Driving Ranges - Too Much Noise!!

brousuka

I frequently visit a local (covered) driving range and find that it has got annoyingly noisier with chattering loud voices from muppets, phones,kids etc. ! It's hard enough to focus on practice without this kind of thing going on. Can I especially plead to any beginners of this fine game to observe a code of general silence and respect for fellow golfers in this matter. BTW Don't get me wrong i'm not some sort of old fart trying to impose any sort of omerta! but I, and others, find the level of noise sometimes very off-putting and God knows ranges are getting more and more expensive to use these days and there needs to be some sort of etiquette introduced. Anyone any opinions??

Adiaga 2

I agree. Find the noise sometimes at the range very distracting. I think it's up to the management of these places to sort it out. As you mention - they aren't cheap. The worst culprits are the dopes that spend their whole time not just talking but shouting and acting the tw@t. If I had a euro for every time I heard "awww watch this! happy gilmore!!" I could open my own driving range.

stockdam

You guys need to go to more upmarket ranges




I've never really noticed any noise, as when I'm at the range I usually block everything out.


What about using an MP3 player......would that help to blot out the noise?

battermytreble

If you jokers in the first two posts need to be that intense on a range, then you're wasting your time playing this game!

Run along and take something else up!

brousuka

battermytreble wrote: »

If you jokers in the first two posts need to be that intense on a range, then you're wasting your time playing this game!

Run along and take something else up!

You obviously don't appreciate the finer points of golf! Practice is the only way, and THE only way to improve in this game, and if you've got some clowns roaring when you're trying to hone your swing/game then it gets frustrating. How could you possibly say i am wasting my time playing this game?? i've been playing this game probably since you were knee high to a fu#king grasshopper and won a lot of prizes/tournaments in golf both in Ireland and abroad. All I'm saying is have some respect for fellow golfers on the range, OK, Coolio.

brousuka

stockdam wrote: »

You guys need to go to more upmarket ranges




I've never really noticed any noise, as when I'm at the range I usually block everything out.


What about using an MP3 player......would that help to blot out the noise?

Anyone practising with a MP3 player is NOT the way to practice....... do that when you're building a f**king house, not on the driving range..!!

brousuka

battermytreble wrote: »

If you jokers in the first two posts need to be that intense on a range, then you're wasting your time playing this game!

Run along and take something else up!

You sound like the atypical muppet that I'm talking about, you probably turn up on the range with a soccer shirt and jeans with your mates and a lidl clubs and just don't give a sh*te about serious golfers who just want to really play this game, and have done so. I doubt if you've ever seen professional golfers practice, then you'd know what i'm talking about.....

spadder

Brouska, you need to chill out. It’s only a fu@king game!

brousuka

spadder wrote: »

Brouska, you need to chill out. It’s only a fu@king game!

Yeah, i know what you mean spadder - it's only a game - it's not life and death................................ it's more important than that!!!!

spadder

no, that's soccer.

brousuka

spadder wrote: »

no, that's soccer.

Yeah, it is that. but remember golf is not a team game.....its YOU and only YOU that can do it. In ways it is a selfish game but that's what makes it great, try having an eight foot putt to win a game....or a big tournament.....it's got as much pressure as having Ronan O'Gara kicking a penalty to win a world cup or a 5 nations!! That's what I mean........ PRACTICE and you will have a chance.

spadder

Grasshopper, you should relish the distractions at your range, Did Tiger’s father not constantly try to distract him when he was training?

brousuka

spadder wrote: »

Grasshopper, you should relish the distractions at your range, Did Tiger’s father not constantly try to distract him when he was training?

Earl Woods did more than that, even got young tiger to hit balls over his head from 6ft away, but thats tiger......... one in a million.. All i'm trying to say is that there should be some sort of respect for fellow golfers trying to practice in relative quietness. After all at professional tournaments, when a golfer hits, there is general quietness. Try make noise when Tiger is driving a ball..... if you don't you will know all about it!

Adiaga 2

battermytreble wrote: »

If you jokers in the first two posts need to be that intense on a range, then you're wasting your time playing this game!

Run along and take something else up!

I never mentioned anything about being that intense on the range.

You just keep practising your happy gilmore mate. I'm sure you'll get there some day.

battermytreble

brousuka wrote: »

You sound like the atypical muppet that I'm talking about, you probably turn up on the range with a soccer shirt and jeans with your mates and a lidl clubs and just don't give a sh*te about serious golfers who just want to really play this game, and have done so. I doubt if you've ever seen professional golfers practice, then you'd know what i'm talking about.....

And by serious golfer, what are we talking about. Shall I guess at the single figure wannabe who struts rounds the place with all the gear.....and no idea.

battermytreble

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

You just keep practising your happy gilmore mate. I'm sure you'll get there some day.

HAHA! Just for your info, I'm not one of the Happy Gilmore brigade, and my standard is way above anything you comedians could dream about.

stockdam

brousuka wrote: »

Anyone practising with a MP3 player is NOT the way to practice....... do that when you're building a f**king house, not on the driving range..!!

You seem to have a bit of an attitude problem........I was making a reasonable suggestion and I found your reply offensive. I don't swear at anyone on the golf course and I would suggest you use more suitable language. Maybe you have the problem rather than the people you are complaining about.


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copacetic

battermytreble and brousaka banned for a week.

Spadder infracted for bypassing the swear filter. Adiaga please take it easy on baiting people.

stevire

brousuka wrote: »

You sound like the atypical muppet that I'm talking about, you probably turn up on the range with a soccer shirt and jeans with your mates and a lidl clubs and just don't give a sh*te about serious golfers who just want to really play this game, and have done so. I doubt if you've ever seen professional golfers practice, then you'd know what i'm talking about.....

