I never hear the clicking of irons because I have my iPod on with my headphones :-)
I find it interesting people are apologizing for playing fast, and not a peep out of the much ruder slow players. At most a fast player is rude to three other golfers (maybe four more if bugging the group ahead of them.) A slow golfer is rude to every golfer following him.
Sven Nilsen writes:
For all the lefties out there, us righties often forget to adjust where we are standing when you're on the tee. No offense, we just aren't accustomed to the left side of the tee box being in the sight lines.Not to worry Sven,, we lefties are more than used to golfers standing where they do for righties. It feels strange to me when golfers adjust to my leftiness.
I can understand why some people would see smoking cigars as rude. I used ot ask if anyone had issues with it when on the first tee. But I've quit smoking tobacco so it is much less of a problem.
I almost never mark my ball. I will do it if it is in someones line or I think it might bother them. Otherwise I only mark it if someone asks me to.
I've been known to not dress much like a golfer. It's possible my green golf shoes might have bothered some people.
Cheers,
Dan King
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
--Tennessee Williams