s
them flagrantly. Wait until
you’re in the woods, irrigating
an oak tree, or standing in a
backup on a tee box. Speak-
ing of backups, make sure
that you don’t cause one.
E-communiques should be
used like your foot-wedge:
discreetly and lickety-split.
5
Instagram? Make it a
Latergram
Hate to break it to you,
but your 47 followers don’t
need at-this-moment up-
dates on your every step and
shank. Unless you’ve got live
footage of a hole-in-one or a
giant gator eating your op-
ponent, the post can wait till
after your round
6
Show selfie self-re-
straint
It’s your first round at
Pebble, so you’re allowed
some seaside beauty shots.
Just not enough of them to
fill a coffee-table book. Click
a few pictures, and make it
snappy. Eighteen holes al-
ready takes long enough.
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Limit your sneak-
peeks
A lot of cell phone use
is compulsive and distracting,
like the way that you’ve been
checking yours on every tee.
Even apps that give you yard-
ages are acceptable, as long
as you keep moving. Keep
those sneak-peeks to a mini-
mum. You won’t just save on
data. You’ll probably shave a
few strokes along the way.
music. Just don’t blast it at
rock concert volume. Or play
Justin Bieber at any decibel.
9
Gary McCord? No. Car-
ry a Cord
If you were a purist,
you’d play unplugged. But
since you’re not, you should
bring a plug, as in one for
charging your phone, as
many carts now have built-in
adapters.
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Turn down the tunes
8
For centuries, golf was
enjoyed by multitudes
in relative silence. Through
the wonders of technology,
you can now stream live
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