Sounds like your frustrated with your game these days.... Golf from Beginner to a Pro is game, a game is designed for fun. Some guys take it more seriously than others obviously, but shouldn't override the fun factor and the love of the game.

With your childish replies to the posts and excessive use of foul language, your no worse than the noisey characters that are found in your local driving range. Your coming on to a public forum, obviously everyone posting here has an interest in golf so dont go brandishing others opinions, your only tarninshing the forums image and your own.

My suggestion to you is to head for a round of crazy golf, have a laugh!! Taking yourself too seriously and its probably affecting your game, thats my 2 cents on it....

fred funk }{

Get ear plugs.

The range is a place for everyone to go to, beginners, pros's, kids. there will always be noise at a range with all the balls being hit at the same time.
It's people like you (op) that turn people off the game.

I'm a regular at the range, and yes its noisy but it doesn't effect me. I see people there with gangs of kids teaching them how to play and they make plenty of noise and I have never seen anyone complain.

If somebody is shouting, that's different. That's just bad manners.

And remember that a lot of people who go to the range aren't golfers. they're people who like to whack a ball from time to time so they mightn't know certain golf etiquette.

If you want total peace go to a big field somewhere.

One Cold Hand

brousuka wrote: »

You sound like the atypical muppet that I'm talking about, you probably turn up on the range with a soccer shirt and jeans with your mates and a lidl clubs and just don't give a sh*te about serious golfers who just want to really play this game, and have done so. I doubt if you've ever seen professional golfers practice, then you'd know what i'm talking about.....

Dude,
If you are so serious about practice you shouldn't be practicing in the range in the first place. They are expensive, noisy (as I'm sure you'll agree), they're nothinglike hitting off real grass, and the distances are generally a bit of a mess. Don't getme wrong they're not bad for a half hour or so mid week to keep the swing going, but they shouldn't be used by serious golfers for long practice sessions.

Par72

One Cold Hand wrote: »

Dude,
If you are so serious about practice you shouldn't be practicing in the range in the first place. They are expensive, noisy (as I'm sure you'll agree), they're nothinglike hitting off real grass, and the distances are generally a bit of a mess. Don't getme wrong they're not bad for a half hour or so mid week to keep the swing going, but they shouldn't be used by serious golfers for long practice sessions.

I agree, I only go to the range on winter evenings when it's too dark to practice after work. As well as hitting off a matt to inaccurate yardages you have to figure in the poor quality balls which are unlikely to travel as far as regular balls.

The noise at the range has certainly never bothered me and I consider myself a serious golfer with a handicap of 2.

uberwolf

Par72 wrote: »

I agree, I only go to the range on winter evenings when it's too dark to practice after work. As well as hitting off a matt to inaccurate yardages you have to figure in the poor quality balls which are unlikely to travel as far as regular balls.

this may sound a strange question, but where do you practise then?

irishtoffee

brousuka wrote: »

Anyone practising with a MP3 player is NOT the way to practice....... do that when you're building a f**king house, not on the driving range..!!

Thats strange as alot of pros do practice with mp3s including my local pro.

Par72

uberwolf wrote: »

this may sound a strange question, but where do you practise then?

On the practice ground at my golf club. Also nothing wrong with practicing with a MP3 player IMO.

Redjeep!

Only problem I've ever had with noise at any driving range has been the noise from some drivers....jeeezzzz

I remember one guy in the slot next to me once. I don't know what driver he was using but it was deafening ! Sounded like somebody dropping a bag of spanners into a tin bath everytime he hit the ball.

I can blot out most conversation etc (comes from being married), but it was so distracting as I found myself waiting for it each time.

ridonkulous

Seriously, the guy that started the post and his mate with the second post, GET A LIFE. Its people like you that put some people off playing golf because they think its a game of snobs, which in some cases it is and you two are doing nothing to help the case that it isnt.

Having the noise should help you focus if nothing else, not the opposite. Ive started to bring a few of my friends to the range with me from time to time and im just trying to get them interested in a game that I play. I have to say that if we ever ran into the likes of you in the range I would tell you exactly where to go.

I mean this whole golf etiquette, yeh i agree with you when on the course and in competition or even on a golf club range but on a public driving range no way.

bigtimecharlie

Some driving ranges can get out of hand with youngsters but in general some noise is a good thing as this will force concentration. No golf course is quiet so get used to the noise.

slumped

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

No golf course is quiet so get used to the noise.

Yes because every golf course is in the middle of a city, beside an airport, and has a mainline train service running through it.

Golf courses are quiet places and are intended to be.

GreeBo

I have no problem with general noise of people chatting, hitting noisy drivers etc but some people just take the piss.

Last week up at stepaside 7 young fellas arrives up with 7 clubs between them, they spent the next hour doing the happy gilmore, falling over laughing at themselves and running up and down behind me swapping the "club". They also smashed a sand wedge into the roof 5 times leaving a ball dangerously hopping around the normal people.

Thats not on in my opinion, Im not paying 8.50 to endure that.

Again, I have no issues with a few friends practicing together and chatting or a family with younger kids etc, but these guys were oblivious to everyone else.

GreeBo

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Some driving ranges can get out of hand with youngsters but in general some noise is a good thing as this will force concentration. No golf course is quiet so get used to the noise.

The noise you hear on a golf course is invariably not "Whooot check dis out bud!"*


*naturally this depends on where you choose to play.

Adiaga 2

ridonkulous wrote: »

GET A LIFE. Its people like you .

:D Classic!

slumped

I suppose this whole debate opens up a wider discussion.


"Should skangers be allowed to play golf?"

Discuss.

copacetic

slumped wrote: »

I suppose this whole debate opens up a wider discussion.


"Should skangers be allowed to play golf?"

Discuss.

this isn't after hours.
thread locked.