For you Adult Golfers

[jamesbei]

I have a question for you adult golfers, when i turn up for a competition i often see my proposed playing partners faces groan when they see i am A JUNIOR MEMBER!!!!!!

I can understand not wanting to babysit a 11 year old 28 handicapper, but i am 16 and play of 8 and will comfortabley beat half the adults i play with.

So i am asking whether you enjoy,dont mind, or loathe playing with JUNIOR GOLFERS!!

[ChiChiIsMe]

So long as you know your etiquette, I have no problem.

[jamesbei]

  ChiChiIsMe said:

So long as you know your etiquette, I have no problem.

obviously, i play county golf, but some adults still dont like it

[Hustle]

  ChiChiIsMe said:

So long as you know your etiquette, I have no problem.

Well put, following the rules of golf are much more important than there score... But to be honest I don't play for cookies and milk.

[immts007]

I put that I don't mind at all, but there is a condition that I wasn't given in the poll:

I don't mind as long as they aren't rude, cocky, attitudinal little SOB's

[jamesbei]

  immts007 said:

I don't mind as long as they aren't rude, cocky, attitudinal little SOB's

sorry, didnt think to include that one

[crawf061]

  jamesbei said:

but i am 16 and play of 8 and will comfortabley beat half the adults i play with.

That is why they don't like to play with you.

[Dent]

Im a junior golfer also (16), and I've had alot of adults ask if they could play with me. Or they usually ask If i want to play with them. So im sure most dont mind.

[jamesbei]

  Dent said:

Im a junior golfer also (16), and I've had alot of adults ask if they could play with me. Or they usually ask If i want to play with them. So im sure most dont mind.

if only that was the case here, maybe all of the adults in England are old fashioned,

[23Rounder]

I have no issue at all. As long as they are aware of golfing etiquette as someone previously mentioned. They only let junior golfers at my club play in Saturday members comps once they play of less than 15 which means they are better than me anyway. (Obviously once they turn 18 and start paying higher fees they are allowed to play off any handicap.)

[Dent]

  jamesbei said:

if only that was the case here, maybe all of the adults in England are old fashioned,

Do they have that type of thing where they are all real gentleman and have the attitude that only mature adult males should be playing the sport?

[jamesbei]

  Dent said:

Do they have that type of thing where they are all real gentleman and have the attitude that only mature adult males should be playing the sport?

some do, i was just trying to get a overview of adults opinions, there are alot of more modern thinking adults in my club aswell

[Big_M]

  crawf061 said:

That is why they don't like to play with you.

Yeah... some guys take it pretty hard when a 14 yr old whoops their ass in a game they've been playing longer than he's been alive.

I myself enjoy playing with whoever is at the course... I play a lot of rounds as a single (moving to new cities lately) and have enjoyed playing with all sorts of people from 14 yr olds on the HS team to a couple old men one of which was in the Hungarian Mob and the other his lawyer. As long as the person I play with knows ettiquite, keeps pace, and isn't an a-hole... all is well and good.

[golf_junkie27]

I actually played with a golf prodigy named Dan Geis. This kid is really good. He's played in junior world championships and was great to play with him.

Like I told him and his dad "I'll see you on Sundays in 10 years."

[meenman]

I'll play with anyone, just wont play against them unless its friends. Its fun to watch some of the younger generations interpretations of the rules (not talking juniors here - more so the younger 20 somethings) - they can score themselves anyway they want - they seem to be having fun.

[walk18]

come on over to the states, you can play in my group any time!

[Shindig]

  jamesbei said:

I have a question for you adult golfers, when i turn up for a competition i often see my proposed playing partners faces groan when they see i am A JUNIOR MEMBER!!!!!!

I have no problem, provided that they remain respectful - or at least as respectful as I would expect from an adult.

Thus far, I've had no problems and have played with juniors of various ages and ability levels. In my experience, they were the ones going out of their way to be polite. I'm not sure which entries in the poll indicate "I have no problem playing with anyone, of any age, provided they obey the etiquette."

[JaY_B]

Why is everyone putting the condition on juniors that their etiquette must remain perfect and they must maintain respect?!? at my club the juniors have the best etiquette and the most respect out of everyone. All the women do is complain and play slowly, all the seniors do is play slowly then complain, most the men are rude to juniors (I played in a big competition on Sunday playing with two men and they kept walking all over my lines on the greens).

Usually I will play with anyone (as I don't play with someone because of the level of their golf, simply how much I enjoy their company) but at the moment I don't really want to play golf with anyone BUT juniors as they are the only golfers I can have an enjoyable time with.

I am a junior btw.

JaY_B