On The Tee....
 

I know quite a few villagers that think it's a written rule of etiquette that no one approach the tee box when you are on it....that is only true if you are in the process of setting up and hitting the ball.

As long as you're just standing there golfers behind you are allowed to take the cart path(or if walking stay off the tee)to a safe distance behind your rearmost cart...they are to keep still and quiet when you proceed to tee off.

Now per etiquette you should not be anywhere directly behind the golf tee(to the sides are fine).

There is the request a group may make to the following group to not approach the tee because it makes some players nervous. If they make that request it should be honored.

Do not fall into the category of someone whose just started playing and makes assumptions. The USGA rule book is < $2....if you're going to quote etiquette and rules to me make sure you aren't spouting garbage and things will be civilized. Play on!

Most Village golfers are using the white or blue tees, and a few use the green. If the group ahead is on the tee, we'll generally move up to the black tees, which is normally 30 or 40 yards behind them.

Yesterday my foursome played Kenya to Hemingway at Havana at 12:29 and we finished at 3:45, about 3 hours and 15 minutes. it was one of the few times we didn't have to wait and I shot the best score this year, a 76 from the whites and I even had a triple bogey on the 17th hole. It's so nice when you don't have to think about anything other than hitting your next shot.

Point?
 

I'm not sure of a point you're trying to make in relation to my post. When I get on the tee I expect little movement and quiet from anyone near me. Other than that it's of no consequence. My score depends on my concentration and ability on that particular shot.

Its just a game.

I can't stand it when they stand 10 feet behind me and move. I'll tell them to move away and they do but back to the same scenario on the next tee, their excuse is that it doesn't bother them...

Oh we have here a 9 mulligans per/GAME player...
.....Play Station Golf is a GAME.... :)

My group also - that equates to a 76 = 85 minimum in a perfect world.

Each golfer has their own type of distractions that effect their concentration/swing. For me it is movement of any kind. I have eagle eyes and see everything. On the other hand, noise is absolutely not an issue. Talking, music, birds chirping, golf carts, whatever, no problems, just don’t move.

My point is if you're on the blue tees and the gold is after that, and we're waiting on the black tees probably 30 or 40 yards behind you, and just about any group I've ever played with does that, you're not going to really see or hear us from that distance. If you're saying the following group is pulling all the way up to your tee and doing so as you're hitting, then that is absolutely wrong and I would say so.

Did you mean players within you're own group not coming onto the tee when someone else is on the tee, that's just slow play. All four of us will be on the tee at the same time but stand about 12' or more back and to the side and don't move or talk, just as you would be on the green when someone is putting, but are ready to go when the player hits. If players are hanging back in their cart or on the path waiting for someone to hit, that's a waste of time. Moving around and talking on the tee or green when someone is playing is basic etiquette, I learned that when I was 12 years old. If someone does that, I would correct them.

In reponse to the other post, we only allow one mulligan and that's only on the very first tee, and most of us don't even use it, I think one fellow used it yesterday.

Give me a break. You’re playing in The Villages, not in the Masters.

Many golfers at our age can not follow their ball flight. Standing 10 feet or more behind and just to the side of the player allows help in following the shot, and speeds up play for not having to search for the ball. None of us are pros, so the positioning and silence you watch on TV is not required, only consideration and common sense.

I have been married twice. Nothing bothers me.

Please play ready golf. Move the ball forward and give respect to the Ambassadors when they ask you to pick up your pace of play. Make Village golf enjoyable to all those behind you

Exactly.

Written by a 30 handicapper who doesn’t know nor play by the rules.