Unfair Treatment??? Or am I being too sensitive?

What you described was unfair treatment. Not sure what to do about it. You might talk to a lawyer, and see what needs to be done to document such events in the future. If it's a municipal golf course, you're not getting fair access to public accommodations.

Also, I see that your avatar contains the picture of an African-American male. If you all are of an ethnic minority, possibly you're being targeted because of this.

At any rate, talk to a lawyer and see if any systematic action is possible. Do so especially if a civil rights violation is at play.

Sounds like you just ran into some bad marshals… The older they are the angrier/grumpier they tend to be. Haha, I thought you were being a little too sensitive until I read your 3rd example. That sounds way wrong! I woulda been pissed! As for #1 & #2, there was definitely something up there, but nothing enough to get conspiracy theory'd out about. And if it had been me I would not have left out of spite…  Consider calling those courses and speaking to their head pro or managers about your experience. That's probably best.

I don't know what to tell you.  If everything was as you describe it, you certainly wouldn't be treated like that anywhere I've ever played.

If, what you describe happened, all I can say is "wow? what a bunch of A-holes"

As posted earlier, may be talk with the manager or head pro, especially if you know either. There is no reason for this this. It just makes it worse for everyone.

Being old myself, I don't like saying this, but I've noticed that some old farts are more interested in being grumpy and irrasible than helpful or professional. As for etiquette, hell most people can't even pronounce it let alone know what it is or how to spell it.

I know what you mean.  I'm 20 now, I've never had a problem with marshalls, but me and my 17 year old brother have had a pretty good number of incidents with older golfers behind us.  Same type of story, waiting for greens to clear and either getting yelled at from them or hit into.  I do look on the younger side, but still, no reason to treat us any different.

I would say F__K it and punch the marshall's out. jk. but seriously, judging from the stories, that is some major bull. I have had stories like that come into my pro shop, not as close as bull as yours of course. I will say I did have older people coming in to my pro shop complaining about younger kids than vice versa. because, the kids are young and can't golf and blah blah blah. stupid stuff really. just go out and play old man. have fun. you're golfing for crying out loud. what's better than that. I would just send my marshall out and he would radio in that the kids are on par with the group ahead of them. people get testy when they see the group ahead of them a half a hole behind and they believe that is to far behind, as if they want them on the group's a$$ in front of them. oh well, people are very impatient nowadays. no hiding it anymore. we live in a fast pace world where a minute is like an eternity.

This. I've NEVER played at a course where marshalls treated anyone like that. Out of the 40+ courses I've ever played at. I've never had this happen.

I can tell you that no matter how old you are, if you play a Robert Trent Jones course on a weekend... you are going to get yelled at by a marshall if you are not almost hitting into the group in front of you.  True story from this past weekend

I am in a foursome with some friends all in our upper 30s and ranging from a 15-25 handicap.  We decided to play the upper middle tees due to the marshall's recommendation.  We are waiting on every single shot and it is getting a bit annoying, especially for the long hitter of the group.  So we are on a par 5 and tee off, three of us hit our second to a lay up area.  My cartner, the long hitter, is just waiting in the fairway when the marshall comes up and asks us why he has not hit yet.  We say he is waiting for the green to clear.  The marshall laughs and says, "you should go ahead and hit."  So my buddy does... flies the green and rolls to the back fringe.  The group in front was pissed (as I would have been).  The marshall just drives off.

On one of the par 3s on the backside, the same marshall is sitting at the tee box when we arrive.  He tells us that we need to speed up, although the foursome in front of us is still on the green.  So we all get out of the cart and are ready to tee off as soon as they clear.  The group in front is still walking off the green and the marshall tells us to hit.  The exit off the green is to the right.  IMO, most golfs miss right due to a slice or push.  What the hell was he thinking.  Needless to say we waited the extra 30 seconds for them to clear.

Is this just a power trip or something?  I have no interest in playing that particular RTJ again.

As always, there are 3 versions of a story.  Your side, their side, and the truth.  If everything was as you described, I would tell everybody that I know that golfs about what happened and advise that they not give those courses their money.

I do find that there seems to be a fairly large number of grumpy older/middle age guys on the course. They don't like kids/younger people or in some cases, women on the course. I'm 46 and there are a bunch of younger guys that play the muni course down the street because they can walk and it's pretty cheap. I've never had a problem with them goofing off on the course or hitting into me. People need to relax and be happy to see our game growing.

Bingo.  If the course has a FB page (many do these days), post a polite, but accurate account of what happened and end it with your sincere hope this was an isolated case and your wish for the club to be a better, more enjoyable place to play.

Thanks for everyones input. The one common denominator was that the marshal was always an older man, probably in his 70's. And dont get me wrong, this doesnt happen everytime I go out, and i have ran into a much greater percentage of people that were extremely polite. Just a few incidences, and I guess the question I was asking was that do you think that it was because of my age, or something else. I will also say that the courses that the problems occurred at are not full of bad people/employees, just a couple isolated incidents. I have golfed many rounds at each course and was very pleased with the service most of the time. But hey, everybody has had run-ins on the course, i was just thinking that mine had something to do with my age.

I've been playing since I was 12, and I can't remember too many times when I've been treated poorly by a marshall because of my age.

Out of curiosity, how do you and your friends/brother dress at the course?  Do you look like kids, or do you look like golfers?

I dress like a golfer. Kakhi shorts/pants and a polo everytime i go out. My brother and friends mostly dress the same, sometimes a few of my friends wear jeans and a tee shirt but only if the course allows. I highly doubt it had anything to do with the way we dressed. I will also add that nothing has ever been said to me/us if i were to go out with my dad or uncle or someone a bit older.

I can't say I've ever been treated poorly because of my age, but that might be because I look like I'm 30 (Actually 22).

Actually, dress does have alot to do with how golfers are perceived. If I'm at the course and I see a guy dressed in jean shorts with his shirt hanging out, I pretty much figure (right or wrong) he doesn't understand etiquitte. I also see alot of younger golfers with lots of tattoos on their arms and sometimes their necks. Please understand that this doesn't bother me and I don't know if you or anyone in your group has them, but for the older golfers/rangers, that might make them pay extra attention and cause them to look for something wrong. Either way, if you're keeping pace, raking traps, filling divots, etc, you shouldn't be hassled.