stratocastor

Just have fun and treat the course, other players, and staff like you would want to be treated. This advice pretty much applies to almost anything in life. You get what you put in.

I really would prefer players go at a good pace though, it is a pet peeve to be behind a slow group.

GrandmaFL

Watch your shadow. Make sure you aren't standing in a way to cause a shadow across another player's putting line.
Jan

SportPok

Respect the course. Nobody likes the person that doesn't follow the 90 degree rule or that doesn't fix a divot. It is just plain annoying.

GolfLine

Don't make fun of another persons crappy shot. You will find that somehow your next shot will be ten times worse.

TiderInsider

I think it depends on how slow your group is playing. If you're holding up the rest of the course, you need to speed up - I don't care how badly it effects your game. If you take longer over the ball, just make sure you are ready when its your shot.

Other etiquette tips:
Pay careful attention to your others' line of sight while on the putting surface. When I'm looking at the hole and thinking about the break, spead, etc., the last thing I want to see is the flag stick. Try and lay the flag stick down in a point that won't bother anyone in your group.

Along those lines, don't stand right behind someone...I understand you want to see how my put breaks, but you can see it just as well from a slight angle.

Another one that I don't think was mentioned is don't step in other's line on the putting surface.

gOLfEr056

Ya, the time factor is something that I worry about all of the time. i just try to get out to the course at an early time so I don't have to worry about too many people on the course and so i can take my time and make the good shot with out being rushed.

Also, the putting tips you guys had were great. I hate it when I have someone standing right behind me watching, or someone who is dancing on the other side of the whole. Putting for me is the most cridicle part of the game because it is real easy to rack up the strokes when you are only ten feet away.

Sunchild

I think I'll feel a little ridiculous if I ever have to say this! What if the person is not within speaking distance? Do you yell it? Isn't that considered disruptive as well? Also.. why the word 'fore' ?

burfi

I think maintaining silence when someone else is taking the shot is very important. No matter how much of an expert, everybody can be distracted and loose his/her concentration is a fraction of a second. I feel it is very important that we should keep mum when watching someone take a shot as much as we do when we are ourselves taking a shot.

Sunchild

Is that in response to me? If so, I am now confused. Thanks alot.

So do you say 'Fore' or shout 'Fore'? Or do you just hope you get lucky and not hit someone?

memorex88

SHOUT FORE! Make damn sure they hear you so as to duck or protect the head ect. I for sure get very angry when a ball lands near me without hearing a peep from the person.
When I do hear it and have a chance to protect myself, well that's part of the game and it won't bother me.

The Oxford English Dictionary says that the word "fore" used in a golf context is probably a contraction for "Before." It cites the first written use of the term in 1878 as, "A warning cry to people in front of the stroke." The Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms, by Peter Davies also claims that "fore" is originally a Scottish word that is a shortened version of the word "before."