Sean and Steve, Here is what I remember for sure and what made me
write in the first place. Lori and I standing at the tee signs for
12, 13 and 14 with discs in hand, waiting for 4 or 5 people to
finish the hole. At 14 when it was apparant we weren't being
acknowledged we walked back over to 10 thinking that would give us
enough cusion to not be crowding the group that started in front of
us. I did not yell or wave as I thought it was obvious we were
waiting on you.
Clearly I do not understand what protocol is for letting someone
in front know you would like to pass. Mostly I felt snubbed and
ignored. Sean calling me was the first indication anybody in the
group gave that there was anybody else around.
The course was wide open and you could have started anywhere. At
that point given my limited experience with this game I was not
about to push any point.

I have just assumed it was bad form to tee off on a hole until
the group in front is done with their putts and moving toward the
next tee. If this is not the case then I clearly didn't crowd your
group close enough for you to notice. What is considered good form?
If your right behind someone that is still an average of 300
feet. If you have to run up to the group, ask and then run back and
tee off.......well it hardly seems worth the effort.
The only way I can see it working smoothly is if the group in
front waves the waiting players through. I can be wrong though, I'm
good at it.
All this said this is not descriptive of my experiences with
disc golfing. As a matter of fact, short of disc eating trees, this
is the first time anything remotely negative has happened.
My experiences at City Hall and at Big Sur a year ago stand out
as much stronger images of MSJ and it's members than this one
instance. I intend to put this behind me now.
Thanks for the feedback, Stephen



--- In montereydiscgolf@yahoogroups.com, steve thomas
<mevo22001@...> wrote:
>
> 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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