Here is the situation: While playing in a 2 man scramble on a par 4, we are putting for birdie from about 4 feet. Our opponents, who are probably 14 feet away putting for par. My partner and I went and stood behind the guy who was not putting, he was probably 10 feet behind his partner who was putting. Their put was on the same basic line as ours and we wanted to get a read. He blew up, complaining about us getting a read off their put and suspended play until we moved off the line.
Question: Is it unethical to read someone else's putt in this way?
I'd never heard of such. It probably didn't help that we had them down by 3 on the 4th hole.
