JPsuff

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As far as I'm concerned, people can play from whatever tees they desire. Whether they should or shouldn't is a judgement call at best. My concern isn't whether they should be there but rather with how they move along. If a guy wants to play the blues even though he hasn't got the game for it, I don't care, as long as you're not slowing down the rest of the course doing so.

Let's face it, there are plenty of people who can't even handle the regulation tees, yet there they are topping one shot after another. But as long as they don't spend all day bemoaning every poor shot and offering demonstrations as to what they "should have" done, it's all good.

For instance, I'm a pretty good putter. Part of the reason for that is that I have a pre-shot routine that I never rush or change and the other part is that I take my time in sizing up a putt.
Most of the time, I can "see" a putt from behind the ball. But sometimes a break is so subtle that it requires a look from the other side and I will take the time to take that look if I think it's necessary. If someone doen't like that, well that's too bad.

I don't believe that we should be "tailgating" the group in front of us. I've seen guys ranting about the fact that the group in front hasn't even teed-off yet while we're still putting out on the hole we're playing.
Naturally, this guy ends up three-putting because his concentration is focused on the group in front and how they're not living up to his "satndards" for speed-of-play, rather than on making the putt he's facing.

I hate the "speed golf" crowd who for some reason have to finish in some sort of record time. Golf is as much a social experience and a leisure time activity as it is a sport. It is not some kind of race.





-JP