Anybody here live on a golf course ?

[Perry Holbrook]

Thanks for all the encouragement. We layed out the hazard areas today, will start the seed bed prep for the very expensive native wildflower and grasses seed tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing my native meadow come to life. Bermuda seed goes down late May. The green comes next year.

[Bill Dufour]

My cousin bought a house that backs onto a golf course. After the first year the insurance agent called and cancelled the broken window and tile roof insurance portion.
Bill D

[Clifford McGuire]

To answer your first question...we moved to a house on a course about 18 months ago. It's on the side of a tee box, so we don't get balls hit into our yard.

But we do have people milling around, waiting to hit their shot. It's maybe 40 feet from the lot line to the tee. So, we can hear them and they can hear us. The worst is some of the comments when I'm grilling. If I hear one more "What time will it be ready?" it will be too soon. We will look into some screening, perhaps a tall hedge.

The course is closed from Nov - mid April, so that's great!

I knew those things going into the purchase. Otherwise, it's a great house.

[Jim Koepke]

The worst is some of the comments when I'm grilling. If I hear one more "What time will it be ready?" it will be too soon.

Yell back, "It will be done when you take three strokes to get out of the sand trap on the 7th hole." (or other hole depending on where you are on the course)

This will jinx enough of them they will spread the word about the guy grilling in his back yard casting sand trap spells to wise butt golfers.

jtk

[Alan Lightstone]

And if you live next to a tee, you won't get hit with golf balls, but trust me, you will here a lot of obscenities after poor shots.

[Kev Williams]

And if you live next to a tee, you won't get hit with golf balls...

--you haven't seen ME golf...

[Jim Koepke]

And if you live next to a tee, you won't get hit with golf balls

Having been a caddy at one time I can tell you that is no defense against someone with a wicked hook or slice.

One time standing behind a golfer addressing his ball, his shot hit me ~30 yards away. He seemed mad at me because it gave his ball a terrible lie and he would have been better off if his ball had gone out of bounds.

jtk

[Michael Schuch]

A friend bought a house with 30 acres and a DIY golf course on it. The previous owner had a donation box to help defray the cost of the up keep. The local golf course had him (the previous owner) shut down because they believed it took away from their profits. Just something to look into/consider.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Anybody here live on a golf course ?

No...but I did pass out in a cow pasture once...

[Clifford McGuire]

Yell back, "It will be done when you take three strokes to get out of the sand trap on the 7th hole." (or other hole depending on where you are on the course)

This will jinx enough of them they will spread the word about the guy grilling in his back yard casting sand trap spells to wise butt golfers.

jtk

We're considering putting a 'Swear Jar' at the edge of our property. Partly as a joke. But it's the older (60+) people that do most of the cussing. Women are as bad as the men.

It's entertaining watching them rolling up in the carts. Choosing a club form their $1000 set, take out their visual distance finder, take 5 practice strokes.........


....and then barely hit it to the ladies tee.

[Brian Elfert]

It's entertaining watching them rolling up in the carts. Choosing a club form their $1000 set, take out their visual distance finder, take 5 practice strokes.........

There is no shortage of players in pretty much any "sport" that think that buying a bunch of gadgets is going to compensate for their lack of ability. Manufacturers love the money they make selling all those gadgets.

[Dave Anderson NH]

True enough Brian. Woodworkers are not immune from that "disease."

[Derek Meyer]

--you haven't seen ME golf...

I played golf years ago with some friends that were just getting into the game. One guy teed off, and the ball went straight right....BEHIND all the people on the driving range and into the pond on the other side. He must have it it 10 yards forward and 100 yards straight right.

The course I grew up playing on had houses along some of the holes, and there was no shortage of CRRRRRACCKKKs as someone would pull one off the tee and smack a house. Most people had impact glass on the windows that faced the course. I did see one guy hit a ball that went into someones garage, as they had their door open. I don't know if it did any damage to anything in there.