COMMUNITY

I cannot take cell phones on the course. I hate when someone's phone rings or you make a call in the middle of your round. I also find it disgraceful when someone does not rake a bunker or mark a divot hurting another person's play.

When I'm putting or swinging a club with the purpose of hitting the ball stay quite. Yes I can hear you whispering. Also, if you're in my peripheral vision when I'm swinging, stop dancing around! I respect you, now you respect me!

I know many people will take offense to this, but drink your alcohol at home. There's nothing worse than playing golf surrounded by blithering drunk idiots that raise their voice and lower their IQ and etiquette level with each passng hole. Then about halfway through the round they mistake the cart for an ATV or think they've entered a NASCAR event. Stay the &%#$ home!

By the way, a collared shirt does not mean a t-shirt with ring-around-the collar.

Cell phones, cell phones , and cell phones. I also hate the fact that i seem to be the only person in my group that brings beer.

--Scott

I completely agree with you on the shirt and alchohal stuff. I once played with a guy who had a cigarette every hole and got a beer each time the cart girl came by which was 4 times! I had to also fear for my safety cuz he was driving a golf cart! He played good, +5 on a par 63, but I stayed out of his way as much as I could that day.

Kinda past that level now. Not to much stuff bugs me on the course. Seen and heard all kinds of stuff. Just got to learn to deal with it and commit to the golf shot at hand.

I've noticed that golfers with long hair,ya know, those annoying musician types seem to screw up your game too. Care to comment.

1) Not raking a bunker
2) Not repairing a ball mark on the green or divot on the fairway
3) Not placing your cart in a position when you're on the green to help speed play

I could literally write a novel on this topic -- here's a short list....
1. When I'm trying to putt, guys that won't mark their ball when they're 1 foot from the hole (finish it out, pick it up, or put some change on it).
2. Also when I'm trying to putt, don't stand beyond the hole (on my line), doing your Camilo Villegas impression.
3. On the tee-box, don't stand directly behind me 3 feet away.
4. Don't be afraid of the flagstick. When everybody is on the green putting, the 1st person to hole out should pick-up the flagstick & wait until everybody is finished. The last person to hole his putt shouldn't have to tend to the flagstick.
5. Guys that pay the 9-hole rate, then head to the #1 Tee and proceed to playing 2 balls the entire 9, basically zig-zagging across the course playing each ball out - 9-holes X 2-balls = 18 holes (Genius).
6. Oblivious foursomes that think that everybody behind them wants to be out playing a 5-hour round on a Tuesday morning. Never once looking behind them as they fall 6-holes behind the group in front of them.
7. People that don't know how to play ready golf. Like, sitting in the golf cart watching their buddy hit his shot - then waiting for him to get back into the cart only pull up 10 yards so he can play his shot. Get out of the cart!
Sorry guys, I'm on a rant -- maybe I did just write my novel. Thanks for listening.

I think the obvious things I would certainly agree with; divots, pitch marks, bunker messes, litter on the course, and cell phones for sure. One thing comes to mind though, we had a name for them when I was a kid learning how to play. G.A.s Golfing Axxholes. These are the people who push so hard from the back trying to get a round in in less than 2 hours, those arrogant bastages that act like if you are not a member or a "regular" then you have no business on "their" course, and the multiplier is when they have had obviously too much to drink. I used to drink, and sometimes I feel like I'm being hypocrytical, but I just can't stand being around someone who is very much adversely affected by the amount of alcohol they have consumed. I watched a group that was ahead of mine pull a fresh cold one on each tee box. On the back 9 they were throwing the beer cans out on the fairway as they plod their way along the course. I tried hard to keep my head in my own game and collected the beer cans as we played our round. What happened in the parking lot is an entirely different story. I gave them their beer cans back, "hey, I think you dropped something on the course" and dumped them all on the hood of this dudes new white BMW. Slooowwwwllllyyyyy. Clang, clang, clang, clang..... 4 out of shape drunk G.A.s against 4 STRACK pissed off Army Sergeants. The fight was over before it started. One of the older guys in my group was a phych major and administered the verbal beat down. I'd like to think we may have adjusted these guy's golf etiquette, but we never saw them again.

Good one!

Slow play. I don't know where the idea of golf being a 4 hour game came to pass, but really people? Golf is a 3 hour game. Maybe 3-1/2 for a foursome. I don't care how it sounds, if I see a 25 handicapper plumb-bobbing a 2 foot putt for a triple bogey, I'd say something aloud like "I wonder if you'll hit that putt before the second coming of Christ?" and walk off to the next tee. If someone is that ignorant, sometimes I loose my own cool (I know I shouldn't). I just fight the urge to kick that guy as he's lining up his putt.

If I had my way, people would have to pass a speed test just to play. Walk 18 by yourself in less than 3 hours and you can play. If not, take up tennis.

Do not pick up my ball on the green, toss it back to me, and say "it's good." Not your call, dude. I like to putt out on every hole because (a) I need the practice, and (b) I paid money for the round and I want to hear the sweet sound of ball-at-bottom-of-cup. Stand back.

I found that the best cure-all to this whole issue is to simply ask at the beginning of a round, "Are there any specific things that bother you when playing with a stranger? I want to make sure I don't do them." Then you're set for a pleasnat 3-4 hours. Easy.

1.slow play
2.cell phones / twitters
3.dragging your feet, on the putting green
4. 2 much talking
5.not fixing pich marks
6.not filling in divots
7.My friend taking 20 practice swings,and than when he hits the ball,it only goes 50 yards.
8.someone moving when your about to swing..

Slow play is really the only aspect that bothers me. Etiquette misconduct seems to be an issue of ignorance. Once one learns what good etiquette is, they typically fall in line. Cell phones? If you must bring it, put it on vibrate and keep it in your pocket or golf bag. Enough said.