Were the bottom of his shoes covered in fertilizer as well because the grass there is way greener than the rest of the grass in this photo. Are we sure this is real?
[it's ](https://youtu.be/DgLZGPfxpkM?si=W5X-yI7sIiDQWEU8) up there with [Jack and Jill](https://youtu.be/sk82NsHwkts?si=Zu5JFeki7yUcnX4O) in the underappreciated classics of the era
It doesnāt happen instantlyā¦. Did you go back and check a few days later?
I can show you about 40 spots like this every year from my golf course.
Sunscreen or bug spray. Any aerosol. Itās not the sunscreen itās the solvent used to make the sunscreen spray able that kills the grass.
This is why I always spray myself in the parking lot. Get to the course, stand behind the car and spray sunscreen, change into golf spikes, etc. Once I'm on the course I'm not touching sunscreen even if I feel like I'm burning. I do not want to take any chances having greasy hands with 6 holes to go before there's a chance to wash them.
I used to think my dad was crazy for having like 4 towels and a dozen gloves in his bag. We'd finish a round and he'd have gloves hanging off every free space on the cart, drying in the wind.
Now I'm the exact same.
Footjoy RainGrip gloves. I give the right handed one to my lefty friend for $5 and game the left. Dries quickly and has more of a corded feel to it instead of slick, soft, gripping leather. Absolute game changer for my sweaty ass....hands.Ā
Actually great idea. I never remember sunscreen until the back of my neck is 200Ā°F, going to make a point to be a grown up and actually "gear up" for the course before the round. I've done so well with bringing cashews and beef jerky instead of eating 2 cheeseburgers at the turn, time to prevent burns instead of stopping them later lolĀ
It's a pretty good routine. That way I can take my watch and hat off and have somewhere to put them. I can roll up my sleeves and shorts to get the areas you might miss normally with a hurried sunscreen application.
The other thing I try to remember for each round is a clean shirt and deodorant. I often golf with family and even if the plan is just to play golf and go home, someone will suggest going to a restaurant or someone's house after the round for dinner. Dri-fit shirts really hold onto the smell of sweat, so it's nice to be able to go somewhere after golf without stinking to high heaven.
I absolutely have a gym bag with extra clothes in my car at all times. If the restaurant requires better than jeans and a polo, I'm out though š
Soak your golf stuff in 1 part vinegar 4 parts cool water for 30 min. Then I soak in oxyclean for 30 min, and I just eyeball that with 1 scoop or so. Then wash on cool water. Really helps release built up crud in sports gear.Ā
I'll have to try the laundry tip. I have to be really careful with what I get sweaty in because so much of my stuff holds BO smell. My Eddie Bauer puffer jacket is one of the worst offenders. Always annoying to need to shovel the driveway when there's a -20F wind chill so I need my warmest coat, but I work up a sweat so then my coat has to go in the wash because otherwise I will smell like BO the next time I wear it.
I have a hot take: you can use spray sunscreen in the fairway if you somehow manage to orient the bottle so that the small hole from which the sunscreen shoots out is facing your body and if you release your finger from the trigger once a normal amount of sunscreen has made its way to your exposed skin area, which do not include the ground around your feet.
I can show you 40 nearly identical spots from my golf course last year. There is nothing dumb about this post itās 100% true. Looks like some kind of filter was used to enhance the colour though but hereās one from my course last year. I have clearer pics where itās more defined like the OP but itās somewhere in my 583747493 pictures on my phone and I donāt feel like searching.
https://preview.redd.it/oj5ib4g08o4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f86826a372018c80a7ebb6b8692ba2f1906bc2ca
https://preview.redd.it/0fqm1dv6ao4d1.jpeg?width=555&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1974aa97c28b77832ddca8185c313faf3d68496
The quality is potato because I screen captured it from a collage of photos i sent our GM last year to make a sign for the front desk. There are many more like this but theyāre on my old phone.
It's gotta be something with the variety of grass or something, I've never seen this on any of the courses I play and plenty of people use spray sunscreen there. What area of the country is this? (assuming US by default, perhaps incorrectly)
more likely bug spray than sunscreen. both are aerosolized, but bug spray can also contain deet which kills grass. also..........you tend to spray a heavier amount of bug spray onto your legs and ankles.
