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or "Losing your cool"....

it is recommended that when there is a group on the tee that you wait till it's clear before moving up...

the reasons are a few: so that you don't make noise while the group on the tee is hitting...to avoid crowding the tee

now I had a run-in with someone who mistakenly thinks that coming to the tee...any tee...while his group is on them is a breach in etiquette....he was/is misinformed...the only etiquette breach is that while approaching the tee your cart or the occupants are making noise and once get there keep talking even while people are hitting...

I was walking...waited till the group(as a whole)was moving to the forward most tee and walked up to the gold tee(quietly)...once the debarked the cart I stood stock still and waited while they hit...

the person who didn't like me there told me to leave and started in on a rant about it being improper....he is/was wrong...I asked him if this was an etiquette issue...he yelled that it was...now this is the same person who drives his cart within a few feet of the greens and tees....hits multiple tee shots from the black tees(no he rarely came close to the green)and yelled at me(aren't there others on the course this might be bothering?)...he was choosing which etiquette suggestions to consider worth his time...

summation: if you're going to lose it on the course try and make sure that you're in the right...to those who will inevitably agree with this curmudgeon...many of the etiquette suggestions here at the villages are put in place because of people who are clueless as to what not to do on the course...they are in no way a reflection of etiquette in the rules of golf which rely on common sense and consideration...