Opponents asking for yardages

[Rumpokid]

Are you obliged to tell the truth?

Not 100%,but by giving false information,and found out committee could D/Q you from competition i think.

 

[jp5]

I guess if you're the win-at-all-costs kind of person I can see why you would refuse.

Personally I'd rather win on the merit of my golf than denying stats to the opposition.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I generally say before a round that I have a laser and tell my FCs that if they need a yardage any time they can ask.

Good etiquette Sir! and should become the accepted etiquette.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

In a bounce game no probs , I would probably tell them before they ask , in a medal or match play comp they can foxtrot oscar

Naughty - IMO...and so on every hole I would start pacing yardages to the flag. I suspect you'd get pretty cheesed off with me pretty darn quickly.

The only reason you wouldn't give me a yardage is that you feel you have an advantage over me - and yet I am assured that use of a DMD or other device does not give the user an advantage.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

The problem is most people who ask for yardages are in the I don't need a GPS or laser club or are too tight too buy there own.

I will give yardages from my S3 with no problem though and often announce the yardage on par 3's if I know someone hadn't got a yardage device.

 

[CMAC]

Naughty - IMO...and so on every hole I would start pacing yardages to the flag. I suspect you'd get pretty cheesed off with me pretty darn quickly.

The only reason you wouldn't give me a yardage is that you feel you have an advantage over me - and yet I am assured that use of a DMD or other device does not give the user an advantage.

..OR, he could just be a git!









:smirk:

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The problem is most people who ask for yardages are in the I don't need a GPS or laser club or are too tight too buy there own.

What other reasons are there for not having one. The only other I can think of is that for some they undermine an aspect of playing the game. I deduce that there are some out there who would give me a yardage if I lied and pretended that I had forgotten mine or it was broke? Otherwise nope! really?

 

[dotty001]

Naughty - IMO...and so on every hole I would start pacing yardages to the flag. I suspect you'd get pretty cheesed off with me pretty darn quickly.

The only reason you wouldn't give me a yardage is that you feel you have an advantage over me - and yet I am assured that use of a DMD or other device does not give the user an advantage.

Why so , if you want to know the yardages so much get yer own , they are easily available now less than the price of a fancy new driver

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

..OR, he could just be a git!









:smirk:

He might be a git - but he still must think it gives him an advantage over one-without.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Why so , if you want to know the yardages so much get yer own , they are easily available now less than the price of a fancy new driver

nah - don't want to go down that avenue of debate.

 

[ger147]

Happy to give yardages whether using a DMD or one of my heavily annotated Stroke Savers.

 

[Allanxyz]

Got a garmin watch at the end of last year, but haven't really played much since unfortunately. I'd like to think I'd be happy to give yardages, but on the other hand I've a sneaky feeling I might get a bit annoyed if they asked me on every shot... I'd start to feel like their caddy!

 

[Stuey01]

Naughty - IMO...and so on every hole I would start pacing yardages to the flag. I suspect you'd get pretty cheesed off with me pretty darn quickly.

The only reason you wouldn't give me a yardage is that you feel you have an advantage over me - and yet I am assured that use of a DMD or other device does not give the user an advantage.

Presumably given your stance on these devices you would never have asked him. So he wouldn't have had the opportunity to tell you to F off?

 

[SaintHacker]

Naughty - IMO...and so on every hole I would start pacing yardages to the flag. I suspect you'd get pretty cheesed off with me pretty darn quickly.

I can see it now
'486, 487, 48...bugger, lost count. Won't be minute...'

 

[swanny32]

I always offer to buzz the flag for them if they don't have a DMD, if I'm playing match play in one of our team competitions against another club though, not a chance.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I once played with a chap who tutted at my use of my Garmin and said he thought they should be banned.
Shortly after, when unable to spot a distance marker, he had the nerve to ask me what my watch said!!

I played in a match last week where my partner and I had kit and our opponents didn't .
We shared the info on every hole.

 

[AmandaJR]

Happy enough to give the yardage if asked and also will ask "do you want a yardage" if they seem to be struggling to see a marker etc. Think I'd get a bit narked if I was asked every time though and also draw the line at trotting across/down fairways to give accurate yardages - unless it's a friendly game.

 

[beggsy]

If in a club comp an your not my 4bbb partner you wont be getting told simple as that buy one if you need to know distance

 

[chrisd]

I would always give a yardage but no one is obliged to do so!

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Not got a problem with it at all.

Not yet used my Sky Caddie watch in match play but just knowing the distance still leaves your opponent with the task of completing the shot.