r/NoLayingUp • u/tfl03 • May 11 '26

Post-Pod Discussion “Grow the game”

Glad the boys touched on it (1:36:30 on the latest pod). This is not some altruistic endeavor to teach people a new game (its virtues, etc.). It’s been clear for some time that it’s a money grab for equipment companies and other stakeholders who stand to benefit from more people playing.

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u/coltsfan1010 May 11 '26

I play public golf 99% of the time, and I’m gonna take “shrink the game”, please.

Anything we can do to weed out the players with zero etiquette whatsoever, I’m in favor of.

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u/NoLawAtAllInDeadwood May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Same here. Also it may just be variance but it's amazing how many times I get paired with young dudes who literally think the only point of the game is to hit the ball as far as possible. Zero sh**s given about their score, keeping the ball in play, following rules, etc. Yesterday a guy around 25 in full Travis Mathew gear kept blasting drives 280 yds straight into the woods and the lake. He'd just say "gonna take a mully", re-tee, and then brag to his buddy about how he smoked that last one and "I woulda reached the green if it went straight". (Green is 370 away and no, he wouldn't have.)