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Cool/Not Cool

There are the Rules of Golf, and then there are these rules. Pay attention.• 10 things about slow play | • The 18 most annoying golf partners

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Cool: Crying when winning a major.Not Cool: Crying when missing a green.
Cool: Making a hole in one.Not Cool: Making a "hole in one" when hitting a mulligan.
Cool: Pete Dye.Not Cool: The feeling you get when you're playing a Pete Dye design.
Cool: Shipping your golf clubs ahead of time.Not Cool: Checking your golf bag ($100 on United!).
Cool: Fired-up, fist-pumping Tiger.Not Cool: F-bomb-dropping, club-kicking Tiger.
Cool: Changing your shoes in the parking lot.Not Cool: Changing your shirt in the parking lot.
Cool: Enjoying a cold beer at the 19th hole.Not Cool: Enjoying a cold beer (the first of several) on the first hole.
Cool: Tiger wearing red on Sundays.Not Cool: You wearing red on Sundays.
Cool: Playing ready golf.Not cool: Plumb-bobbing.
Cool: Divot repair tools.Not cool: Ball retrievers.
Cool: "Go for broke" Phil hitting a 6-iron through the trees.Not Cool: "I'm an idiot" Phil hitting a tree and making double bogey.
Cool: Properly raking a bunker.Not Cool: Landing in bunker that has not been raked.
Cool: Golf pencils.Not Cool: Golf pencils with erasers.
Cool: Buying your opponent a drink after beating him out of 10 bucks.Not Cool: Ordering a drink that costs him more than 10 bucks.
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