Craggles89
Assistant Pro
So I hit the range this morning, to put some new swing thoughts to action after a 3 month break, and somebody happened to ruin a perfectly good session for me. I started off reasonably well, just warming up with some chips and half shots and then this fella comes along and sets up camp in the bay next to me. Not a problem, there was only 4 of us in a 50 bay range, but I'll let the fact he chose the bay next to me slide. Then as I was lining up using the mirror behind me I see out the corner of my eye him sitting on the bench behind MY bay watching my shots, crunching on some crisps, rustling a chocolate bar and slurping on a coffee! Put me under pressure, but then decided to use it to my advantage as this is a flaw of mine when people watch me on the course, but I started striping every shot long and straight so held onto my tongue a little longer and went with it!
Then he decided to start hitting, which I thought will give me a break, but oh no. There was two outcomes with this guy, a good shot, which caused a loud tennis like grunt, or a bad shot which was followed by the C word! Very off putting!
He would hit 10 balls sit down and watch me, hit another 10 and repeat. And the last straw was once I had hit my final ball, he started to peer over into my bay, I put my head cover on my driver and span around to see him at the edge of my bay with all his stuff in hand asking if I was finished here, whilst walking onto the mat I was standing on before I had even picked up my keys and phone!
Ok, I was finished, and I know this isn't a course, but we all play this game and know its about common decency, respect and etiquette, I decided to hold my tongue as I was indeed leaving, but wondered what you all thought in terms of peoples etiquette at the range and whether to expect more or just understand its for anyone to go whack some balls?
Rant over!
Then he decided to start hitting, which I thought will give me a break, but oh no. There was two outcomes with this guy, a good shot, which caused a loud tennis like grunt, or a bad shot which was followed by the C word! Very off putting!
He would hit 10 balls sit down and watch me, hit another 10 and repeat. And the last straw was once I had hit my final ball, he started to peer over into my bay, I put my head cover on my driver and span around to see him at the edge of my bay with all his stuff in hand asking if I was finished here, whilst walking onto the mat I was standing on before I had even picked up my keys and phone!
Ok, I was finished, and I know this isn't a course, but we all play this game and know its about common decency, respect and etiquette, I decided to hold my tongue as I was indeed leaving, but wondered what you all thought in terms of peoples etiquette at the range and whether to expect more or just understand its for anyone to go whack some balls?
Rant over!
