Quint
Footballguy
that might be a little extreme. though i have seen a woman at my local course (hole #14) come after some bozos in her yard with a rolling pin.
i laughed pretty hard at that and she gave me stink-eye.
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i laughed pretty hard at that and she gave me stink-eye.
Zow
Footballguy
Yeah, this explains the huge pros.
The two main courses I play weave through nice houses and I live in a vacation destination so I see a lot of people drinking outside and will get heckled. I think it's pretty fun and it looks like fun. I mean, drunkenly betting on yahoos teeing off honestly sounds like a blast.
Personally, as a golfer, my goal is to eventually wind up on a golf course that I belong to.
Zow
Footballguy
Max Power
Footballguy
I feel like this is the only pro, but its a sweet plus! Get loaded at the pro club watching football and golf cart my butt home.
Zow
Footballguy
Most likely.* Although etiquette would be to give it back to the guy if he asks nicely. But yeah a golfer shouldn't just be wandering onto your property (which is why usually there's a wall/fence/clear sign). Doesn't stop all of us though.
*Unless it's mine. If it's mine please gently toss back into play when nobody is looking (including me). Please make sure I have room for a backswing, too.
Beef Ravioli
Footballguy
I would expect this to happen at least once a week.
This was posted Feb 4, 2009 by someone that called himself "texasheat". No idea if he's still around.
Hope this helps!
I don't recall the exact year for sure, though I was married and didn't have kids, most likely the Summer of 99. I was playing in an amateur golf tournament (a handicapped event, I'm not a scratch) and was at this event by myself (meaning I didn't know anyone else). So I am paired up with 3 others, we exchange scorecards and off we go. At this point, I have no warning signs as to what lies waiting for me in my round. We get to the 6th tee, and it starts. The twinge, the grumbling, and oooohhh the pressure. Knowing exactly what lies ahead in my near future, I take a quick look around at the landscape. No trees, (basically a links style course), bathroom, nothing. EXCEPT houses. A row of mid-upper income houses lined the left side of the fairway, and that's it. At this point the other guys start asking if I'm ok (it was my turn to tee off) and I let them know that I needed a bathroom quick. Of course they suggested that I go back to the clubhouse, but I wasn't convinced I could make it. I tried to play it cool, and I teed off. What a mistake. This took at least 90 seconds off of the clock the minute I made contact with the ball. I actually hit a decent shot and off we went. Meanwhile, I'm having contractions as my cart partner drives (remember I don't know this guy) to our next shot. After he stopped at my ball I remember telling him bluntly, "I have to go NOW", he looks at me and says "do what ya gotta do", grabbed a club and walked to his ball. At this point I have concluded that I can either shat myself and the day is over (not to mention I'm about 90 minutes from my house) or I can pop a squat right there behind the cart. So I unhook my golf towel from my bag and take a quick glimpse around... HOLD UP... there is a middle aged man (of Asian decent) in his back yard watching me from about 30 yards away. I CANT DO THIS. So, I did the only thing I knew. I walk to his back fence and the following conversation took place in about 16 seconds:
Me: "sir, I know this is crazy, but I'm really sick and I need a bathroom now"
Him: (In very broken English) "sowwy, my famly home"
Me: "Please sir please, I need go go now"
Him: "no"(holding his hands up as if I'm about to shoot him)
Me:"I will have to go here" (pointing at the ground)
Him: (shaking his head gives me a slight wave of his hand, as if to say "come on")
So I go through his gate (which by the way had he not had a gate, I would not have survived climbing a fence) apologizing the whole way and follow him to his back door and he lets me in and points straight ahead. As I'm walking to the bathroom I glance to the right and see the remainder of his family who had apparently watching from the window.
I made it... barely. I get in there and proceed to give birth to 3.2 lbs of choco puddin, shotgun style. I know they had to have heard it, and there is no doubt they smelled it long after sunset. It only took about about 90 seconds and I was on my way out. I had decided I would not look at anyone and just say thank you with my blinders on, but alas, I look over into the same room and see the entire family (Mom Dad 3 small children) all huddled tightly together on one couch, expressionless and staring at me. All I could say was... "I'm sorry".
The whole exchange took about 4 minutes and when I returned my group was on the green. I proceeded to hit my ball in and finished the round without incident except for a few mild jokes from the guys in my group. I think they were partly in shock but mostly sympathetic. Needless to say, that was the last tourney I played on that circuit.
