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Originally Posted by qassim Rather snobbish attitudes in my opinion.
If you are not going to allow people onto the course to improve their golf where are they going to get their experience? |
I agree that apart from the kind of misanthrope who sounds the horn at learner drivers no-one should have a problem with beginners or just poor golfers or even - hands up everyone - reasonable golfers having a mare as long as they show some appreciation that they are not alone on the golf course.
However, its not snobbish to expect manners and a reasonable standard of behaviour on the course any more than it is snobbish to deplore people spitting in the street, putting their feet up on train seats, playing their mp3 at way beyond a personal volume, smoking at the table when others are eating, using a mobile phone in a restaurant (and what inane conversations these people have anyway), not turning the damn thing off in the cinema or theatre etc. etc.
Sadly golf only reflects society.
I'm afraid that in my experience, especially of 2forones, quite often private
clubs are no better than public, the rudeness and ill manners just take a different form - arguably its worse since you'd hope the members knew better.
Ha - guess who's grumpy after a bad day at work and a typical South West Trains journey
