# The Most Unpopular Opinions by Everyday Golfers

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**Created:** [October 16, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://golfersgoto.discourse.group/t/the-most-unpopular-opinions-by-everyday-golfers/257 "2023-10-16T17:42:20Z")\
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**1.** “Players should get free relief from divots in the fairway.”

**2.** “Music on the golf course is trash. Go have beers in a backyard or go to a concert if music is super important to you.”

**3.** “The cart fee should be shared with your riding partner.”

**4.** “All 4-man scrambles should be played in groups of 8 so that both teams keep each other honest.”

**5.** “Public courses should raise their prices by $1 each round and use that money to hire competent Marshalls and cart attendants.”

**6.** “Paying the same cart fee as a single or twosome.”

**7.** “Groups of 8 or less should be allowed so long as they can keep the desired pace of said course. A fast 8 is sometimes better than a slow foursome.”

**8.** “The cups need to be set .25 inches deeper to prevent bounce outs.”

**9.** “If you’re taking a penalty drop, you should be allowed to place the ball. It gives everyone the same opportunity to create a preferred lie. If you’re penalized already and dropping, you shouldn’t be penalized again. This would also eliminate the issue of ‘re-dropping’ when your ball bounces closer to the hole. It speeds up play and eliminates cheating.”

**10.** “It should be an automatic pick up once you reach double-bogey on a hole.”

**11.** “Out of bounds should be determined by a fence, concrete, or another persons property…not some white stakes placed strategically because the head pro wanted them there.”

**12.** “PGA pros would shoot 4-6 shots worse if they didn’t have fans and ball-spotters running to their errant shots. And amateurs would shoot 8-12 shots better if they did.”

**13.** “Everyone should start playing at the front tees. Once you can break 80 about 75% of your rounds, you move back one tee. Rinse and repeat… it doesn’t matter how far you hit it, if the golf course is continually beating you by 8 shots, move up.”

**14.** “Tour conditions with perfect greens and fairways are easier than an average track.”

**15.** “A ‘good’ shot where you can’t find your ball shouldn’t cost a stroke…if the rest of the group agrees.”

**16.** “The golf handicap system is flawed, and it needs to be fixed.”

**17.** “Any shot that hits the flagstick may be, at the option of the player, placed within one-flagstick-length away from the cup.”

**18.** “3.5 hours should be the required pace-of-play for recreational foursomes. If you don’t keep pace, you’re required to skip ahead.”

**19.** “Practice swings should be illegal unless you are a single-digit handicap.”

**20.** “Higher handicaps should be required to play from forward tees on the weekends to help with pace of play.”

**21.** “You should actually know how to get a golf ball off the ground before playing on the course.”

**22.** “Fast play is overrated. 4.5-hour rounds are just about right. That gives time for the occasional run-over conversation, proper time for lining up putts, and time to smell the damned roses. I get out there to enjoy life, not to run to my next appointment.”

**23.** “Prior to being allowed on a golf course, golf and etiquette lessons should be required, with a certification and licensing once passed.”

**24.** “Golf balls should have a chip in them in order to locate them via a phone app.”

**25.** “Hoodies and joggers shouldn’t be allowed on the course.”

**26.** “Play ready golf until everybody gets on the green. Then putt in order.”

**27.** “Golf should be walking only.”

**28.** “Grill hotdogs, or don’t serve food at the clubhouse.”

**29.** “Tiger Woods will barely make cuts if he tries to make a comeback.”

**30.** “You shouldn’t be allowed to drink alcohol or smoke on the course. The sport should be about health.”

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