How close is "hitting into"

[camper6]

Originally Posted by Tumbler

If a ball lands within 20 yards of me or my group (from the tee we're playing), it gets tee'd up and sent right back. Had an uncle lose teeth to someone hitting into us, so I have zero tolerance for it.

20 yards? You mean you walk back 240 feet back to hit the ball back?  That's a home run in some ball parks. 20 feet maybe but 240 feet?

[Elmer]

If the ball lands in that 10 to 20 yard area than I think it is hitting into. if the ball drops and rolls past you on the green then that is definately hitting into. Any more than 20 yards and they might have had the wind behind them.

However I have on occasion got a hold of a good one and sent it close to people. Then again if they are playing slow, I am hitting in and sending a message!

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by camper6

20 yards? You mean you walk back 240 feet back to hit the ball back?  That's a home run in some ball parks. 20 feet maybe but 240 feet?

Not sure about your math....  20 yards is 60 feet.   He's still an idiot for hitting a ball at anyone for any reason, and more so when it didn't even come close to him, but it's still not 240 feet.

Originally Posted by Elmer

If the ball lands in that 10 to 20 yard area than I think it is hitting into. if the ball drops and rolls past you on the green then that is definately hitting into. Any more than 20 yards and they might have had the wind behind them.

However I have on occasion got a hold of a good one and sent it close to people. Then again if they are playing slow, I am hitting in and sending a message!

You're not sending a message, you are committing felony assault.

[fairwayguy2]

I try to always wait till the group in front of my is on the green before I tee off.  I do this because by the time I get to my ball the green is usually clear and I can hit my second shot withourt waiting around in the fairway.  With me if I hit my second shot without having to stand around the results are better.  The pace becomes relaxing and you can shoot the breeze and and agitate you friends waiting to tee off.

[camper6]

You are correct. It's 60 feet but that's still a long way to be upset about.

[dmilt23451]

If it bounces and comes near me I'm ready to brawl...people need to learn life and wait on the tee

[ladders11]

As a matter of fact I was hit-into today.  On the first hole.  I hit a decent drive down the middle, and while playing my second shot , what do you know a golf ball rolls up behind me in the rough.  It was maybe about 5-10 feet behind where I was hitting, if you drew a parallel line from my position in the fairway to the ball stopping in the rough.  That is definitely what I consider "hitting into" someone: when they're playing their second shot, you can't be teeing off.  There is no real excuse for that and I'm left to assume they made some sort of mistake.

They are fortunate that I am not the type to declare "go time" when something like this happens.

For my part I prefer to consider more than just the risk of cracking skulls.  I try not to disrupt the people ahead with my ball landing 10-20 yards behind them, for the sake of politeness and for the "what would it get me" factor: I think it doesn't really help you or make the round go faster to be swinging away right on the heels of the group ahead.  Also I like to hit with a clear fairway ahead and free of the distraction of people in the way.

I am often the one standing on the tee box waiting while a playing partner suggests "go ahead and hit".  I tend to wait until they're 300 yards away and moving further.