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Slynito

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Golf Ethics Test…
« on: February 17, 2012, 08:57:41 PM »
Golf Ethics Test…


What if you were playing in the club championship tournament finals and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes. You had the honor and hit your ball a modest two hundred fifty yards to the middle of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin.
 
Your opponent then hits his ball, lofting it deep into the woods to the right of the fairway.

Being the golfing gentleman that you are, you help your opponent look for his ball. Just before the permitted five minute search period ends, your opponent says: "Go ahead and hit your second shot and if I don't find it in time, I'll concede the match."

You hit your ball, landing it on the green, stopping about ten feet from the pin.
 
About the time your ball comes to rest, you hear your opponent exclaim from deep in the woods:  "I found it!" The second sound you hear is a click, the sound of a club striking a ball and the ball comes sailing out of the woods and lands on the green, stopping no more than six inches from the hole.

Now the real "what if" in this story...

What if you had your opponent's original ball in your pocket?



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Re: Golf Ethics Test…
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 12:46:06 AM »
Now the real "what if" in this story...
What if you had your opponent's original ball in your pocket?

If that were the case I would really have to wonder about my ethics.
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Re: Golf Ethics Test…
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 07:03:49 AM »
Great call Buddha, great call, I second that, although he could have found someone else's ball in the woods and thought it was his...
« Last Edit: February 21, 2012, 07:11:03 AM by jarrod »

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Re: Golf Ethics Test…
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 07:34:17 AM »
Now the real "what if" in this story...
What if you had your opponent's original ball in your pocket?


If that were the case I would really have to wonder about my ethics.

I agree.



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Re: Golf Ethics Test…
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 08:36:34 AM »
A couple of things on this scenario that are far fetched:
1. If it were the finals, you can guarantee there would be a gallery.
2. Anyone with half a brain would not leave their opponent in this situation until he has either found his ball, or declared it lost.

Quick story....In a two day stroke play event, I called a penalty on myself that no one would have known, as I was the only one that saw it (grounded my putter on a long putt...ball moved a millimeter). Although I was p.o.'ed it happened, I know it was the right thing to do. I think the stars were aligned because the next day, I shot 71 to finish 3rd. Good Karma is precious, Bad Karma is a b*tch.

Integrity is one reason I love golf so much. I'd like to think dedicated golfers aspire to a higher level that has (sadly) been lost in most team sports these days.


Agonizing over what cannot be is an insult to what is.

 



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