Surprise, surprise, amateur golfers drink while playing.

You know what this leads to: over-exuberance either when playing well, playing poorly, or especially when encountering golf course residents when those amateurs try to retrieve an out-of-bounds (OB) golf ball. And especially when that golfer has just bombed a house. Which happens on a nearly daily basis at my house along the 11th fairway.

The drunken behavior of golf course patrons fan be astonishingly crude. And vulgar. And what usually happens? Nothing.

From what I’ve seen during my 8 years living along the 11th fairway is that there is no oversight by golf course marshals — if there even are any. These golfers are not held accountable.

From what I’ve experienced — and this is anecdotal — it seems like Cove View Golf Course has a hard time hiring marshals and keeping them once they’ve been hired. It seems like they are mainly leaning on volunteers. These “marshals” may spend the day driving around the course, but do nothing to enforce golf course rules, etiquette or behavior of golfers.

Things need to get tightened up at Cove View Golf Course.