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Letting a golfer play through?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    Generally I'd always wait and ask if they want to play through ( or most cases if its 1 or 2 ) if they want to join even if we were getting stuck behind slower bunch. Sometimes you can feel pressured if there's someone waiting for you to clear the green/fairway.

    What gets me is groups hopping holes. You play six holes only to arrive onto the 7th with a four ball of slow players in front.

    We got one a while back that spent five minutes on the phone while standing beside the ball, then took 5 practice swings to finally shank it into a ditch where he proceeded to look for another 5 minutes. I've no problem with him hitting it in the ditch, it happens to me enough but the rest was frustrating.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Telecaster58


    SnowDrifts wrote: »
    Well why doesn't somebody report the group to the committee?

    On one occasion I was behind a President and former Captain


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    Many people still believe that a single player "has no standing on the course" and therefore should not be called through. It is annoying when this happens. I probably would have walked onto the hole in front then deliberately slowed down for a hole or two just to show them how annoying it is.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    stockdam wrote: »
    Many people still believe that a single player "has no standing on the course" and therefore should not be called through. It is annoying when this happens. I probably would have walked onto the hole in front then deliberately slowed down for a hole or two just to show them how annoying it is.

    I wouldn't put the effort in, best to just focus on enjoying what you wanted to do rather than getting hung up on it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    stockdam wrote: »
    Many people still believe that a single player "has no standing on the course" and therefore should not be called through. It is annoying when this happens. I probably would have walked onto the hole in front then deliberately slowed down for a hole or two just to show them how annoying it is.

    I wouldn't put the effort in, best to just focus on enjoying what you wanted to do rather than getting hung up on it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭Ciaranra


    Am i right in thinking a single player has no right of way .
    Any time i play on my own i do my best to stay out of the way


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭SnowDrifts


    Ciaranra wrote: »
    Am i right in thinking a single player has no right of way .
    Any time i play on my own i do my best to stay out of the way

    Read all the posts on this thread and you will be able to find the answer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭Milkers


    doenahs wrote: »
    I know that single golfers have no right when being allowed to play through
    Ciaranra wrote: »
    Am i right in thinking a single player has no right of way.

    Unfortunately this is still the widely held (incorrect) belief. I've heard this quoted to me over and over by golfers who think they know the rules/etiquette. A bit of re-education needed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,893 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    Basically the group that is quickest has right of way, group as said in thread previously includes one person playing by himself.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 914 ✭✭✭shane 007


    Milkers wrote: »
    Unfortunately this is still the widely held (incorrect) belief. I've heard this quoted to me over and over by golfers who think they know the rules/etiquette. A bit of re-education needed.

    TBH, I always thought this but then again rules don't seem to be my forté :-o
    I wonder is it a local rule in many courses.

    Saying that, I would always let any faster group behind through whether they are single or multiple. It's just good etiquette. I can never understand some attitudes on golf courses.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭Ciaranra


    I was often told single players have no right of way.
    Match play you must let play through.
    I would always be conscious of players behind me if they were catching up id speed up or call them through


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,138 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Ciaranra wrote: »
    I was often told single players have no right of way.
    Match play you must let play through.
    I would always be conscious of players behind me if they were catching up id speed up or call them through

    Singles became known as a group 2-3 years ago afaik. (Snowdrifts post from earlier).

    It mustn't have been well publicised or spoken about much as not many I know knew about it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭Slicemeister


    This is not an unusual occurrence where I play. If you ever want to find me on a golf course look for the group behind the group that has lost 3 holes. These people would sell their children before calling people through.



    Dad?


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