[Tjfyojlg]

Something posted in the "Walking in my line" post made me curious about this.

Do you always play "honors" on the tee, or do you play "ready golf". I will usually go along with the group. I prefer "honors" because I think it is a privilege earned on the previous hole, but I am not a stickler about it.

I have played in groups where one of them was so slow that everyone would tee off and still have to wait while he got ready to tee off. In those cases, "honors" goes out the window to maintain everyone's sanity.

[verybigf]

Normally we play honors. But in the new Wednesday league I play they play ready golf on the tee, so it works. Im all for faster play so it does not matter to me.

[Opening-auto]

Doesn't matter to me, in fact I would rather tee last every time, ESPECIALLY if there is money on the line! Sure makes my club selection a lot easier if I just watched my buddy put 1 OB.

[Tjfyojlg]

Doesn't matter to me, in fact I would rather tee last every time, ESPECIALLY if there is money on the line! Sure makes my club selection a lot easier if I just watched my buddy put 1 OB.

I think match play or skins makes honors essential. As you say, it can affect your club or shot selection.

[Mynameishappy]

Really depends on the guys i'm playing with.Some are Honors only and some are ready golf.If I'm playing golf with the ready golf fellas,I WILL NOT hit in front of a Birdie,They earned that privilege to hit with honors.

[Tjfyojlg]

Really depends on the guys i'm playing with.Some are Honors only and some are ready golf.If I'm playing golf with the ready golf fellas,I WILL NOT hit in front of a Birdie,They earned that privilege to hit with honors.

I think that is generally true of almost any group I have been part of....birdie or better tees off first, no matter if it is ready golf or not.

[EmpaccalGah]

We play ready golf mostly. I respect others in the group if they choose to play honors, I'm easy.

[Innoloinarp]

I play ready golf 99% of the time. I am like JB, I like to keep the round moving. Often the women that I play with are fairly short hitters so it just makes sense for them to tee off first so that everyone isn't waiting for the group in front of us to clear the fairway.

But like most, if the people I am playing with want to play honors I have no problem with that.

[HassFks]

If you're ready, hit the dang thing.

[medifastwoman]

Ready golf, almost always. I usually walk on as a single, and if the group I am paired with is playing 'honors' I stay out of it and hit last on every hole, unless they play the forward tees. Most groups I walk into seem to prefer ready golf though, and so do I.

[doksSirmAdods]

"No honor amongst thiefs", actually I like honors most of the time. However, if playing best ball like I was when this was mentioned, it's what ever team get's there first. The round today took almost 4 hours to play 9 holes with a wind chill under 40 degrees.

Just hit the damn thing.

[ImmimiFruff]

I'm in the ready golf unless there's a birdie the hole before group.

[pXss8cyx]

We play ready golf although when I'm with the group I play with regularly, we tend to fall into a pattern on the tee and always go in the same order on every hole.

[Muhabsssa]

Often in the league I play, no one seems to want to tee off first. Drives me nuts, so I'll step up even if someone else clearly has honors.

[MadMark]

Ready golf here. If the person with first tee honors want to go first that's fine too. On the first tee, regardless of who I am with, I always go first, just to get things started.

I still laugh at that Caddy Shack movie part where the starter says something to the effect "your honor, your honor"

[unatkot]

In my normal group we play honors, but we usually play near the end of the tee sheet so we aren't holding anyone up.

[Tjfyojlg]

If it is ready golf, I tend to tee off first. I am almost always the first one ready, even when I am walking and others are riding, I tend to get to the tee box first. I do most things at a higher speed than average I believe, so why should golf be different.

[Spisivavona]

I normally do ready golf. Whoever wants to tee of first is welcome to. If Im playing a tournament or with some serious golfers who want to keep score and stick to the rules I will definetly do honors because thats technically the "correct" way to do it but even if I have the honor Im OK with someone else teeing off first.

[LeslieMoran]

We play honors for tournament play only, because there it matters who hits first, for casual rounds it is ready golf all the way around.

[MondayBlues]

It generally depends on a few factors... but the tendency is to play ready golf. If we are up with the group ahead and everyone is ready to go, then honors takes precedence. If we are off pace because of a ball search or such, then we play ready golf. Honors given only if the recipient is ready when it's time to play.

I know almost nobody who is bothered by not getting honors on the tee. Most of the guys I play with play in the Men's Club and even in stroke tournaments we don't worry about honors, or who's away, or other such irrelevancies. Pace of play is the prime consideration.

In match play, order of play is a Rule of Golf, so then honor is observed.