A number of years ago, a course that I had been playing on as a single for quite awhile suddenly instituted a no singles policy. I didn't have a problem playing with others, but if there was no one else waiting to play, I had to stand around until somebody else showed up. Now that was dumb.

The owner said that he had too many singles coming out and playing multiple balls to cheat him out of fees and chop up the course without paying for maintenance. I protested that I had never taken advantage of him and that I had been patronizing his place for years. He was unsympathetic, and I stopped playing there until new owners took over. They allow singles, but if you're caught playing multiple balls or holding up play, you're gone--which is the way it should be.