[Grannygail]

just got back from Saresota Driving Range and the lady next to us talked to herself the whole time!!! She kept saying things like' Get out the instruction book - Is that the best you can do'? Of course, I thought she was talking to me everytime and I tried to correct my drive. THEN, her friend came over and joined in the conversation. After 5 minutes, DH kindly asked them to step away if they wanted to continue talking. They apologized and the friend stepped away and then we had only the womens conversation with herself to listen to!! What a wasted bucket of balls!!

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Grannygail

just got back from Saresota Driving Range and the lady next to us talked to herself the whole time!!! She kept saying things like' Get out the instruction book - Is that the best you can do'? Of course, I thought she was talking to me everytime and I tried to correct my drive. THEN, her friend came over and joined in the conversation. After 5 minutes, DH kindly asked them to step away if they wanted to continue talking. They apologized and the friend stepped away and then we had only the womens conversation with herself to listen to!! What a wasted bucket of balls!!

As annoying as it might have been, could there have been an unintentional benefit to it? By that I mean could you consider it as practice focusing and concentration under distractions which may help improve your game when on the links? If not, you could still look in the bright side... she's not yelling "In The Hole" after every swing you make!

[2BNTV]

My guess is they think they are the only person in the world that matters.

Just ask them and they will tell you.

[Bogie Shooter]

Did you think of moving away from her?

[Golfingnut]

Sorry for my opinion, but if someone hushed me on the driving range, It would get ugly real quick. This is a retirement center and the driving range is a practice facility.

[kittygilchrist]

at least the convo wasn't on a cell phone? or was she getting virtual lessons via bluetooth?

[rubicon]

I do not talk while on the driving range. However, I do a lot of praying out loud.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

My wife talks to herself out loud sometimes and doesn't realize she is actually talking. She is concentrating so much on the task at hand and self talking to improve her performance not realizing others can hear her. However it wasn't her on the range as we are in south florida visitng the beach today

[Kateb1]

In today's world you can find people talking to themselves more-and-more. If this truly irritated you the best thing you could have done was to simply move away from the person. We all have choices

[sueandskip]

If someone was talking loud enough to irritate me I would simply talk to myself loud enough for them to hear but they probably wouldn't like what I was saying....

[ajbrown]

I have been a range rat for much of my younger life and I have never had an expectation of quiet. I am not saying it should be a loud party, but not silence. Even in tournaments there is quite a bit of noise with caddies, players catching up or "cramming for the test".....

I used to enjoy working on the game with other players/freinds. We would chat about what we were trying to achieve and watch each other's swing to see if we were doing it as we described, or maybe learn a new shot or hear of a recent round......

The only time I get bothered is when I hear someone whose best shot is a 40 yard slice teaching their wife or child the same fundamentals so that they will be able to hit that same slice if the keep there head down and do not sway and keep their left arm straight and ...... .

[charlie49]

Many people go to the range with friends planning to help one another with their swings. If disturbed by noise, one can move to a quieter place on the range. The range behind Walmart was a 'no talking' range for a period of time; they lost more customers than gained because of that policy. It is no longer that way, people are encouraged to help one another when they go to the range together. It is a much friendlier range now.

It is one of those many strange things about golf that people hitting balls all around you is not disturbing, but someone speaking near you can be bothersome.

Charlie

[DougB]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Sorry for my opinion, but if someone hushed me on the driving range, It would get ugly real quick. This is a retirement center and the driving range is a practice facility.

Never met a woman who needed practice talking.

[Gerald]

I have been to that location many times. Some people talk to them selves for many reasons. I agree with several others. There are many other tee locations there. Simple move over to another.

[eweissenbach]

Seems to me you have to be wound a little to tightly to let something like that bother you.