Whiskers

[Magnet69]

The whiskers the DGPTis using for the bullseye/circle 1/circle 2 lines--does anyone know where to get these? Wanting to put some down on my home course...

 

[jakebake91]

The whiskers the DGPTis using for the bullseye/circle 1/circle 2 lines--does anyone know where to get these? Wanting to put some down on my home course...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/6-in-Yellow-Ground-Markers-Whiskers-and-Stakes-25-Pack-TEHYK25/318060626

These things?

 

[Magnet69]

Yeah... Thanks... I had no clue they could be purchased there...

 

[jakebake91]

Yeah... Thanks... I had no clue they could be purchased there...

If you search Google for "landscape whiskers" you find a bunch of other places that carry them too.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I've never counted, but I figure it takes at least six to mark a bullseye, and at least eight for C1. If you're looking to mark 18 baskets with bullseye & C1, that's 14 per basket right there x 18 baskets = 108 whiskers.

Might be better off with Amazon. Here's 500 for $115.

https://www.amazon.com/84-882-6-Inch-Whiskers-Orange-500-Pack/dp/B0092KU16C?ref_=ast_sto_dp

 

[lee76007]

I saw on Virginia Beach's newest course Northgate this morning, blue whiskers for the first time marking a creek, all along the creek for two holes about 850 feet. I've only seen at other courses white stakes only or red stakes with white rope marking the boundary with penalty.

Are the blue whiskers warning me about water and play it out of the creek as I've played other courses with no penalty, or could it be another marker for a penalty? May have the answer in a few weeks, tee posts have been installed, and the signs soon to follow. Maybe the O.B will be on a map.

 

[ru4por]

I saw on Virginia Beach's newest course Northgate this morning, blue whiskers for the first time marking a creek, all along the creek for two holes about 850 feet. I've only seen at other courses white stakes only or red stakes with white rope marking the boundary with penalty.

Are the blue whiskers warning me about water and play it out of the creek as I've played other courses with no penalty, or could it be another marker for a penalty? May have the answer in a few weeks, tee posts have been installed, and the signs soon to follow. Maybe the O.B will be on a map.

I am not sure why blue?? Whiskers seem to be drawing a line, which indicates OB/hazard. I think spending money and marking that an area is a-okay, seems silly.

 

[lee76007]

I am not sure why blue?? Whiskers seem to be drawing a line, which indicates OB/hazard. I think spending money and marking that an area is a-okay, seems silly.

Those tee signs should be up soon, and maybe state whether ob. or not. Yes, I thought silly as well, I don't need whiskers telling me not to throw my disc in the creek. It's 9-hole course on a city park funded by one of the local clubs. They have the funds and build the course quickly opening with two concrete tees per hole, and nice Veteran baskets. I would bet those tee signs will be nice, as well as the Mando signs. It looks like the club is using it as a home course, they just had their club championship on it. Kudos to the club, Virginia Beach 400k residents had only two courses, and Northgate was badly needed.

 

[Sethamphetamine]

They will get mowed up so be weary of spending too much on them

 

[elmexdela]

i havent ever been at a course where i was like "wow i sure wish i had some whiskers"

but then again i dont play tourneys or league so

 

[ru4por]

i havent ever been at a course where i was like "wow i sure wish i had some whiskers"

but then again i dont play tourneys or league so

I don't jump putt, so I agree. They are very popular though. We helped a couple courses get them in and players rave about them.

 

[elmexdela]

I don't jump putt, so I agree. They are very popular though. We helped a couple courses get them in and players rave about them.

oh i suppose that goes into the equation too

i dont jump putt either

im surprised tho

 

[chevis]

they make the course look a little more professional, but some players that have never watched coverage are a bit confused by them.
they do highlight where the tee is a bit too close to the basket.

 

[acrosley]

I came here expecting a No-Shave-November thread and am sorely disappointed

 

[The Shide]

A sidebar question, just curious. Do the whiskers pose a problem for lawn mowers? Anyone have firsthand knowledge?

 

[lee76007]

I don't jump putt, so I agree. They are very popular though. We helped a couple courses get them in and players rave about them.

They must be raving either about having C1 whiskered or perhaps the cosmetics of them. The first time I saw whiskers on a course both C1 and C2 were whiskered in different colors eye appealing, and nice to know the distance I was putting from instead of estimating, and fun for a first time. There was another course 17 of the 18 C1's were whiskered except for a basket sitting on a wooden block on a mound. There was one whisker on the wooden block next to the basket pole. No idea what that meant.

 

[lee76007]

A sidebar question, just curious. Do the whiskers pose a problem for lawn mowers? Anyone have firsthand knowledge?

I'm going to say no. A few courses I've played it was obvious the whiskers were being mowed over, and shorter compared to the ones on dirt or hard pan.

 

[elmexdela]

the whiskers get pulled up

or get shaved down just like the grass does

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I'm going to say no. A few courses I've played it was obvious the whiskers were being mowed over, and shorter compared to the ones on dirt or hard pan.

Wouldn't whiskers get shaved, rather than mowed?

 

[lee76007]

Wouldn't whiskers get shaved, rather than mowed?

Looked like to me they were being mowed over; I wouldn't take the time to shave them Or any non-playing parks dept personnel taking the time to pull them up.