I agree. He is a guy all of us can admire but I don’t think even he would agree with this concept. Some of his charm is that he is an every day guy like the rest of us.
I don’t play anymore but people need to understand settings and their game. If you are a bad player playing a serious course with good golfers around you (in your own foursome or especially following you) then you should man up and let your guys know that you are there to be with them and to not try to prove that somehow you are going to be some a PGA pro for the day. While I was never as bad as 20 yards off the tee kind of player I would pick up bad shots and play a reasonable drop to keep up with my group. This also kept us from holding up players behind us.
Belong to the JCC (not Jewish but its a good gym with good people that’s reasonable on-route to my office) and typically use Getzville location every workday AM.