# Wartime Golf Rules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 11, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524 "2012-02-11T15:52:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/1 "2012-02-11T15:52:10Z")

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What to do if bombs are falling on your [golf course](http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/02/wartime-golf-rules.html).

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**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/2 "2012-02-11T19:58:13Z")

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Need answer fast?

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/3 "2012-02-12T11:27:35Z")

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That will give my father a chuckle: he caddied there during the war.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/4 "2012-02-12T11:43:18Z")

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1. Should invading forces be sighted on the fairway, players should gesture them to play through.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/5 "2012-02-12T19:59:25Z")

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If one happens to land on a hole, your chances of making a hole in one are much improved. You could even do a “course in one” if a bomb lands that’s big enough. (That’s assuming you survive, or that zombies/ghosts golf.)

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/6 "2012-02-13T09:46:03Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> That will give my father a chuckle: he caddied there during the war.

Fantastic, it’s a small world.

> [@jjimm](#):
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> 1. Should invading forces be sighted on the fairway, players should gesture them to play through.

I’d have thought any enemy units would be in violation of the dress code, and therefore be banned from the course.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-golf-rules/612524/7 "2012-02-13T16:54:24Z")

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> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#):
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> I’d have thought any enemy units would be in violation of the dress code, and therefore be banned from the course.

1. Enemy forces shall be deemed to be in adherence with the dress code of the course, as long as they are armed.