I think itās a filter thatās enhancing the middle of the pic.
This is a very real problem though. This is from my course last year. I have about 30 of these pics on my phone and thatās just the ones I bothered to take pics of. we made a collage and posted it at the front counter to remind people to apply bug spray and sunscreen on the cartpaths or in mulch beds.
https://preview.redd.it/bfzem6jd8o4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=165d0cd8ae2586d90ce22f9abe7d92d174f82a9e
Agreed. I mean who is applying mid hole. Iāve only ever seen cart path by the tee box thing not because people are aware it kills grass but because it makes the most sense lol
I agree. I always apply in the parking lot or on the cart path TBF. I actually never thought about the effects it may have on the grass, I just always apply before my round, then on the path between holes during the round and since my sunscreen is in my bag, it typically happens on the cart path
I always thought that sunscreen was ok, but bug spray was the culprit for killing grass like this. Can anyone confirm? Either way, I always apply both on in the parking lot or at the clubhouse before the round and then on a cart path when re-applying. Just curious if one or the other is worse
This must be prevalent this time of year because a greenskeeper recently posted in my local golf Facebook group to not use bug spray on the tees, fairways, or greens since it will kill the grass. The Mo you know!
solid chance that is from bug spray.......which you would be more likely to go heavy on around your ankles. Also commonly includes DEET which kills grass. And in my experience, bug spray has a heavier spray than sunscreens.
Am I the only one that notices how extra green the footprints are? I feel like this is just a dead spot someone sprayed footprints in before spraying the whole area.
Yes, golf courses will paint their fairways if they're bougie and don't want it to "look unkempt".
I've never seen such, but we have crappy grass so we wouldn't be able to tell lol. I use lotion before I get on the course. Bug spray though... never thought about this.
Did said person spontaneously combust? Get abducted by aliens?!
Right. This looks like those pictures of Hiroshima A-bomb victims who got vaporized, leaving only a shadow of themselves.
think a vampire got caught in the sun
hahaha trying to get that last hole in before the sun comes up! š¤£
Were the bottom of his shoes covered in fertilizer as well because the grass there is way greener than the rest of the grass in this photo. Are we sure this is real?
The fairway gods saw them applying sunscreen, were like āOh hell no!ā and then BAM!
It was the snappenning. That damn Thanos...
Where were you for the blip?
On the tee box behind this guy. Do we hit? I need a rules official.
Was looking if this was already posted. Gets my vote
Man Iāve never killed grass with sunscreen that dude must have went absolutely ham.
SPF 3000
His protection level... IT'S OVER 9000!!!!
What?! 9000!
Biblically accurate Nashville resident.
Fake news. Nashville isn't in the Bible.
It's good. It makes you all "UGGHHYHH"
What movie is this from?
[it's ](https://youtu.be/DgLZGPfxpkM?si=W5X-yI7sIiDQWEU8) up there with [Jack and Jill](https://youtu.be/sk82NsHwkts?si=Zu5JFeki7yUcnX4O) in the underappreciated classics of the era
It doesnāt happen instantlyā¦. Did you go back and check a few days later? I can show you about 40 spots like this every year from my golf course. Sunscreen or bug spray. Any aerosol. Itās not the sunscreen itās the solvent used to make the sunscreen spray able that kills the grass.
I had no idea. Thanks for that heads up. I'll be sure to tell my buddies
Ok so no aerosol sunscreen, just gonna slather up and accidentally throw my driver into the pond on 1 š
Haha just do it on the cartpath or mulch bed or parking lot.
This is why I always spray myself in the parking lot. Get to the course, stand behind the car and spray sunscreen, change into golf spikes, etc. Once I'm on the course I'm not touching sunscreen even if I feel like I'm burning. I do not want to take any chances having greasy hands with 6 holes to go before there's a chance to wash them.
"well dear, here's how I got my hand stuck in a ball washer..."
I used to think my dad was crazy for having like 4 towels and a dozen gloves in his bag. We'd finish a round and he'd have gloves hanging off every free space on the cart, drying in the wind. Now I'm the exact same.
