# Pro golfers and restroom usage. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473 "2013-03-09T10:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/1 "2013-03-09T10:17:29Z")
Thought of this while laying in bed and wondered what would happen. Let’s say Tiger Woods is strolling down the fairway of the 18th hole at Augusta with a one shot lead. 50,000 or so folks at the course and millions on TV are watching. Suddenly the bean burrito and chocolate shake Tiger had for lunch hit the expressway in his intestines and he has to cop a squat asap. Does the TV programming go on an extended commercial break while Tiger drops the deuce? I volunteered for a couple years when the LPGA made a stop at a local course. The ladies were not expected to use the Porto-potties scattered throughout the course while they were playing. If Mother Nature called, the golfer would be wisked away in a golf cart to the club house. When this happened, the group playing behind would play through till the golfer returned. There was no TV coverage of these tournaments so this did not effect any TV coverage. But what happens during televised golf tournaments when a golfer, especially one on the leaderboard, need to pinch a loaf, blast a dookie, or leave a floater? Are they expected to use one of the Honey Buckets discretely hidding on course? How would the TV folks handle one of the leaders if he had to make a Cleveland Steamer or worse, deal with a case of the Hershey squirts? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/2 "2013-03-09T10:32:52Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > How would the TV folks handle one of the leaders if he had to make a Cleveland Steamer or worse, deal with a case of the Hershey squirts? I would say there are far bigger problems than mere TV production issues if a golfer couldn’t resist doing a Cleveland Steamer. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/3 "2013-03-09T13:08:34Z")
They use the portapotties regularly - just not shown on TV much. Think about it - they have the opportunity at every tee to do so discretely. And there have been times when players were playing with - uh - gastrointestinal discomfort. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/4 "2013-03-09T13:39:47Z")
There are plenty of other golfers on the course to focus on during that time, commentary that can be done, commercials that can be squeezed in. Tiger could go to his car for 10 minutes with his mistress and not be missed. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/5 "2013-03-09T14:09:52Z")
the pro golf bags are huge with many compartments. well designed to meet all a pro golfers needs. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/6 "2013-03-09T15:36:01Z")
And for #1, there’s the Uroclub. > **[The Golf Club Urinal](https://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/06/the-golf-club-urinal/)** > > Problem: You're in the middle of a golf course, and you really gotta pee. The club house is far away, and you don't want to go in the bushes (they frown on that sort of behavior ...)Solution: Pee into your golf club ... the UroClub, that is: the... ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/7 "2013-03-09T16:07:56Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > had to make a Cleveland Steamer or worse, deal with a case of the Hershey squirts? 1. In what situation could he “have to” make a Cleveland Steamer. 2. What could be worse than that? He really shouldn’t be golfing if his problems are that bad. Google it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/8 "2013-03-09T21:28:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1. In what situation could he “have to” make a Cleveland Steamer. > > 2. What could be worse than that? > > He really shouldn’t be golfing if his problems are that bad. > > Google it. Yeah, that’s when he should be going out to his car with his mistress. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/9 "2013-03-10T04:09:56Z")
Exhibit one: [NFL Kicker pees on live TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMAIwOCTuI) Not to derail too much, but I wonder why he couldn’t have made a trip to the locker rooms. Then again, the press is in the locker room, too. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-golfers-and-restroom-usage/652473/10 "2013-03-11T23:02:13Z")
[Thow a golf cart shell on this and you’re ready to go!](http://inhabitat.com/toilet-go-cart-recycled-from-2-old-johns-is-the-ultimate-portable-potty/)