I’ve got a question - Where in the hell is the next hole? That hole is surrounded on all sides by houses. Do you have to march through someone’s yard to get to the next tee box?
There are golf cart paths going between houses. Here is the whole golf course:
To tell the truth, that’s what I thought the thread was going to be about: Can I keep balls that land in my yard?
We live right off a fairway and as I understand it, we are assuming the risk and wouldn’t expect to be paid by the golfer or course. And yes, don’t underestimate how far off a shot can be – we find balls in the front yard in places that should be almost physically impossible given where the tee is.
My father has an elaborate system of patio umbrella and patio gazebo up the deck to try to protect the windows and sliders. We’ve got dimples in the siding but so far we’ve been lucky with the glass.
And then who knows?
One time President Bill Clinton was playing golf and he suddenly had to use a restroom. Their was no public one nearby so the secret service ran over to a womans house who lived just off the course and asked “Maam… would you mind if the president uses your bathroom?”. She says it was ok and he did.
Also you might ask if that course holds regular tournaments or special events. Sometimes these can involve thousands of people.
That wouldn’t be a plus. I hate politicians. Would have to fumigate the whole house.
My fathers house is directly downrange from the tee on a hole that doglegs paralell to his property. He also has 8 windows facing that tee. Every single one has been broken, once. Every time a window was broken, glass was replaced with lexan. He has several 5 gallon buckets of golf balls. My stepbrother and I not so secretly propose developing a form of counterbattery radar that track inbound golf balls and fire a barrage of golf balls back along the same trajectory.
I live on a golf course and have for 18 years, the 7th tee in adjacent to my lot line. However, now the course wants to move the tee back about 200 feet. Hole is dog leg to left and I am on the left side of hole. Can I stop course from moving tee?
My uncle used to.
PRIVACY is probably your biggest concern. Houses on golf courses often have lots of windows overlooking the course. Which means that as you are getting coffee in your underwear at 8:30am there is someone on the green looking in your window. If you don’t care, then it isn’t a big deal. If the clubhouse does weddings, expect drunk groomsmen to steal golf carts and end up on the edge of your backyard.
You will end up with a large golf ball collection.
Looks like if a ball comes into your yard, it will be rolling. One would almost have to be driving off a tee in the opposite direction to reach the house on the fly or long bounce…
Given the gap in the trees, it looks like your neighbor has a lot more to worry about than you will.
The privacy issue is definitely one to consider. Though again it depends on where you are along the course. We’ve never had a major problem with it, as the cart path is on the other side of the course, and we’re not in an area where a lot of balls land (so we don’t get people walking by us looking for their ball). I’ve never seen anyone in our yard, and maybe once or twice a year I’ll see someone within 5-10 feet of our property (not counting lawn mowers going by and such). But of course we wouldn’t want to be sunbathing nude out there. If that’s the kind of privacy you are looking for, living on a golf course is probably not the best choice.
Our windows that face the course have some sort of film on them that makes it basically impossible to see in during the day time (you can see in at night if the lights are on and the blinds are open). I’m not sure what it is exactly because the previous owners of the house put it on, but from the inside you can’t really see it (it might look like a very slight tint) and from the outside, all you see is a reflection. It works great. Something to potentially consider.
Our course does have a lot of weddings in the summer, and we live near the club house, but we’ve never had an issue with wedding guests coming onto or near our property. The worst thing that happens is sometimes we can hear the band, or the crowd cheering. But only if we’re sitting outside in the back (it’s not loud enough to hear inside the house).
Overall, the downsides are going to vary widely depending on the course and the location along the course. But I’ve also found that, at least in our experience, the problems that people bring up are overblown. Even after being here for years, when someone learns we live on a golf course they often feel compelled to rattle off all the things that must be bad about it. Broken windows. Rude golfers. Cigar smoke. Lack of privacy. Lawn chemicals. Rowdy parties. Etc. But we experience very little of that, and and love living on the course. The view is fantastic (it’s like having a huge beautiful yard we don’t have to maintain ourselves) and on our course the golfers are very respectful. It’s just really important to do your homework on what the local/course culture is before making a decision…
It seems to me that golfers who are so poor as to misjudge the distance to the green by 200 feet, would be unlikely to be capable of hitting the ball much more than 200 feet anyway. I don’t think it’s an issue.
Hitting a golf ball far isn’t hard. Hitting it accurately is.