tdinbr
Water hazards are tough!
Played with someone new last week in our group and he was a bit of a stickler for the rules of golf, in particular the honor rule, where whoever scored the lowest on the last hole tees off first on the next hole.
I prefer to play "ready golf" and could care less who tees off first, as do the other guys I always play with. I had won the last hole and was not ready to tee off first because I stopped at the water cooler between holes. I said to them, "Go ahead, doesn't matter to me" and was told by this guy that it should matter to me since that's the way the game should be played. I think he may have been a bit upset because I was beating him in skins and he's a better player than I am (in his mind).
So I guess my question is.....how important to you is the "honors" system? Do you or your playing group always follow it??
I prefer to play "ready golf" and could care less who tees off first, as do the other guys I always play with. I had won the last hole and was not ready to tee off first because I stopped at the water cooler between holes. I said to them, "Go ahead, doesn't matter to me" and was told by this guy that it should matter to me since that's the way the game should be played. I think he may have been a bit upset because I was beating him in skins and he's a better player than I am (in his mind).
So I guess my question is.....how important to you is the "honors" system? Do you or your playing group always follow it??