What’s the worst display of etiquette you have ever witnessed?

Hobbit said:
Playing an inter-club league match my opponent and caddy probably said half a dozen words all the way round. We were stood on the 17th tee, me being 1up. I put my tee shot in the middle of the fairway, and he carves his into the cabbage down the right. We walk down there and look for his ball. No joy, so both him and his caddy walk back to the tee and reload whilst I wait by the side of the fairway at driving distance. He carves his 2nd ball into the cabbage, then him and his caddy turn round and walk off the course leaving me stood up the fairway. No walk up the fairway to shake hands etc. By the time I reach the bar they're sat with the rest of their team supping...

Me, gently steaming at gas mark 7, proceed to tell him exactly what I think of him and his behaviour whilst our Captain and their Captain try and calm things down. It was an interesting post match meal...
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Thats sounds awesome, would of loved to seen you tell him what you thought of him in front of everyone. :D
 
I'm guilty of being in my own little world and walking straight to my ball whilst my friend is just about to take his shot. I'll have a srixon stamped into the back of my head soon!
 
garyinderry said:
whilst playing with my brother and cousin (wearing a pink top) at my brothers place, a call came out, "oi pink top" ! we all looked around to see a young lad mooning him!


luckily it was just a local skip rat and not anyone actually playing!
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That's actually quite amusing :D
 
6inchcup said:
the list could be endless,talking as your opponents take their shot,using a phone on the course,having your shirt out of your trousers/shorts,not wearing proper golf attire,2 players using one bag of clubs,going out of turn on the tee,closest to the pin not removing the flag or removing the flag then just dropping it on the green,not saying hello to the captain when you see him (once only then use his name),or like the bloke I played against at SUTTON HALL keep belching and breaking wind just when I was about to putt,soon stopped when on the fourth green I stood up and demanded he farted or burped before I lined my putt up and I would wait till he had done it,stood there for 5 mins waiting before he apologised.
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Wow mate, most of the things you mentioned would not bother me at all, surely something worse than the above has happened to you? I will give you the farter, that would do my head in!
 
Me and a couple of lads were playing at a free golf day the first time I played Alyth, and on the 13th we seen two younger players and a guy who must of been their dad at the 13th tee. We were about to play our approach shots and we were only about 50 yards from the green, but we waved them on through as we were guests and they seemed fast players. As they passed us they completely blanked all three of us! Not even a nod or anything, like we didn't exist! They quickly putted out as we watched in disbelief and actually ran on to the next tee like they were against the clock! Grrrrrrrr! Our threeball went round in a fair time that day, and I am usually quite a fast paced player, but running on to a tee? What are parents teaching their kids these days?
 
stevie_r said:
That bit in bold is not a breach of etiquette, against the dress code at some clubs, granted, but nothing to do with etiquette.
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playing in Kenya a couple of years back, the caddy master, I think he was, shouted at me across a full hole away to tuck my shirt in as it was out at the back, only me and my mate and our two caddies on the course, we thought it was rather funny,
 
Hobbit said:
I was playing for Flixton in the Nth Cheshire league, and it wasn't against Davyhulme...
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Glad to hear it! and whoever he played for he needed telling!

Theres idiots everywhere though, some guy at our place walked off at the weekend 5 holes into a board comp medal because apparently his playing partners werent helping him look for his ball :rofl:
 
I've been fortunate to avoid the kind of idiots in the posts to date. Had a few issue with guys jingling tees, coins etc as I've been putting during matches and played with the odd club chucker but touch wood nothing too untoward
 
another one ...


playing the 9th at my old place. quite a bit back as it was into the wind. blind shot over a small hill. you can just see the flag poking up. I pull out my hybrid, take aim and smack.

as I look up, to my disbelieve a granny pushing a pram comes over the brow of the hill as my ball wizzes past her head from 150 yards. excuse my French, but the silly out bat was taking her grandchild down to see the swans by the lake at the 10th and thought that walking past the 9th green was the best way for her to get there.

