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Would this wind you up?
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Rooter
Money List Winner
being an erratic golfer, I have spent my fair share of time on the incorrect fairway! I will always wait by the side of fw and would never play my ball without being invited to by the group playing on their fairway in a situation where who should play next is in question. 9/10 they want me off their fairway asap, so i go forth and chomp it another 50 yards in vaguely the right direction.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
why does the fact you are playing in the medal and him in a bounce game (you assume) have any bearing on this?
jamielaing
Q-School Graduate
Personally I try to be courteous to all on the golf course. If they are playing in a comp I am even more likely to do so. In no way do I mean I should have priority because I am in the medal. I do however feel I should have priority because he is on my fairway.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
This is exactly the reason IMO why people struggle to perform in medals sometimes. Its not the US bloody Open, just play your round of golf and dont put more pressure on yourself.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Fair enough
not sure there is a priority thing, you'll find its a lot easier on yourself and mindset if you just let the other guy go each time imo
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Rooter
Money List Winner
Erratic? you've improved
I was trying to boost my ego, wish the ball would stop on the adjacent fairway! In reality, i'm trying to fire second shots back from further afield!
MendieGK
Tour Winner
i've missed numerous adjacent fairways gives me a 'good line in'
Rooter
Money List Winner
Be prepared for that line to come out a lot on Monday if we get teamed up together!
jpjeffery
Assistant Pro
But all that definitely tells them is that you were playing from the white tees, not that you were playing in a comp...
It's a minor point though, he should have waited, I'm with you on that point.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Unless the group on the right hole are already taking their shots, I've always thought it best for the stray to play and get gone first (especially if they are ahead of you), since while they are waiting for the other group, play can back up behind them.
It probably would annoy me though if the other guy played while I was trying to play.
Not the same, but similar, it annoys me when the group behind tee off before I've played my second shot. Yes, they might not be able to reach me, but I don't know that when I hear the thud of a ball landing behind me at the top of my backswing!
It probably would annoy me though if the other guy played while I was trying to play.
Not the same, but similar, it annoys me when the group behind tee off before I've played my second shot. Yes, they might not be able to reach me, but I don't know that when I hear the thud of a ball landing behind me at the top of my backswing!
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
It would have wound me up a bit to be honest, especially as you were ahead of him on the course. You'd think he'd have let you go to keep the speed of play up front going.
If he had been in front of me, I would have let him go first for the same reason.
If he had been in front of me, I would have let him go first for the same reason.
Craigg
Q-School Graduate
Is the correct answer for me also. Gets rid of that little ear worm that keeps telling you someone is watching and waiting.
Some baffling responses to this one, and I feel a bit sorry of the OP who's being treated as a naughty - or at least foolish - schoolboy by some.
The other guy was 100% in the wrong. It has always been the case that if you stray on to another fairway you wait until those playing that hole have either played first or invited you to play before them if they so desire. In the absence of any such an invite you wait until they have played and gone.
What the OP 'should have, could have' done is almost irrelevant as the other guy was completely in the wrong.
The other guy was 100% in the wrong. It has always been the case that if you stray on to another fairway you wait until those playing that hole have either played first or invited you to play before them if they so desire. In the absence of any such an invite you wait until they have played and gone.
What the OP 'should have, could have' done is almost irrelevant as the other guy was completely in the wrong.
chrisd
Major Champion
Yep, makes sound sense to me!
jamielaing
Q-School Graduate
I would say he was in the wrong, some have mentioned that if he is in the group ahead I should have let him go, he wasn't as was on the hole behind. Others that as a courtesy I should let him go first but as a courtesy maybe he should've let me go first.
I do however take some people's point and that, if I had let him go or paid more attention to what he was doing, this problem would not have happened, regardless of fault.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
How ?
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I suppose it’s best to view the other player is as much of an interference/potential threat to a shot as a groundskeeper running round on a tractor, non playing walkers on the course, even an FC not paying attention
But if I’m on a wrong fairway I’ll just wait or get the go-ahead from the players on the correct hole before proceeding (doesn’t matter whose group is in front of whom)
But if I’m on a wrong fairway I’ll just wait or get the go-ahead from the players on the correct hole before proceeding (doesn’t matter whose group is in front of whom)