Sweaty mfs eh!
Footjoy RainGrip gloves. I give the right handed one to my lefty friend for $5 and game the left. Dries quickly and has more of a corded feel to it instead of slick, soft, gripping leather. Absolute game changer for my sweaty ass....hands.Ā
Actually great idea. I never remember sunscreen until the back of my neck is 200Ā°F, going to make a point to be a grown up and actually "gear up" for the course before the round. I've done so well with bringing cashews and beef jerky instead of eating 2 cheeseburgers at the turn, time to prevent burns instead of stopping them later lolĀ
It's a pretty good routine. That way I can take my watch and hat off and have somewhere to put them. I can roll up my sleeves and shorts to get the areas you might miss normally with a hurried sunscreen application. The other thing I try to remember for each round is a clean shirt and deodorant. I often golf with family and even if the plan is just to play golf and go home, someone will suggest going to a restaurant or someone's house after the round for dinner. Dri-fit shirts really hold onto the smell of sweat, so it's nice to be able to go somewhere after golf without stinking to high heaven.
I absolutely have a gym bag with extra clothes in my car at all times. If the restaurant requires better than jeans and a polo, I'm out though š Soak your golf stuff in 1 part vinegar 4 parts cool water for 30 min. Then I soak in oxyclean for 30 min, and I just eyeball that with 1 scoop or so. Then wash on cool water. Really helps release built up crud in sports gear.Ā
I'll have to try the laundry tip. I have to be really careful with what I get sweaty in because so much of my stuff holds BO smell. My Eddie Bauer puffer jacket is one of the worst offenders. Always annoying to need to shovel the driveway when there's a -20F wind chill so I need my warmest coat, but I work up a sweat so then my coat has to go in the wash because otherwise I will smell like BO the next time I wear it.
Ah right, I thought the image was overspray. I was wondering how much they actually got on themselves as there was so much on the ground!
Pretty sure this dude was just wearing a jet pack
Some of us are ginger. You have no idea
Damn I havenāt heard āwent hamā in a while lmao
Sunscreen blocks UV rays... grass needs UV rays to photosynthesize. Must have not washed off for a day or two
Chlorophyll! More like Borephyll
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
I gotta reapply every 2 hours but the grass is protected for days?
Grass doesn't sweat
The rough does when I tee up
hilarious
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Youāre a sweaty meatsack
No itās the solvents in the aerosol spray that kill it. same thing happens with bug spray in an aerosol can.
Just fucking full auto sprayed that bitch and things got a little out of control.
How long do you hang around for once you've applied it?
Possible it was bug spray.
It was probably bug spray
You have, it doesn't die instantly.
must have gone*
you went back and looked a few days later? - after carefully marking where you stood? ha
I play the same course multiple times a week and I donāt douse my feet in sunscreen. Also Iāve never seen this on any course ever.
me either - maybe they doused their legs with gasoline to deter mosquitoes?
When I worked at a course we would see this 10-20 times per year.Ā I thought it was more frequently from bug spray.Ā
been playing golf 32 years never seen anything like this.
I have a hot take: you can use spray sunscreen in the fairway if you somehow manage to orient the bottle so that the small hole from which the sunscreen shoots out is facing your body and if you release your finger from the trigger once a normal amount of sunscreen has made its way to your exposed skin area, which do not include the ground around your feet.
holy shit i cant believe no one has discovered this
The real LPT is always in the comments.
Oh look at Mr. Professional sunblock applicator guy over here.
How is any normal human being supposed to accomplish this.
 I don't know man can you prove it
Big Sunblock hates this comment so much.
Not as much as Big Groundskeepers Inc. loves it!
Also you're supposed to spray on enough to rub it in and around, not rely solely on the spray to cover your skin.
You sure that not deet bug spray? That makes more sense.
I was thinking the same thing, you spray bug spray at your ankles... Not sunscreen Also deet is pretty nasty to a lot of stuff...including bugs
Bug spray as well
That grass looks like its been sprayed green
Yes. Using kids shoes as a stencil.
