Match play etiquette

Doon frae Troon said:
Because he is a rotten ill mannered selfish ninkumpoop.

Phil, are you stalking me again?
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Doesn't that describe a great deal of people in the game of golf ?

If people like that are banned from golf then the clubs will be struggling.
 
I've lost a match (possibly) because i have found my opponent's ball twice when she was looking in the wrong place.
Unhappy that I lost, but can hold my head up.
 
I occasionally don't look.... if its their 20th-ish visit to the deep jungle, and they are way down and I'm fed up of wasting time getting scratched to bits by brambles.
 
super hans said:
I ended up conceding the hole as I couldn't find my ball. He putted out for his birdie but missed.

It was competitive but I wouldn't say there was an edge to the match or anything niggly. He did annoy me at the 13th but I managed to brush it off, even helped him look for his ball at the 17th.

eventually won the match at the first extra hole, but managed to keep the grin off my face til after the post match drink, when I went into the clubhouse toilets and let out a huge scream of delight:D
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Well played keeping your composure!!
 
It can also go the other way. You hit a wonky shot and think it might be lost so you hit a provisional into a good position. In the mean time your opponent is in play but is in big trouble and looks like making a double at best. There is nothing stopping him from looking for your ball even if you say don't bother it is lost.
 
super hans said:
A bit of back story..

I've played non-competitive golf for almost 30 years. Last year I started playing medals after joining a club, and this year I've started playing in match play comps.



in last years medals when a FC had a potential lost ball I naturally went over and helped looked for it. I just played in my first knock out comp at the weekend, and my opponent slice one wide off the first tee. As we walked up the 1st fairway I naturally walked with him over to where I thought his ball would be and helped him look for it. After a couple of minutes we found it and played on

We're all square at the 13th (short par 3), I pull my 7 iron into the trees on the left and he hits his tee shot to 5 feet. I spend a few minutes looking for my ball whilst he waits patiently on the green. At one point I look over at him with a " give me a hand" look which he ignores as he lines up his putt.

My question is, should he at least have come over and had a quick look for my ball, no matter how much he wanted to win the hole?

As a social golfer of 30 years, I'm somewhat unaware of the competitive element of club golf, so am unsure if this was the norm, or whether it's "Everyman for himself" in official comps
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Sounds like a stuck up fool to me
 
srixon 1 said:
It can also go the other way. You hit a wonky shot and think it might be lost so you hit a provisional into a good position. In the mean time your opponent is in play but is in big trouble and looks like making a double at best. There is nothing stopping him from looking for your ball even if you say don't bother it is lost.
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Depends upon whether the provisional has yet been played from a position that is closer to the hole than where the original lost ball was deemed to be. If it is found before that shot is taken and within the five minutes then yes it is the ball in play.
 
srixon 1 said:
It can also go the other way. You hit a wonky shot and think it might be lost so you hit a provisional into a good position. In the mean time your opponent is in play but is in big trouble and looks like making a double at best. There is nothing stopping him from looking for your ball even if you say don't bother it is lost.
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True and with that in mind has anyone actually looked for an opponent or FC's ball when they've indicated not to bother?
 
The guy was obviously a knxb and you behaved impeccably. I personally would have taken the whole 5 minutes to look for the ball, told him not to take his putt out of turn etc and then said cheers for your help mate! Oh and I would prob made him make every putt after that with no gimme ;) Even two inch putts lol

match play is not just about golf ability it is the physiological side as well, but we're not playing for millions here. If your playing against your mates then I agree that any form of sledging etc is fully allowed as it's for FUN. Club comp, bit different, we have rules of etiquette and let's abide by them, we have a serious side of golf but that should never get in the way of common decency.
 
I always help a FC be it a social knock at the weekend or a big club match. Just good manners and the way I've bee brought up. I'd never stand on a green and just watch a player rummage around on his own. That wouldn't sit right with me
 
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