Parsaregood
Head Pro
It would be of no interest to many people and would bore many people to death including the bar staff. Zzzzzzz. Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz
Running a rules night
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SAPCOR1
Journeyman Pro
As I said, in my opinion
SAPCOR1
Journeyman Pro
They would be too busy serving the cheese and wine 😬
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
We had one with Barry Rhodes , i think it was a great night , only bout 40 turned up , think some were afraid they be asked questions & be shown up ..
All you can do is try Louise , you can bring the animals to the water but ya cant make them drink it .. good luck ..
All you can do is try Louise , you can bring the animals to the water but ya cant make them drink it .. good luck ..
snell
Journeyman Pro
I would definitely have found something like this quite interesting when I was a new member
It is astounding how many players don't know even the most basic of rules.
It is astounding how many players don't know even the most basic of rules.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Lets face it its each to their own, some would find it interesting, some not. No right or wrong about it, if its optional.
Good luck with it, Louise, good to see someone trying to give summat back to the club.
40 bottles of blue nun and the EU dairylea mountain, and you'll be packing em in. :thup:
Good luck with it, Louise, good to see someone trying to give summat back to the club.
40 bottles of blue nun and the EU dairylea mountain, and you'll be packing em in. :thup:
upsidedown
Tour Winner
What are you doing pouncing about with wine when a perfectly acceptable bitter is served
upsidedown
Tour Winner
So you'd be quite happy following four newcomers who got out the rule book at every element of doubt
Or perhaps as they then called you through you could suggest to them , why not attend the up and coming rules night as I'll be there imparting my vast knowledge of all rules and the universe and beyond PS TFIC :thup:
Parsaregood
Head Pro
So you'd be quite happy following four newcomers who got out the rule book at every element of doubt
PS TFIC :thup:
And I'm sure these new recruits will remember much of what was explained to them, I'm pretty sure they would still be checking the pocket book. It is not possible to explain the rules of golf in a rules night, there are too many and also different ways you can approach one situation. A rules night is utterly pointless
SAPCOR1
Journeyman Pro
What are you doing pouncing about with wine when a perfectly acceptable bitter is served
With the low blood/alcohol limits in Scotland it will be Irn Bru 😋
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Now you're talking , nectar of the Gods 😀
nickjdavis
Head Pro
This is utter claptrap.
If done properly a rules night ran by someone who knows how to deliver such an evening in an informative entertaining fashion can do so much to educate golfers both old and new as to the rules. Watching golf on the TV has got to be an awful way to learn the rules as many tour events are governed by the Tour "Hard Card" which often puts in places rules that simply don't apply or are not relevant at most players clubs.
The two events I've organised were both attended by in excess of 40 people at my club and to a man everyone said how much they enjoyed it and how much they learned. I've even been asked recently by several members when we plan to organise another one.
As I said in my original response though.... it does all depend on getting the right person to deliver the event.
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Not for the first and I expect the last time the statement highlight is a complete pile of poo !!
I haven't learned one rule from watching the comps on telly , learned by researching and also attending a very successful Rules night which included a quiz
They may not be to your taste but they are clearly not a waste of time
nickjdavis
Head Pro
The objective isn't to explain every single rule. One of the key things that often comes out of such events is that folks learn how to use the rule book in first place..... and for many that means learning that a lot of the rules become a whole lot easier to understand when they understand that there is a definitions section even before you get to the main rules sections. Within an hour or so it is quite possible to pas on a lot of the fundamentals in a way that is far more likely to stick than spending three or four hours with your head buried in the book.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Exactly, its just like saying to learn the rules of footy, watch premiership refs.
mikejohnchapman
Challenge Tour Pro
I agree with the comments about making it a social evening - if they are new members it's also a chance to network.
A fun quiz is a good ice-breaker. From memory Barry Rhodes publishes some quizes for a modest fee.
If you can get the right county referee it can be good fun. Sadly I recall one degenerating into a punch-up a few years ago but even that was entertaining for a while.
Most experienced players think they know the rules but newer players could well be grateful for a chance to learn and avoid embarrasment.
A fun quiz is a good ice-breaker. From memory Barry Rhodes publishes some quizes for a modest fee.
If you can get the right county referee it can be good fun. Sadly I recall one degenerating into a punch-up a few years ago but even that was entertaining for a while.
Most experienced players think they know the rules but newer players could well be grateful for a chance to learn and avoid embarrasment.
Alex1975
Tour Winner
What do we tell people when they ask how they should start their children off in golf - "keep it fun"! It would be good advice for new members too. Yes they need to know the rules but if they just joined, are offered a rules night, feel they have to go cos they are new and want to do the right thing... Stuffy golf club with someone preaching... Oh gosh, we have got to move this sport forward. We just have too many people of a type that just is so repelling.
Edit: What we should do is get all club owners and the like and put them in a room and tell them how people in the rest of the world and other sports want to behave and dress, the etiquette of being a human outside a very old, stuffy, non-inclusive, backwards thinking sport. You never know, they might be able to stop the rot and make a business out of their clubs.
Edit: What we should do is get all club owners and the like and put them in a room and tell them how people in the rest of the world and other sports want to behave and dress, the etiquette of being a human outside a very old, stuffy, non-inclusive, backwards thinking sport. You never know, they might be able to stop the rot and make a business out of their clubs.
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SAPCOR1
Journeyman Pro
Good post Alex1975
upsidedown
Tour Winner
At our Junior sessions on a Saturday after there are around 20-25 every time and last season as part of their session they had asked if they could have a rules session. We had ( alas has now left ) a very good assistant pro and he was able with the aid of our English referee to teach them. Has also stood those who have gone on to play in the Pee Wee tour good stead.
As for the bit in bold I've not really seen that of late, of the 50+ clubs I visited last year only one would come close to your view and in deed on the day our society visited them they relaxed the jacket and tie rule.
louise_a
Money List Winner
Well I have done it and seemed to be pretty well received by all, despite my misgiving after reading all the negative comments on here.
