Safety Netting / Fencing / Boundary Fortification

[Padraig Dooley]

What are the general guidelines for height of safety netting and how far the centre line of play should be from boundaries where an unsuspecting person might be walking/driving etc?
I look at a lot of data on golf shots and have seen peak heights of drivers up to 180 feet, though not often. Heights of 135-150 would be seen often enough to suggest that with a relatively full course they would be seen on a daily basis. Heights of 100-120 would be very common. For irons peak heights of 100-120 would be very common also.

[Erik J. Barzeski]

Linked to distance delivered by contemporary balls and clubs.

This list won't really demonstrate that. A house being built on a formerly vacant lot might have required some trees or a net in 1990 just as it does in 2020. Ditto for greens moved away from roads - how is that a "ball goes too far" issue, exactly? The net you're casting here is far too broad.

[Mark_F]

This list won't really demonstrate that. A house being built on a formerly vacant lot might have required some trees or a net in 1990 just as it does in 2020. Ditto for greens moved away from roads - how is that a "ball goes too far" issue, exactly? The net you're casting here is far too broad.

Yes, you could just as easily blame Russell's poor routing for the problems on the East course, the failure of supposedly intelligent men to realise Melbourne was likely to be far more populous in the future for Yarra Yarra and Commonwealth, and the popularity of the brothel alongside Westgate's 8th hole for the need to alter courses - although Matthew lessens any argument he had with courses 3-10.

[Mark Pearce]

Hexham in Northumberland was both re-routed AND put up nets to avoid balls entering a car sales lot.


Silloth on Solway has re-routed the 11th to keep balls out of a caravan park.


The change to Berkshire Blue 10 was, I understand, to reduce balls going long onto the road.


The SGU course at Drumoig was re-routed to keep balls out of houses.