There are many more close calls over the years... but this one is my worst (best?).
This was posted Feb 4, 2009 by someone that called himself "texasheat". No idea if he's still around.
Hope this helps!
I don't recall the exact year for sure, though I was married and didn't have kids, most likely the Summer of 99. I was playing in an amateur golf tournament (a handicapped event, I'm not a scratch) and was at this event by myself (meaning I didn't know anyone else). So I am paired up with 3 others, we exchange scorecards and off we go. At this point, I have no warning signs as to what lies waiting for me in my round. We get to the 6th tee, and it starts. The twinge, the grumbling, and oooohhh the pressure. Knowing exactly what lies ahead in my near future, I take a quick look around at the landscape. No trees, (basically a links style course), bathroom, nothing. EXCEPT houses. A row of mid-upper income houses lined the left side of the fairway, and that's it. At this point the other guys start asking if I'm ok (it was my turn to tee off) and I let them know that I needed a bathroom quick. Of course they suggested that I go back to the clubhouse, but I wasn't convinced I could make it. I tried to play it cool, and I teed off. What a mistake. This took at least 90 seconds off of the clock the minute I made contact with the ball. I actually hit a decent shot and off we went. Meanwhile, I'm having contractions as my cart partner drives (remember I don't know this guy) to our next shot. After he stopped at my ball I remember telling him bluntly, "I have to go NOW", he looks at me and says "do what ya gotta do", grabbed a club and walked to his ball. At this point I have concluded that I can either shat myself and the day is over (not to mention I'm about 90 minutes from my house) or I can pop a squat right there behind the cart. So I unhook my golf towel from my bag and take a quick glimpse around... HOLD UP... there is a middle aged man (of Asian decent) in his back yard watching me from about 30 yards away. I CANT DO THIS. So, I did the only thing I knew. I walk to his back fence and the following conversation took place in about 16 seconds:
Me: "sir, I know this is crazy, but I'm really sick and I need a bathroom now"
Him: (In very broken English) "sowwy, my famly home"
Me: "Please sir please, I need go go now"
Him: "no"(holding his hands up as if I'm about to shoot him)
Me:"I will have to go here" (pointing at the ground)
Him: (shaking his head gives me a slight wave of his hand, as if to say "come on")
So I go through his gate (which by the way had he not had a gate, I would not have survived climbing a fence) apologizing the whole way and follow him to his back door and he lets me in and points straight ahead. As I'm walking to the bathroom I glance to the right and see the remainder of his family who had apparently watching from the window.
I made it... barely. I get in there and proceed to give birth to 3.2 lbs of choco puddin, shotgun style. I know they had to have heard it, and there is no doubt they smelled it long after sunset. It only took about about 90 seconds and I was on my way out. I had decided I would not look at anyone and just say thank you with my blinders on, but alas, I look over into the same room and see the entire family (Mom Dad 3 small children) all huddled tightly together on one couch, expressionless and staring at me. All I could say was... "I'm sorry".
The whole exchange took about 4 minutes and when I returned my group was on the green. I proceeded to hit my ball in and finished the round without incident except for a few mild jokes from the guys in my group. I think they were partly in shock but mostly sympathetic. Needless to say, that was the last tourney I played on that circuit.
There are many more close calls over the years... but this one is my worst (best?).
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KCitons
Footballguy
Our house is backed up to a golf course. Been here for 18 years. We are about 50 yards from the fairway. I've had maybe a dozen golf balls end up in my yard over that time. The worst thing is that when we bought the house, the course was privately owned (leased?) and they mowed and maintained the property all the way up to our fence. A few years later, the property was taken over by the city and they mow a 10 foot swath 2 -3 times a summer. Makes it tough to keep the weeds from growing into our back yard.
