Are you a good golf partner?

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Take our quiz to see if you are helping or hurting others' games.

1. After you tee off on a hole, it’s your partner’s turn to hit. You:

3 points

Closely watch his drive to identify the line where it landed.

Stand silently off to the side visualizing your next shot.

Audibly fiddle through your bag to pull out your next club, then start texting friends.

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2. Your partner hits a drive into deep rough. You:

3 points

Ask “Any luck?” from the other side of the fairway.

Help look for the ball for the next three minutes.

Focus on your own shot. It's not your problem.

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3. Your partner is having a bad round. You:

3 points

Say he's taking it too seriously and remind him it’s just a game.

Give him space or acknowledge you've been there, too.

Itemize all the things she's doing wrong.

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4. Your partner just chunked an 8-iron approach. You:

3 points

Point out that the ball landed well short.

Say nothing.

Say “Great shot!”

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5. You and your partner hit tee shots to opposite sides of the fairway. As he prepares to hit, you:

3 points

Walk to your ball to be ready to hit when it’s your turn.

Check in with the office.

Walk to her ball and wait for her to hit, then walk up to yours to begin your process.

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6. Your group has fallen behind the group in front. You:

3 points

Leave it to the course marshals to say something.

Insist everyone in the group should pick up after four strokes.

Lead by example by picking up the pace, and suggest everyone play “ready golf.”

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7. You are sneaking out for 18 during a work day knowing you’ll need to check in on occasion. You:

3 points

Check your phone between shots.

Take some time at the turn or during a lull to respond to any pressing matters.

Dial into a conference call and put it on speaker phone.

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8. A partner slices her tee shot into the reeds past some red stakes. As she tees up a second ball. You:

3 points

Say nothing and let her hit.

Remind her she can drop laterally from where the ball crossed the hazard.

Invoke a new rule you just made up just to mess with her.

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9. You’re struggling on the course, hitting several poor shots in a row. You manage it by:

3 points

Insisting on hitting a second ball after you mess up the first one.

Asking everyone for their input assuming they're equally as concerned.

Working through it on your own, and picking up when you start to slow the group down.

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10. A friendly match has turned intense on the back nine. As the other three in the group grow silent, you:

3 points

Suggest you double the bet to make it even more interesting.

Look for small, strategic opportunities to diffuse the tension.

Launch into a long, involved golf joke that requires everyone’s full attention.

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