The case for banning drones..

[John Kavanaugh]

Which course is Old Sandwich?

[David_Tepper]

Nice drone video tour of Golspie GC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BDjd6-BCY

[John Kavanaugh]

Please, let's not compare a detailed drone video done under the supervision of the club with a view from a window seat.

[John Kavanaugh]

This is a link to an excellent photograph of a course in India. I know it's an excellent photo because all the comments in the critique say it is so. Nicest internet commentary ever with the possible exception of the CBB's on here.


http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/North/Delhi/New_Delhi/photo1370161.htm

[Sean_A]

So far as drones for websites/commerical marketing, honestly, its not the drone pix which put me off, its the dreadful drone videos with awful music lasting 5 minutes.  I feel as though someone thinks they are putting together a movie trailer 

Nothing wrong with drone pix in moderation....especially to show the relationship of holes to one another and the surrounding environment. 

Ciao

[Tony_Muldoon]

So far as drones for websites/commerical marketing, honestly, its not the drone pix which put me off, its the dreadful drone videos with awful music lasting 5 minutes.



Ciao

I wouldnt know how long they last, as soon as the c+++ music starts....click.




Clearly this marketing is not aimed at me. I visit on average 12 new courses, high and low, each year and happily pony up the asking price.  With a little luck I will keep that average up over the next two decades. Am I really a part of the potential market to be ignored?

[David_Tepper]

Sean & Tony -

That's why there's a mute button.

DT
 

[Tony_Muldoon]

Sean & Tony -

That's why there's a mute button.

DT

David you of ALL people must question why you would give 5 mins to someone with excrable taste in music?

[V_Halyard]

Drones are only allowed on my course with my permission, which will only be granted if the course is completely empty and if i have full use of whatever they record.  The safety concerns are even larger than privacy concerns.

Same at our course. We used a drone to survey some thick brush as well as provide for a nice course tour. Otherwise, there is no drone flight without prior authorization or during play.

[Duncan Cheslett]

Is this the sort of thing you're talking about, Sean & Tony?

https://youtu.be/xmhmBr3O1cA


 

[Sean_A]

Hmmm, its as if the makers of the video are trying to avoid showing the course, but I could barely cope with 43 seconds before checking out.  I trust that in the right hands a far better job could be made of these video "movie trailers".

BTW...you owe me a pint for directing me toward that lost 43 seconds.

Ciao

[Tony_Muldoon]

Is this the sort of thing you're talking about, Sean & Tony?

https://youtu.be/xmhmBr3O1cA


 

Rossini was asked if he would comment on two pieces of 'modern' music.
After the first he said "No need to play the next one, clearly it's the one I prefer. "




Of course if they edited the length of these video's down a little they could use John Cage's famous, 4'33. 
Its a piece I've never had the time for, but suddently it woud make sense.

[Duncan Cheslett]

Sean,

How long before someone goes the whole hog and employs the bloke with the really deep voice to do the commentary?


In the case of Lymm, an undistinguished boggy course by  the Manchester Ship Canal, the video does a good job of making the place look better than it actually is!


There's a pint in the pump for you!

[Sean_A]

Is this the sort of thing you're talking about, Sean & Tony?

https://youtu.be/xmhmBr3O1cA


 

Of course if they edited the length of these video's down a little they could use John Cage's famous piece. 4'33. 
Its a piece I've never had the time for, but suddently it woud make sense.

I said the very same thing to my ever suffering wife many a time while watching nature programs 


Ciao

[Ronald Montesano]

And there's Buffalo


http://buffalonews.com/2017/03/25/drone-crash-lands-buffalo-city-hall-office-23rd-floor/

[John Kavanaugh]

$200 to replace a window on the 23rd floor of a government building? How is this mook going to learn a lesson? Put a time and material order the same project and we're talking $1,500 at a minimum. Throw in police response, lost time for the office affected and heat loss through a broken window and the guy needs to reimburse the city at least $5,000. I can only hope the next disadvantaged youth that has an "accident" is treated so well.


Did they drug test the guy like they would anyone else who ran a vehicle into a government building?  How about leaving the scene of a crime? Who does this guy know?

[Ronald Montesano]

Assuming that the newspaper account is correct, it's hard to propose leaving the scene of a crime when he wasn't aware/convinced that he had committed a crime.


I was surprised that it was only $200. I was more concerned that the article essentially gave a blueprint for a "what if" intentional attack: Let's see, this crashed through easily, this part sheared off, this other part jettisoned to this degree and landed here.

Certainly, he had to know someone. This type of thing doesn't resolve itself with such a caress of the thumb. Who knows? I'll update if more transpires.

[Craig Sweet]

And then there is this..


https://youtu.be/6gQE--6DGJc

[Carson Pilcher]

I may be missing something entirely, but are players showing up at courses with their drone and using it DURING their round of golf?

[Anton]

I may be missing something entirely, but are players showing up at courses with their drone and using it DURING their round of golf?

No, this a paranoid 'what if' Dooms Day scenario that drones will damage the very framework of golf.  If someone did show up to a course with a drone, I would be 99.9% sure that the course owners/management would kindly ask the individual to leave it in the trunk or leave the course altogether.  It all started because of the very lovely pictorial of Bluejack National that was posted a few weeks ago, but some individuals found it repulsive. 

[Eric Smith]

It is happening there is no denying this. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSJOIVFAqnU/?taken-by=nolayingup&hl=en

[John Kavanaugh]

It is happening there is no denying this. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSJOIVFAqnU/?taken-by=nolayingup&hl=en

Technology moves faster than any rules committee. Ban any and all drone uses now before this circus comes to your club.

[Mike Sweeney]

Ban any and all drone uses now before this circus comes to your club.

Your welcome.

[John Kavanaugh]

Mike,


Sorry, i wish the drone had hit the parent taking the video.

[Peter Pallotta]

In the "even paranoids sometimes have real enemies" file, find the prediction that soon enough the only places that won't have drones flying overhead during your rounds of golf will be Mike Keiser's courses.  In the modern world you've got to pay a lot for nature, you've got to pay a lot to walk, and you've got to pay a lot for peace and quiet. You don't think you'll soon have to pay a lot *not* to have drones flying over your head?
Peter