NutterButter
Footballguy
grateful zed
Footballguy
msudaisy26
Footballguy
My mom lives on a golf course and there are more pros than cons and she doesn't golf either. She has had a number of golf balls hit her house or break windows and the golf course has replaced parts of the siding and windows without a problem every time, she had 3 old maple trees in her yard when she moved in and during 2 different storms 2 of the trees fell from her yard and onto the golf course, each time the golf course was cleaning the tree up before she went to work the next morning free of charge. The 3rd tree, that was still standing after those storms, leaned towards her house and she was getting quotes from companies to have it removed when one of the guys told her to contact the golf course and see what they might do. The general manager of the golf course drove over to her house and looked at the tree and offered to pay 75 percent of the cost to remove the tree. One day some drunken idiots drove carts through her yard and a couple of her neighbors yards after a rainy morning and torn up their yards and once again the golf course was there with in a week laying new sod in all their yards and then they put up fences with gates and locks in each yard. They also come through the neighborhood every year with a voucher for a free round of golf and welcome anyone that lives on the course to use the course after 6pm on weekdays and 4pm on weekends. If it is a nice course it will also add value to the home, and the view is also nice.
sublimeone
Footballguy
A buddy of mine lived on a golf course when we we were in high school/college... his folks were out of town and so after a long night of drinking, in the wee hours of the morning, we ventured out onto the course. After a good walk I felt the urge to drop one... and so I did... directly into a hole. I believe it was the 13th hole.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
I don't believe I know of any window on our golf course that has been broken in the 20 years I have been here (so there probably have been a couple ...but not enough that I am aware of). Except - the 18th hole ...it is a fairly hard dogleg left and there are 3 level townhomes up to the corner. Only a few guys are big enough to choose to hit over them, but enough of us are dangerous if a drive is pulled the patio doors on a couple of the end units are in trouble.
The General
Footballguy
fightingillini
Footballguy
Another key aspect is....is the house on the inside of a dogleg? If so, run away. I hit it 280+, so there have been instances where I have hit over or very near houses right by the fairway to cut the corner on some holes.
Also to remember.....how stable is the golf course financially? You usually pay a premium to live on a golf course, and if any reason the golf course goes under (I saw that here in CLT), your property value will go down
Also to remember.....how stable is the golf course financially? You usually pay a premium to live on a golf course, and if any reason the golf course goes under (I saw that here in CLT), your property value will go down
Ignoramus
Footballguy
D-Day
Footballguy
I live on a public course near the tee. If you have kids... don't buy. I have had a window shot out twice. Having a huge back yard that I don't have to take care of is nice. Be ready for conversations such as
me: Please don't hit from my yard.
drunk golfer: but it is line with the green.
me: Please move your ball back to the course across the cart path.
drunk golfer: but there's no out of bounds marker
me: see those white posts? Please move your ball across the path.
drunk golfer: but the property line is here.
me: look where the tee is. Look where you are. Now Mr Nicklaus (did you know he played golf for Cal?), does it really matter if you pick up your ball and move it back to the course?
me: Please don't hit from my yard.
drunk golfer: but it is line with the green.
me: Please move your ball back to the course across the cart path.
drunk golfer: but there's no out of bounds marker
me: see those white posts? Please move your ball across the path.
drunk golfer: but the property line is here.
me: look where the tee is. Look where you are. Now Mr Nicklaus (did you know he played golf for Cal?), does it really matter if you pick up your ball and move it back to the course?
mr roboto
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Meh, we are about 20 yards off the course but are a bit elevated and have enough shrubbery and plants that we have plenty of privacy but still have a full view.
This pic is taken from our porch last Spring.
D-Day
Footballguy
Yeah, but I still have to repair the divot they left in my yard.I'd just sit there on a Saturday and troll these ##########s.
"Hey, nice shirt! Too bad they didn't have one in your size"
"Let me guess your handicap... your back swing"
"Dude, stick to the courses that have a windmill."
"I can tell you are getting a great value on your cost per stroke"
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Johnny Bing
Footballguy
I have lived on two courses with two different locations over the years.
1) 50 yards on the back side of a par 3.
2) Left side of the fairway about 175 yards up from the tee box on par 4
Both of those locations had pros and cons, but overall they are about the same.
Pros:
1) If you’re a golfer, quick access to the course at any time
2) If it is a well maintained course great back yard and views to look at each morning. Something about the dew on the grass and a light fog when you’re sitting out on the deck in the morning drinking coffee reading the morning news
3) If you want to stay in the club house after playing I don’t have to worry about a cab or DWI.
4) Allows to practice any time you want without going to the range
5) Yes, there will be the hacker out there, but I enjoy watching the golfers. I have seen some really good shots on that fairway house coming into a par 4 and I have seen some really junky shots with a good club throw. It’s all entertainment for me.
