Careful while golfing to keep courses safe

In light of the extremely dry conditions Arkansas has experienced in the past few months, the Property Owners’ Association golf department is working hard to conserve water and to keep turf alive on all of the HSV golf courses.

There are many places on the golf courses where sprinklers do not reach. Because of this, those areas will go dormant. With prolonged extreme weather conditions, some areas may have to be renovated.

The golf department requests golfers observe some simple conservation acts to help maintain the courses.

Some courses are more critical than others. For this reason, the golf department is rotating holes onto which golfers can drive to help preserve the turf.

Golfers can help with this important task by limiting the number of carts in a group to a minimum and by not driving carts on “wear zones” and brown areas.

Please stay on the cart path unless it is necessary to leave it. Driving only on the cart paths will help preserve turf.

Because of the high fire danger, the golf department requests golfers refrain from tossing lit cigarettes onto the turf, which could easily cause a fire.