Disclaimer!
While members of the BGA may not be proud, we do have standards and rules to live by:
1. A day of bad golf is still better than some days at the office.
2. There is no need to play bad golf slowly. Do not line up a putt for 5 minutes when you know you ain’t gonna sink it, in fact, a two putt is unlikely.
3. When you go into the woods to find your ball, look for your ball. The forest is not a place to linger so that you can replenish your ammunition.
4. Never throw your clubs. If you throw a club every time you hit a bad shot, how long do you think they will last? Remember, you only have 14 clubs and if you only hit 14 bad shots a round then that’s an 86 and you are probably not reading this page.
5. Foul language is for other golfers. Creative foul language is the way of the BGA. After a bad shot other golfers say,
After another bad shot the BGA member would say,
This is noticeably more creative and memorable. Plus a phrase like this has the added mocking factor. For as long as it can be remembered, your golfing buddies can repeat it and mock you. That is the BGA at its finest.