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- From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
- Subject: Re: Golf Etiquette Part 1/5
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 19:20:27 GMT
- Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
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- In article <2934685165.1.p00168@psilink.com> "James F. Tims" <p00168@psilink.com> writes:
- >I've tried to think of something like the bowing in karate,
- >or the touching of gloves in boxing, and I can't think of anything.
- >Maybe I'm just drawing a blank, here, but I would have to agree
- >with your observation. Everything in G-E that I can think of has
- >a practical basis in fair play, speed of play, or care for the course.
-
- Sorry. "Honors." The person who does best on the hole is
- often the last person to hole out, having hit close to the
- pin rather than in the trap or whatever. This means the
- last person off the green is expected to be the first person
- on the next tee. This is the slowest of all possible worlds.
- If it were a matter of speed-of-play, then teeing off would
- simply be first-come, first-served, no pushing, running, or
- talking in line.
-
- Similar with letting the away golfer hit first, even if
- he has to spend three minutes looking for and analyzing
- his lie in the bushes.
-
- "Ready Golf" isn't as polite as "Proper Golf Ettiquette,"
- but it's much more efficient.
-
- --Blair
- "Rule No. 2: when in the teeing ground,
- don't step on my line; I may just putt..."
-