Running on Golf courses?

I do it sometimes. I don't think anyone notices as long as you aren't running in the middle of the day and messing up games. Go very early or in the evening after people have left. If it's cold where you are and they aren't playing i'm sure that you can run whenever and be ok.

Every course around here, public or private, have signs up stating that walking, running, skating, biking, etc. on the property is illegal.

With that said, I have been chased by a guy in a golf cart on a few occasions. It is a nice change of pace and terrain.

I run on a golf course about 1 mile from my house at least once or twice a week. I run when it is dark out, so no golfers are out. It is not dangerous since I have run it so many times, I know where are the dips and gulleys are etc... I know exactly where to step and run towards the same landmarks everytime.

I run straight down the fairways, and go around the greens. It is great on the legs.

I think as long as you go when noone is playing you shoudl be ok.

if you live in an area that gets cold in the winter you can run on the golf courses all winter. It is great. Soft surfaces, rolling hills, and nobody is out there most of the time... and if they are out there it is just some lone dude is who wont care and isnt gonna chase sh!t.

Now the nice weather is another story. A very basic, public course is nice because the people there arent members and its the town's land and as long as you dont mess up the golfer's game they dont care if you are there most of the time.

Another preferable situation is the ridiculously elite course like the one with Rolls Royces in the parking lot and all old white people. There is one like that in my hometown and the people there know where the runners go (we do the same route everytime) and we are respectfull and they wave at us and say Hi all the time. Those people have it too good to care about seeing a runner for 1 minute of their 4 hour golf game.

TROUBLE: The course that wants to be big time but its not and the members want to be rich and elite but they arent. These idiot clubs will chase your a$$. They think that the real elite clubs would do the same thing so they are gonna do it too! Little do they know the the real rich people dont give a shit. This course, though, may be the most rewardig to run on because it is exciting and you really seem to mess up the idiot's day by running by them... but over time it becomes a drag and you just want to run in peace.

Moral of my longest letsrun post ever: run on the public course or the Rolls Royce course.

I run on a public golf course by my house in the winter seasons or when the golf course is closed like after 6 or 7pm. If there are golfers there idc, theyll wait for me. The golf course is closed and they snuck on the course just like I did to play. Unfortuntely its only like a 9 hold course so I will only go there if I am running a few easy miles.

George Carlin wrote:

Golf courses are so beautiful. It's too bad there are golfers on them. Golf is a boring, elitist game.

You are a simple twit. Don't try to describe golf or classify people just because you lack the ability or the patience to play the game.

I am both a runner and a golfer. I agree running on golf courses is awesome. The key is do not intrupt the game; don't go near the tee boxes or greens. If you know nothing about golf ask one of your running buddies about the etiquette so you know the basics. I got chased off a golf course in Palm Beach; Florida is a bit tighter on the rule enforcement. That cart was faster than any I've ever rented; souped up marshall cart I guess. Golf is a game of rules but the boards with rules there are very long; lot of time on the retired guys hands.

I'm sure most guys wouldn't like a golfer chipping balls beside the track. Most people are a bit territorial.

Before TIger Woods joined his latest club on the FLorida East coast he made sure he would be allowed to run on it in the morning. As if they'd say no!

Mandingo wrote:

I'm sure most guys wouldn't like a golfer chipping balls beside the track.

Stupid point. Chipping balls near a track could get a runner hurt.

If a runner runs on a golf course he is not going to hurt anybody. He himself might get hurt but that is the risk a runner takes by going on a golf course.

Also, many posts say they got chased by somebody in a golf cart. Why are you running from them? If it is a golfer, let him catch you and if he says something tell him to "get a life" and run on. He isnt going to make a citizens arrest. If it is a golf course marshall tell him you'll leave when you reach the road. No biggie. If you run away you have to tromp through the woods and then you are off the course immediately and they got what they want.

No, chipping golf balls would not get a runner hurt unless the golfer was a spaz. 10 feet off the track I could chip balls all day away from the track and it wouldn't bug the runner. Of course I would just go to the golf course.

