9 Things To Never Do On The Golf Course

Golf Monthly

Dan and Joe outline the 9 things golfers should never do on the golf course!

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00:00Right then Joe, we know there's lots of written rules in golf that people adhere to

00:03but there's lots of unwritten etiquette rules I think we've seen broken quite a lot of times.

00:08You're right, there's a lot of faux pas, even golfing crimes I would consider committed out on a golf course sometimes.

00:14Yeah, so we put our heads together and came up with nine that we think are the biggest and the most often committed.

00:19Yes, and we've acted them out.

00:21We have. I'm playing the sort of well-educated, good etiquette golfer and you're playing numb nuts.

00:26I'm playing a buffoon, you're absolutely right, but if you're watching BAFTA, call us.

00:33In no particular order Joe, we're starting with talking during someone's backswing, even talking during someone's setup.

00:39Yeah, it's just a little bit inconsiderate isn't it?

00:41It's funny with golf because sometimes you get constant noise, you might hear it now actually,

00:45we've got green keepers mowing, we went to live the other day, there was music playing.

00:48When that happens it's not a problem but you're playing silence most of the time

00:52and all of a sudden if that silence is just interrupted with a whisper or something, it is brutal isn't it?

00:56Don't do it, don't do it, try not to whisper to your playing partner, definitely don't pick up the phone, numb nuts,

01:01and just try and keep quiet during the swing.

01:06Next one we've got, and this is one of my particular BAFTAs, leaving a bunker unraked.

01:11It's one of the most inconsiderate things you can do on the golf course, you tell me why.

01:14This is just impolite, it's impolite to your playing partners, to people coming behind you who may end up in it,

01:19to the green keepers who look so studiously after the bunkers for you,

01:23and it's just a mess, it affects people's games and it's basic decency and common sense.

01:28And bunkers are hard enough on a decent lie without being in someone's footprint.

01:32Rake your bunkers please.

01:36Next up Joe, not shouting four as your ball heads toward what might be people, houses, who knows, just shout four.

01:42Yeah, just shout four, it's not only inconsiderate, it is downright dangerous.

01:46These little golf balls, at the speed they're travelling, are like bullets.

01:49We've seen some really serious incidents on the PJ Tour, of people getting hurt,

01:53and some of these players who don't shout on the PJ Tour bother me.

01:56Don't be one of those, if you see your ball heading down the wrong fairway, or heading to anyone on the golf course,

02:01give them a nice, loud shout of four and warn them.

02:03And even if you don't, if it's off target, give it a big shout, you're covered then, just in case.

02:07Always shout four.

02:10Right, for the next one, we're here on the putting green,

02:12and I think just about everyone who's ever played should know,

02:15that if you play with someone you don't, you should never walk over someone's line when they're putting.

02:20Yeah, because if you've got big feet, like you, or particularly big spikes on,

02:23and you walk on someone's line, it could affect their putt, couldn't it?

02:26Correct.

02:27It's rude, again, inconsiderate, so when you're doing it, just watch out for people's lines,

02:30maybe even ask, am I okay to stand there, it's okay to ask these sort of things,

02:34and don't ruin someone's putt, you can stop it from going in the hole.

02:37Furthermore, through lines, do you ever think about through lines?

02:39What's a through line?

02:40Through line is a lot of stuff that's spoken about on tour,

02:42if you're putting from there and you're coming this way,

02:44and I go and collect my ball out the hole this way,

02:46if someone misses the putt from there, and then has to putt through the spikes,

02:49it's always better to think about someone's through line as well,

02:52just give that some thought.

02:53Hey, that's why we pay you the big bucks.

02:58Next up, Joe, assuming a putt is given in match play, I have fallen foul of this.

03:02Yeah, it's tricky ground though, isn't it?

03:04Yeah, it's tricky ground though, isn't it?

03:06You know when you've got it into gimme range,

03:08and you know it's probably going to be conceded,

03:10but you have to wait to hear that.

03:12If you don't, and you just pick your ball up assuming it's been conceded,

03:15if you're playing against someone particularly vindictive,

03:19they can claim the hole.

03:21Loss of hole, you pick the ball up, you're out the hole, and you're done.

03:24That's it, and my circle of friendship is very, very small, so I've heard.

03:27So I've heard.

03:31The next golfing crime I want to talk about

03:33is leaving your bag on the wrong side of the green,

03:36and general time-wasting on the green.

03:38General faffing.

