Why go out on the 18?????

hortonwill

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I appreciate that everyone has the right to play at my club, its a muni that you can join. I mind the old-boys in a four ball bumping the ball 50yrds at a time, i only slightly get annoyed at the groups of women hitting full-blooded drives 100yrds.
I do however hate the snooty groups teeing off 'primetime' that literally cannot hit a ball and then when they get to the green smack it from one side to another, the trouble is they barely ever let you through even though i normally play in a two-ball! probable because of the thousands of pounds worth of kit in their bags they always seem to have.we were stuck behind the above group today and were always waiting on the tee 5-10minutes while they were playing.
ive got not problem with poor golfers but when i was learning i never dreamt of going out on the 18, baring in mind we have a 9 and two par 3s

sorry rant over
 
Grim....

At my muni (long-since left, moved area) there were times at the weekend "blocked off" for "members". i.i.r.c. it was 7-9 (or 10) on weekend mornings. Anyone turning up for a game had to start on the 9th. Always worked for us>>?

Are these groups "members"? does such a thing exist at yours? We had a strict regime and the members rarely played before or after others who didn't know what they were doing.
 
When I played at a muni in hamilton I watched a dad and son out playing one day and sharing the bag of clubs. The wee guys shouted he needed a 7 iron and his dad flung it the width of the fairway hitting the son on the shoulder.


Wait for it.



I shouted

FORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The dad was not laughing. Tw4t.
 
Sadly I think your plight is repeated up and down the country at municiple courses every weekend. I guess if the course doesn't have a members block of times and everyone just books a time then they have the same right to be there as you having paid there cash. That said, I agree it can be annoying especially if they don't understand the etiquette of letting quicker groups through if they lose their place on the course.

Not sure what to suggest. There are plenty of private members clubs where there are the same old faces who go out at the same time every weekend. We have a group of 10-20 who go out at 7.30 and are painfully slow and sadly set the pace for the whole course. They never let anyone through. We have also debated on here senior members particularly midweek who think because they no longer work have the right to the course. Of course that doesn't apply to 95% of senior members who I have always found friendly and accommodating when looking for a round but there are some that would rather die and then let anyone through.
 
trouble is i dont think the club makes alot, even though they have a 36 bay range and a AG, and so its basically quite a big complex they still do things like let buggys out even in the weather we had two weeks ago! they course was wrecked. So i dunno if they would consider member times....
 
Staying at the driving range is boring! you dont know what your missing till you set foot on the golf course its self! I wish i started playing on course earlier !
 
Its the way of the world in many ways, learning golf to me used to mean, practice somewhere other than golf courses (there were less then) guidance by a mentor if you like, keeping out of everyones way until you learned to play and the rules of etiquete and basic rules of play, then join a club if a member puts you forward.

Today its no more than, watch Tiger on TV, get inspired, buy some sticks, go to nearest club that will let you loose regardless, and smack golf ball about and F*** the rules and consideration for others.

And that is basically how it works these days.
 
It can be worse on a course that take a lot of holiday traffic. It is here that you get the "Holiday Golfer" that strange breed who is often willing to tee off at ridiculously early hours to get their golf in and still have time for a day on the beach.

I had the pleasure of playing at Brodick on Arran one summer holiday. Minor problem with dates meant we were there overlapping the start of the Glasgow Fair. I teed off behind a fourball who had probably only gotten off the ferry two hours previously. Played 1,2 & 3 and then watched in disbelief as the fourball joined the twoball waiting for them on the 4th tee. The twoball having sneaked on at the first opportunity out of sight of the clubhouse. The 4th is a short par3 over a wide(when the tide is in) burn. 5 of the six players found the burn ! The youngest was then dispatched, minus trousers, into the burn to try and retrieve the balls and to try and find others for the holidays golf!

I cut out 5-7 and played on out into the rest of the course. I was playing well past the trurn before I saw this motley crew again, still attacking the course as a six ball.

They probably had a great time, but they probably hadn't set foot on a course since the previous summers last round.

Oh the joys of the holiday golfer!
 
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