6) There seems to be a lot of negative comments in this thread about rude golfers. In the total years of being on a course I never once had an altercation or someone that hit a shot two feet off my deck. I honestly can’t not think of an altercation or a rude golfer, but maybe I’m fortunate. If anything I have had more laughs from them than frustrations. But the fairway course had the out of bounds clearly defined with 3 foot high PVC stakes. It was just a sleeve stake so it made it easy to mow, pick it up, mow over the sleeve and slide it back in. This was also a “higher” end course for my area, so the caliber of golfers was not your Saturday bachelor party group.
Cons:
1) By far the #1 con, I would never have kids in the back yard living on the fairway 175 yards out. I was fortunate to have a lot of trees on the fairway, so they knocked anything down before it came in hot, but I would never be able to feel comfortable knowing what a golf ball could do to a 3 year old.
2) Yes I might have mowed over a couple divots of someone who hit their shot when they were in my yard but I chalk that up to living on a golf course.
3) No damage to either house, but I could see this as a problem if there isn’t adequate trees around
4) They mow early. If you’re a vampire and like to sleep until 9 or 10, you might want to consider this because they will be out there mowing at 6am or just at sunrise.
5) When you buy your property value will reflect the course, make sure that course is well established because if that sells you could really take a hit on the value of your house if they turn it into a corn field or a DNR hunting refuge.
Overall I’d do it again if I didn’t have kids now. Maybe once they are grown up we’d consider moving back. We had a lot of good memories and laughs being on the course. But I would say it takes the right people to enjoy living there.
1) 50 yards on the back side of a par 3.
2) Left side of the fairway about 175 yards up from the tee box on par 4
Both of those locations had pros and cons, but overall they are about the same.
Pros:
1) If you’re a golfer, quick access to the course at any time
2) If it is a well maintained course great back yard and views to look at each morning. Something about the dew on the grass and a light fog when you’re sitting out on the deck in the morning drinking coffee reading the morning news
3) If you want to stay in the club house after playing I don’t have to worry about a cab or DWI.
4) Allows to practice any time you want without going to the range
5) Yes, there will be the hacker out there, but I enjoy watching the golfers. I have seen some really good shots on that fairway house coming into a par 4 and I have seen some really junky shots with a good club throw. It’s all entertainment for me.
6) There seems to be a lot of negative comments in this thread about rude golfers. In the total years of being on a course I never once had an altercation or someone that hit a shot two feet off my deck. I honestly can’t not think of an altercation or a rude golfer, but maybe I’m fortunate. If anything I have had more laughs from them than frustrations. But the fairway course had the out of bounds clearly defined with 3 foot high PVC stakes. It was just a sleeve stake so it made it easy to mow, pick it up, mow over the sleeve and slide it back in. This was also a “higher” end course for my area, so the caliber of golfers was not your Saturday bachelor party group.
Cons:
1) By far the #1 con, I would never have kids in the back yard living on the fairway 175 yards out. I was fortunate to have a lot of trees on the fairway, so they knocked anything down before it came in hot, but I would never be able to feel comfortable knowing what a golf ball could do to a 3 year old.
2) Yes I might have mowed over a couple divots of someone who hit their shot when they were in my yard but I chalk that up to living on a golf course.
3) No damage to either house, but I could see this as a problem if there isn’t adequate trees around
4) They mow early. If you’re a vampire and like to sleep until 9 or 10, you might want to consider this because they will be out there mowing at 6am or just at sunrise.
5) When you buy your property value will reflect the course, make sure that course is well established because if that sells you could really take a hit on the value of your house if they turn it into a corn field or a DNR hunting refuge.
Overall I’d do it again if I didn’t have kids now. Maybe once they are grown up we’d consider moving back. We had a lot of good memories and laughs being on the course. But I would say it takes the right people to enjoy living there.
Cjw_55106
Footballguy
I can see this view from my bed. I dont have to spend $300K to get it either.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
It depends how often you play. When I was in high school we would get dropped off at the golf course when my dad went to work and he would pick us up after he finished work. We had memberships and played there about every weekday in the summer. It was a very average public course. Now if we had rides we could play about 10 other course that were within 30 miles and we loved to go play there from time to time but that gets expensive. Even if you are pretty good and play the same course every day you are still not going to master it. Also, the set up the course different about every week. I can honestly say I still like playing that course to this day and never got bored with it. You end up betting, playing best ball or a scramble when things get a little monotonous.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
A guy in my golf league lives on a golf course. Pheasant Run in Canton MI....The guy picked his lot out while they were developing the course. He lives about 220 our from the tee on the right side of a dog leg left hole. It has been a disaster. From the start he had had a number of windows broken..that is not counting his deck and yard getting bombarded with stray balls all summer. It was so bad he put a 60 foot net up to block his yard. I have played he many times and have had balls end up in peoples yards.
