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Old 05-12-2012, 05:14 PM
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Default Too close
Okay, I'll admit it.
I'm 68 and before moving to The Villages about 8 months ago, I'd played golf maybe 4 or 5 times in my life.
So I'm new to the game and don't play by USGA rules. I limit myself to executive courses where out of bounds stakes are few and far between. If I hit a ball any where near someone's house that generally means I'm on the "away" side of the golf cart path. So, out of courtesy, I simply pick up my ball, toss it gently over to the fairway side of the path, and hit my next shot from there. If the "real" golfers think I should charge myself a penalty stroke for this maneuver, I really don't care. And neither do the guys I play with. We're not playing for money. And we're not trying to maintain or establish a handicap, so who cares.
We're just having fun.