Spring Cart Traffic Reminders
Now that we are finally dried up enough to let carts off the path it's a good time for some reminders on cart traffic. How you drive your cart has a big impact on course conditions. Summary of the basics... Park all your tires on the path when stopping at a green or tee. Enter the fairway anywhere beyond the first black and white post. 90 Degree turn off the path to your ball. Exit the fairway anywhere before the second black and white post. 90 Degree turn onto the path. Only 2 carts may leave the path on any given hole. Don't drive in the rough on the "far" side of the hole. All Par 3s are cart path only. Expanding on those basics with the top four mishaps we see from golf carts... Parking at a green or tee with two tires in the turf. This ultimately kills the turf which quickly leads to a full crop of unwanted weeds like goosegrass and others. Those weeds then put up millions of seeds which get tracked to the tees ...
