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Calgary-area golf courses are struggling to get a grip on whether they’ll allow newly legalized greens onto their fairways.

All of those contacted by Postmedia say they’re still in the weeds on whether they’ll give a green light to cannabis, and whether they’ll chose to apply rules similar to for booze and tobacco consumption on their private property.

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One course official said his facility is probably leaning towards giving patrons the right to toke as they sink balls.

“We have to treat it a lot like alcohol and smoking cigarettes on the golf course,” said the man, who didn’t want to give his name or identify the golf course he works for. “Golf courses are going to have to come up with policies that are the norm of society.”

Feedback on the issue is evenly split, he said, with older golfers tending to disapprove.

Local governments in Alberta have largely decided to ban the consumption of cannabis on public property, but non-municipally owned golf courses are on private land where owners can choose their own policy.