This is HUGE GOLF NEWS! Is etiquette in golf dead?! Golf fans have been outraged and disrespected by the worst golf etiquette to date! Stay tuned in this golf video to find out what it was.
A reaction to this video includes “I CUT SOMEONE FOR LESS” . Golf fans feel like outraged and disrespected by what happens in this really unusual situation. Reading greens is really difficult, the golf ball can travel in directions you don’t expect so in case you do not hole the putt you want to make sure you can see the direction of the golfball.
Golf fans have been divided over this and we go through the reaction! When we think of etiquette in golf we think of repairing divots, repairing pitch marks, this is something that all golfers should do no matter their age or ability and should be done on the golf course.
When we think of etiquette in golf more recently we think of patrick reed of which patrick reed has been called a cheat! We also think of patrick reed cheating golf,patrick reed dubai tree,patrick reed throws tee at rory.
This trending golf news and breaking golf news has golf fans on social media completely divided over the etiquette of this player from a college event. We all know that leaving foot marks on the putting surface is a complete no-no, right?
Golfers just don’t putt through other people’s lines, every golfer should make sure they always repair your pitch marks.
Golf Fans OUTRAGED and DISRESPECTED by WORST ETIQUETTE TO DATE!
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22 Comments
what do you think? Etiquette has gone?
Been in this business/sport for 30+ years now…this supposed "uproar" is b.s. Nothing wrong in that video. In terms of ball marks, divot patterns on the range etc… is nothing more than ignorance.
Back in my yewf (decades ago now) I joined the local private club. After all the meetings with the officials, and satisfying them that you were serious, me and my mate had to play 9 holes with the club pro. This had nothing to do with our ability, it was 100% a test of our knowledge of etiquette. I can still remember now what we were taught and tested on. You mentioned some of the more obvious things Alex like divots and pitch marks, but it also covered raking and placement of the rake after a bunker shot, placing your bag on the outward path to the next hole to speed up play, and the one standout thing, which nobody pays attention to now….not standing too close to the hole when you pick your ball out if it. We were taught to stand back and lean over to protect the area immediately around the hole from spike marks. Now I know soft spikes and spikeless shoes help a lot nowadays, but on a wet winter’s day that area will still mark up, which could affect a following player. I still carry these things to the course with me to this day.
In the 35 years I've played golf it's consistent on every course I play that players don't fitch pitch marks on greens, don't rake bunkers, don't replace divots, etc. The problem is that many people come into the game without knowing these things and are never taught to do them. By far the biggest pet peeve though is pace of play. It never ceases to amaze me how slow people are and again, it's because nobody ever tells them although many just don't care. Pace of play is by far the worst problem in golf etiquette wise.
Don't conflate ethics (Patrick Reed) with etiquette/gamesmanship (collegiate golfers in a match). Here in America, belonging to a club has an elitist stereotype associated, while I have been a member I didn't quite fit in (btw, I could have bought and sold most of the members) as having fun playing golf seemed down the list of priorities. Incidentally, if my 'elittist' comment hurt any feeling, where I live the initiation fees for decent clubs are ~ $15-$25K along with monthly commitments.
My biggest complaint in todays game is music on the course.
Public golf courses in my area are so desperate for patrons they don’t even enforce proper dress code, and let me tell you people who show up to the course in torn blue jeans and a stained T-shirt half drunk are going to have zero respect for the golf course or other golfers. And don’t get me started on people who bring their boom box and play it at max volume..
It’s a double edged sword. The more popular something becomes then more people participate in it and some of those people are terrible. Here’s an example when I started hunting and fishing people would avoid getting close to you if they saw you but this new era where more people have gotten involved from watching YouTube they see you but still catch me right to where you are and when you let them know your there they say it’s public land so I can if I want to. On top of that people actually used to police their trash but now they just throw it on the ground and don’t care about taking care of the land.
Golf will change as the players change. Old man's golf is dying
There has to be rules and respect. Always.
Great topic. Another great video. I just subscribed.
I'd have wacked her with my club oops sorry I thought you were my bag
I found that even though I worked through Covid there were a lot of people on the golf course that weren't working. People who probably wouldn't have been out golfing prior to Covid. This I believe led to some of the problems.
I don't know what the definition of a lost ball is but logically, if you cannot take the ball in hand when it is in natural Part of of the Course, then you have lost it in the same way as anything else is lost, so when taking relief using a new ball there should be a penalty. Rub of the Green is the rule, take the rough with the smooth. If your ball happens to be in a divot, pitch mark or any other damage there should be no relief because it doesn't encourage people to make good the damage they do. Intentionally obstructing a player's view of their ball as in the video is obviously bad and should be discouraged by the rules.
You are right about the etiquette, but I have to say there are more important things in life so people getting completely outraged about anything to do with sport seems a bit silly to me! By the way, Reed was told by the spotter his ball had gone into that tree, he then saw a ball that did have the same markings on it, so I don’t blame him for that. It’s a bloody stupid rule anyway!
In the heat of competition, I can understand that, but I don't condone it.
It’s quite simple. We are seeing what happens when the majority shifts from those who will hold others accountable for their behavior to those that won’t.
It used to be that if you behaved poorly on a golf course you were all but made a pariah because the community supported good behavior. There just isn’t that community in golf anymore. And less people are speaking up because they aren’t being supported so there’s just no reason to try.
P. Reed may be the reason etiquette has gone south. Glad I don't have to see him on tour any longer!
I completely agree and,its the same with slow play,the worst offenders are the ones who moan about it but I have never heard anyone admit that they are slow payers.
Intentional match play tactic? Either way it's poor sportsmanship.
Mountain out off a mole hill imo … the picture u showed she was 2 steps past her vison before the ball was at the hole.. so would have seen the line if she missed!
Ball marks all over the greens was the worst I've ever seen last season. Did she do it on purpose or was she in the zone