Abstract: Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A cover system can include a flexible cover coupled to a side wall of the trough member. The flexible cover is selectively removable from the side wall to allow access to an interior of the trough member. The flexible cover mounts with a snap arrangement. Support ribs are mounted to side walls of the trough member.

Abstract: An open bottomed wheeled carriage has upstanding side plates between which a flexible mat is dragged over the ground. The front end only of the mat is secured to a cross bar on the carriage at a height greater than that of a golf ball on the ground. The mat is made up of pivotally joined rings or rings and links or parallel chains so that balls on the ground over which the mat is pulled will pass upwardly through the rings or between links or chains to the upper surface of the mat. A cleated endless belt, driven by the carriage supporting ground wheels, sweeps the balls rearwardly over the mat into a container on the rear of the carriage.