I got an email from an old college buddy recently, let’s call him Stinky Golfer Smith, to say he was going to be in my area and wanted to drop by.

Anyway, thinking of Smith always reminds me of Monica Seles (you know – the tennis player) because she always used to put audible emotion into her swing whenever she hit the ball.

Well, Smith was no different when golfing – see video below. (CAUTION: Check your speaker volume first)!

For a game in which players are supposed to remain relatively quiet, it sure can get noisy out there. For example, one of the co-founder here at GolfStinks (Stinky Golfer Tom) really let’s you know it when an errant shot is headed your way.

Tom’s blood-curdling “FORE!” can be heard throughout the course – seriously, people on every hole are ducking for cover. And if you’re on the tee with him, you better cover your ears or risk damaging your ear drum.

But yelling “fore” is not only acceptable, it’s considered poor course etiquette if you don’t. I suppose missing a 2-foot putt because you were distracted by someone yelling fore is better than missing the next few rounds after taking one off the noggin.

But what about other yelling and screaming on the course? Racking your brain to think of any? How about this:

“Hey, Bob! What’s the distance from there!?”

“Mary! What club did you use!?”

“Wow, Jim! You really hit the [bleep] out of that one!”

“Don’t worry, Jane! I saw where it landed!”

We scream these and other similar phases across the fairways at each other all the time (and in case you’re wondering, this is indeed poor etiquette – and, asking what club your playing partner used is even illegal).

If I blow a 2-foot putt because some fool is in the fairway behind me screaming to his foursome that he found his first drive, I’d be kinda upset. Come to think of it, the video above is a blatant display of poor etiquette. Funny? Yes. Poor etiquette? Absolutely.

So consider this post the next time you have the urge to scream across the fairway. And try not to be Monica Seles when teeing off…except maybe when it’s the last hole and money is on the line, because it seems to be rather effective (I didn’t forget, Smith – I still owe you a beer).