PGA Tour Golfers and Required Silence

[SavvySwede]

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Originally Posted by disco111

Back in the day, there was a group of guys I used to play with that played a gotcha game. Rule of the game was, we could make all the noise we wanted to, but there was no touching the player hitting the ball. We all knew it was coming and it greatly helped our focus when hitting...

I've often wondered why the pros don't practice like that.  Have people talk while they putt, yell during their backswing, click cell phone cameras, etc., just to get used to it and learn to block it out.  Not condoning boorish behavior by golf fans at events, but the pros know there's going to be at least some noise no matter what.  I'd think if you spent enough practice time dealing with it, it would be a lot less bothersome during competition.

I can think of one.