I was shouted at while waiting to practice at a range...

How about those talking and laughing loudly in the range bay among their buddies? It can be a nuisance and cause tremendous amount of distraction ... But what can we do since it is a public place ... Rolling Eyes

Junior Golfer Posts : 239 Join date : 2013-07-16

Turbo still the same... apply KTG mentioned rule....

Rule 14-2

Standing on Extension of Line of Play or Line of Putt
Q. My opponent or fellow-competitor always stands behind me while I am playing a stroke? Isn`t this a penalty?
A. Rule 14-2b only prohibits a player from allowing his partner or their caddies from standing in this position. While it may be a breach of Etiquette, there is no penalty under the Rules. A solution is to politely ask your opponent or fellow-competitor to move to one side or the other. (Rule 14-2b)

Er....

standing behind extended line may be a breach of Etiquette
standing at the back is consider as being rude
standing in front of a player is proper but some players still chase u away

So How?

Newbie Golfer Posts : 31 Join date : 2012-10-05

I'm actually quite puzzled about all these fuss about having to observe silence and absolute no movement during play. I don't know of any other sports that require such strict observance. Don't blame the whole world for playing a bad shot! You can't blame the aircraft overflying, you can't blame the cameraman's click, and neither can you blame the birds in the trees. If you play badly because of any slight distraction, maybe you just need more practice. And if you blame your flight mate for stepping on your putting line, just make sure that you yourself don't walk onto the green, because you will be stepping on the putting lines of many flights behind you!!

Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Ok, about the shouting at the driving range, right? Can you tell the Japanese on the next bay to keep silent, please. I've just missed my chip by 3 metres, damn!!!

Enjoy golf, before the Rules of Golf grow into a 3" thick encyclopedia!!

Quite an interesting post and to see all of the different responses to this. I wasn't there but all the guy needed to do was ask politely for you to move a bit further away - no need to be nasty about it. Personally, I actually don't mind people watching me swing as it creates a little bit of pressure and helps me to focus - nobody likes to duff it whilst folks are watching Wink

It's great to remember those eyes burning into the back of your head when you are about to tee off in front of a big group at a competition! Smile

Senior Golfer Posts : 336 Join date : 2009-08-10

I find golf loses its fun when people get too serious....
that explains slow play... which is killing the game IMO...

Senior Golfer Posts : 413 Join date : 2014-07-14 Age : 54

dunlookback wrote:: I find golf loses its fun when people get too serious....
that explains slow play... which is killing the game IMO...

Slow play can also be simply because the golfer is not as skillful as you are. My colleague play alone 18 holes 1 hour 45 mins, he thinks most people plays slow but he does not think it is killing the game.

Senior Golfer Posts : 336 Join date : 2009-08-10

oldie-newbie wrote:

dunlookback wrote:: I find golf loses its fun when people get too serious....
that explains slow play... which is killing the game IMO...

Slow play can also be simply because the golfer is not as skillful as you are. My colleague play alone 18 holes 1 hour 45 mins, he thinks most people plays slow but he does not think it is killing the game.

Actually skill is part of the equation, I am not skilled too. Is not the many strokes that's causes slow play,rather the multiple practise swings cum walking all over the green to read a putt and extra long visualization. A five hour game is becoming common which I find in my opinion is uncalled for. So many players are playing less because of the time. Sometimes we just need to be more considerate..

Newbie Golfer Posts : 10 Join date : 2010-04-09

Honestly, it fine as long as the noise and all is not out of the sudden. If not, quiet chatter is pretty fine.

pysimy wrote:: I'm actually quite puzzled about all these fuss about having to observe silence and absolute no movement during play. I don't know of any other sports that require such strict observance. Don't blame the whole world for playing a bad shot! You can't blame the aircraft overflying, you can't blame the cameraman's click, and neither can you blame the birds in the trees. If you play badly because of any slight distraction, maybe you just need more practice. And if you blame your flight mate for stepping on your putting line, just make sure that you yourself don't walk onto the green, because you will be stepping on the putting lines of many flights behind you!!

Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Ok, about the shouting at the driving range, right? Can you tell the Japanese on the next bay to keep silent, please. I've just missed my chip by 3 metres, damn!!!

Enjoy golf, before the Rules of Golf grow into a 3" thick encyclopedia!!

Hi,
I am not really sure whether golf have rules
on hitters line of sight. But in snooker, definitely
yes. If there is such rules then the yelling
Make sense else as most fellow brothers suggest,
he can just ask u politely to move away.

