[PharmaDrMan]

We are allowed to move our balls out of divots and lift and clean on the fairway. The course posts signs. They are used when handicap season closes in the Winter or in the case of muddy conditions.

Do you fill your scorecard out in advance of the round too?

[seperalem]

Do you fill your scorecard out in advance of the round too?

In the Winter - it wouldn't matter - you can't post anyway.

[zbckFNlW]

Some guys I played with when I was a member at a private club always had a wager of some sort so the "Rules of Golf" apply for 18 holes. The only leeway they might allow is for a beer or two during play to make the 2 footers a little easier to get the putter to move. On one hole a playing partner yelled "stop" when another player was on his back swing. His ball was teed 4 inches beyond the tee blocks. This was mostly in jest, of course but it forced us to think about our next shot nevertheless. We would never hit out of turn on the tee or fairways and greens so someone was always paying attention to your shot. In the end all scores were attested and entered into the website and thus handicaps were fairly honest ones. The guys were not the straight-faced serious, grumpy golfers but ones who would be cracking jokes and enjoying a day out with some friends who wanted to play the same game. The 8 years I was a member there sure made me a better golfer.

[arindiruppya]

Some guys I played with when I was a member at a private club always had a wager of some sort so the "Rules of Golf" apply for 18 holes. The only leeway they might allow is for a beer or two during play to make the 2 footers a little easier to get the putter to move. On one hole a playing partner yelled "stop" when another player was on his back swing. His ball was teed 4 inches beyond the tee blocks. This was mostly in jest, of course but it forced us to think about our next shot nevertheless. We would never hit out of turn on the tee or fairways and greens so someone was always paying attention to your shot. In the end all scores were attested and entered into the website and thus handicaps were fairly honest ones. The guys were not the straight-faced serious, grumpy golfers but ones who would be cracking jokes and enjoying a day out with some friends who wanted to play the same game. The 8 years I was a member there sure made me a better golfer.

Is drinking beer against the rules too? If it is I didn't know.

[PharmaDrMan]

Is drinking beer against the rules too? If it is I didn't know.

If it is I know a whole lot of people who'd quit the game

[ignonsoli]

The people that I play with most often have their own interpretation of the rules. We don't play for money, so I could really care less what their scores are. Though, it can be a little frustrating to see somebody outscore me by ten strokes after watching them take a mulligan or two on every other hole. I don't see the point in keeping my own score if I'm not honest about it. I might as well just scrap it and hack away.

I used to take the "prove-I-can-do-it" extra shot as well, but, as others have said, I usually flubbed it too. Then I was twice as mad