I caught a couple minutes of some major professional golf tournament last week and saw some major professional golfer not bother, after teeing off, to pick up his tee. He simply walked off down the fairway.
There has never been a suggestion that bending down to pick up one’s tee after a drive is beneath the dignity of any golfer, even a famous champion. I suppose it's possible he has back trouble and left it to his caddie, which I would not have seen as the camera followed him; or he might just be a real slob who does not pick up after himself.
Anyway, it reminded me of Betsy Pickens who played on the company golf league. Betsy was unfortunately burdened with an inflated sense of self-importance which manifested itself in various ludicrous pretensions, not the least of which involved the golf tees she used.
Betsy used wooden tees that had her name imprinted upon them. After teeing off, she left the tee right where it was – stuck in the ground, driven into the ground, four feet away, whole or broken -- no matter. Wherever and in whatever state, she left it.
Not because she was lazy, nor because she considered it undignified, nor because she had a caddie to pick it up for her. No, as she was perfectly willing to explain if questioned, she left her tees on the teeing ground so that golfers who came after her would find them, see that Betsy Pickens used golf tees with her name on them, and be impressed.
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