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| - I debated with myself on whether or not I'd write this, because I live about 5 blocks from Shalimar and I really want it to succeed. However, today was a bit frustrating for me and my fellow golfer. We were on Hole 7 when we were approached by an elderly lady that was golfing with the foursome in front of us. She identified herself as the "Course Ambassador," and had a name tag on her visor (don't remember her name but she spoke with an accent I couldn't identify). She pointed out a sign on the golf cart stating that there was not supposed to be any carts driving on the fairways until November 12th due to the recent re-seeding. She was very polite, and we politely replied that we would comply with that. However, within 5 minutes of our admonishment, she and her partner were driving their cart all over the fairways. Furthermore, after I had hit an errant ball, she had driven her cart, again on the fairway, over to my ball and picked it up. It looked like she was going to keep it until I shouted over to her that it was mine.
Look, I get the explanation we were given as to why Shalimar didn't want us driving our cart on the fairways. But, "do as I say not as I do" is frustratingly maddening for paying customers. Please understand the bad optics of having someone come over and interrupt our game to point out our transgression, only to commit the same transgression, and then add to it all by picking up my ball. Seriously, that's golf etiquette 101.
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