Meandering thoughts.
How many of you play golf? Those that do, have you ever wondered what's in the mind of the person(s) who designs these golf courses?
(I know, you're going to ask me what this has to do with a Garden Club! Ha!)
I mean, think about it, what kinds of obsticles, as in different kinds of plants, rocks/bolders or trees need to go where, and how many?
(Well, it is just like your own garden, isn't it?)
I've seen a lot of courses, and ours is said to be one of the nicest. It is.
What consitutes nice, other than the grass is kept mowed, and green!?
I wonder if these landscapers think about how big these trees will get when fully matured, or if that enters the equation.
(Do you think about this when planting a bush, shrub, or tree?)
I was also thinking about water hazards...we don't have any on our course, which is probably a good thing, since most of these people, here where I live, would probably drive their cart into it! After they drive their ball...chip/pitch...they're allowed to drive their cart to their ball, ON the fairway.
I'm playing this Wed. with a woman who has maculardegeneration (sp). We're in a competition in the Ladys Golf Club, randomly paired, I've never met her...she gets the ball to the green, and I do the puting. She called today, and asked me if I'd keep my eye on the ball for her, because once she hits it, she may not find it!
I wonder if the landscapers, who put in every obstacle imaginable on our course, thought about all the elderly people wanting to play golf, and whether or not they're able to walk without a cane, or see without a seeing eye dog?
Last year, when I played in this competition, the woman I played with hit everything on the course, except the green! We all kid about this, because all of these ladies have a great sense of humor. At least they're out there trying.... And I still haven't gotten around to actually playing a game of golf! I'm afraid if I drove a ball...I'd throw my back out..I'd be one of those players not being able to walk to their ball!
This is my week to lock-up the golf clubhouse. I usually walk the course (9holes), because it's such a nice, pleasant place to walk in the evening, especially when it's hotter then heck all day. It has to be at least 10 degrees cooler on the course. Yes, our course is watered, green, and kept mowed, and lots of beautiful big pine trees! The bunnies, squirrels, lizards, and whatever else, love to play on the course, too...more obstacles!
Like I said, just meandering thoughts.... Now, it's time to lock-up. 
Have a good evening!
Kathy
My late husband was a Civil Engineer and he once designed golf courses, which is a specialised field of study linking civil engineering, architecture and horticulture. It is a highly technical 'art' and golf courses which facilitate the disabled would have to be specially built as negotiating 'rough' and various 'hazards' (including water, trees and shrubberies) is part of the game.
You can design your own golf course here
KathyS wrote:Meandering thoughts.
How many of you play golf? Those that do, have you ever wondered what's in the mind of the person(s) who designs these golf courses?
(I know, you're going to ask me what this has to do with a Garden Club! Ha!)
I mean, think about it, what kinds of obsticles, as in different kinds of plants, rocks/bolders or trees need to go where, and how many?
(Well, it is just like your own garden, isn't it?)
I've seen a lot of courses, and ours is said to be one of the nicest. It is.
What consitutes nice, other than the grass is kept mowed, and green!?
I wonder if these landscapers think about how big these trees will get when fully matured, or if that enters the equation.
(Do you think about this when planting a bush, shrub, or tree?)
I was also thinking about water hazards...we don't have any on our course, which is probably a good thing, since most of these people, here where I live, would probably drive their cart into it! After they drive their ball...chip/pitch...they're allowed to drive their cart to their ball, ON the fairway.
I'm playing this Wed. with a woman who has maculardegeneration (sp). We're in a competition in the Ladys Golf Club, randomly paired, I've never met her...she gets the ball to the green, and I do the puting. She called today, and asked me if I'd keep my eye on the ball for her, because once she hits it, she may not find it!
I wonder if the landscapers, who put in every obstacle imaginable on our course, thought about all the elderly people wanting to play golf, and whether or not they're able to walk without a cane, or see without a seeing eye dog?
Last year, when I played in this competition, the woman I played with hit everything on the course, except the green! We all kid about this, because all of these ladies have a great sense of humor. At least they're out there trying.... And I still haven't gotten around to actually playing a game of golf! I'm afraid if I drove a ball...I'd throw my back out..I'd be one of those players not being able to walk to their ball!
This is my week to lock-up the golf clubhouse. I usually walk the course (9holes), because it's such a nice, pleasant place to walk in the evening, especially when it's hotter then heck all day. It has to be at least 10 degrees cooler on the course. Yes, our course is watered, green, and kept mowed, and lots of beautiful big pine trees! The bunnies, squirrels, lizards, and whatever else, love to play on the course, too...more obstacles!
Like I said, just meandering thoughts.... Now, it's time to lock-up.
Kathy
becke_davis wrote:
My dad and grandfather are/were the true golf addicts in our family. My dad gave my son a set of clubs when he was 10 (my dad won an extra set) and we gave him lessons at a local course, but he never really got into it.Good thing - it's an expensive hobby!
Not as long as you don't lose your balls!
Two hours of playing with three ladies this morning (a foursome), I laughed my head off!
One of the gals (the golfer, not the one I played with), is 90! She was telling her partner, the puter, what to do....AND my partner, AND me! We have all been golfers at one time!
She must have been a school teacher!
The woman I played with marked her ball with a BIG red P...for Peg...so she could find it..but I was the one who had to keep an eye on these two gals balls...OMG! I was driving the cart all over the darn fairway, looking for balls!....
.....my partner landed her ball in the drainage ditch, once....the other old gal told her where to put it! And then she, herself, hits her ball into three large bolders, ricocheting all over the place. luckily it didn't hit one of the homes... then bounced into the middle of the fairway! Talk about luck!
Then the gal I played with, got her ball next to a sandy, wet bog in the middle of the fairway, and she was standing in it...sinking! I had parked the cart near her, and told her just to move her body so she wasn't standing in it while hitting the ball...geeze...so she turns around and asks the 90 year old what to do! The old gal looked at her like she was nuts, and told her to stop standing in the mush, and move!
I had then parked my cart on the cart trail, in front of the 90 year old. My partner was driving the ball while I stood along side of our cart.. The 90 yrold was trying to put her brake on, and hit the gas peddle instead! She ran smack dab into the back of our cart! It was a good thing I had put MY brake on, or she'd have sailed it out into fairway! I made sure I stayed in back of her for the rest of the game. And it goes on and on and on...until lunch! I got a glass of wine, and was about to sit down when a hot flash hit me! I ran to the back of the tables and opened one of the windows! Ahhhhhhh, cool air...but the blasted window came off in my hand! Some lady, at one of the tables, asked me why I took the window out....I laughed and told her I had a hot flash! What a morning!
becke_davis wrote:
Par4course wrote:
One of my uncles used his old golf balls as a mulch around his flower bed. Interesting look. He lived in Hawaii, though. Here in So. Cal. I think it would just be a hiding place for ants.
I'm dying to tell my dad about the golf-balls-as-mulch idea, but I have a horrible feeling he might try it! My mom would have a fit.
I wonder if you're supposed to put them through a limb shredder first, or leave them 'whole'?
Seems they'd be a little large for mulching around 'whole'! "Big"-round-white (pink-yellow-gold) balls to whack your shovel/trowel into... Oh, boy - I'm bringing this topic to the next club meeting!