THe course marshall has a life; part of what he thinks is his job is keeping people who haven't paid green fees off the course. Not worth getting in a fight over for me. Remember the private courses charge a lot of money and it only takes one goofball running accross the green which are worth $100,000 or more each to get them sensitive about it. As an on going solution it's no good to just say you;ll leave when you get to the road.

Man, i run on the street next to a golf course, and i almost got hit by a golf ball once or twice!

now i have to cross the street and look in the sky to see if there are any balls coming.

i thought about asking the management if they'd let me run on the golf course, i haven't done it yet but i will. i'll promise them not to run on the greens, maybe i'll tell i would volunteer my help once or twice a month.

maybe i'll tell them i'm an elite runner who's training for the olympics!

I was just down in Florida over Christmas. My inlaws live on a golf course. Runners/walkers are not allowed on golf courses or cart paths in Florida. That leaves pretty much nowhere in the state of Florida left to run

I run on a course near my house 1-2X a week all year round except now, when there's two feet of snow on the course. The owners are cool, especially since I do most of my running there on Sundays (barefoot of course) when they're closed. Another course across the road from that one is open on Sundays, but likewise they usually wave when I run past. A lot of golf course owners/managers are nice people and don't mind runners on the course, IF you do the following: ask someone in the clubhouse if they mind the first time you run there; stay around the perimeter and off fairways if it's busy, and always stay off greens; use common sense and ettiquite and don't be loud/obnoxious or run in front of someone who's about to tee off.

Then again, there are plenty of asshole golf people who will yell at you and literally chase you off the course, despite the fact that you're not hurting anything. Whoever said it's the courses that are not elite but think they are, with members who are not filthy rich but wish they were, that's so true. Those golf-envy jerks are always the ones who think their course is WAY too nice to have runners on it. I've gotten into some good shouting matches with these guys, and ran away laughing while they were furious. Also, spread the word to your running buddies about which golf courses persecute runners and don't ever golf there. They sure the hell don't deserve your money!

I've got a great running route that takes me through trails, along a river and onto the backside of a golf course. I run on a dirt road that runs along the border of the golf course for a couple of miles. Usually I don't see any golfers since it is the back 9 where I am running and if any one is out that early they are usually still on the first part of the course. I did speak to a group of older men one day to make sure it was ok that I was running on the dirt road. Their response,"Honey, you can run out here whenever you want as long as you keep wearing your red tights." Now they just wave when I'm out there.

Big John wrote:

I was just down in Florida over Christmas. My inlaws live on a golf course. Runners/walkers are not allowed on golf courses or cart paths in Florida. That leaves pretty much nowhere in the state of Florida left to run

BIG JOHN - Florida's beaches are nice running. In my county there are sidewalks that make nice running. Please come again.

JMW wrote:

Big John wrote:

I was just down in Florida over Christmas. My inlaws live on a golf course. Runners/walkers are not allowed on golf courses or cart paths in Florida. That leaves pretty much nowhere in the state of Florida left to run

BIG JOHN - Florida's beaches are nice running. In my county there are sidewalks that make nice running. Please come again.

florida has some nice state parks, national forests, dirt roads, etc. I can see running sucking somewhere like Orlando or Palm Beach, but there are great places to run in florida, just not always vacation destinations.

Running on golf courses offers varied terrain as well as soft surfaces. This is ideal for preventing injury. The risk reward ratio is greater, you might as well run on golf courses. Maybe not the same one over and over again if you keep getting kicked out, maybe not at peak golfing hours or cutting through maximal holes thus interrupting various games, just act like you are dodging golfballs and run away if you see anyone. Make it part of the workout to be a stealth ninja runner, not a fool on the hill.

Golfers are bad people. Run on golf courses.

I live a mile and a half from a golf course and I run on it several times a week.

I usually run in the morning before the golfers have arrived. The only other people out there are the workers and they never say anything to me.

One time while running later in the evening there was still a couple of guys playing and they started shouting at me to get off the golf course. I ignored them and they then proceeded to try to hit me with their golf balls. Luckily their aim wasn't great.