One thing that happens the last half of the summer and into the fall is the Girls Golf Programs. This is fun, especially if the team has a good coach. \u00a0A good coach does not mean win at all costs, a good coach is one that encourages the girls to ENJOY GOLF ! \u00a0We have a team that the girls golf coach is an infrequent player but she has the most girls playing of any of the teams we have seen— because she encourages them to have fun!<\/p>\n
The two things that are a little bit of a downer for me are: \u00a0it takes time for the new girls to understand that a round of golf should not take all evening. \u00a0That is getting better. \u00a0The other thing that is often a less than fun experience\u00a0are parents. \u00a0We have rules that have been tweaked over the 45 years to best fit our operation and our players. \u00a0Some outside influences do dictate things we do. \u00a0The one thing that parents do not understand, (they think we are just being mean) is that we do not allow spectator carts and do not allow personal coolers on the course. \u00a0The first, (spectator carts) is really a no brainer on a hilly course like ours, believe me over the years we have seen it all and don’t want to see a lot of it again. \u00a0Most golf course accidents are from golf carts, too many riders, drivers turning too sharply causing a rider to fall out, driving in a place that is unsafe such as down a fair way Green to Tee coming up over a hill where the golfer cannot see the spectators.\u00a0 A golfer hits one down the pipe only to find out there is someone\u00a0in the middle of their fairway going the wrong way over a hill into the driver’s chosen path!<\/p>\n
As far as the coolers, the alcoholic beverage commission has been telling golf courses that if\u00a0a golf course\u00a0allows private coolers on the golf course then they are breaking the law because\u00a0the golf course is\u00a0allowing golfers to bring alcohol onto the course and if the course is a licensed facility then that is a big NO NO. \u00a0 \u00a0 So this makes us have a standing policy that no personal coolers are allowed because we do not want trouble with the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. \u00a0The parents do not understand that we cannot tell one person they can have a cooler and tell the next person they cannot. \u00a0Tonight I had a parent put a cooler on the coach\u2019s cart and was mad that I asked him to remove the cooler. \u00a0The coach seemed oblivious to it and did nto say anything. \u00a0The parent wanted to tell me how bad I was for our rule and mentioned that he did not have beer in the cooler. \u00a0I said ” you mean you are not taking beer out for the girls?” \u00a0Guess I should not have said that but — REALLY. \u00a0Did he think I though he was taking beer?<\/p>\n
True it has been a long summer but sometimes one has to vent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One thing that happens the last half of the summer and into the fall is the Girls Golf Programs. This is fun, especially if the team has a good coach. \u00a0A good coach does not mean win at all costs,…
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