Eagle Creek - Poison Oak/Ivy

[il-terrifico]

Let me start by saying that I love Eagle Creek and go out there about 4x a year with a buddy who is in CL.

But every year for the last 3 or 4, I have come back from the course to find I have been hit by either poison oak or ivy, which comes in a few days after the visit. This with only 2 or 3 shots off the beaten path (fairway + rough) per round.

Anybody else find they get hit there with the oak/ivy a lot? I would like to bring it up with management, but would like to confirm that it is not just a case of me being very unlucky or negligent.

[golfott]

well i play there about 10-15 times a year, never had it, i know it is there in the woods, but you would have to be in the woods to get affected.

possibly you are unlucky, or your 2-3 shots off the beaten path are quite off, or you have a different idea of beaten path?

[lms]

It exists all over this region, and yes Eagle Creek has lots of it, and I doubt complaining is going to do any good.

I always tell people to leave their ball and hit another, but they almost always head right into the woods.

Myself, I play there almost every weekend, and I never get it (and I pretty much get the rash just looking at the stuff). I will just leave the ball and play another, much better than the other result.

[marcf]

What would management do about it? Find every Poison Ivy / Oak plant on the property and pull them?

Come on, do we have to complain about everything in life? It's a golf course, not a sterile clean room to build microchips in.

[Kilroy]

They could stake out any known areas of growth with a warning.

[stevek]

What would management do about it? Find every Poison Ivy / Oak plant on the property and pull them?

Come on, do we have to complain about everything in life? It's a golf course, not a sterile clean room to build microchips in.

How about Round-up?

[spackler]

It's not a hard plant to identify. When I play there, I just don't go into areas where I can see it. Eagle Creek isn't the only course with poison ivy in the woods either.

[lms]

They could stake out any known areas of growth with a warning.

About all they could do is post a warning in the clubhouse, but for most of us we have common sense and know what to look for.

And pretty much every golf course has this, if you don't think they do then look harder.

[1972Apex]

Most of the people I know who get hit with poison oak/ivy on the golf course are playing 3 piece premium balls.
Stick to cheap Top-Flites and you'll be fine

[Hacker]

Most of the people I know who get hit with poison oak/ivy on the golf course are playing 3 piece premium balls.
Stick to cheap Top-Flites and you'll be fine

OK, I have to admit, that one made me chuckle

[Sakuraba]

Follow this easy advice and you can likely venture in to the poison ivy & not suffer the consequences.

When you get home from your round, put all the clothes you were wearing into the washing machine, and take a hot shower, and clean your shoes as well as you can.

I also play with a guy occasionally who carries a spray bottle with diluted peroxide, which he uses to spray himself with if he has to venture into the woods.

I am very succeptible to poison ivy also (as you might have guessed) but if you can get the oil off your skin & clothes within a few hours of contact, you should not get the rash.

[big mac]

You guys are making me " itch " just reading this thread The Ottawa valley is plaqued with the stuff. It seems to grow anywhere anything else wont. Along cedar lined fairays like Arnprior where there is little earth over the rocky ground. You will usually see it where climbing juniper grows---that's the heavy vine you see in the cedar trees. Everyone says 3 leaves and red stem. Well right now the stems are not red--that comes later. Most of it right now is around 10" high with 3 distinct WAXY leaves---that's poison ivy---stems turn reddish later---by the fall the plants can be 2 feet tall with a stout stalk. As the plant dies in the fall the leaves turn a real yellow colour. Don't try and burn it because the vapour is just as bad as the plant itself.

As for poison oak I dont think there is any around here---I do know it grows up in the Muskokas. Now that is one rash you will remember for the rest of your life- Blisters the size of quarters

Best leave the ball there if your not sure

People have died from a bad case of poison ivy

[Andy4Par]

Very scary stuff. I avoid it like the plague. Here's a good link;

http://www.poison-ivy.org/

[il-terrifico]

If I had to guess, I'd say I got it about 10 yards behind the 16th green, not even in the trees.

Hopped on an exercise machine the next day, and now it is on legs, hips, belly, underarms and face.

If I owned the place, I would send a kid out every weekend to scour for and remove growth where shots have a reasonable possibility of landing, and I'd post some pictures of what to look for.

Just a thought, from a mind clouded by a near sleepless week....

[rancherJ]

Poison Ivy cannot "spread" by any other means other than contact with the oils of the plant. (contact Dermatitis). It would not spread by sweating unless you were absolutely covered with the oil. Did you see a Dr.? Maybe not poison Ivy?
BTW We spray an Herbicide around our place every year for PI and stinging nettles and it consistently returns in the same place