clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Greenside is the most likely place for a shank as we open the face it’s always on the cards.
Plus you usually have no idea where it’s gone..
Just saying the word fills me with dread.
Your reaction to FORE!
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Plus you usually have no idea where it’s gone..
Just saying the word fills me with dread.
Canfordhacker
Q-School Graduate
I think the intensity of the shout makes a huge difference to my reaction. If it's more than one voice and loud, then I am definitely taking action to protect myself. It helps enormously if you know the course too - you tend to know where the danger spots might be. Course design helps - at Wareham GC, if anybody shouts for on the first five holes, about 20 people dive for cover.
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Do you have a target on you
more like a bounty I think
williamalex1
Money List Winner
That'll do it, milk or dark chocolate
Britishshooting
Club Champion
If somebody tee's off and yells four I tend to look up for the ball, 9/10 I can see the ball either fly towards, past or short of me and react accordingly. It's prevented me and other PP's being hit several times.
anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
I tend to turn in the direction of the shout stand fully straight, puff out chest and wait for it to hit me, just like Happy Gilmour with the ball pitching machineðŸ‘
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
If you don’t see the flight of the ball though you could lose an eye.
Looking for a ball is the worst thing you can do.
A "FORE" sees me turn away, crouch and cover my head.
I've been hit 4 times, twice on the head and been hospitalised overnight once. The last one saw a ride in the air ambulance. Not ducking, and the potential injury it can cause, is a little naive.
I've been hit 4 times, twice on the head and been hospitalised overnight once. The last one saw a ride in the air ambulance. Not ducking, and the potential injury it can cause, is a little naive.
larmen
Head Pro
Turn away from the shout, duck, and cover the head. Only times a ball actually came close to be was when there was no shout. It was me doing the shouting when they walked up to find their ball.
Hearty Harry
New member
I was once almost hit by a ball because the player shouted...
“Fore LEFT...Sorry right.â€
I heard the fore left shout and immediately thought the ball was not heading my way.
“Fore LEFT...Sorry right.â€
I heard the fore left shout and immediately thought the ball was not heading my way.
Tiger man
Challenge Tour Pro
Drop and Roll!
williamalex1
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Always hide behind the fat guy , oops hold on.
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Hide behind my trolley , have been hit on the side by someone who didn’t shout fore , you get the normal “didn’t see where it went “
inc0gnito
Assistant Pro
You make a good case. But also you need to invest in a helmet man!
williamalex1
Money List Winner
A few are helmets lol
Unfortunately a helmet wouldn't have protected me from the one that took one bounce and hit me in the unmentionables....
JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
Interestingly the current procedure I observe on the course seems, by many, to be a shout of 'Fore' followed by either 'left' or 'right'.
This is wrong. To someone 200 hundred yards away from the shouter then a disembodied yell of 'Fore left or right' is pointless.
The shout always was and always should continue to be a simple but forceful 'FORE!!!' Thus eliminating the need to calculate where you think it's coming from and the further need to then attempt to decide whether you should take evasive action favouring either one side or another.
Hearing 'FORE!!' should simply mean take the relevant evasive action to minimise any potential personal injury of a ball coming toward you from any direction.
I.E. you should duck down as low as you can and cover your bonce ideally taking cover behind your trolley, a handy tree or the biggest and bulkiest player in you group.
This is wrong. To someone 200 hundred yards away from the shouter then a disembodied yell of 'Fore left or right' is pointless.
The shout always was and always should continue to be a simple but forceful 'FORE!!!' Thus eliminating the need to calculate where you think it's coming from and the further need to then attempt to decide whether you should take evasive action favouring either one side or another.
Hearing 'FORE!!' should simply mean take the relevant evasive action to minimise any potential personal injury of a ball coming toward you from any direction.
I.E. you should duck down as low as you can and cover your bonce ideally taking cover behind your trolley, a handy tree or the biggest and bulkiest player in you group.
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Whenever I hear fore I usually bow my head and cover with my arms.
It probably wont stop me getting hit but itll lessen the impact to my head.
It probably wont stop me getting hit but itll lessen the impact to my head.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I don't agree with that actually. If you know which direction the shout has come from, then the left or right is useful. Example, I know our 7th runs alongside our third (in opposite directions), so if I hear 'fore right' from the direction of the 3rd tee, I duck and cover, if it's fore left I realise I don't need to panic. And if you can't pinpoint where the shout came from then you simply ignore the right/left part and duck and cover anyway.
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
It must be effective. Many have said how they turn and duck and cover heads, something they would not have done had the shout not been made. Taking such action obviously lessens chances of serious injury.