I couldn't get angry with her as it was beyond senseless. I did tell her that she was in great danger doing what she has just done. she mumbled something and continued on her merry way.

my heart was beating hard in my chest :mad:
 
I was once stood on the 13th tee at Southampton Muni when there was some sort of disagreement between the 2 guys in front of me on the fairway and another guy on the adjacent 6th fairway. This big gorilla of a guy waddles across from the 6th straight up to one of the 2 guys, puts him flat on his back with one headbutt and casually turns round and walks back to play his shot.

I wouldn't have minded if the 2 guys in front had called me through while he recovered :sbox:
 
macca64 said:
playing in Kenya a couple of years back, the caddy master, I think he was, shouted at me across a full hole away to tuck my shirt in as it was out at the back, only me and my mate and our two caddies on the course, we thought it was rather funny,
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Reminds me of when i was in the Royal Navy, playing a round at the The Bombay Presidency Golf Club in about 2007.

The course is pretty decent but being in Mumbai, is pretty much surrounded by a shanty town. About half way into the round the Captain of my ship (whose four ball was made up of a load of big wigs from the British consulate) approached me in a rather pompous manner and told me to smarten myself up.

The reason for this was because

1. The Navy prides itself on having a very smart private and public appearance and bearing.

2. The Royal Navy is full of cantankerous old throbbers, who relish being completely jobsworthy in every scenario possible. Especially when dressing down a member of the lower orders.......

and finally

3. My shirt was literally hanging out by about 2 inches at the back

His exact words were along the lines of

"i was in danger of bringing the Ships golf team into disrepute" as the course we were playing "demanded the utmost etiquette and respect of all who grace her turf" (or some gubbings like that)

I of course obeyed his order straight away

When i pointed out that it was a mistake due to the 100% humidity and 40 degree temperatures, he was pretty unimpressed.

However he soon lost his steely cool when i then pointed out that a local member of the public was pretty much fully naked, having a cr@p in a bush about 50 yards away.

:ears:

No wonder the "turf was in such good nick"

:whistle:
 
Not the worst, but was irritated by poor etiquette this week, but maybe I made things worse....

Playing in a mixed 4 ball- the men have walked back to their tee and we ladies have walked slightly forward of the previous green but way off to the side and we are standing under some trees safely out of the way as one of our chaps can be a bit wayward.
The group behind play to previous green, and ball hits the small tree we are standing under and drops 2 feet away from us. No shout or anything. I yell "fore" so they realise what they did (or failed to do...)

We ladies tee off and the errant golfer meets our menfolk as they walk down from their tee. Their only comment "I lost it" No apology or anything.
Then as we are well down that fairway they tee off - straight this time- and yell Fore sarcastically after each tee shot.
 
Played with one of our low handicap players a few years ago and had to stifle a laugh after he duffed a chip shot. His next shot knocked one of the legs clean off his stand bag.
 
Captainron said:
Shouting back to your playing partner that the flag is at the back of the green just as he reaches the top of his swing? :o
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hovis said:
Brilliant
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:rofl:

R3: do you remember if blue flags were middle or back?
CR: not sure. Hang on I'll run up and look. (Runs off)
R3: don't worry, I'll just play for the middle.
(CR carries on running)

As stated, CR shouts at the top of my swing where the flag is. I try to stop my swing a la TW avoiding killing a bird but don't quite manage it and knob my ball 45 degrees left about 30yds away in the deep rough.

Oh how we laughed.
 
Region3 said:
:rofl:

R3: do you remember if blue flags were middle or back?
CR: not sure. Hang on I'll run up and look. (Runs off)
R3: don't worry, I'll just play for the middle.
(CR carries on running)

As stated, CR shouts at the top of my swing where the flag is. I try to stop my swing a la TW avoiding killing a bird but don't quite manage it and knob my ball 45 degrees left about 30yds away in the deep rough.

Oh how we laughed.
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I laughed my socks off when CR posted, and thought of his timing on Sunday....
 
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