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From: The_Professor on 3 Dec 2007 14:44 On Dec 2, 12:21 pm, IcUrdazedandconfused <IcUrda...(a)confused.net> wrote: > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:04:39 GMT, Robert Hamilton <D...(a)att.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >Fairway wrote: > > >> On Dec 1, 3:14 pm, The_Professor <d...(a)att.net> wrote: > >> > As I drove off, a 7some finished 18, and there > >> > was a lineup behind them...a regular group of seniors I see there that > >> > NEVER let anyone play though. I felt sorry for the other people who > >> > had to suffer through the fact that this group was on the course. > > >> The never let anyone play through? So why are they allowed to use the > >> course in the first place? Don´t you have any manners over there? F > > >It's a pretty common thing in the US. These guys are a regular group of > >seniors who play at this course. I guess they think they have greater right > >to the course than anyone else. I wonder what would happen if someone got in > >front of them and played annoyingly slower than them? > > Played as a single on a course up in Nashville, and I had two groups > of four ignore me for several holes, before I had to finally go up and > ask them if I could please go through....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Wait till you do that and they refuse. Then you'll really feel the love! Especially if you are walking!
From: Bobby Knight on 3 Dec 2007 15:02 On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 02:37:51 -0800 (PST), Fairway <arminsson(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >The never let anyone play through? So why are they allowed to use the >course in the first place? Don�t you have any manners over there? F If they have holes open in front of them they should let them through. However, sometimes it doesn't help. Yesterday we called a twosome through our foursome, only to have them stalled behind the groups (several) in front of us. Really nowhere to go for them. There was also another twosome behind us. Why the pro shop didn't put these guys together is beyond me. bk
From: Tex on 3 Dec 2007 15:38 On Dec 3, 1:44 pm, The_Professor <d...(a)att.net> wrote: > On Dec 2, 12:21 pm, IcUrdazedandconfused <IcUrda...(a)confused.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:04:39 GMT, Robert Hamilton <D...(a)att.net> > > wrote: > > > >Fairway wrote: > > > >> On Dec 1, 3:14 pm, The_Professor <d...(a)att.net> wrote: > > >> > As I drove off, a 7some finished 18, and there > > >> > was a lineup behind them...a regular group of seniors I see there that > > >> > NEVER let anyone play though. I felt sorry for the other people who > > >> > had to suffer through the fact that this group was on the course. > > > >> The never let anyone play through? So why are they allowed to use the > > >> course in the first place? Don´t you have any manners over there? F > > > >It's a pretty common thing in the US. These guys are a regular group of > > >seniors who play at this course. I guess they think they have greater right > > >to the course than anyone else. I wonder what would happen if someone got in > > >front of them and played annoyingly slower than them? > > > Played as a single on a course up in Nashville, and I had two groups > > of four ignore me for several holes, before I had to finally go up and > > ask them if I could please go through....- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > Wait till you do that and they refuse. Then you'll really feel the > love! Especially if you are walking! Yeah, it's pretty scary when the big bad foursome says no and you have to stand there and do nothing for 7 minutes. Tex
From: Fairway on 3 Dec 2007 16:07 On Dec 3, 12:02 pm, Bobby Knight <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 02:37:51 -0800 (PST), Fairway <armins...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >The never let anyone play through? So why are they allowed to use the > >course in the first place? Don´t you have any manners over there? F > > If they have holes open in front of them they should let them through. > However, sometimes it doesn't help. Yesterday we called a twosome > through our foursome, only to have them stalled behind the groups > (several) in front of us. Really nowhere to go for them. There was > also another twosome behind us. Why the pro shop didn't put these > guys together is beyond me. > bk In Europe, at least where I´ve been around, it´s a rule of etiqette that the solitary player has no right whatsoever. Let him through if you feel like it - or don´t. But four guys are obliged to let a twosome through, at least if there is an open hole in front of you. The same applies if your foursome is slow and there is a group waiting. I for one hate the feeling when a lonesome, unhappy fellow stands there staring at me when I´m focusing on a 6-footer - so I let him through. F
From: Bobby Knight on 3 Dec 2007 16:12
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:07:40 -0800 (PST), Fairway <arminsson(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Dec 3, 12:02 pm, Bobby Knight <bkni...(a)conramp.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 02:37:51 -0800 (PST), Fairway <armins...(a)yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> >The never let anyone play through? So why are they allowed to use the >> >course in the first place? Don�t you have any manners over there? F >> >> If they have holes open in front of them they should let them through. >> However, sometimes it doesn't help. Yesterday we called a twosome >> through our foursome, only to have them stalled behind the groups >> (several) in front of us. Really nowhere to go for them. There was >> also another twosome behind us. Why the pro shop didn't put these >> guys together is beyond me. >> bk > >In Europe, at least where I�ve been around, it�s a rule of etiqette >that the solitary player has no right whatsoever. Let him through if >you feel like it - or don�t. But four guys are obliged to let a >twosome through, at least if there is an open hole in front of you. >The same applies if your foursome is slow and there is a group >waiting. That's the policy at our course. > I for one hate the feeling when a lonesome, unhappy fellow >stands there staring at me when I�m focusing on a 6-footer - so I let >him through. F Singles generally play in the late afternoon, and they may send out some very early, but I never see them. We play mid-mornings. I might add that we play fivesomes too. Sitll finish in less than four hours...as a rule. bk |