As a beginner I do my best to play "ready golf" and practice proper etiquette. If by chance someone is racing up behind me as I have seen others do I allow them to go ahead since I'm not as advanced as them. I can't count how many times I've gone out and start a round without anyone in front of me and by the time I'm at the 7th hole I see 4somes stacked up and it's getting late. Groups coming up behind me start leaving the course. I now see a general attitude of let's horseplay and don't worry that the ones behind us won't finish tonight. I have had a few experienced golfers help me here in the villages and yet I've also seen snobbery exhibited among others and that only hurts the game in my opinion.
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