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I am not questioning respect and/or etiquette, but rather asking if people think the sport needs to evolve. Before everyone jumps on the "tradition" bandwagon, let me ask another question.
Are you still teeing your featherie ball on a mound of sand and hitting it with a wooden driver? Do your clubs have wooden shafts and a wrapped leather grip?
I think as you continue to play the game and get better you will answer your own question for yourself.
For me, I play for quiet and comraderie, I play to listen to the birds, the wind, to think in a zone that most will never know and mostly for me it's the music of a purely struck shot. I could never imagine someone that plays for crazy amounts of money wanting cheering and yelling as a constant noise while putting for a million bucks and I sure as hell won't be out there if they are lol.
The game we love is evolving faster than it ever has and is still slow to evolve but there's a certain amount tradition in the game and a good part of that is the behavior associated with being a gentleman. Dress has changed equipment has changed, courses have changed, let's not drag it in to the drunken stupor of other sports with immature screaming and shouting. Let's support it for what it is a great game played in some of the most beautiful and peaceful environments left.
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