The Way Golfers Screw Up: Clubhouse Etiquette
March 27, 2008 – 3:44 pm | by GolfdirtOriginally Published in HumanGolf.com
By Martin Vousden
PREVIOUSLY: Tactics
We should: Remember that golf is a game for gentlemen and behave accordingly, making sure to wash our hands after a round before going into the bar, and to not treat it like a men-only club (unless it is, of course). While there we should spend at least as much time listening to others’ golfing stories as telling our own.
We do: Tell filthy jokes in a loud voice, ignoring the women and juniors cowering in the corner, before regaling everyone about the desperately unlucky bogey six we scored on the 18th — while not allowing our best friend, who has just scored the best round of his life, which included his first ever hole-in-one, to get a word in edgeways.
NEXT: Attitude to Others
Martin Vousden is a freelance golf writer, a former editor of Today’s Golfer and launch editor of Golf Buyer and Swing magazines. His book, With Friends Like These; A Selective History of the Ryder Cup, was published in 2006 by Time Warner. He edits the RareBirdie.com website.
