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Should a test be required before playing public course?

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  1. 1. Should there be a test before you can play golf?

    • Yes. Basic rules & etiquette test + ability test (score under 120)
      17
    • basic rules + etiquette test would be nice...
      42
    • Not a test, but a booklet hand-out with the basics should do
      109
    • no way, even if course and our enjoyment suffers...
      38

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vangator Great Member

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Sure you can put restrictions on who can golf. Lets see if that makes the next ten years even less successful than the last ten for the growth of golf.

Testing would mean improved play.  Less successful means less people clogging the golf courses!  Win, Win!

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I see it works in a few countries with 100 and 900 courses respectively. I doubt very much it would work here. My state alone has roughly 200 or more courses. It would create a huge divide between t

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I grew up in Scotland and now live in Germany, so I have experienced both systems. In Scotland, golf is accesible to just about everyone: we used to play truant from school to go to the golf course, a

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Some of the posts in this thread are a bit frightening. No, I don't think a test is required. Most people on the course who don't follow etiquette know about it, they're either too lazy or inconside

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Testing would mean improved play.  Less successful means less people clogging the golf courses!  Win, Win!

But possibly less golf courses from which to choose. . .

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But possibly less golf courses from which to choose. . .

Possibly, but supply and demand could bring the cost down.

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Possibly, but supply and demand could bring the cost down.

or up if there are less courses from which to choose. Like any business, if there are less customers they usually shut down.

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I finally seemed to hove voted with the majority on something, I voted for the booklet or handout.  I believe the handout should include some "expectations" on things like pace of play, what you need do if you're a hole behind and a reminder that others need to enjoy the course and game too.  So I would have voted for public courses need to have rangers on the course that observe and speak to or in some cases remove non rule observing (and I don't mean USGA rules) foursomes.  

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