Captains right of way!

[chrisd]

I will take that as a compliment then.....:cheers:

Absolutely a compliment Adey!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I see where you are coming from Chris. I would give both the title he holds and the person respect initially until he proves otherwise. If you do it the other way around then he might not ever do anything over the year really earns your respect, so then you end up without any respect for the person that has just devoted a year to helping your club for free.

Again another good post

 

[Hacker Khan]

I am liking all this talk of respecting people no matter what. After all golf and golf clubs in the UK are a hotbed of equality and diversity, synonymous with respecting and welcoming all sorts from society, the tired, poor, the huddled masses, the people with their shirts not tucked in, women....

 

[JustOne]

I'm Captain at Westerham, and although I do a fair bit, we're a proprietary club, so I don't have much standing anyway! I would be remarkably uncomfortable with "captain's privilege" even if it was a private members club, so there's no way I'd do it at Westerham.

Would I want to? I don't think so. I want to enjoy my golf, and worrying about whether people were annoyed with me stealing a march on the tee would not do much for my game.

I frequently greet guests as they pass me in the car park on their way to the pro-shop and chat to them if they're coming off the course to check they've had a good day at the club. Have spoken to people about joining and even gone back out for a few more holes with strangers when they say they are thinking of joining.

I am known as Sir by my Men's Team Organiser, which proved to be interesting when he used that as a title in comms to the away team, who suddenly thought someone really important was playing! Once they met me though, they soon realised...

And finally, to address MadAdey's question, it's not something I ever thought about. I just assume that I'll be myself and that'll be good enough for some and not for others. Can't please everyone all the time, but as long as I don't change as a person because I'm a Captain, then can't see why anyone should be unhappy who wasn't unhappy beforehand.

I just want to know...... has it affected your swearing?

 

[richart]

I just want to know...... has it affected your swearing?

I think his swearing has improved in both quality and volume.

 

[Bratty]

I think his swearing has improved in both quality and volume.

My swearing is now almost non-existent in terms of volume, but the quality of it in my head has increased 10-fold!

Although I was tested Sunday after 4 over front 9 then slicing the backside off everything on the back 9 to finish with an 89!