MoparMan
Active member
Nope. If the hitter can clearly see his ball will miss a person, he should not yell fore. For example, I remember a shot a guy in my group hit from a short par 4 tee box. It was probably a 320 yard carry to the front of the green, where the flag was that day, and this guy crushed his tee shot right at the flag.
None of us yelled fore because we could see there was a guy on the green putting a 5 footer and that the ball was going to miss him. Had we yelled fore he easily could have moved to where he would be struck , as the ball carried a few feet to the side of him. It was scary moment, for sure, which I still remember well even though it happened nearly ten years ago. Why did this long bomber hit in the first place ? It was first time playing the course, none of us knew him (or how long he could hit a ball), he was on the tee box playing before any of us realized what was happening. Me and the others knew it was a short hole but we were accustomed to well struck drives landing at least 50 yards short of the green and then at best bouncing and rolling to about 20 yards short of the front edge,
Why take the risk of someone moving into the path of the ball ? It's true the person/group ahead will likely be very upset that nobody yelled fore, but that's a better outcome then someone moving into the path of the ball.
When I hear “Fore” my first instinct is to protect my head. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone move from their position when they hear it, unless they can see it coming. I don’t understand how giving someone a warning that there is a potentially deadly object headed there way could do any harm.
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