how far can you drive a cell phone?

[ganjagolfer]

please turn off your cell phone, thank you. there is nothing more important than golf so no need to know what is going on in the world

[teal]

kids are starving in their mother's arms for want of a piece of bread somewhere in africa, now shut up and play your golf

[MunkeyGolfer]

Do I turn off my cell phone right now? But I am not on a golf course. I am in front of my computer.

[Dent]

My cell phone is always on vibrate. I usually leave it at home when I'm golfing, If i do bring it, its in my bag and nobody can hear it.

[ganjagolfer]

kids are starving in their mother's arms for want of a piece of bread somewhere in africa, now shut up and play your golf

tush ole'

[iacas]

I leave my cell phone on when I'm playing a casual round. If my wife needs to get ahold of me in an emergency, she can.

During any sort of important or semi-important round, it's off or on vibrate. I might check to see if I have a VM at the turn.

[xTsUnAmI]

Usually my brother will be watching my daughter while I'm playing or my wife is at home w/ her... Vibrate works for me, but not having it is not an option... Emergency's happen.

[meenman]

Mine is only on when I am supposed to be working. Then again the whole crew I play with during the week is supposed to be at work - on the weekends the phone is on vibrate somewhere in the bag.

[ERC7.5]

My cell phone is on vibrate at all times for me....not just on the golf course. This way I don't have to worry about not turning it down to vibrate.

[Clubswinger21]

My cell is my home phone so its with me all the time. Never know when you're going to get an important call ie. work, family emergencies.

[spyderwerks]

... Vibrate works for me, but not having it is not an option... Emergency's happen.

ditto

However it is does disrupt your concentration slightly when it vibes in the middle of the backswing

[golf_junkie27]

I don't keep my cell phone on. I'll turn it on at 9 and check for voice mails. It's rude and impolite to have your cell phone on where the world can hear it. I played with a total jackass, last week. Cell phone constantly going off, searching for golf balls, walking towards me during my swing. Yup, a total retard.

When I'm golfing, my wife knows where I am. If it's really an emergency, she'll call the golf course or come and get me.

[Matt10]

cell phone is on vibrate. I keep score on my cell phone as a text message draft, dunno why - but I seem to play better this way instead of jotting scores down on the actual scorecard.

[Three Putt]

I turn it on "quiet", find myself checking it every other hole or so. Just for family calls, I ignore email and anything else, don't know how to text, don't want to, and never will.

[Hank]

my razr only goes 316 yards...

my fiance's samsung goes like 350+...

[Garthmo]

I use my Blackberry to keep score on. But have it on quiet.

[ganjagolfer]

I leave my cell phone on when I'm playing a casual round. If my wife needs to get ahold of me in an emergency, she can.

vibrate is cool and cool as well for keeping it on for emergencies

what i find buggy is folks having non-important casual conversations with them while out playing golf, kind of like people can't walk down the street anymore without talking to someone on their cell phone... especially when its someone's turn to hit and they're yacking away

[Catul]

vibrate is cool and cool as well for keeping it on for emergencies

Well said, agree totally. I always have my phone on vibrate, checking emails every few holes (on weekdays); completely non-disruptive, no reason to turn the phone off.

If I have to make a call, I'll do quickly while walking off the tee, away from the others in my group (I'll either scurry up or hang back a bit, so I'm mostly out of earshot). 10-20 seconds is all it takes to quickly check in as needed, then back to the golf. It's those that have extended conversations without regard for the foursome that give all cell phone users a bad name!