Regards,
Eferata

Senior Golfer Posts : 413 Join date : 2014-07-14 Age : 54

Tennis generally also requires crowd to be quiet I think.

pysimy wrote:: I'm actually quite puzzled about all these fuss about having to observe silence and absolute no movement during play. I don't know of any other sports that require such strict observance. Don't blame the whole world for playing a bad shot! You can't blame the aircraft overflying, you can't blame the cameraman's click, and neither can you blame the birds in the trees. If you play badly because of any slight distraction, maybe you just need more practice. And if you blame your flight mate for stepping on your putting line, just make sure that you yourself don't walk onto the green, because you will be stepping on the putting lines of many flights behind you!!

Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Ok, about the shouting at the driving range, right? Can you tell the Japanese on the next bay to keep silent, please. I've just missed my chip by 3 metres, damn!!!

Enjoy golf, before the Rules of Golf grow into a 3" thick encyclopedia!!

Golf is a game of precision. You would know that a slight mishit could result in a disastrous consequences. No one is saying that you should control the environment but most (if not all) golfers would realize that focus is key, much like other sports which require silence (snooker, archery, shooting etc.). While practice is key, there's little that practice can do if you're rattled just moments before you hit the ball because someone's mobile phone went off.

No one is asking for perfect silence but spectators should appreciate that it's only courteous and respectful to maintain silence when golfers are about to hit the ball on the course.

In the range, however, that's a different story.

Newbie Golfer Posts : 31 Join date : 2012-10-05

Technospaz wrote:

pysimy wrote:: I'm actually quite puzzled about all these fuss about having to observe silence and absolute no movement during play. I don't know of any other sports that require such strict observance. Don't blame the whole world for playing a bad shot! You can't blame the aircraft overflying, you can't blame the cameraman's click, and neither can you blame the birds in the trees. If you play badly because of any slight distraction, maybe you just need more practice. And if you blame your flight mate for stepping on your putting line, just make sure that you yourself don't walk onto the green, because you will be stepping on the putting lines of many flights behind you!!

Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Ok, about the shouting at the driving range, right? Can you tell the Japanese on the next bay to keep silent, please. I've just missed my chip by 3 metres, damn!!!

Enjoy golf, before the Rules of Golf grow into a 3" thick encyclopedia!!

Golf is a game of precision. You would know that a slight mishit could result in a disastrous consequences. No one is saying that you should control the environment but most (if not all) golfers would realize that focus is key, much like other sports which require silence (snooker, archery, shooting etc.). While practice is key, there's little that practice can do if you're rattled just moments before you hit the ball because someone's mobile phone went off.

No one is asking for perfect silence but spectators should appreciate that it's only courteous and respectful to maintain silence when golfers are about to hit the ball on the course.

In the range, however, that's a different story.

As rightly pointed out, we do like to maintain silence not only as a form of respect to the players, but also for the enjoyment of the game. However, Golf is the only sport that employ marshals carrying "QUIET PLEASE!" everywhere to demand absolute silence from the spectators! Some marshals at the tee box even going to the extent of asking the spectators to keep their pocket cameras!

Golf certainly needs concentration, like in most sports. But I'm not sure how much more precise is Golf compared to Darts. Darts don't employ marshals to silence the crowd, from what I know. And the competition environment is far from silent! It is a matter of adaptation.

Golf is a gentleman's game from the very beginning, and the players themselves would like to respect their fellow players, and henceforth the culture. This culture has been carried to these days. Had golf been a commoner's game, I'm quite sure the environment would have been very different; crowd cheering like in a stadium perhaps!

Now that Golf is made available to the "masses", we should also be more forgiving towards each other and enjoy the sport like any other sports instead. Focus on our own game, and don't let any distraction affect our game. If we don't play well, don't put the blame on others, that's what I wanted to say.

Happy Golfing! Peace

Wait a sec? You're saying that I can't blame Mloy's loud voice for my bad shots? Seriously... howliddat?

Technospaz wrote:: Wait a sec? You're saying that I can't blame Mloy's loud voice for my bad shots? Seriously... howliddat?

J, how abt lunch in dec?

its been a while....

we can start a thread n round up the usual suspects...

Datuk Sri Slinger, onz!

oldie-newbie wrote:: Tennis generally also requires crowd to be quiet I think.

Generally, I think all individual sports require crowds to be quiet when serving except football, rugby and other team sports.

