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r/golf•
LeftMeet

Rule request: Require name of course in title if the post is a photo or video of a course

We all know what the Old Course and Augusta look like but how are we all expected to know what your random local course in Ohio or something looks like? It's quite annoying having to ask OP what the name of the course is in the comments when we want to find out instead of OP's just making a little effort and putting the name in the title or at least the comments without having to be asked.

I know the mods here aren't terribly involved but random pictures of courses most of us have never seen in person or in pictures does nothing but decrease the quality of the sub and limits discussion. If you love a random course, tell us what it is.

A large part of this sub is basically a Show and Tell but the problem is that no one learns anything when you only show but don't tell.

Posted Oct 9, 2019, 3:06 PM UTC

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Knoxie_89HDCP:32 / SWFL•

May I suggest...

[Course Name, Country/State/City]

EG:

[McAwesomeCourse, USA, FL, Miami]
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OhRatFartsGolf is a 4-letter word.•

Last 3 backwards would be better

[McAwesomeCourse, Miami, FL, USA]

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drnicko18•

I'd prefer the American system of

[McAwesomeCourse, FL, Miami, USA]

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Knoxie_89HDCP:32 / SWFL•

I figured start big, narrow down. That way they can get as detailed as they want.

[McAwesomCourse, USA]
[McAwesomCourse, USA, FL]
[McAwesomCourse, USA, FL, MIAMI]

That way no matter how detailed or less-detailed the poster is everything is in the same spot.

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GoMustardNorth Carolina- 10•

I wouldn't mind having the specific hole as well. Hell, give the par.

[Hole, Par, Country/State/City]

or not. whatever.

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tmac9134•

This is something else that drives me nuts on this subreddit.

For example, somebody says "first eagle" with a picture of them holding the ball and they give no details. Par of the hole,yardage, clubs used, background info, etc. Basic stuff.

If you want to just e-brag and not actually add anything to the subreddit, don't bother.

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Knoxie_89HDCP:32 / SWFL•

I like that

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g3t0nmyl3v3l•

That’s so convoluted, at MOST it should just be

[Course Name, Country]

I don’t even think we should include the country because it’ll probably be easily searchable and some courses have very long names. I want to still be able to browse this subreddit by reading the titles

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ILikeOatmealMore•

US is big enough, several courses have the same name. Country/State should eliminate most of these, but I do like Country/State/City

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shitz_brickz•

100% agree, I've played several courses that I found on this sub, and I plan to put many more courses on my list, but I at the very least need course names to go with the pictures.

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alphabad34.6 HC | COS CO •

Seeing everybody play fossil trace really makes me want to further play it! And I am more excited to take pictures at cool courses and share it with y'all.

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Hey-fairenough•

It's green, pictures don't do it justice, has a backdrop you could paint.. yeah we get it

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[deleted]•

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OhRatFartsGolf is a 4-letter word.•

Augusta National right?

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

That's actually Topeka Municipal Golf Course, dummy.

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thelastcookie/r/dufferscorner•

"Require" how? Might be nice, but depends on how much time the mods have to spend policing that sort of stuff... or if they have someone who could code something, but could be hard. The course photos are some of my favorite content around here.. I think a more obvious "suggestion" to do so would be better.

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tmac9134•

Yes x 1,000

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Actually very frustrating when somebody posts something and what comes to mind right away is that you don't know the basic info and have to ask for it

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lostandfound1•

No, stupid rule. Just appreciate a good course picture and ask if you're curious. You dont want to make it annoying to post or piss people off by having their posts removed.

What about all those post of things that happened on a course? Should they have to punch in a specifically formatted report of where they are or can they just tell their story?

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ten_a_tote•

if you could just go ahead and do that

thatd be grrrreat

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rco8786•

That could get pretty unwieldy for shit like Flint River Municipal Golf Course of Albany, etc

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loduca16•

https://imgur.com/a/cGNdNsw

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

That's the Old Course, right?

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loduca16•

It’s from the Waterbury Open

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ArchimedesDawkins•

Next to tee off; Lafferty, Daniel...

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HardOverTheTOP•

Probably the only good one I'll hit all day.

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OhRatFartsGolf is a 4-letter word.•

Nah that's definitely Sawgrass

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vwmark22000•

It’s obviously Bandon Dunes

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abirchlyrebird•

Some people don’t like sharing info like that. Too personal or something I guess. I like the sentiment, but I don’t think it should be a rule.

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

Some people don’t like sharing info like that. Too personal or something I guess.

They don't own the courses. It's not personal info. If you don't want to risk people knowing a very vague and general area, don't post anything on the internet.

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abirchlyrebird•

I agree. But I think making it a rule, as in you can’t post a course pic without identification, is rediculous. Let people post what they want, how they want.

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

Let people post what they want, how they want.

That's the mantra messy second-rate subs have. Good subs that constantly have quality content have posting restrictions or rules in order to have the sub only filled with quality posts.

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IamTheBlade•

Nah, totally unnecessary.

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

I and many others disagree but to each his own

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Exiled_From_Twitter•

Why do you care what course it is? Just enjoy the view, you're probably not going to play there anyways. It's infinitely better than watching some rando amateur hit so so shots.

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

Because I like to learn about courses I’m not familiar with

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Exiled_From_Twitter•

Not sure why ppl downvoted that I didn't mean any ill will I was surprised. I don't like the idea of it being mandatory to share location, I've also never posted a picture though but I definitely wouldn't if I had to do it in this format.

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LeftMeetOP4.6/ SoCal+ATL•

I think if you choose to show the sub a picture of a course you like or a hole you like, you should be required to tell us the name. What's the point of showing us a course if you don't care about telling us the name? That's the kind of rule actually quality subs have. But this, unfortunately, is not a quality sub because the mods are pretty neglectful of it.

And would you seriously refuse to post a picture of a course simply because you had to put the name of the course in the title? That's ridiculous

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IamTheBlade•

What's ridiculous is asking everyone to kowtow to your desires.

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Exiled_From_Twitter•

Not sure why you believe your way is superior. Cool, you like to learn about a new course fine, not everyone views it that way and for you to unilaterally demand that everyone follow your particular wants and deem the sub to be non quality bc they don't is batshit my friend.

I like just seeing the course, IDC where it's at, I'm very unlikely to give it a second thought much less go out of my way to research it or go way out of my way to play it somehow. I just want to see different setups and landscapes.

It's not that I'm so opposed to the rule that I wouldn't share out of principle, I'm opposed to sharing my personal location. You should be sure you're criticizing for the right reason next time.

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ten_a_tote•

this rule will never happen but I appreciated your comments

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IamTheBlade•

Agreed.

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