GRAEMBO
Assistant Pro
Why are you thinking about these guys when you should be thinking of nothing! Not even your swing =P
Get yourself an MP3 player! =D
Get yourself an MP3 player! =D
rage at the range
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Parmo
Tour Winner
We have a small grass range and the one thing than annoys the hell out of me, apart from my swing is the fact I use AD333/NXT Tour and decent lake balls for practice all marked and people wonder over and just start clicking with their crap clicker tubes my decent balls which are marked and leave their crap 15 year Dunlop 65's or if I am lucky a Top Flite!!
bluenose10
Assistant Pro
This is not a personal attack on anyones comments. . . just my own opinion, which may not go down great with everyone but here it goes. I honestly think that people may be a little harsh with so called "chavs and teenagers" at the range. I can understand if they are down there and just messing around. . .but i am betting that most of these people being mentioned in previous posts as all have sets of clubs so must be semi serious about getting better at the game.
just because someone hits the roof or side bit doesn't mean they are messing about it could just mean they are not very good. I recently took my eye off the ball and hit a shot which caught the side of the bay and the local "pro" (teaching next to me) gave me the filthiest look as if i did it on purpose and then proceeded to watch over the rest of my shots (which were fine) until i asked him if he had a problem to which he turned away. . . i find these kind of people, not attacking all Golf Pro's i include club golfers that look down on people because they don't have the same ability as them, the most irritating of them all. . .
At the end of the day like HNJ said these are the places where people go to try the sport and this is what they are designed for. I don't agree with people being a nuisance but i think you need to be reasonable with it. If you have a problem move from the bay to another or don't go to the local muni's driving range. . .
just because someone hits the roof or side bit doesn't mean they are messing about it could just mean they are not very good. I recently took my eye off the ball and hit a shot which caught the side of the bay and the local "pro" (teaching next to me) gave me the filthiest look as if i did it on purpose and then proceeded to watch over the rest of my shots (which were fine) until i asked him if he had a problem to which he turned away. . . i find these kind of people, not attacking all Golf Pro's i include club golfers that look down on people because they don't have the same ability as them, the most irritating of them all. . .
At the end of the day like HNJ said these are the places where people go to try the sport and this is what they are designed for. I don't agree with people being a nuisance but i think you need to be reasonable with it. If you have a problem move from the bay to another or don't go to the local muni's driving range. . .
Parmo
Tour Winner
I think its more of making an effort to look the part rather than the ability to play the part. It doesnt cost much to buy a set of shoes about £15 some trousers & polo from Sports World about £15, so thats £30 on a set of clothes & shoes that will make you feel the part.
There is no excuse for anyone turning up in a shellsuit and trainers unless you are running past the range.
There is no excuse for anyone turning up in a shellsuit and trainers unless you are running past the range.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I don't have a problem with anyone trying to learn, however bad they are, but messing about is messing about. I can see if someone is serious, and if they aren't they shouldn't be there.
bluenose10
Assistant Pro
I don't agree. . . What does it mater at the local muni driving range what someone is wearing. . . granted i don't go to my club in jeans or cargo trousers but would down the local muni's driving range in such after work etc. . .
I think this is where some of the younger mind set see golfers as stuck up and in a bad light . . . like i said messing around is messing around i don't condone that but you have to accept that this may happen at the local muni. . .
I think this is where some of the younger mind set see golfers as stuck up and in a bad light . . . like i said messing around is messing around i don't condone that but you have to accept that this may happen at the local muni. . .
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Ha! Classic!
... I know those guys! they make me laugh the most Don't even go there with the whole "arrogant pro" thing. I did and nearly had to move house!. I think my fellow forumers have me earmarked for a ritual hanging
... but I do agree with you
The most annoying people at the range are not the kids messing around it's the guys who are working on their swing with their mates telling them every swing thought they should be having, what they are doing wrong in their swing and what they should be doing - you just can't help but overhear and have it play on your mind whilst trying to calmly concentrate on your own swing.
Good point made earlier about getting an mp3 player
Not too worried what guys where down the range but it is fairly obvious when they are there to muck about and be disruptive and where they are practicing albeit poorly
Parmo
Tour Winner
Sorry but I play muni golf and don't want to see chavs in tracksuits on the range, why would you turn up at a muni and not your "club" looking like a scruffbag?
RGDave
Money List Winner
Who said anything about ranges and clothing. I wear any old stuff, t-shirts, shorts, you name it.
I've got no problem with folks clothes at the range...who cares. It's the attitude and messing around that gets me.
