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Originally Posted by swooner (Post 1410361)

Total nonsense! What's good for the goose should be good for the gander. Twice in the past 2 weeks my group was five players. We were forced to play as a group of 3 and a group of 2. Each day play was very slow and we were constantly waiting on tees (all 5 of us) together. Each time we requested that we be allowed to join up and play as a group of five. In both cases Ambassadors told us "absolutely not, I'd get fired for allowing that". On the second such occasion, an Asst. Mgr. rode out to our location on the course to insist no one can play in a group of five in TV. Not even when good judgement and common sense dictates it might be a reasonable option. Given these circumstances, no one, golf pro or not should be able to violate this kind of standing rule. Not even for Lady Pros, Men Pros, College golfers or the Morse family. Wrong is wrong and making excuses is worse.

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1410414)

Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Life is too short.

I read Swooner's post and had exactly the same reaction.
It's a game in a retirement community; don't sweat the small stuff. Life is too short.

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
...On the same page where it says, "A maximum of four golfers per group are allowed" (Yep, that's right Grammar Police, it should say "is allowed")...

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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1410299)

Not that you're acting as the Grammar Police or anything, right?!? :D

It began back in high school where I did proof reading on the newspaper.

Next, I became a fan of the precise language of William F. Buckley on TV.

Finally, I became a writer, and The Elements of Style became my guide.

Yes, I notice errors all the time, but I strive to restrain myself from pointing them out. Sometimes I lose control. :police: :D

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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa (Post 1410493)

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
...On the same page where it says, "A maximum of four golfers per group are allowed" (Yep, that's right Grammar Police, it should say "is allowed")...

It began back in high school where I did proof reading on the newspaper.

Next, I became a fan of the precise language of William F. Buckley on TV.

Finally, I became a writer, and The Elements of Style became my guide.

Yes, I notice errors all the time, but I strive to restrain myself from pointing them out. Sometimes I lose control. :police: :D

Thanks fore you're restrain............you wood be fixing me all the thyme.

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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa (Post 1410493)

...Yes, I notice errors all the time, but I strive to restrain myself from pointing them out. Sometimes I lose control. :police: :D

I totally understand. I spent most of my career preparing and reviewing engineering and other technical documents. (Plus, I'm just generally anal-retentive by nature. :D ) I often suppress urges to join the Grammar Police. And sometimes I don't. :)

I have the best breech of authority golf story. When Tip O'Neill was Speaker of the House, he and his wife were on a boondoggle to Africa. She fell ill and they airlifted them to Wiesbaden, Germany. Tip decided to play a round of golf at Rheinblick, the military course in town. They threw everyone off the course, cancelled all tee times, and he played eighteen alone...with the exception of a huge cadre of security people. To put a cherry on top, they took a brand new set of Wilson Staffs that a customer had ordered and put them in the rental program for Tip to use.