03:39Faffing would be fair.

03:40Bumbling, faffage.

03:41Bumbling, as you might be watching right now, my bumbling.

03:44It's just not good for pace of play, it's not good for your game,

03:47it's not good for anyone's game around you.

03:49What can you do to sort that out?

03:50Well, if you've got people behind you, that's very annoying.

03:53Just think, right, as you get to the green, where's the next tee?

03:55Let me leave my bag in a position between the flag and the tee,

03:58so when I'm done, I pick my ball out, I wander over to my bag,

04:01which is en route to the tee, do your scorecard over there,

04:04the people behind you can play,

04:05and they're not falling asleep sat on their bags.

04:07Consider it to everyone else,

04:08and it'll actually be beneficial for your game,

04:10because you'll take less steps and you'll be less tired.

04:12Plan it well, play quickly, and play well.

04:18Next up, Joe, less of a crime than some of them,

04:20but something I think you should avoid doing is early walking a putt

04:22that you think is going in, you're giving it the big I am,

04:24and then it doesn't go in.

04:25It's a bad look, isn't it?

04:26Actually, we played golf recently with a friend of yours,

04:28shout out, Reece.

04:29I was early walking a couple, and they went in,

04:31and he still said that was a bad look.

04:33He's right, though, I think he's right.

04:34He is right, but it's a particularly bad look when they miss as well.

04:38Another thing that you don't want to do,

04:39if you're the guy on the other side of the hole,

04:41early celebrating someone else's putt and calling it before it goes in,

04:44that can backfire a lot and isn't a good look either.

04:47If someone says to me, oh, great putt, or oh, that's in,

04:49oh, that's pure, and it doesn't go in,

04:51or really early and it doesn't go in,

04:53I'm like, do not stop talking to my golf ball.

04:55Do you think it's affected your ball?

04:56Absolutely.

04:57Because it has, it has to.

04:58Just don't talk to my golf ball,

05:00don't talk to your playing partner's golf balls,

05:02and don't early walk that putt.

05:04Just wait for it to go in.

05:08Recent rule changes have affected this next one I'm going to mention.

05:11So you used to have five minutes to find your ball,

05:13now you've only got three,

05:14so it's become more imperative than ever

05:16not to assume you're just going to find your golf ball

05:18once you've hit it into the rubbish, isn't it?

05:20Yeah, I see people playing on somewhere they know really well

05:22and they play every week and they're like, that's fine over there.

05:24I know that bit.

05:25I know that bit, I've been there all the time,

05:26and it might take a different bounce, it might hit something,

05:28you might not find it.

05:29If you don't then find it, you've got to trawl your way back to the tee,

05:32you're taking penalty shots, you're taking up more time,

05:35so just always hit a provisional if you lose sight of the ball

05:38or even if you have a hint of doubt that you might not find it.

05:41The ten seconds it takes to hit a provisional

05:43could save you ten minutes of traipsing back and holding everyone up.

05:46And you get another swing, another shot,

05:48get that bad shot out of your head.

05:50There's a little sort of bonus to it.

05:52But yeah, always hit a provisional, speed things up,

05:54and that's that.

06:00Lastly, Joe, this falls into the category of early chirping a putt

06:03or talking to someone's golf ball

06:05is letting them know they've got a good score going.

06:07Well, you're playing well, aren't you, mate? It's horrible.

06:09Yeah, it's just wrong on so many levels.

06:11If I'm playing well and I'm on for a really good score,

06:14trust me, I know.

06:16I don't need you to tell me, I know.

06:19I'm already worried about it, so I don't need the additional pressure.

06:22Keep it to yourself, admire quietly,

06:25and let them get on with it.

06:27You can talk about it after the round.

06:29Just focus on your own gosh-darn game

06:31and we can talk about how well I've played later.

06:34So, yeah, none of that sort of,

06:36well, you'll do it all right.

06:38That's not bad, Joe.

06:40That's a nice little list out of things to not do on the golf course.

06:42Take it on board.

06:44We want to hear if you've got any that we may have missed out,

06:46anything you mentioned is the most,

06:48biggest crime, would have the biggest sentence

06:50in this sort of golf jail, golf court.

06:53Wow, you've taken it there.

06:54Yeah, I have taken it there.

06:55Let us know any others that we've missed out.

06:57Hope you enjoyed this video, our acting.

06:59Well done, numbnuts.

07:00Yes, thank you very much, thank you very much.

07:02See you next time.

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