Thankfully, they shut one side of mine quite regularly, and I just go on that bit....with the permission of my pro, of course. 6 bays to myself, other than the lesson down the far end.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Range is a range.
Course is the course.
Two separate things unless there is a dress code for the range!
If you want to wear "proper" Golf Clothes then carry on. I tend to go in jeans and change my trainers for some old AQL's before I go on. We get loads of idiots trying to out drive each other or even better out drive me! I just ignore them and concenrate on what I'm doing.
Course is the course.
Two separate things unless there is a dress code for the range!
If you want to wear "proper" Golf Clothes then carry on. I tend to go in jeans and change my trainers for some old AQL's before I go on. We get loads of idiots trying to out drive each other or even better out drive me! I just ignore them and concenrate on what I'm doing.
bluenose10
Assistant Pro
Dave - This was where the clothing came into it. . . so thats why i said it shouldn't matter what someone is wearing. Why would you go and get changed after work to go to the driving range, thats my point! Its a driving range where you stand in a bay. . . quite frankly someone next to me has no right to judge what i am wearing and myself likewise.
Parmo - I go to my Club in the correct attire because they are the rules that are set. Local muni's don't have rules on what you wear so noone is doing any harm wearing tracksuit bottoms. . . people could even go in flip flops if they wanted!
Justoneuk - i probably will get slated for my opinion on the "Golf Pro" but i have only met a couple and they have been the same but i appreciate that all "Pros" aren't the same, i am not that narrow minded.
If you can't go down the driving range and deal with some noise then what can you do . . . i don't agree with messing about but at the same time there isn't much i can do and if you can't block out some idiot next to you maybe it's down to your own lack of concentration.
mjsw13
Assistant Pro
Exactly bluenose - if there is no dress code for a driving range, nobody can moan about what people, or 'chavs' are wearing. I think it's a bit out of order judging people on what they are wearing at what is generally a public facility.
I often go to the range in ripped jeans, a normal t-shirt and either trainers or flip-flops - does this make me a 'chav'? I put on flared cords, golf shoes and a polo shirt for golf at my club, I don't like tucking in my shirt but I do as it's a rule. The range and the course - two very different social and physical environments.
If these people really are 'chavs' as it were, then where would you rather they were - at the range hitting a few balls, or on the street kicking your wing mirrors off? People go on and on about the youth of today, causing mayhem, taking drugs and drinking on the streets, yet when they partake in a diversionary activity such as this, there are still people moaning. Golf at the range is far different to on a course, where there are many noises while you're taking your shots, not just 'chavs' goofing around, but the ball machine chucking balls into the baskets, pros (and amateurs) giving people lessons, and up to 70 people whacking the ball at similar times to yourself.
The more people involved in golf, whatever it's form, the better.
Of course, that's just my opinion.
I often go to the range in ripped jeans, a normal t-shirt and either trainers or flip-flops - does this make me a 'chav'? I put on flared cords, golf shoes and a polo shirt for golf at my club, I don't like tucking in my shirt but I do as it's a rule. The range and the course - two very different social and physical environments.
If these people really are 'chavs' as it were, then where would you rather they were - at the range hitting a few balls, or on the street kicking your wing mirrors off? People go on and on about the youth of today, causing mayhem, taking drugs and drinking on the streets, yet when they partake in a diversionary activity such as this, there are still people moaning. Golf at the range is far different to on a course, where there are many noises while you're taking your shots, not just 'chavs' goofing around, but the ball machine chucking balls into the baskets, pros (and amateurs) giving people lessons, and up to 70 people whacking the ball at similar times to yourself.
The more people involved in golf, whatever it's form, the better.
Of course, that's just my opinion.
Gustavo
Head Pro
Sorry , but I don't see any need for 'dressing up' for going down the range. As others are saying, at the course and club there are dress codes and rules, and I strictly abide by them, but down the range, who cares what your wearing ?
I mostly wear combats, trainers and a polo shirt for the range, maybe a jumper and wooly hat in the winter. Anyone who turns up in all the gear looks a bit a prat in my opinion. You don't go down the range tarted up like a peacock !
I admit that when I've had my 3 lessons, I've made more of an effort - golf trousers, a polo, but still trainers. The pro said to me always wear any shoes that are comfortable at the range, but not golf shoes on the mats because they alter your height enough to affect your swing.
Just my opinion.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Ah ha, Gustavo, bit of a problem with your and you're in the above post.
Pot and kettle?
Pot and kettle?
