Duke University Golf Survey

photo credit: Digital Sextant   A recent Duke University survey of nearly 15,000 average golfers,  found that the 5 most acceptable kinds of cheating when playing golf were:  1)  Asking a player what club he used before you tee off.  2)  Accidentally touching your ball during a practice swing and then replacing it in it’s original spot without a penalty.  3)  Taking a first-tee mulligan.  4)  Not taking a penalty when, while grounding your club behind the ball, the ball moves.  5)  Moving your ball out of divot. 

Most every-day golfers do not consider the breaking of some rules cheating, it is more of a rationalization.  “I didn’t know,” or, “I didn’t realize,” or “I didn’t deserve that bad roll.”  In every-day life these same golfers wouldn’t think of lying, cheating or stealing!  Go figure?