Somewhat OT from this specific example, but since we're talking about staking and rules, I'm in need of a little advice if anyone has some.
I know we should rightly paint a line to define the hazard, and we try to once a month (at a cost of about $150 worth of paint and at least 3 hours labor time), but we have certain areas of our course, which is surrounded by houses, where people who walk their dogs allow the dogs to pull out the stakes to play fetch with. And obviously the owners never put them back. A line is the best answer, but does anyone have other ideas for stakes, or stake-like definition, that can be viewed more easily from a distance than a line, that would be.....shall I say, dog-proof?
I know stakes should be easy to remove and replace for golfers who may wish to play their ball as it lies should it lie near a stake. I'm more amused by this problem than anything, but would be interested to hear ideas.