The fast players in our group do the scoring. We also play "ready golf". We just play, and have fun.Yeah. If the 2 fast players had taken scoring and backup, I think our pace would have been far more balanced.
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The fast players in our group do the scoring. We also play "ready golf". We just play, and have fun.Yeah. If the 2 fast players had taken scoring and backup, I think our pace would have been far more balanced.
So when he coudlnt' find his drive on the last hole that he thought he out drove me on, but he shanked his forehand. hahahah.
I knew where his disc was, I just kept walking.
Be a sport at all times.
I knew where his disc was, I just kept walking.
Be a sport at all times.
Be kind to other golfers, and nobody really cares much what goes on if your'e respectful and not lollygagging over dumb stuff.
Honestly not cool lol
I was with you until then.
I can actually empathize with fast golf. I get a one-track mind on the course and can be oblivious in some moments. I have definitely been guilty of grabbing my sh*t and walking off the tee pad when someone still has to throw. I always feel awful lol.
Now I take advantage of that downtime to really stay mindful. When I get to my shot, I shift into focus mode.
The fast players in our group do the scoring. We also play "ready golf". We just play, and have fun.
I wish "ready golf" would be a rule. Too many times I've been at my shot and had to wait for a card mate to get to his shot that was slightly further than mine. Yes, I ask if I can go...but I have been told 'no, you aren't away'. Prime example, player A knows where his disc is in the woods, slightly off the fairway. He is away. My disc is in the fairway. I don't need to help player A look for their disc, they see it. They just need to determine their stance and their best throw option. I have a clear shot in the fairway and can complete my throw before they are ready to take theirs. But by the rules, player A is away, so I have to wait.
Ball golf has gone to 'ready golf', why can't we?
I play a fairly large number of events and cannot recall a single time when someone was not OK with ready golf (in stroke play) when asked. In general if I am playing with the usual suspects we all know to do it already. If I am playing with people I don't know I generally remember to ask at the beginning of the round to get it out of the way.
I wish "ready golf" would be a rule. Too many times I've been at my shot and had to wait for a card mate to get to his shot that was slightly further than mine. Yes, I ask if I can go...but I have been told 'no, you aren't away'. Prime example, player A knows where his disc is in the woods, slightly off the fairway. He is away. My disc is in the fairway. I don't need to help player A look for their disc, they see it. They just need to determine their stance and their best throw option. I have a clear shot in the fairway and can complete my throw before they are ready to take theirs. But by the rules, player A is away, so I have to wait.
Ball golf has gone to 'ready golf', why can't we?
I play a fairly large number of events and cannot recall a single time when someone was not OK with ready golf (in stroke play) when asked. In general if I am playing with the usual suspects we all know to do it already. If I am playing with people I don't know I generally remember to ask at the beginning of the round to get it out of the way.
I have had an issue. It was only one time, but a player did have an issue.
He said it was against the rules and that it distracted him as he was getting ready to throw. He admitted that he wasn't about to throw, but it distracted him while he was figuring out his stance and what lie he had to throw.
I'm alright with ready golf as long as you aren't too far in front of me... I strongly support ready golf when someone is in the bush looking, "hey let me just toss this, and I'll help you look" 80ft that other way in the wrong direction haha.
I wish "ready golf" would be a rule. ... But by the rules, player A is away, so I have to wait.
Ball golf has gone to 'ready golf', why can't we?
802.02 Order of Play
Last updated: Friday, December 1, 2017 - 10:34
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E. To facilitate flow of play, a player who is not next may throw if the player who is next consents, or if throwing will not impact the player who is next.
He refused to help anyone else with finding their discs the whole 21 holes.
Kept walking off leaving his partner to putt by himself and standing around watching.
Kept pacing and kicking gravel while others were on the box to throw.
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He didn't break any rules, but I only tolerate so much crap from players etiquette wise.
I will not reward your poor sportsman conduct by helping you over and over again when you refuse to return it at all the whole round.
Especially when you try and walk passed me on the tee pad with your bag ready to go to your shot multiple times.
To be fair, he did break the rules. He broke rule 812 multiple times by the sound of things: refusing to help search for discs, making noise, movement during a players throw, advancing beyond the away player, not watching other players putt, etc. These are all actions that violates the rules of the PDGA. So even if you and your card-mates chose not to say anything to him directly, I would still recommend saying something to whomever it is that runs the Dubs League. (Assuming it was a League.) That way they can talk to the player and prevent them from giving off bad vibes to other new players.
812 Courtesy
Don't blame the rules before you read the rules.
802.02 Order of Play
Last updated: Friday, December 1, 2017 - 10:34
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E. To facilitate flow of play, a player who is not next may throw if the player who is next consents, or if throwing will not impact the player who is next.
Bold added.
I have read it and there is the issue. Who determines if it won't impact the next player? Like the one situation I mentioned, the player wasn't ready to throw....they were still getting ready. But they didn't want anyone else to throw. If I had decided to throw while they were getting ready, and they called me on it, it would have only been a courtesy violation for the first time it happened. But the point is, unless you get verbal consent your belief that it won't impact the one who is next is just that...a belief...which could be called as a violation by the player who was next.
"I knew where his disc was, I just kept walking. "
"when players do that to me in a dubs round, I purposefully miss the putts."
Be a sport at all times.