Today sees the start of the 71st US Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, an event that effectively marks the start of the golfing calendar for 2007.
I read with interest the official Masters website, and in particular the section that explains the necessary conduct for spectators at the tournament. The list of stuff that you can't take into the course is comprehensive to say the least, and only just stops short of requiring you to attend the tournament without any clothing, though it is I suppose heartening that they choose to mention that "weapons of any kind" are banned - "Oh, really?!"
The interestingly titled "President in Perpetuity" (sounds like the self-imposed title of several African dictators over the years) of the Augusta club, Bob Jones, has made a statement regarding spectator etiquette on the site:
"In golf, customs of etiquette and decorum are just as important as rules governing play. It is appropriate for spectators to applaud successful strokes in proportion to difficulty but excessive demonstrations by a player or his partisans are not proper because of the possible effect upon other competitors."
So, in addition to mobile phones, folding chairs, cameras and periscopes (I shit you not!) to name a few of the banned items, can we expect to see outlawed also that most annoying of cat-calls "IN THE HOLE!!!!!!" that American fans seem to love so much, to the point of yelling it at every green?
Sort them out, Bob.
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