Dear authors,
Thanks for addressing efficiently the comments of the reviewers and apologize for the delay of this answer.
You have answered with much attention and detail all the comments of both referees. You have also justified your choices regarding doubts on the experimental design and analysis of the data, however those justifications need to be clear stated in the manuscript. Regarding particularly:

1. Why the variation of soil properties in depth is consider in this reserarch to be less than the expected variations due to anthropogenic impacts?
2. Why variation within each location (golf course) is assumed to be less relevant than variations between locations? It is necessary to explain in the manuscript, particularly in the methods section all the evidences that the authors have in relation to this issue.
3. Please could you go deeper in the discussion on the possible ecological relevance of your results? As well as in the implications on the differences on sand content?
4. Could you be a bit more conceptual and less descriptive in your conclusion? Which relevance for sustainability on medium and long term, for soil health has that the soils of golf courses are affected by management? You can introduce also this issue in the discussion.
Furthermore please make sure that all the small comments (line to line comments) are correctly inserted and reviewed in the final manuscript.

We expect that all these above mentioned comments are correctly addressed in the new version of your manuscript. Thanks for discussing openly your results. Sincerely yours, Carolina Boix-Fayos

Dear authors,

Thanks for addressing all the comments thoughtfully. In my opinion the paper is ready for publication. Cheers, Carolina

Dear authors,

I have now carefully read your manuscript and the report of the topical editor. I am pleased to inform you that your paper has been accepted. Thank you for choosing SOIL.

Kind regards,

Kristof Van Oost