In the blink of an eye, swingers will storm off a bunker without raking it after futile attempts to shovel their way out of it.
You have those who will land a ball intentionally in a group in front of them - with the insincere customary "fore!" - if they believe you aren't moving fast enough, never mind if they are elderly players.
And don't get me started on the species who will walk in front of you before you have hit your shot or start talking while you're trying to tee off.
Of course, these are unwritten customs of civility that often becomes factors of consideration on who one wishes to play alongside and who to avoid.
I am a flexible but vocal creature so I try to adapt to the mood of the majority but it hasn't always resulted in a cordial environment amid choice words to describe how one truly feels.
People are, after all, creatures of habit so making allowances for each other's flaws inevitably becomes the secret to co-habiting in a contrived bubble where someone can be prone to parking their trundler in the path of approach shots or failing to repair pitch marks on the green, to name a few indiscretions.
You have those who will suffer from memory fade on how many strokes they have had at any given hole where it can sometimes lead to weighing the value of friendship against implying someone is making a mistake or, lord forbid, cheating. My excuse for a poor balance sheet is failing high school mathematics.
No doubt it helps to define the parameters of engagement at a social level to prevent cold war.
All that, of course, takes us to the intriguing case of American professional Lexi Thompson and the storm of controversy she has created.
Professionalism, akin to amateur competitive golf, stipulate rules that even the judiciary can learn from in avoiding ambiguity and cutting to the chase.
So is Thompson a cheat?
How does replacing a ball anywhere but in front of one's marker, after picking it up for a polish or mental alignment, be misconstrued as anything else?
The 22-year-old, as it turned out, had violated rule 20-7c when she replaced her ball 2.54cm (an inch) away from its original position on a foot-long (0.3m) putt on the 17th hole in the third round of the ANA Inspiration tournament in California.
If the two-stroke penalty wasn't painful enough, the fairway Nazis docked two more under rule 6-6d for the impending incorrect scorecard to eat into her lead but the tidal wave didn't hit her until the back nine on the final day of the major.
The boys' network got behind Thompson who lost in a playoff to 2011 US Open champion South Korean So Yun Ryu.
It seems scribes, stating "even Tiger Woods waded into the pro-Lexi camp", somehow exonerated her from guilt.
While Ryu took a dive in the pond to celebrate, Thompson drowned in a pool of tears.
The gallery turned hostile on Ryu, the darling of LPGA, like vultures. They unashamedly rooted for her ball to go into the lake.
Ah, only in America.
The "rat", "snitch", "weasel" - take your pick - who dobbed her in had emailed Thompson's violation after spotting it on TV.
The culpability was always in Thompson's corner. In an arena where careers are made, ignorance isn't an escape clause regardless of how many PGA or LPGA professionals think butter melts in your mouth.
That a member of public points out wrongdoing doesn't mean it should be inadmissible.
Public outcry has prompted many changes in sport officiating whether it's rugby, cricket or soccer. It still does daily.
It's like people told to butt out if they question whether Dane Coles should be on that flight to Sydney.
So who's concussed here? Coles or the rugby watchdog?
Take a bow LPGA for acting swiftly to right a wrong.
