My golf outing this weekend got me thinking. Because we were a twosome, Stonewolf without hesitation paired us up with another twosome.

I’ve had courses ask me in a rhetorical way if I minded if other golfers were pair up with me and one of my golfing buddies. I’ve had others not impose at all. I usually don’t mind, but I would like to have the option to decline.

The reason is quite simple. You never know who you might get. One of my friends still tells the story of golfing with a couple guys and one whipped out a roll of toilet paper while they were on the tee box, said something about preparedness and dashed off into the woods to do No. 2. Fat chance getting a handshake at the end of that round.

I’ve been paired with folks who don’t know when to pick up, who throw temper tantrums, who play out of turn and who walk on my line all day.

I don’t wish to sound like a golf snob, but sometimes you just want to get in a round with one of your friends and not have to worry about anybody else.

So I ask you this:

Should you be given the option if you have two or three golfers of declining being paired up with other golfers? Why or why not?