[violetgorman]

So today I'm at the course practicing my chipping and putting on the practice green that is adjacent to the end of the ninth fairway. A guy hits an arrant shot and it lands two feet off the practice green beside where I am practicing. He pulls up to the practice green in his cart and proceeds to pull out his wedge and hit his shot, digging a huge divot and shoveling a mound of dirt onto the practice green. At this point i'm waiting for him to brush away the dirt on the practice green, but since he had not the slightest bit of etiquette. He walks back to the cart and is getting ready to pull off when I finally spoke up and asked him he he could please sweep away the mounds of dirt he left on the practice green. He looks at me and says what are you some kind of A-hole? I told him no but you obviously dont care about anyone else on this course. He became infuriated, grabbed an iron out of his bag and charged at me cursing me like he was gonna hit me. I just stood there waiting for him to take that swing. He then bent down and startedbrushing away the dirt screaming curse words in front of me, my wife, my daughter and 7 other spectators. He finally pulled away and flipped me off for good measure. Little does he know that one of my good friends is the head pro at that course. I made one call after the incident and his membership was revoked immediately.

Just shows how much golf has changed and lost its traditions and how people today have no morals anymore.

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[Bgfbukpf]

So today I'm at the course practicing my chipping and putting on the practice green that is adjacent to the end of the ninth fairway. A guy hits an arrant shot and it lands two feet off the practice green beside where I am practicing. He pulls up to the practice green in his cart and proceeds to pull out his wedge and hit his shot, digging a huge divot and shoveling a mound of dirt onto the practice green. At this point i'm waiting for him to brush away the dirt on the practice green, but since he had not the slightest bit of etiquette. He walks back to the cart and is getting ready to pull off when I finally spoke up and asked him he he could please sweep away the mounds of dirt he left on the practice green. He looks at me and says what are you some kind of A-hole? I told him no but you obviously dont care about anyone else on this course. He became infuriated, grabbed an iron out of his bag and charged at me cursing me like he was gonna hit me. I just stood there waiting for him to take that swing. He then bent down and startedbrushing away the dirt screaming curse words in front of me, my wife, my daughter and 7 other spectators. He finally pulled away and flipped me off for good measure. Little does he know that one of my good friends is the head pro at that course. I made one call after the incident and his membership was revoked immediately.

Just shows how much golf has changed and lost its traditions and how people today have no morals anymore.

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That is true for some, can't say it as a blanket statement though. Many fine folks are still playing this great game.

What course in Newnan? I have played quite a few up that way.

[Sxedlawb]

Wow, what a d**k. Good to hear you kept your cool.

[MikeGotTalentz]

He didn't say fore? If he didn't, you should be the angry one. He needs the one-two combo.

[violetgorman]

Summergrove golf course its part of the canongate clubs.

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[tobaccoman]

What a dumb ass. Glad his membership is gone. I see stuff like that all the time especially on these smaller places around me that people just destroy. Spitting sun flower seeds all over the green, throwing beer cans/bottles right off the tee box into the woods and the worst is leaving trash around the trash can haha like you can't just throw it in there?? Scumbags I'll tell ya

[violetgorman]

What a dumb ass. Glad his membership is gone. I see stuff like that all the time especially on these smaller places around me that people just destroy. Spitting sun flower seeds all over the green, throwing beer cans/bottles right off the tee box into the woods and the worst is leaving trash around the trash can haha like you can't just throw it in there?? Scumbags I'll tell ya

Its bad that we are forced to deal with these kind of people. I've seen people constantly that wont repair ball marks, people that litter all over the course and worst of all ive seen people get angry when they miss a putt and slam their putters into the greens making giant holes. Absolutely ridiculous and the worst part is no one says anything. Thats why ive finally gotten tired of no one saying anything and I make sure to tell them what their doing wrong. If no one says anything nothing changes. Grown men acting like spoiled brats.

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[spineeupsenry]

You say this as if the majority out there had it and then lost it, when I think it's the other way. I think the majority of people out there, (on golf courses and off) never had etiquette, manners, morals to begin with.

So many people live in their own world it's a shame.

And oddly, I feel this isn't a problem that has slowly developed, but has been around for a very long time.

[bomondus]

I'm not sure if my favorite part is the fact that it all started with his crappy aim or that he wouldn't confront you without first grabbing a club from his bag.

[Uzezqelj]

Should've one-two combo'd him.

But in all seriousness, it is getting a little out of hand...so much so that I am joining a club next year because I simply can't deal with it anymore. Not letting people play through, destroying the courses, and just general idiotic behavior. I am hoping getting off the public tracks will make the situation better, but by the sounds of it, your situation took place at a private course.

[kaiayout]

So today I'm at the course practicing my chipping and putting on the practice green that is adjacent to the end of the ninth fairway. A guy hits an arrant shot and it lands two feet off the practice green beside where I am practicing. He pulls up to the practice green in his cart and proceeds to pull out his wedge and hit his shot, digging a huge divot and shoveling a mound of dirt onto the practice green. At this point i'm waiting for him to brush away the dirt on the practice green, but since he had not the slightest bit of etiquette. He walks back to the cart and is getting ready to pull off when I finally spoke up and asked him he he could please sweep away the mounds of dirt he left on the practice green. He looks at me and says what are you some kind of A-hole? I told him no but you obviously dont care about anyone else on this course. He became infuriated, grabbed an iron out of his bag and charged at me cursing me like he was gonna hit me. I just stood there waiting for him to take that swing. He then bent down and startedbrushing away the dirt screaming curse words in front of me, my wife, my daughter and 7 other spectators. He finally pulled away and flipped me off for good measure. Little does he know that one of my good friends is the head pro at that course. I made one call after the incident and his membership was revoked immediately.

