Cell phones....

[Hyper X Crusher]

Unless it is an emergency, a phone should be on vibrate or off. Check it occasionally if you want, but nothing gets on my nerves faster than a phone going off for a call or even worse, a text message. My wife had 3 texts on the same hole yesterday on a very nice Palmer course we were playing. I was ready to tee up her phone after the third "ding dong" text alert. Maybe I would have hit that straight at least.

[zeg]

As long as it's quiet and isn't slowing things down, I have no problem with it. I usually play single and don't care much whether people I'm grouped with talk to me or not, so it doesn't bug me if they're talking on the phone. Obviously the thing should be muted or arranged so as not to sound at an inoppurtune time.

I usually keep mine on vibrate in the bag. When I'm near or carrying the bag, I can hear the vibrations. Otherwise I check it occasionally. I don't normally expect (nor do I often receive) calls, but I have the ability to be easily contacted in case of an urgent question or emergency by people who may not know that I'm at the golf course. Sure, people got by without that kind of connectivity for centuries, but that's not an argument in my book. The capability to be contacted exists now, and I prefer to make use of it.

[tran_man]

I take mine on the course but on vibrate so it doesn't bother anyone else. If the phone rings multiple times from the same person, I would probably pick it up to find out if it is an emergency. I always keep it on me and use it each hole since the phone has a golf GPS program to track distances and scores for me and anyone else I have programmed. Sure, I could use paper and pencil but the program can keep track of more things than a scorecard can and it's quick. I embrace new technology and will take advantage of it but also keep others in mind.