Junior Golfer Posts : 155 Join date : 2009-12-04

Haha... Really depends on individual. I have joined group that is so rowdy and group that golfer sunk into the darkest face thru out the 18 holes with the slightest faint of sound. To a certain extent, some will use distraction as an perfect excuse for a bad day in golf. I'm guilty of using that excuse at times. Life is short just enjoy golf

Junior Golfer Posts : 143 Join date : 2014-08-28

Once I was still hitting balls at a range (there were still 10 balls left), and there was this white guy sitting on my chair. I found that rude.... He just sat there watching me hitting balls. I felt annoyed.

I think people should wait until people entirely finish hitting their ball and wait in the distance. Just by standing close it means you want the guy hitting the balls to leave sooner.

Very Active Golfer Posts : 676 Join date : 2010-01-05

superputt wrote:: Once I was still hitting balls at a range (there were still 10 balls left), and there was this white guy sitting on my chair. I found that rude.... He just sat there watching me hitting balls. I felt annoyed.

I think people should wait until people entirely finish hitting their ball and wait in the distance. Just by standing close it means you want the guy hitting the balls to leave sooner.

Hi,

I am not sure what kind of response u expect from the GR community when u start criticizing Japanese having poor English, and using color to describe a person's ethnicity/ race.
This is a friendly forum and I would think that we have many GRians that are not of the same nationality and/ or ethnicity as you; therefore please be sensitive.

Newbie Golfer Posts : 98 Join date : 2014-10-29 Age : 109

That's why now I bring my own bench warmer and my only supporter. BYO supporter. Lol... Swing

Junior Golfer Posts : 143 Join date : 2014-08-28

eden wrote:

superputt wrote:: Once I was still hitting balls at a range (there were still 10 balls left), and there was this white guy sitting on my chair. I found that rude.... He just sat there watching me hitting balls. I felt annoyed.

I think people should wait until people entirely finish hitting their ball and wait in the distance. Just by standing close it means you want the guy hitting the balls to leave sooner.

Hi,

I am not sure what kind of response u expect from the GR community when u start criticizing Japanese having poor English, and using color to describe a person's ethnicity/ race.
This is a friendly forum and I would think that we have many GRians that are not of the same nationality and/ or ethnicity as you; therefore please be sensitive.

Wow!! copy and paste from the other thread. Did I mention anything about Japanese people here?

Junior Golfer Posts : 143 Join date : 2014-08-28

lousyswinger wrote:: That's why now I bring my own bench warmer and my only supporter. BYO supporter. Lol...

Maybe I should bring my dog to guard my chair.

Very Active Golfer Posts : 676 Join date : 2010-01-05

superputt wrote:

eden wrote:

superputt wrote:: Once I was still hitting balls at a range (there were still 10 balls left), and there was this white guy sitting on my chair. I found that rude.... He just sat there watching me hitting balls. I felt annoyed.

I think people should wait until people entirely finish hitting their ball and wait in the distance. Just by standing close it means you want the guy hitting the balls to leave sooner.

Hi,

I am not sure what kind of response u expect from the GR community when u start criticizing Japanese having poor English, and using color to describe a person's ethnicity/ race.
This is a friendly forum and I would think that we have many GRians that are not of the same nationality and/ or ethnicity as you; therefore please be sensitive.

Wow!! copy and paste from the other thread. Did I mention anything about Japanese people here?

I think you totally missed the point..it's not about which nationality or ethnicity that you are targeting but the lack of sensitivity.
Oh, I copied and pasted from here to the other post and I did state "repost"; so don't be so surprise.

Junior Golfer Posts : 143 Join date : 2014-08-28

eden wrote:

superputt wrote:

eden wrote:

superputt wrote:: Once I was still hitting balls at a range (there were still 10 balls left), and there was this white guy sitting on my chair. I found that rude.... He just sat there watching me hitting balls. I felt annoyed.

I think people should wait until people entirely finish hitting their ball and wait in the distance. Just by standing close it means you want the guy hitting the balls to leave sooner.

Hi,

I am not sure what kind of response u expect from the GR community when u start criticizing Japanese having poor English, and using color to describe a person's ethnicity/ race.
This is a friendly forum and I would think that we have many GRians that are not of the same nationality and/ or ethnicity as you; therefore please be sensitive.

Wow!! copy and paste from the other thread. Did I mention anything about Japanese people here?

I think you totally missed the point..it's not about which nationality or ethnicity that you are targeting but the lack of sensitivity.
Oh, I copied and pasted from here to the other post and I did state "repost"; so don't be so surprise.

I describe the race so people know maybe they have a different culture. Even the original post mentioned about Jap person. So why my post is offending to you?

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