New Debate

[vig]

My mobile sits in the car, switched off. I use it to tell HID that I am on my way home and it is then switched off until my next round. Prissy prissy if you like.

I phone my missus up as i'm leaving the clubhouse and she has timed the opening of the gates and garage door to perfection.

 

[CVG]

MikeH,

apologies if I have not understood your comments, but I still find the use of phones intrusive.
Perhaps we could have a poll amongst the forum, how many are playing golf when they should be working? I for one can honestly say never, if I'm playing golf I'm not working, and in that case the phone is switched off and I try and enjoy the game.

 

[RGDave]

No....No....NO.

I'm so utterly fed up with mobiles and users who put their needs before others.

I went to spend a large amount of money the other day.

Mr. Hollister: Just how obscene an amount of cash are we talking about here? Profane or really offensive?
Edward Lewis: Really offensive.
Mr. Hollister: I like him so much.

Halfway through negotiations, the salesman's phone went off.
He said "you mind if I get this?" but didn't let me reply and just did it......

I explained my lack of appreciation of his manner and left, empty handed.

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Mobiles for emergency users only. The rest should have them on silent in their bag and check it at a discrete moment.

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Sorry.

 

[Brom]

I'm a ex air ambulance pilot and will always carry a phone on the golf course purely for emergency situations. During my short time with the air ambulance I attended four call outs to heart attack victims taken ill while playng golf. Not all were 'coffin dodgers' as you might suspect, one was a 25 year old male. However, the paramedics managed to save three of the four, the one who died was the one where no-one in the group he was with had a mobile phone. By the time one of them got to the clubhouse to dial 999 it was too late.
So. no matter what the rules say, I will always have my phone with me. It may be swithed off, or on silent, but it will be in my bag.
I wonder what the legal position would be if a club banns phones and someone dies because help could not be summoned quickly enough. Hmmm...

 

[backwoodsman]

I'm a ex air ambulance pilot and will always carry a phone on the golf course purely for emergency situations. During my short time with the air ambulance I attended four call outs to heart attack victims taken ill while playng golf. Not all were 'coffin dodgers' as you might suspect, one was a 25 year old male. However, the paramedics managed to save three of the four, the one who died was the one where no-one in the group he was with had a mobile phone. By the time one of them got to the clubhouse to dial 999 it was too late.
So. no matter what the rules say, I will always have my phone with me. It may be swithed off, or on silent, but it will be in my bag.
I wonder what the legal position would be if a club banns phones and someone dies because help could not be summoned quickly enough. Hmmm...

Aw c'mon - I doubt anyone - even me - would quibble about carrying a silent phone that can be whipped out in a genuine emergency.

Indeed I carry mine (switched off) on the course - as I'd rather it with me than have it nicked from out the car. The "but" is that with very few exceptions, no-one really needs a phone on the course. Life can be managed without one.

 

[viscount17]

I have to admit that I interpret a phone switched off or on silent as 'no phone'. I will also admit to making a call on the course but stepped away from the tee and let following groups through.

But,I have also encountered the guy who was continually making/taking business calls and paced the tee while he did so, letting no-one through and blanking anyone who dared suggest he do so.

Drawback to changing the rules is that while most will still have a mobile available, make them 'legal' and some prat will want his laptop too.

 

[CrapHacker]

Have the rule in place. People will ignore it, of course. And as long as they are being subtle, and not affecting anyone else, noone will call them up for it.

But if someone is taking the proverbial, then the weapon is there, in place, ready to deal with it.

Weaken the rule. Someone will take the mickey, a few more will copy, and then standards drop.

People will always go along with the lowest acceptable standard ( eventually ). So keep standards high, and everyone benefits ( even those who sneakily keep an eye on theirs ).

 

[Herbie]

What a great disaster life on the golf course must have been before the mobile phone? This includes the eras where just about everything good was created or invented, oh how difficult it must have been during the industrial revolution to play a round unless you employed about a 100 runners for every eventuality you may come across.

Tell someone at the office and at your home where you are for the next 4 hrs and then switch it off, you will find that the earth will still revolve and your family will learn qualities they need, like independance for one.

Welcome to the modern era, we use a metal called titanium now for driver heads. AMAZING EH

I dont understand how your post relates to mine Brendan? but so long as you know whats going on in the grey cells, then thats fine by me.

 

[Herbie]

RGDave has the right idea, I remember being in a music store, I only went for one CD, but asking at the desk I too got the ignorant gum chewing phone lover. So knowing they work off commission, I went round and collected about 50 CD's and made sure I got the same person (who's eyes lit up), I waited till they had rung the lot into the till, then casually pretended to answer the phone, then tuned to themand said "Sorry I have to go, aint answering the phone a bitch?"

 

[Wildrover]

I played the International course at The London Club recently and they had signs on the holes just before you went past the halfway house encouraging you to use your mobile to ring them on the number stated on the sign and pre-order your drinks / food. Never seen that anywhere else.

I always have my phone in my bag either off or on silent, usually off. I'm glad I had it on me about 18 months ago when one of the old boys in the group in front had a heart attack. We rang for an ambulance and he made a full recovery. If I'd had to run to the clubhouse for a phone we'd have needed 2 ambulances.

 

[wrighty]

I have a similar situation to Brom, i.e. I am often on call and keep the phone on vibrate. Being on call is the perfect opportunity to get on the golf course, as, for me, I'm rarely called out.

The mobile phone situation calls for rules whereby they can be interpreted sensibly, such that genuinely important calls can be taken. This would be better than the current practise of being flatly prohibitive for all circumstances.

REMEMBER: rules are meant only for the guidance of wise men.

 

[viscount17]

I have a similar situation to Brom, i.e. I am often on call and keep the phone on vibrate. Being on call is the perfect opportunity to get on the golf course, as, for me, I'm rarely called out.

The mobile phone situation calls for rules whereby they can be interpreted sensibly, such that genuinely important calls can be taken. This would be better than the current practise of being flatly prohibitive for all circumstances.

REMEMBER: rules are meant only for the guidance of wise men.

I can sympathise but just who is to be the arbiter of what constitutes a genuinely important call?

sadly common sense is very uncommon