The USGA Green Section recently posted this tweet:
With Laurel Creek having nine foot wide cart paths, there should rarely be a need for pulling two wheels off the path. As you can see below, the turf takes a real beating when carts pull off the paths, due to the starting and stopping in these areas.
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For a bit more insight into this topic, you can check out a recent Golf Digest article: This common golf-cart mistake is a ‘superintendent’s worst nightmare’
For those who live on the golf course, a blanket of snow (and perhaps a day off from school) may have everyone eyeing up the mounds, anxious to pull the sleds out. However, there are several reasons why we ask that you refrain from this activity.
Basically these fall into two categories, the things that may be hazardous to you, and the things that may be hazardous to the golf course. On the personal safety side, sledding on the course can be dangerous due to the possibility of encountering sticks, stumps, rocks, bunker rakes, sod staples, and steep drop-offs.
As far as the golf course goes, sledding can compact snow, leading to ice formation and uneven thawing, as well as erosion of slopes, and the possible tearing of expensive turf covers.
So while it may feel as if there is a piece of cake placed right in front of you that you aren't allowed to eat, we suggest heading to the restaurant right down the road, where sledding is permitted: Stokes Hill in Moorestown.