There are some nice homes that are farther away but still on the course but most run along the holes. I just would not want to be on my deck and have golfers driving through and by my house all day.
There are some nice homes that are farther away but still on the course but most run along the holes. I just would not want to be on my deck and have golfers driving through and by my house all day.
In The Zone
Footballguy
Just think of the possibilities. This right here is definitely a pro,
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
It is weird that there are so many concerns about balls going through windows. Yeah, it happens - but rare and only if your house is in a particularly dangerous spot - that's not a lot of houses. If that is a concern, don't buy one of those houses on the course.
I'm not arguing for a house on the course - if you want the pros of living on a golf course, you buy on the course with a view and house you like. The only real con I see is if you are paying up for resale value and the course goes public/goes down hill.
I'm not arguing for a house on the course - if you want the pros of living on a golf course, you buy on the course with a view and house you like. The only real con I see is if you are paying up for resale value and the course goes public/goes down hill.
fightingillini
Footballguy
It's not rare if your house is about 150-225 yards to the left or right of the hole, which is big duck hook or slice territory.Binky The Doormat said:
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Agreed - also depends on the amount of trees and how far off the course you are. I would think twice about buying a house in that territory, no doubt. Pretty small percentage of total houses on a course though. Pick one that isn't in that area on a hole.
D-Day
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
Playing new courses is fun, but there's definitely good value in playing the same course if it's well maintained. A course you're used to can be played much more quickly as well (since you probably have a good idea on the distances, where putts break, etc.) so there's really value there when you can play a round in 2.5 hours instead of 4+.eoMMan said:
My brother in law belongs to a nice country club. I love his course because it's incredibly well-maintained and it's not at all gimmicky and it's design to be played much faster and there's not a ton of places where even just a decent player will lose a lot of balls. I've probably played about 75 rounds there now over the last few years and I've never found it to be boring and want to play it just as much as day one.
NutterButter
Footballguy
In general, aren't the really nice courses private so unless you know people at other private courses, you have to find one you like and that's the one you'll predominantly play.eoMMan said:
Johnny Bing
Footballguy
I used to have this thought process but after adding up green fees of randomly jumping around, it was financially smarter to purchase a membership at a nice course. And add on top of it, I can drive my golf cart to the club house and not have to load up clubs, etc. Its a no brainer why I play the same course. Sure I'll jump in some tournaments or charity functions at other courses handful a year, but I'm content playing the same course for convenience and financial advantages.eoMMan said:
There is plenty of challenges in golf, I don't need to play random courses to add to the challenge.
This seems like as good a thread as any to rant - we live in a golf course community. Golf club is private, and has run into some financial difficulties recently, and is in the process of being sold. Our HOA dues are separate from Club membership, but this year, we get a letter from the club asking non-members in the neighborhood to voluntarily pay extra this year "to pay for the costs of maintaining the 155 acres of green space. [i.e. the golf course]"
We, like any other self-respecting snobby neighborhood, have a facebook page which has led to some interesting comments:
"Most of us have seen non members walking on our beautiful course"
"kids sneaking into our pool"
And, one of my favorites: "non-members are enjoying our fireworks" (they host a 4th of July Fire Works display - so I guess all the non-members should close their eyes...)
The potential buyers have suggested making some changes to the club house, the driving range and a few other places - but this information is not common knowledge outside of the club members, so one non-member suggests: "all of this should be communicated, or should have been communicated all along", and the inevitable response: "And now non members expect us to "disclose to them in a proper fashion". Its a private club, its private business." So, basically, we want the non-members to pay for the upkeep, so membership dues can remain lower
Bottom line - most golf course communities are full of people who suck, and think way too highly of themselves. Good luck on your move!
We, like any other self-respecting snobby neighborhood, have a facebook page which has led to some interesting comments:
"Most of us have seen non members walking on our beautiful course"
"kids sneaking into our pool"
And, one of my favorites: "non-members are enjoying our fireworks" (they host a 4th of July Fire Works display - so I guess all the non-members should close their eyes...)
