happening to our golf course.
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Post by kevnixon on Sept 4, 2011 19:30:31 GMT
You surely must have the wrong house as I would be amazed if any more than a very occasional second shot went in the houses
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Post by spam on Jan 11, 2012 0:11:17 GMT
Sounds like fighting talk Lazza ......Views but no balls....I ask you !!
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