Cali said:
This is a very serious issue at my home course. Belmont Park. It is insane the amount of damage people do to this place while managing to stay under the radar and never get caught. Teesigns are constantly knocked over, benches and picnic tables will be broken, someone was nice enough to build a set of wooden bleachers at the 6,9,11 teebox area 2 years ago for people who want to watch multiple holes at once during tournaments, those were demolished within 2 weeks and last but not least the ever-so-frequent theft of basket #18. Last November someone tried to steal it again and couldn't manage to get it out of the ground so they settled for breaking the chain rigging off and take that. DDG finally got a new chain rig and got the basket up and running again about 3 weeks ago, only for the entire basket to get stolen (again) last week.
I feel something needs to be done about this shit. Anyone else have this same problem they have been able to resolve? Belmont is one of the oldest and most historical courses in the state of Ohio and also one of the most disrespected. Something has to be done.
You just can't keep anything nice around, it seems. What the hell is wrong with these people?! This kind of thing always amazes me. I've traveled all over the world, and I've only seen this kind of shit in the US. It makes sense when you see all the nice stuff they have around, monuments, wooden temples, statues, public art, etc., and in great condition. They don't have to sit around and guard it.
Clearly, these jerks want to live like filthy pigs, and I wish we could grant them their wish...away from those who want to live better lives, who want to build things, have a nice community, etc..
Anyways, there is no greater advancement of your cause than to try and monitor the situation at night when it occurs, and treat these animals like animals. Maybe even bait them with something irresistable. And when you bust them, catch one of them, and be extremely cruel. Don't do anything that will permanently disable them, but go to work. Bones can heal, but avoid joints. You can rip their hair out, and it will grow back, but they'll look ugly for a while. Black eyes are fine, but avoid other places in the face.
Get the picture?
When word gets around, they'll stay away from the course.