Just shows how much golf has changed and lost its traditions and how people today have no morals anymore.

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I know right!

Last week I'm coming up 18 (Par5) waiting to hit my next shot. The guys that had finished ahead of the group I was waiting on were being loud (could hear them 250 y away) and decided to start hitting shots along the adjacent 12 teebox. Needless to say not one, not two, not three, but 4 balls were hit at my group. Some close, some very very close. Not a single fore was called not a single apology was given, even when we drove by. I called them out on that fact they cussed me, I blatantly told them people like them didn't belong on a golf course....

[AnypecekceS]

The game grew too fast because of Tiger Woods. As his relevance continues to wain (the bursting of the Tiger bubble), I think you'll see the game be played less and spectated less by inconsiderate ruffians that are prone to brandishing clubs as weapons and screaming mashed potatoes, and more by those with better manners. It will take a while, much like the improvement of real estate markets.

Kevin

[violetgorman]

Its a semi-private club. Im currently looking for a new club. Tired of dealing with people that just have no manners and can not act proper in public. Some people just believe that they can do and say anything they want. Like they are entitled to everything just because they were born. I cant stand people like that. I think if everyone had to spend a few years in the military it would make a huge dif. in their demeaner.

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[gugamotina]

The game grew too fast because of Tiger Woods. As his relevance continues to wain (the bursting of the Tiger bubble), I think you'll see the game be played less and spectated less by inconsiderate ruffians that are prone to brandishing clubs as weapons and screaming mashed potatoes, and more by those with better manners. It will take a while, much like the improvement of real estate markets.

Kevin

Unfortunately, they are trying to grow the game and idiots like that are coming out of the woodwork. Those are the same people that think hitting a stick with a ball into a hole is super easy...
I am trying to be the "better guy" and educate like JRodgers did, but trying that with a semi drunk redneck that had nothing better to do with his money or time is sometimes VERY challenging...

[violetgorman]

I'm not sure if my favorite part is the fact that it all started with his crappy aim or that he wouldn't confront you without first grabbing a club from his bag.

LOL, I guess he tought grabbing that club was gonna make me flinch or force me to apologize to him. Wasn't gonna happen. He was 5'9'' 175 yeilding a club at someone 6'1'' 225. There is no way I would have started fighting the guy but if he would have hit me its only logical to defend myself. LOL

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[tobaccoman]

You say this as if the majority out there had it and then lost it, when I think it's the other way. I think the majority of people out there, (on golf courses and off) never had etiquette, manners, morals to begin with.

So many people live in their own world it's a shame.

And oddly, I feel this isn't a problem that has slowly developed, but has been around for a very long time.

This. It's makes me appreciate the time my dad spent with me and making sure I had proper etiquette even at a very young age. It seems so simple but there will always be stupid people and unfortunately they find their way on to the golf course. I just hate the attitude that "if they did it, im going to" in regards to not fixing ball marks or divots or picking up tee etc. Like I said before, absolute scumbags

[violetgorman]

Unfortunately, they are trying to grow the game and idiots like that are coming out of the woodwork. Those are the same people that think hitting a stick with a ball into a hole is super easy...
I am trying to be the "better guy" and educate like JRodgers did, but trying that with a semi drunk redneck that had nothing better to do with his money or time is sometimes VERY challenging...

I completely agree and I'm glad to see there are others out there willing to speak up against this uprise of childish behavior on the course.

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[Gideleb]

This is a timely thread, considering I ran into a situation that really frustrated me and made me wonder the same thing. I was playing at a semi-private course late this afternoon, it wasn't very busy, but there was a foursome slowing up me and three other groups. These guy were pretty bad golfers. There is nothing wrong with not being a great golfer, but these guys were hitting multiple balls off the tee, chasing every errant shot into the trees, water, whatever. You could tell they had played enough to know the rules of golf and proper etiquette. The fact that they blatantly ignored everyone behind them is beyond rude to me. If I feel like I'm in a group that is playing slow or if there is someone behind me who can play through, then I am more than happy to let them through, because I would want someone to do the same for me. Anyway, one guy carried around a ball retriever every where he went and would fish his ball and other balls with it. Even after they had putted out. They left cigarette butts on the green on every hole. I saw one guy take a full swing with an iron and hit his ball off the green and towards the next tee box. Absolutely absurd.
I was playing solo so I don't mind if I have to wait because that's what I expect, but these guys were slowing down another foursome in front of me, along with two twosomes. I ended joining a group and since we were the last group that was being slowed down, we just chipped and putted after every hole, so it really wasn't that bad on the front, but on the turn everyone else got frustrated and left, leaving me the only one stupid enough to keep playing. I thought they might let me play through, because I was the only person being held up. Nope. I usually don't do this, but I finally just skipped ahead of them on the 14th hole. I was playing pretty well, too, but I had had enough of waiting. I just don't understand how people can act like that. I don't get it. I really don't. My story isn't nearly as crazy as Jrodgers', but it's in the same vein. I think most golfers use proper etiquette and respect others on the course, it's just the ones that do seem to stand out.

[Seilehogshell]

This. It's makes me appreciate the time my dad spent with me and making sure I had proper etiquette even at a very young age. It seems so simple but there will always be stupid people and unfortunately they find their way on to the golf course. I just hate the attitude that "if they did it, im going to" in regards to not fixing ball marks or divots or picking up tee etc. Like I said before, absolute scumbags

+1. My Dad taught my brother and I that golf etiquette was just as important as the golf swing. I was seven.

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[Gideleb]

+1. My Dad taught my brother and I that golf etiquette was just as important as the golf swing. I was seven.

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Yep, every time I see someone acting the fool, I silently thank my Dad.