Bells Used on Blind Holes

[Brad Treadwell]

Does anyone have some photo examples of bells used on blind holes to let the group behind them know the players in front are out of harms way?  I've seen these on some U.K. courses...less in the States.  Hoping to keep my club from doing something stupid (installing a camera and video monitor on a Golden Age course on a blind hole).  Please help😉!


Thanks!


Brad

[Matt Wharton]

Brad,


Unfortunately I do not have photos to share but I am fond of bells as they remind me of the first course I ever worked, Lake Bonaventure CC in Castlewood, VA.  Both the par 5 sixth and par 4 eighth had bells and there was always a sense of pride felt when a well struck tee shot came to rest beyond the bells.   The par 5 fifth hole at Southern Pines GC has a bell and I find it charming as it takes me back to my youth.


One other low frill alternative I've encountered to this method is a flag.  I don't recall the hole number but Link Hills CC in Greeneville, TN had a par 5 where players raised a bright colored flag to the top of a pole adjacent to the cart path, then lowered it after moving on from the blind landing zone.

[Tim Martin]

3 green at Yale
10 fairway at Yale
12 green at Yale

[K Rafkin]

I would also recommend salvaged WWII era submarine periscopes.

[Ross Harmon]

A few additional holes with bells...


#5 green Old Marsh - ring it in memory of "Pink" Dye  (Pete's father)
Pic - http://www.floridagolfmagazine.com/FGMfall2013/OldMarshGolfClub.html


#6 fairway South Bend CC - ring it in memory of my late friend John Clemency


#5 fairway Maxinkuckee CC


#16 green Old Macdonald

[Charlie_Bell]

This might be worth pursuing:


https://www.instagram.com/p/BGJF9qGrRNE/

[David_Tepper]

Bakewell GC in England. More a gong than a bell.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908123

[Jon Wiggett]

Video camera and screen what tosh. Tradition is surely a periscope

[Ian Galbraith]

14th at North Berwick - I'll snap a pic tomorrow if I remember.

[MCirba]

Wilkes Barre Municipal #6 by Cornish/Robinson


Damn...just played one the other day and too tired after a ling week.  Matt Frey or Joe Bausch...can you recall?

[Terry Lavin]

Calling Greg Ohlendorf:  #12 at Flossmoor.

[Mike Wagner]

Wtf is wrong with this world?  #4 I assume ...


Has there been an onslaught of issues there recently?  Or about the same as the last 100 years ... roughly zero?  Some people can't help themselves .. I feel for ya.

[Stewart Abramson]

#7 at Otterkill CC in Campbell Hall NY has a bell. If it's not too cold tomorrow I'll go up there and take a photo.


The 13th hole at Enniscrone has a little light built into a dune straight down the hill from the tee before the dogleg. When you leave the tee you press a button to turn the light red. When you leave the green you press a button there to turn the light green



Enniscrone #13 downhill dogleg right green light in dune signals clear green

[Greg Ohlendorf]

Thank Terry!


Number #12 at Flossmoor CC, just south of Chicago. Hole was built in 1899. Originally played as a 450+/- par five. First shot just short of a creek. Blind second over a large hill that slopes down from 130 yards all the way through to a bunker less green, which slopes away from the line of play as well. Today, a strong par four from about 420. Second shot is now the blind shot to the green that has been there from the beginning.


You ring the bell on the way to the 13th tee. Works great!

[David_Tepper]

There are bells leaving the 7th green at Golspie (short par-4) and the 11th green at Tain (long par-4, the Alps/"Dolly Parton" hole).

[Tim Leahy]

Bayonet course in Monterey used to have a giant metal triangle on no. 11. Worked well.

[hhuffines]

There's one on the backside at Brora.  Not in working condition, had to hit it with my 4 iron.

[Brian_Ewen]

Fit, nae mention of Cruden Bay yet ?

[Charles Lund]

I can't upload a photo.  I can send it directly if you send me an email.

Charles Lund
clund@ix.netcom.com

[Brad Treadwell]

Wtf is wrong with this world?  #4 I assume ...


Has there been an onslaught of issues there recently?  Or about the same as the last 100 years ... roughly zero?  Some people can't help themselves .. I feel for ya.

Spot on Wags.  There has been no issues.  I personally find the addition of a bell somewhat intriguing.  I find the addition of a camera and monitor appaling.  Old people on a committee trying to be relevant.  Sign me up for the bell!

[Joey Chase]

Here's one from Elie, the 10th hole.

[Duncan Cheslett]

I would think that most old UK courses have at least one hole with a bell to alert following players that the way is clear.


I only know of one hole which has TWO bells - one for the blind drive and another for the blind approach...




...the 4th at Tenby.

[Sean_A]

A bit more low tech may be the use of a mirror on the tee.


In the fairway a bell does the job.  When low tech is available, its nearly always the best option. Plus, a bell is attractive.


Ciao

[Anthony_Nysse]

A few additional holes with bells...


#5 green Old Marsh - ring it in memory of "Pink" Dye  (Pete's father)
Pic - http://www.floridagolfmagazine.com/FGMfall2013/OldMarshGolfClub.html


#6 fairway South Bend CC - ring it in memory of my late friend John Clemency


#5 fairway Maxinkuckee CC


#16 green Old Macdonald

It's actually "Paul" Dye. This photo was taken last week with Pete next to the bell he had erected in 1988.

[Thomas Dai]

Bells are a regular feature at courses in the UK.


Where I play most often the bells, and we have them on three holes (2xpar4, 1xpar5) have had to be moved forward twice in the last couple of decades to cope with the extra distance tee shots are going these days.


The traffic light at Enniscrone 13th-hole wasn't working when Buda was there in Sept.



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