Do not yell out following a shot.
- Why do people yell "In the hole" whwn every one knows that is the purpose of the game is to get it in the hole. To me that is the worst etiquette on the golf course
- —Guest adeljohn
ball hunting
- I live on a course and just can't understand why everyone needs to hunt for balls in my yard. I've have golfers looking for balls right under my bedroom window on a Sunday at 6 a.m.
- —texlongpre
Bad 'Tude
- My friend has the worst attitude I have ever seen. Every time he overshoots or just plain sucks it up, he throws his club. Once, we were on the 18th green and he missed a 12-foot putt and decided to make a massive divot with his putter followed by kicking his bag over and snapping off both stand legs. I probably will never play with him again!
- —Guest giggiddy
Won't play with a woman
- My husband and I signed onto play 18 at a rather nice Texas course and just being the two of us they put a single guy with us. We've been paired with men many times and this did not bother me whatsoever! Although it bothered him considerably as he looked ahead and saw a threesome with a little boy of about age 10 years. He looked at me and said "I'm going to join them I don't play with women!" Now this little act of machismo towards playing with a woman was too much as I proved later with my shots. They were slow because the young one was just learning. The jerk ahead of us had a really bad day with me behind him pushing him. The day ended with a beautiful sunset and lots of laughs!
- —Guest SOlson
Altering the putting surface
- In a normal money game, one of the regular guys (he worked on the greens crew) missed a 3 foot putt and that cost him a couple hundred bucks. His response was to tomahawk the cup with his putter thereby making sure no one else could play #18 either. I'm having a hard time seeing any sanity in that behavior.
- —Guest THC420
Safety first
- Never hit the ball when there is someone in the green in front of you. Normal etiquette. But sorry to say there are golfers who do not think of other golfer's safety. Crying 'fore' is not enough. I nearly got killed the other day when I was putting on a 3 par green when the people behind us teed off and the ball landed 3 feet away from me!
- —Guest MKBaruah
examples of bad golf etiquette
- Playing my home course on a comp day and I joined a group of three, they were in carts, I was walking. First thing was, no offer to ride...no big deal. As soon as they hit off, off down the fairway they would go, I had to hit into them. Approach shots to the green, same thing, I was always hitting to the green with them standing next to the pin. This was the first time I have ever left the course mid round.
- —Guest bubalobill
Bad attorney
- I played a round at Indian Creek with an attorney. Seemed like a pleasant guy. WRONG. after the first hole his anger level was up, the 6th hole after putting 3 tee shots in the drink. He threw his clubs in the pond and stormed off. Good riddance I thought. @ weeks later I get a call and a court summons. He was suing the golf course. After he cooled off the next day he went back to get his clubs, someone had beaten him to it. He was suing the course for failure to maintain adequate security to keep his clubs from being stolen. The course settles out of court. The custom fit him with brand new pings. Gave free range time, and free lessons. I saw him playing 6 months later. His game and attitude was still terrible. Wonder Why. Goes to prove deep down, very deep down. 6 feet down all attorneys are nice guys.
- —teeituptom
The Umpire
- Blatant cheating is still the ultimate in bad etiquette. Here's only one example: During a friendly Saturday round a member of my regular 3-some, a lifelong cheater hits an errant tee shot into the trees. He starts looking 30 yards ahead of where I thought it was. When I found it and knew was his because I saw the logo on his last putt, I yelled out "what are you playing". Being prepared, he says "it has a Court TV logo", which he had in his pocket and dropped where he stood. Like an umpire, this player is always prepared with several balls in his pocket. BTW, he carries a wood that guarantees lower scores. It's a pencil.
- —AJM.ME
Butts
- I can appreciate those who still love nicotine but it really twists me to find butts on the green especially but generally anywhere on the course is unacceptable.
- —Guest dcfblujeans
Up in smoke
- Last year at a city course I was paired with 2 guys. On the 1st hole, a par 4 player1 nails his driver OB. The 2nd guy nails his 3-wood down the fairway. I hit my 3-wood down the center. Player 1 takes a drop and blasts a long iron over the back of the green. Player 2 takes out his 3W again and chokes down and nails it to within 10 feet of the green. I hit a 5 iron onto the green. Player 1 chips on but way short. Player 2 takes outs, wait for it, his 3W again, and chokes down even farther than his 2nd shot. He chips it on. I shake my head. Player 2 gets it fairly close, and just keeps his 3wood in his hands and 2putts. We move to hole #2. Guess what club Player 2 uses? Yes his 3 wood again-a par 3, 150yard hole. He now has choked up onto the steel portion, even though he has a bag full of wedges. He basically used his 3wood for every shot. Just when I thought nothing else could happen, he lit the largest joint I have ever seen and was stoned by the 3rd hole. I was in total disbelief!
- —Guest Mike
A Jerk in a Hurry
- I was playing with my dad-in-law on a Wisconsin course and he needed to stop at the turn for a potty break. We got back on course as quickly as possible when the foursome behind us yells to us in his backswing to speed it up! I walked back to the offending golfer taking my time and closly and quietly explained to him that the correct way to request to play through was to ask. Since the course had no marshall, I took it upon myself to tell the offender loudly enough for the rest of his foursome to hear to stop being A JERK and play through.
- —Guest Doc
slow play
- I started my golf in England and we were taught to tee up hit the ball then walk in the rough to one side of the fairway and whatch the next hitter strike the ball. The course was 6900 yards long and you got hell if you took more than 3 and a half hours to play the course. The course I play on here in Cal is only 3200 yds long and it takes 4 & a half hours to play. In the last 30 years I have played this course at least a 1000 times and still walk the rough while my fellow players hit. I have never been hit with a ball. This week I am called into the pros shop and given hell for walking ahead of hitting players? I wonder why it takes 4 1/2 hours to play this course. My fellow players are all over 70 and the 18th hole is 236 yrd par 3 up hill and none of us can even come close to reaching the green. The mashal will not let us hit till everyone is off the green. slow play is promoted by the golf course.
- —Guest Frank Corner
Destroying the Course
- There is nothing worse than seeing poor golfers make a mess on the green because the player missed a shot. One group used shaving cream to decorate the greens after each hole. They also left trash at each hole, and left the flag on the ground. When approached about their behavior, one of the players said, "they charge a fortune here, so they can clean up after us". This course typically doesn't have a Marshal on duty to oversee jerks like this.
- —Bobrien175
practicing during round
- A golfer in our group regularly drops a second ball during play to hit into the green or putts on the green after taking his regular putt. It gives him an unfair advantage and I believe is a penalty during tournament play. is this ignorance of the rules or bad etiquette?
- —Guest alfred
