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1. Grant Rosenfelder

   

   6 posts
   
   9/13/2019 3:09 PM

   For any of you that do not have continuous cart paths....What have you found to be the best option for the area at the end of the cart path?  This is a constant battle of cart control posts, and sodding.  My GM suggested a crushed brick or pavers, but I think that might just move the problem further down or create a whole new issue of constant maintenance after rain events.
   Thoughts?  What have you guys used that works?  Thanks!

   
   
   
   

   Last modified on 14 Sep 2019 10:09 by Grant Rosenfelder
2. Kenneth Ingram

   

   18 posts
   
   9/16/2019 8:09 AM in reply to Grant Rosenfelder

   I tried those honeycomb like plastic products once, something like this https://invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2/ They worked but the committee made me mark them GUR all the time. Actually made more work for us. Tried to add it to our Local Rules but they still wanted them marked. Good luck. Kenneth Ingram, UMD.

   
   
   
   
3. Clay Putnam

   

   33 posts
   
   9/17/2019 7:09 AM in reply to Kenneth Ingram

   Hmm. Seems like an odd request from the membership. The honeycombs are an extension of the cart path. The rules of golf allow for free relief if the ball or player's stance is affected by the path.  

   
   
   
   
4. Grant Rosenfelder

   

   6 posts
   
   9/18/2019 5:09 AM in reply to Kenneth Ingram

   Thanks for the input Kenneth!

   
   
   
   
5. Van Fleet Randy

   
   9/20/2019 10:09 AM in reply to Grant Rosenfelder

   Grant
   I have used flat stones of various lengths and widths but they need to be at least 2 inches thick.
   We will make a fan shape at the end of the path about 6 inches deep. Place 4 inches of sand in the hole, water it so the sand compacts.  Put your stones in.  In between the stones we use 1/4 in crushed limestone mixed with sacrete,  Water it in and you are set to go.  The fan shape allows you to direct traffic coming off the path.  Also, consider using a Milorganite type product at the end of your paths.  Great for increasing wear tolerance.

   
   
   
   
6. James Schmid

   

   1 posts
   
   9/21/2019 10:09 PM

   Make the cat parts longer

   
   
   
   
7. Alden Maddocks

   

   11 posts
   
   9/22/2019 3:09 AM

   A few years ago the USGA presented a seminar on cart paths at the NERTC&S, in Providence, RI.  Their recommendation was to point the beginning/end of a cart path in the opposite direction that golfers will enter the path.  This creates a larger area of entrance/exit and it naturally spreads the entrance/exit from the cart path, which will, in the long-run, prevent the further expansion of the path.
   
   I have tried this method twice, so far, with great results.  One cart path I have leads to a short bridge.  The beginning of the path had been extended several times and/or sodded due to wear.  I extended it by 8 feet, last year, and pointed it away from the fairway.  This created an entrance 3-4 times larger than the previous entrance and the turf around it has never looked better.  
   
   Alden
   
   

   
   
   
   
8. Grant Rosenfelder

   

   6 posts
   
   9/24/2019 10:09 AM in reply to Alden Maddocks

   Thanks Alden, I appreciate the suggestion!