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| Wild boars grubbing in the green are causing football-golf players to ask for mulligans. Photo: Neil Simmons |
Thailand
PHUKET: A sounder of wild boar has settled on an 18-hole “Football Golf Course” in Chalong as their preferred dining area, but in the pigs’ quest for food, the squealers have left disturbingly large divots in the greens.
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| Phuket Games Zone has been unable to catch the wily porkers. Photo: Neil Simmons |
“You hardly ever see them. They come and go, and the attacks always happen at night,” he said.
The sounder was first spotted about six months ago, and have since ripped large holes in the greens at holes 7, 8 and 10.
Attempts to snare the dark-brown pigs have been fruitless.
“They’re just too clever,” Mr Simmons said.
“We borrowed a wooden-cage pig trap from a pig-farmer neighbor, but they just didn’t take the bait. I also set down some rope snares, but they avoided them too,” he explained.
Last week, the pig farmer’s dogs bailed up a baby pig, but some of the larger specimens seen roaming around the course have been estimated to weigh 60 to 70kg.
Players are asked to notify course management if they spot any of the porkers.
In the meantime, play on the course continues.
“The damage in the rough areas hasn’t been that bad, but we have had to work hard to smooth out the damage done to the greens,” Mr Simmons said.
The damaged greens have been sufficiently smoothed over and no mulligans will be offered for shots that players claim were affected by an uneven surface, he added.
The sounder was first spotted about six months ago, and have since ripped large holes in the greens at holes 7, 8 and 10.
Attempts to snare the dark-brown pigs have been fruitless.
“They’re just too clever,” Mr Simmons said.
“We borrowed a wooden-cage pig trap from a pig-farmer neighbor, but they just didn’t take the bait. I also set down some rope snares, but they avoided them too,” he explained.
Last week, the pig farmer’s dogs bailed up a baby pig, but some of the larger specimens seen roaming around the course have been estimated to weigh 60 to 70kg.
Players are asked to notify course management if they spot any of the porkers.
In the meantime, play on the course continues.
“The damage in the rough areas hasn’t been that bad, but we have had to work hard to smooth out the damage done to the greens,” Mr Simmons said.
The damaged greens have been sufficiently smoothed over and no mulligans will be offered for shots that players claim were affected by an uneven surface, he added.
http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-wild-boars-ravage-football-golf-greens-22383.html
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