From the article: Golf Etiquette
What's your opinion about golf dates - good idea or bad? Do you have any experience with golf dating? If so, was it a good experience ... or not? Something you'd recommend to others? And how about tips for other golfers hoping to meet golfing singles - what are your do's and don'ts? What's the best golf date you've been on, or the worst?
What makes for a good golf date, and what can ruin a golf date?
You can share your thoughts on these or any other topics relating to golf dates below. Or you can browse the responses below to see what other golfers have to say about golf dating. Share Your Thoughts
Girls: Learn to Play Golf!
- For years I've told girls and young women: "Learn to play golf! You'll meet someone who is intelligent, not poor, generally honest and if you have a relationship it can continue into old age with something you can really enjoy together!" I met my wife on the golf course in 1968. She was playing alone and we let her go through on a par 3 over the water. She drove on the green and sunk the putt for a birdie. I asked her if she'd like to play the back 9 with me. We were married 6 months later and still enjoy playing golf together. Even if you don't meet someone you'll be participating in a healthy outdoor sport of which you can be very proud.
- —patrickcarrier
a good golf date
- Pick an easy, uncrowded golf course so there's as little pressure as possible on either of you. Take the golf seriously enough that you actually make an effort, but not so seriously that you freak out over a terrible shot. You're trying to make a good impression as a person first and foremost, as a golfer a very distant second. Keep it casual, keep it light, keep it fun.
- —Guest golf dater
