re: Douchiest move on a golf course?

Driving cart too close to green
Looking for stray golf balls
Old guys using putterhead to retrieve ball from hole
Cell phone not on silent
Not fixing ball marks
White belts

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I don’t think looking for your ball is douchy

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I meant guys who look for golf balls that aren’t their own, usually old guys walking by the edge of a water hazard with ball retriever in hand. Sweet, you got a scuffed up Precept EV, move it along Pops.

My house is next to the course with a green 60 yds from my back door. I have seen a lot of the dumb arse stuff mentioned in this thread, but from a homeowners perspective:

— old man walked five feet off the green and unzipped his pants and took a piss (there is a restroom near the tee box of this hole)

— driving a cart 30 yds into my yard to pick up a golf ball instead of parking by the green or stopping at OB stakes and walking into the yard

— guy parked his cart by OB stake, walked half way up my yard to his ball, stood behind it, walked back to his cart and selected a club, then back to his ball and was about to hit it when it when I stepped out on the patio and mentioned that if his luck was running bad, he was going to get a $150 bill from me if his divot took out a sprinkler head in my yard.

Paying a cart rental fee is not an excuse to go act out some dumb shite that may have been in a “Jackass” movie.

This happens a lot in Florida with all those snowbirds coming down for the winter

White belt
Loud Music
Fixing every ball mark on the green before you putt, even the ones not in your line
Leaving the rake in the trap
Not letting people play through
Sending chili peppers up Lee Janzens arse on the driving range

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Fixing every ball mark on the green before you putt, even the ones not in your line

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All that does is undo someone's douchebaggery from earlier by leaving it there.

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Leaving the rake in the trap

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Not a douche move: Depends on the preference of the course. I prefer rakes to be left in the traps so they are not an unnatural obstacle that could deflect a ball, either favorably or unfavorably. Rakes left in the sand are less likely to cause a bad break since your ball was already headed in the bunker.

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I’ve come to the conclusion on the mulligan guy and ball looker guy that some people simply have zero concept of their surroundings. I have a buddy that is the ball looker guy. He’ll roll one in the hazard and instead of doing a couple quick glances, get out his ball grabber and start collecting balls. Meanwhile the group behind us is on the tee waiting. I have to push him along but in his mind, he has zero concept of how much time he’s wasting everyone.

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I think we play with the same guy

played Friday and he's looking for his ball about 350 from the tee that was obviously in the woods about 215 from the tee....in a scramble! guys we were with even started giving him shite

There is no rule regarding the rakes that I’m aware of. The USGA May leave them outside the bunker for its events but many courses prefer them in the bunker so the grounds crew does not have to move them when mowing. It is up to the course to set the preference or local rule.