The potential buyers have suggested making some changes to the club house, the driving range and a few other places - but this information is not common knowledge outside of the club members, so one non-member suggests: "all of this should be communicated, or should have been communicated all along", and the inevitable response: "And now non members expect us to "disclose to them in a proper fashion". Its a private club, its private business." So, basically, we want the non-members to pay for the upkeep, so membership dues can remain lower
Bottom line - most golf course communities are full of people who suck, and think way too highly of themselves. Good luck on your move!
After countless trips to the golf course I would strongly recommend no. There is no safe place with 300 yards (except straight of course) of me that is not a potential landing spot. I actually managed to hit the house behind the tee box once (hit a line drive off the metal tee marker which sent the ball straight back hitting a house). I've managed to hit objects/other golfers standing behind me (ball went between legs, no idea how), obviously objects dead right, etc. Once I hit a 7 iron off the tee that hit a tree, the ball came straight back which I caught it in midair, put the ball back down, and hit the ball 3 yards from the pin. Since the ball never hit the ground I counted it as one shot.
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Bucks
Footballguy
Coincidentally, I had my most puzzling encounter on this same course last year. Specifically the first hole on the West side. One of us hits the ball just over the water on the far left edge of the course but still well within the white stakes. There's a lady standing in her back yard watching. We hit the ball and continue on. Before we finish the hole the ranger drives up to scold us. She immediately called and reported us trespassing on her property. We denied it but he wasn't buying . Then I suggested we all drive back there and talk it out with her but he wasn't interested. He just wanted us on notice that we had been warned.
I get amused when I see homeowners on duty guarding their property with a stern look on their faces. Why buy a house on a course if it bothers you so much? Seems some people are looking for conflict.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
LOL.I have hit my ball into that same yard...I pulled my drive way left on the first hole and it landed on their deck area. I did not know anyone was out there so I never yelled fore. A guy starts screaming at me from his deck while I was dropping. I wanted to ask him to toss my ball back.
brettdj
Footballguy
We played if you caught your hit you could run with the ball until the others tackled you. Then hit from there.
Max Power
Footballguy
I didn't know HOA and Community fees were different. This house is #4 on our priority list, so its not looking great....This seems like as good a thread as any to rant - we live in a golf course community. Golf club is private, and has run into some financial difficulties recently, and is in the process of being sold. Our HOA dues are separate from Club membership, but this year, we get a letter from the club asking non-members in the neighborhood to voluntarily pay extra this year "to pay for the costs of maintaining the 155 acres of green space. [i.e. the golf course]"
We, like any other self-respecting snobby neighborhood, have a facebook page which has led to some interesting comments:
"Most of us have seen non members walking on our beautiful course"
"kids sneaking into our pool"
And, one of my favorites: "non-members are enjoying our fireworks" (they host a 4th of July Fire Works display - so I guess all the non-members should close their eyes...)
The potential buyers have suggested making some changes to the club house, the driving range and a few other places - but this information is not common knowledge outside of the club members, so one non-member suggests: "all of this should be communicated, or should have been communicated all along", and the inevitable response: "And now non members expect us to "disclose to them in a proper fashion". Its a private club, its private business." So, basically, we want the non-members to pay for the upkeep, so membership dues can remain lower
Bottom line - most golf course communities are full of people who suck, and think way too highly of themselves. Good luck on your move!
Have lived on a golf course for 4 years now I can honestly say there are way more cons than pros. Yes, it's great to look out in my backyard and see the rolling green. Ok, the cons are golf balls hitting you, your dog, your windows and beating the heck out of your gutters, strangers trying to get into your patio because they think they see a golf ball, many courses don't allow any type of fencing, and no storage units in the back oh, and of course that noise every Sunday morning at 5:30 a.m. prepping the course for the next round of lunkheads. Next levels of frustration are their security alarms going off in the middle of the night EVERY weekend, their lawn service mowing up into your yard and killing your grass along with anything else in their way, the over-watering of their irrigation system in the winter of your yard killing any plants you hope to grow back there. Looking to sell...anyone intetested?
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Sounds like a good life if this is a major nuisance for you. That said, I'd want no part of it. Much prefer our private lot that backs up to woods.
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