People who own golf courses are trying to make a living like everybody else. If they have 9-hole and 18-hole fee plans, you are cheating them by playing two or three balls and getting in "18" when you only paid for 9--or getting in 27 or 36 when you only paid for 18.

Back in the day, I'd pay my fee and be able to play all day, the courses virtually empty, and playing multiple balls was just fine. Now, the business has changed quite a bit, maybe not for the better, but it has changed nonetheless. Expenses in maintaining a course have increased a lot because the public demands better conditions than it did when I was a kid, and owners need the additional revenue to improve and maintain the facility. Maybe my attitude has been influenced because I know a young couple struggling to improve a local course.

If you have access to courses that don't mind your playing multiple balls or as many holes as you want for a single fee, God bless you--and send me the address.:)