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Originally Posted by stadry
this 1's easily resolved,,, you hit the ball back to them & motion them to wait,,, unfortunately i have to wait often - not that my balls get the distance they did 50yrs ago BUT, now & then, i do hit that 1 shot that makes the round worthwhile,,, in our league, we've kind of lapsed yelling 'fore' because: 1, voices lose strength as we age; & 2, most of our guys wear hearing aids but turn them down :-)
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I made a mistake about ten years ago. I was playing Aberdeen Proving Ground Golf Course in Aberdeen Maryland. I hadn't played in a few years and took the game back up in 2009. Ahead of us was group of women and I thought they were well out of the way. I connected on a drive that landed right behind the women in a golf cart that was beginning to move, and took one hop and landed in the back of their cart. They didn't stop, turn around, or do anything. I thought, I'm lucky, they didn't notice. Then I thought, should I ask for my ball back, no I'll just take a drop. That the last time I ever did that.
I always thought that was one of best scenes in the movie Sideways, when Thomas Hayden Church and Paul Giamanti are playing golf and the group behind them hit into them. Of course, they were standing in the fairway talking about their lovelife. Thomas (Jack) hits the ball back and makes a perfect shot, when they don't react quick enough, he grabs his driver and chases them down the fairway. One of my favorite movies.
