Shaking Hands With Your Foursome / Removing Your Hat on 18th Green?

[Slammin' Sam]

I always shake hands. To not do so would im e upon the customs and courtesies of the game of golf.

[sean_miller]

The replies to this topic are the

Edit: too slow on the PING logo - touche!

[jamo]

I always make sure to shake hands after a round out on the .

[Strategery]

You might cause a little st if you don't

[Colinb913]

You always shake hands at the end. Just a common courtesy thing. Way ,I and most of the people I play with, were raised!!

If I ever run into a place where I have a , when I am much older, I will shake his hand too!

[enis750]

ditto...form of respect IMO, especially if ur paired w someone you have never played with

i would venture that there are better things in life than anything to do with golf. but thats neither here nor there.

what!!!!!! better things in life than golf???.....you should have your membership revoked from this site

ADMIN!!!!

[weavej2]

Been playing in a new league this year. After the 18th each member of the foursome shakes hands and says " nice playing with you" . Haven't done this much before. Do you guys do this?

Everytime, whether I know them well...or just met at the beginning of play. Common courtesy

[DaSportsGuy]

If it's just a casual round with a couple of buddies I don't usually shake hands.

If it's someone I don't know or someone I don't play with all that often I will usually take off my hat and shake hands.

[breakout89]

If they are my buddies and I know them pretty well...No. If we are not buddies or I don't know them that well...Yes.

Funny how that works...

[2bGood]

Sorry guys, but to not shake hands is league



(okay I know it is a stretch)

[CG031]

Yeah, who doesn't shake each others hands and said they've enjoyed the round? I don't think I've never NOT done so?!?!

[senorchipotle]

Sorry guys, but to not shake hands is

lol... actually, i found it quite clever. and op, i can't remember a round ever where i didn't shake hands after 18, one should

on that tradition.

[max power]

lol... actually, i found it quite clever. and op, i can't remember a round ever where i didn't shake hands after 18, one should

Ha Ha! - this was like Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes. Funny, funny, slightly less funny, hilarious. Nice job.

[Stretch]

Always. Not to the point home too forcefully, but courtesy toward fellow players is a key of the game of golf and, as Sideshow Bob observes above, you dun better don't not dun it.

[goblue107501]

Every time. Just a nice courtesy.

[billysandy]

even in casual rounds i shake my friends hand. That's very normal where i play.

[Leftygolfer]

I always shake my playing partners hands on 18 and say nice game. I am a big advocate of common courtesy and being a polite person.

[ryebread442]

I always shake the hand of my playing partners after the round, if you don't, it doesn't with me. (I'm sorry, it was so tempting)

Puns aside, I always like to introduce myself to anyone I've never played with before everyone tees off and shake everyone's hand after the round. Almost everytime I've played this year, I've gone out with the same guy and still shook his hand and congratulated him. I just see it as common etiquette. I've never been concerened about taking off your hat and sunglasses. Since I almost never wear a hat or sunglasses when I play, I never knew it was common courtesy to remove them at the end. I don't think that anyone is less respectful if the are wearing a hat on their head, if you offer to shake my hand, congratulate me, and wish me well in the future, I wouldn't mind if you had three hats and a pair of comically oversized sunglasses on.