Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Disagree with the term "everyone". I can only speak for myself, but I've played golf for 51 years. I played on my HS team and my college team. I've played amateur tours and pro-ams. At my (younger) best, I was a +2 handicap. I pretty much know all the rules of golf and all the etiquette. I've played in TV for 6 years now. So tell me why I should be REQUIRED to sit in a class with those that are new to the game and don't know the difference between a club and a ball???? I would be better off practicing putting. I'm sure there are many others who have similar golf experience and would be wasting their time in "good golf" class. (BTW, is this the same class that tells you it is OK to move your ball out of a bunker, improve your lie in the fairway or rough, or take 5 foot gimmes ? If so, they should change the name from "good golf" to good "whatever the heck game you are playing"
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I haven't taken it but I've heard, as you say that it is mostly about how to make tee times.
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It's not about one person adapting to a group or the group adapting to one person. It's about people having respect for one another. It's about adapting to long standing customs that have been around the game of golf for centuries.
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Ahh.... a note of sarcasm from someone that I'm sure has a long standing history playing golf.
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When your ball is in play, you take your cart to a point where the ball is and drive 90 degrees to the direction of the hole to your ball. In other words, you are taking to shortest distance from the cart path to your ball in order to minimize the damage that a cart does to the golf course.
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The Beatlemaniacs of The Villages meet every Friday 10:00am at the O'Dell Recreation Center. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800. |
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If people want to talk and move while other's in their group are playing, that's all well and fine. They can also be respectful while a stranger is playing. It only takes 20 seconds or so to hit a ball. I don't think that it's too much to ask for people to be respectful for fifteen minutes 30 or so times in an hour and a half.
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The Beatlemaniacs of The Villages meet every Friday 10:00am at the O'Dell Recreation Center. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800. |
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good post on the 'golf school',,, i was ignorant of it til now but believe many won't bother - we shall attend,,, thanks !
exec courses - probably lots of hackers compared to champ courses so expect less boorish behavior on champs - execs are free so nothing invested has never bothered me to advise gorillas of ill-mannered actions IF its true, annoying, or flagrant violation of golf rules,,, how many people now wear soft cleats because so many couldn't be bothered to pick up their feet when they walked on the greens ? |
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I totally agree with original message.
I am trying to improve my game. Without golf etiquette, it is difficult to focus. With golf etiquette, you won’t be waiting to tee off as long and your game will improve which will make the round go faster and more people can play. I mostly would like to have people keep quiet when necessary. I can live with all the rest.
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For people that are having trouble understanding this, for a golfer this is the same as having people talking and being loud in a movie theater while you're trying to watch a movie. If you complain about it, they respond, "This is the way that our group watches a movie. We talk about all throughout the movie and if that bothers you, leave".
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The Beatlemaniacs of The Villages meet every Friday 10:00am at the O'Dell Recreation Center. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800. |
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Change to the Championship courses.
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#41
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Totally agree. Good Golf school should be required.
Not shooting into those playing ahead of you is also a concern to me. Dangerous. See it quite a bit, especially in the winter months when those new to the game are on the courses more often |
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Why are you bothering to play golf
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You might still learn something
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#44
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Wait a minute...aren’t you the same guy who found the female announcers excitement extremely annoying (during Space X/NASA launch)
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Ok, question here. I know we are supposed to play “ready golf” so in my understanding if someone is raking the bunker or looking for their ball, or overshot and had to walk a distance for their ball, other players who were ready were supposed to shoot, even if the delayed player was further away. Is that not the rule when “serious players” join your group?
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