Libzy
Newbie
I was playing a round on Saturday and as you can expect with the weather the course was packed and playing slow. We were held up from the 3rd hole as the group in front seemed to be making the most of the players in front being slow and would seem to dawdle up the fairway.
This is not really a problem as you kind of expect play to be slow. However on the 10th tee, we saw the two guys standing on the crest of a hill playing their 2nd shots. They then dissapeared over the hill. Having won the last hole it was my honour, but with my two friends hitting a 5 wood and 4 iron off the tee I let them go first.
Now assuming that the two players would now be long gone as 2-3 minutes had passed since we saw them go over the hill with no indication of them being there I fired my drive up and over the hill.
To my suprised upon waling up the fairway my ball was only 150 yards or so up there. I was very confused by this and my friends insisted it wasn't my ball, but I knew it was. Very confused I continued to play the hole and was taken aback when on teh next tee the two guys we had seen go over the hill told us in a not so polite way that we needed to slow down as we drove in between them as they were standing near the bunker just over the hill.
Naturally I was taken back by the fact they had taken it upon themselves to throw my ball back down the fairway. not taking into account that they had gone out of sight knowing we were behind them leaving no indication that they were in range. This they actually did several times dissapearing into trees off the fairway and standing out of sight when we were ready to take our shots, which led to me being too scared to use my driver off the tee instead hitting a 5 wood or less in case they happened to be there.
My question is what would anyone else have done in our situation. Would you assume that the players having gone out of sight knowing they are over a blind hill or round a blind dog leg had gone and hit your shot. or wait longer risking slowing play even more, just in case? And in similar situations, do you let it be known to the players behind that you are still there by leaving some kind of indication, such as a bag or making sure you stand in view of the players behind?
I am just curious as this seems like the kind of situation that could happen to a lot of players out there.
This is not really a problem as you kind of expect play to be slow. However on the 10th tee, we saw the two guys standing on the crest of a hill playing their 2nd shots. They then dissapeared over the hill. Having won the last hole it was my honour, but with my two friends hitting a 5 wood and 4 iron off the tee I let them go first.
Now assuming that the two players would now be long gone as 2-3 minutes had passed since we saw them go over the hill with no indication of them being there I fired my drive up and over the hill.
To my suprised upon waling up the fairway my ball was only 150 yards or so up there. I was very confused by this and my friends insisted it wasn't my ball, but I knew it was. Very confused I continued to play the hole and was taken aback when on teh next tee the two guys we had seen go over the hill told us in a not so polite way that we needed to slow down as we drove in between them as they were standing near the bunker just over the hill.
Naturally I was taken back by the fact they had taken it upon themselves to throw my ball back down the fairway. not taking into account that they had gone out of sight knowing we were behind them leaving no indication that they were in range. This they actually did several times dissapearing into trees off the fairway and standing out of sight when we were ready to take our shots, which led to me being too scared to use my driver off the tee instead hitting a 5 wood or less in case they happened to be there.
My question is what would anyone else have done in our situation. Would you assume that the players having gone out of sight knowing they are over a blind hill or round a blind dog leg had gone and hit your shot. or wait longer risking slowing play even more, just in case? And in similar situations, do you let it be known to the players behind that you are still there by leaving some kind of indication, such as a bag or making sure you stand in view of the players behind?
I am just curious as this seems like the kind of situation that could happen to a lot of players out there.