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Cell phones, the next big problem for golfers
Add this to bad cell phone manners, golfers are calling from their cell phones. Just when a putt is lined up, a cell phone will ring from the next tee. Someone is conducting a business deal on the golf course. Sound familiar? It's becoming a common practice, according to Record Online. Some golf courses forbid them, but not all of them. "But the real problem is players can't afford to slow down. When the play isn't moving as fast as some golfers would like, patience is required, a quality that some adults just don't have". Good manners either. In another related story, and far more consequential than just bad etiquette, a ringtone may have cost Brian Davis a stroke on the 16th hole, during the last British Open. The English golfer missed a putt to save par after someone's phone began ringing, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, |
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