Hi Stephen,

I was part of the group from last Friday.....

This info may help with your questions about Etiquette:

Mike and I began on hole 12. From the tee box I could see two players
completing hole 9 and tee off from hole 10 (you and possibly Lori). For us to
begin from this point is OK; there was no players directly behind us. We were
later joined by two other players.

I'm really good at keeping tabs on quicker players or smaller groups that may
be in a good position to play through. I looked over to you at two different
occasions, and I did not get the impression you and your partner were ever in a
position to jump ahead.

A good Etiquette rule of thumb to consider may be this:

If faster players or smaller groups clearly express hints or signs they wish
or are ready to play through than because of player etiquette they should.

In the past, what I like to do and have seen is this, asking the group in
front if they would not mind....etc. I'd only do this if I was ready to play the
same hole as they are or walked up to their tee box prior to them teeing off.

If you have any other questions, please let us know.

Sorry for holding you up.

Sincerely,

Steve Thomas

stephendraven <sdcorbett@...> wrote:
I and my girlfriend are definitely novices at this game. We've been
playing irregularly for about a year, maybe a little more. Mostly at
the Cypress course at Fort Ord. We have quite a bit of fun and for
the most part enjoy the interactions with other players we've met on
the course. Now I don't know all the rules of etiquette surrounding
the game and would not enjoy trying to make any kind of point while
on the course.
So maybe I can get some feedback here on what happened this
afternoon. We were a little over half way through the course,
walking up to 11, I think. It's the long straight, into the wind,
between two eucalyptus trees hole right next to 1st Street. A group
of five shows up and tees off on 12 right in front of us. At first I
thought they were just warming up before walking over to the first
hole on the other side of 3rd Street. I was wrong, they went ahead
like we didn't exist, some of them throwing two discs from the tee.
I kept looking to see if they might wave us to play through, but
that didn't happen. We even circled around replaying some holes but
caught right back up with them.
At one point one member of the group called to me by name
and identified himself. It's too bad because it's someone I like and
thought was a real ambassador for the sport. So I'd like to know,
is there course "etiquette" or protocol? I don't mean the kind
written up on the PDGA web site. I mean in the real world when it's
just you and some amateur on the course. If it's not practiced or
taught by the "Pros" how does it get out there.
Whew! At least I got it off my chest.






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