how can we deal with one bad apple at our local course?

does anyone else have a favorite course, that you play often; is close to where you live; has many people who love the sport as locals; enjoy every time you get to play this great, fun sport; but have one or two guys  that seem to be there for all the wrong reasons? making it less enjoyable for all?

 

talking to said person reasonably yeilds no results; in fact only provokes and angers them further and the point is not taken.

 

my main concern is the effect this might have on the neighbors of the course; city-owned property, etc,; eventual law enforcement involvement (which has allready happened.... ) ..... leading to the enevitable closure of the course due to public complaints....  

 

looking forward to any responses/ideas to deal with this situation legally..  i dont want the city to close a course due to complaints of one person who can't seem to get along with everyone else.. 

 

 

[Tom Westphal]

Reminds me of the Bruce Cockburn song "If I had a rocket launcher, some son-of-a-b!*@% would die!"

[ROBEY the one.]

get him addicited to crack? he'll be so busy chasing his next high you'll never see him again.

[J.D.Guy]

shiiiii.....t, yea right, he'll be worse, forced to rob innocent discgolfers. Is this what happens if you never get an ace? you go crazy? i kinda sympathize if that's the case with this guy, lol. hey, no, seriously, you can hire me, i make him go away.

[Jamie 'gr8rocshot' Ruane]

Sniper !! Don't Run!!! ...you'll just die tired!! lmao

[Jeffery Nugent]

It's sad when one person can ruin the experience for everyone. I don't condone any violence either, everytime he shows up call the cops. sooner or later he will give up, or do something so stupid with the cops there they'll take him away.
I'm not a doctor,( though i play one on tv) ;P but it sounds like he needs help. serious rubber room type help. Good Luck !

[david k. reisner]

MAKE A VIDEO COLLECT EVIDENCE , AND KEEP RECORDS . THEN WHEN THE POLICE COME NEXT TIME YOU'LL HAVE PROOF OF HARASMENT . ITS A HASSLE BUT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNTIL SOMEONE SEES EVIDENCE , INSTEAD OF HEAR-SAY.

[Dane Pickens]

You might point out to your city counsel that parks around the U.S. have crimes commited at them.This is no reason or solution.Just look a Central Park of New York,if parks were shut down because of criminal activities,this park would have been a parking lot by now.Explain to city councel the positive things about the park and how they outweigh the negative ones.If we shut down everything because of a few bad apples,it is like saying that they win and you lose.

[Dane Pickens]

It looks like most replies have totally missed the focus of your point.Which was your concern park closure.

[Rescue]

You are right, but I think that the point that was missed. Is that you use to have a "mellow, fun golfer" who has gone sideways. That sucks, I wish him well and hope some one steps up and he gets help. Heck, I could be wrong and the guy is a total jerk, but you are so quick to throw him under the bus.

[Dane Pickens]

Post his number so he can get an array voicemails,from a library or work computer of course.Just kidding!

[mike pearson]

thanks to everyone for responding.

the situation has worsened, however...
the 'bad apple' in this situation was arrested again yesterday for allegedly bringing a gun to the course.

i've been trying to find out the exact charge against him to learn how long he might be locked up, but now i really dont want anything to do with trying to talk to or help him..

i fear now that there will only be more police presence everytime he shows up (if ever again), but if i was one on the cops continually showing up at the same place for the same guy, well, i'm sure the city is going to come to the eventual conclusion to decide wether or not to close the course.

we'll see how this all plays out soon, i'm sure.

[Austen Stringfield]

WOW such and idiot