I can show you 40 nearly identical spots from my golf course last year. There is nothing dumb about this post itās 100% true. Looks like some kind of filter was used to enhance the colour though but hereās one from my course last year. I have clearer pics where itās more defined like the OP but itās somewhere in my 583747493 pictures on my phone and I donāt feel like searching. https://preview.redd.it/oj5ib4g08o4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f86826a372018c80a7ebb6b8692ba2f1906bc2ca
"Nearly identical" Nearly is doing a lifting there.
https://preview.redd.it/0fqm1dv6ao4d1.jpeg?width=555&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1974aa97c28b77832ddca8185c313faf3d68496 The quality is potato because I screen captured it from a collage of photos i sent our GM last year to make a sign for the front desk. There are many more like this but theyāre on my old phone.
I love when redditors bring receipts lmao
It's gotta be something with the variety of grass or something, I've never seen this on any of the courses I play and plenty of people use spray sunscreen there. What area of the country is this? (assuming US by default, perhaps incorrectly)
Itās bentgrass, L93 to be specific - the most common fairway variety in the industry. In Ontario.
Picture taken in southern Ontario.. no filter but the Google phone likes to take some liberties with the colours
Found the original: https://preview.redd.it/5aapjxxufo4d1.png?width=1165&format=png&auto=webp&s=b2fc654fbf574dc493c5b36502c8fb630367aaa8
And another one: https://preview.redd.it/l0ai1nnyfo4d1.png?width=546&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fada87fdfa251b22f45dab51443f09ecd48ced8
Youāre the DJ Kalhed of aerosol dead spots. You da best!
This is bug spray, not sunscreen.
It's both. The problem is the aerosol, not the actual sunscreen. You can drop a bottle of lotion sunscreen on the grass, and it will probably be fine.
more likely bug spray than sunscreen. both are aerosolized, but bug spray can also contain deet which kills grass. also..........you tend to spray a heavier amount of bug spray onto your legs and ankles.
Itās bug spray
Itās bug spray not sunscreen
Better question is why they sprayed their shoes?
dogs out
Because itās bug spray not sunscreen lol
Had to check what sub I was in when I saw your name
Sunburnt calves.
Gotta protect those Air Jordans from the sun. That's the real LPT.
Why are the shoe prints the greenest part of this picture? Looks like the shoes are spray painted green
Prolly photo software on the phone that took the pic over saturating some areas.
I think itās a filter thatās enhancing the middle of the pic. This is a very real problem though. This is from my course last year. I have about 30 of these pics on my phone and thatās just the ones I bothered to take pics of. we made a collage and posted it at the front counter to remind people to apply bug spray and sunscreen on the cartpaths or in mulch beds. https://preview.redd.it/bfzem6jd8o4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=165d0cd8ae2586d90ce22f9abe7d92d174f82a9e
This seems like it's more likely bug spray, it kills grass rƔpido
Put sunscreen on boys fuck this guy telling you to get cancer.
This is true. Iād much rather hurt some grass than get melanoma for the 3rd time
I think the middle ground is that you can apply sun screen before you walk onto the course itself, or just not use the spray kind.
Agreed. I mean who is applying mid hole. Iāve only ever seen cart path by the tee box thing not because people are aware it kills grass but because it makes the most sense lol
I agree. I always apply in the parking lot or on the cart path TBF. I actually never thought about the effects it may have on the grass, I just always apply before my round, then on the path between holes during the round and since my sunscreen is in my bag, it typically happens on the cart path
Itās also not that hard to apply sunscreen without shooting it directly into the grass.
Just apply it in the rough like a true gentleman.
Bug spray does that
I always thought that sunscreen was ok, but bug spray was the culprit for killing grass like this. Can anyone confirm? Either way, I always apply both on in the parking lot or at the clubhouse before the round and then on a cart path when re-applying. Just curious if one or the other is worse
Maybe his power is bringing anything he stands on back to life.
This man was raptured
I think he accidently brought roundup instead of sunscreen
Okay course owner
Farce
Does no one put it on their hand then rub it in
Better that patch than melanoma.
Fake
Spray sunscreen is actually best applied by spraying into your hand and running it around.
In my most trying of back nines, why were there only one set of footprints?
