Of course I am serious.

If a hole ahead is open then you are obligated to let a faster group play through, sure.

But on a crowded course a foursome always has the right of way. When the sheet/course is full a twosome(or single) has no standing on the golf course and must hold their place. Simple etiquette.

Sorry, you're wrong, 2 has always had top priority, then 4, then 3, then a single, although that's now been changed in this years updated Rules of Golf, and any group, even a solo golfer now has equal standing on the course, so the fastest group should be allowed through.

I think that's different in the US. Most courses give foursomes priority on a crowded course. Obviously if there is an entire hole open in front of a foursome, they should let faster groups through.

When I was younger, I was playing my home course alone and there weren't more than five groups on the course. A foursome wouldn't let me play through because I had "no standing" as a single. I skipped right in front of them (not within hitting distance) and played ahead anyway.

Whether I am right or wrong I am okay with it.

In the situation I posted about earlier in this thread - what happens when we stop our round and let a twosome play through, then behind them comes another twosome, then another? I have played at several courses where, on the weekend, you are required to team up if you are in a twosome. Sometimes this requires postponing your tee time a bit, but a course with several twosomes fighting their way through foursomes makes no sense = total traffic jam.

This thread turned out better then I expected. I thought I would get flamed for some reason.

I live in NEO also.
What courses do you play? PM me if you would like.

Ah, fair enough, although the USGA have also changed their etiqutte section to "all groups have equal standing" from what I could find online.

Regardless of whether it is the rule, these guys were just being dicks. What's the issue with letting the solo golfer through, rather than having him wait every hole?

I had a similar rule book encounter a number of years ago at my then home course, Castletwon on the Isle of Man. There is a loop from 12 - 14 with the 15th tee being close to the 11th green, so I'm on my own playing up to the 14th green when I see three ladies walking off 11 and heading for the 15th.

I get to the tee which is about 100 yards back from the ladies, to see one of them teeing off, I tee up and bang one up the fairway (Ladies tee was way off to the side), and then proceed up the fairway wondering what the comment will be, so I decide to strike first with a"lovelyday ladies" only to get a "you shouldn;t have teed off, your on your own, you have no standing on the course". I reply with, "you cut in, neither have you" and walked on with cries of "we'll be reporting you to the committee" ringing in my ears.

Never heard any more about it, but why thump the rule book like that just to be dickish rather than showing common courtesy and common sense?