Is it me or.............................

[the_g_man]

..............do tour professionals hardly ever shout Fore when they hit a wayward shot. It was one of the first things that was drilled in to me when i started playing, it seems that some of the more well known tour pro's think there to good to shout Fore. Maybe they think that the spectators are in the ball's way not the other way round, some dont even raise an arm in the direction of there dodgy shot. Prime example: Sergio Garcia at a previous british open hit a cameraman clean on the head, nearly knocking the guy out, he was to busy talking to his ball to shout fore. Its basic etiquette in my eyes no matter how good you are!(That footage of Sergio hitting the camerman is on you tube)

 

[Fyldewhite]

Some do but really it's the responsibility of the Marshalls who should be following play and looking after the crowd. Trouble is half of them are doddering old boys on a free day out to watch the golf and have no idea, and no intention of finding out, how to actually do the job.

 

[the_g_man]

Good point, totally forgot all about the marshalls, they'll never be able to spot a golf ball midflight if they can't even read the newspaper without it touching there nose.

 

[madandra]

Some do but really it's the responsibility of the Marshalls ...

I disagree. It is THE GOLFERS responsibility. The golfer is responsible for HIS ball and no one else. The marshalls can assist if they can but the buck stops with the tumshie that hit it.

 

[BROOKIE]

the pro,s dont play the same game we do ,if we played the
game like they do,we,d go spare ..imagine on a wet saturday
morning,in front of you Robert Rock & Monty,FORE ,FORE

 

[bigslice]

robert rocks caddy would shout fore, he does everthing else. im sure i saw his caddy taking a shot!

 

[Parmo]

Half the time when someone shouts you don't know where its come from on the course.

 

[Tommo21]

Some do but really it's the responsibility of the Marshalls who should be following play and looking after the crowd. Trouble is half of them are doddering old boys on a free day out to watch the golf and have no idea, and no intention of finding out, how to actually do the job.

So where is the young guys then...........dont the doddering old guys get any info from the organisers or do they just turn up and dodder around where they like.

 

[Tommo21]

Half the time when someone shouts you don't know where its come from on the course.

Dont care............if in doubt, shout....always. Everyone.

 

[thecraw]

I was playing at a course last month where I was about to hit when I heard a shout of "heids"!!!!!

Wondering what was happening I looked up as a ball hit off of my friends bag!

 

[JustOne]

..............do tour professionals hardly ever shout Fore when they hit a wayward shot.

That's true but you'd think someone in the crowd might actually be watching!

 

[clubchamp07]

Some do but really it's the responsibility of the Marshalls who should be following play

I dont think so, surley it's the players who should shout 4

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I don't think it really matters who shouts as long as someone does. The trouble at pro events is that crowds are usually several deep and so there is not really anywhere to take evasive action and even if you duck there is still a chance of a nasty crack

 

[Fyldewhite]

Some do but really it's the responsibility of the Marshalls who should be following play and looking after the crowd. Trouble is half of them are doddering old boys on a free day out to watch the golf and have no idea, and no intention of finding out, how to actually do the job.

So where is the young guys then...........dont the doddering old guys get any info from the organisers or do they just turn up and dodder around where they like.

LOL, knew I'd get a bite with that one. Accept it's the players responsibility ultimately but if the marshalls are signalling as they should and shouting if necessary there's not much point in the player adding to all that unless it's just for the cameras. The spectators have some responsibility here too. They all supposedly know golf, so if stood 260-280 from a tee with a pro driving off I'd certainly be keeping my eye on the shots. Come to think of it that's why I'm there.

 

[Golfmmad]

I think it's the players responsibility to shout every time.

As an aside, whilst watching along the first fairway at last years Wentworth, I heard a shout and a stray ball ended up in the trees. Shortly after, Charles Schwartzel came over to us and the first thing he made sure of was, had anybody been hit. Only after we all said no, did he go and look for his ball. What a gent I thought, more concerned about the welfare of the spectators first than look for his ball.

There was a funny moment though - my mate had recently injured his hand at work and his arm was in a sling. When Schwartzel asked was anybody hurt, my mate held his arm up and said, "Yes me", he saw the funny side of it and laughed along with us all - a nice moment.

Golfmmad.

 

[USER1999]

Yep, they should shout, however, if the spectators aren't watching, why are they there?

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

The pros should shout as its their ball. The fans probably want to get hit so they get time on tv and so they get free stuff off the pros

 

[Mike_j_golf]

On this have u ever noticed espically with tiger there is never a shout if the ball is hitting the crowd and helping him but if it is going over there head and into a bad spot he is shouting fore(please keep you eye on my ball)think a lot of them shout fore.
Mike

 

[Imurg]

This is not just a Tiger thing - most of them will do the same thing if they're being honest.

 

[Split_Fairway]

even if you duck there is still a chance of a nasty crack

but where you get the nasty crack can make all the difference. getting a badly bruised leg is infinitely preferable to a split skull