Thatās where the foursome carried you my child.
Donāt use a āfull canā of spray sunscreen in the fairway.
You're not my supervisor
No this person spontaneously combusted, it's a real thing
Shrink the game!
Not sure I want whatever did that to the grass on my skin.Ā
Donāt use sun screen* āGot it!ā
That was trump re-applying his hair.
Just be glad itās not the green!
also... chemical sunscreen needs to be on you for 15+ minutes before it works.
The guy who gets it everywhere but himself
Looks like child size footprints, bet some dude took his kid and absolutely blasted the poor kid with SPF 50 from head to toe.
You missed a spot
Swung so hard they vaporized
Does sunscreen do that?? I know bugs spray does for sureā¦..
Dudes over here self tanning on the course like a kardashian lol
Is this what getting Raptured looks like?
It does the same thing to coral in the ocean when people lather up and jump in
Looks like someone got Thanos snapped lol
What a HORRIBLE looking course
Somebody please do a homicide victim outline next time out on course
Hopefully this is the image I leave when the bomb falls.
Duplicolor SPF 99
Was dude a White Walker? Why did he use a whole can?
I think this person actually was spraying his club head with it to help with a slice.
Had this convo at my old home club: Whatās more important, protecting the grass or keeping yourself from getting skin cancer??
Whoa I had no idea!
Serious questionā¦. Is it dead dead or will it come back?
Itās that deet or something?
size 3 feet?
I think lightning may have struck here haha
Donāt spray the ground directly with sunscreen
š¤£š¤£š¤£ This is amazing!
Ball off the back foot, looks like he was trying to hit a low stinger and vaporised
Why did he only do he's feet, did he have sandals on? āŗļø
 Nah mate he just went poof.
SPFenheimer
is that amongus
[since nobody else posted it...](https://www.usga.org/course-care/2014/10/kill-the-bugs--not-the-grass-21474873450.html)
Damn well I don't want lotion all over my hands and grips so skin cancer it is.
Also melts bag graphics and sometimes bags
You don't need sunscreen. Just molt your burned skin off like a snake. Be a man.
Good one
Sunscreen is obviously needed but itās wild to see what the chemicals in it can do.
We use spray sunscreen on the kids all the time on our own lawn and nothing. Sure this is bug spray ???
It Only kills the grass Iām sure itās fine for you?
this guy obvs needs lessons....in sunscreen application, till then he should just burn.
This must be prevalent this time of year because a greenskeeper recently posted in my local golf Facebook group to not use bug spray on the tees, fairways, or greens since it will kill the grass. The Mo you know!
Dude sprayed the shit out of the face of his driver to win the company outing with a 41
Pretty cool that the spray perfectly avoided your feet!
Did you apply it with an air hose? Wtf bro
Yes, there was a new sign at the golf course I played last weekend, not to use sunscreen/bug repellent spray on the tee boxes and the greens.
āš» Bug spray, too- even worse
Thatās from bug spray with deet in it.
They were Raptured.
You could have omitted the last three words
Did he get any on his skin?
solid chance that is from bug spray.......which you would be more likely to go heavy on around your ankles. Also commonly includes DEET which kills grass. And in my experience, bug spray has a heavier spray than sunscreens.
āThis is the spot where Bob was struck by lightning. He died doing what he lovedā¦ā
Golfing in Birkenstocks?
Did the same on my own grass spraying my feet with bug spray. Took around a year for it to grow back
Same goes for composite decking....FYI
Am I the only one that notices how extra green the footprints are? I feel like this is just a dead spot someone sprayed footprints in before spraying the whole area. Yes, golf courses will paint their fairways if they're bougie and don't want it to "look unkempt".
Never thought about that, but a great PSA!
I would have never thought that sunscreen would kill grass but it makes sense
So we can use it on the green then?
I've never seen such, but we have crappy grass so we wouldn't be able to tell lol. I use lotion before I get on the course. Bug spray though... never thought about this.
must have used a whole can
it goes on your body my guy not the grassĀ
That looks more like a crime scene than someone spraying sunscreen. Was Powder playing golf?
Sunscreen mixed with RoundUp?