How should golfer greet each other nowadays?
To me it is awkward, shaking hands is clearly out; is it a fist 
bump, elbow bump, Wuhan kick, a wave 
of the hand?
I usually do a socially distant wave.
What do you do?
What do you think we should do?
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At the first tee it is just a friendly hello and good luck today. 18th green as we walk off elbow bump, or tap putters together, or in this time of covid restrictions hold out your hand to see if your playing partners are respecting social distancing. Some people will shake your hand. But then again we are essentially covid free. All overseas flights go straight to a hotel to quarantine for 14days and until last week our state borders have been closed but are now reopening due to the rest of Australia becoming less covid infected.
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Curtsy (sp?) obviously
I play almost exclusively as a single joined with other groups, so Iāve given some thought as to what Iām comfortable with. First tee is a wave and friendly verbal greeting. I keep my neck gaiter over my mouth/nose on the tee box until I take my setup. Iāll accept fist bumps with my gloves hand, but the putter grip tap has become my preferred handshake alternative.
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Fist bump for me is fine!
I like the 
bump or the foot 
š½ tap.
Itās generally an elbow bump (which is almost as awkward as it is goofy) or maybe an āairā fist bump.
I think a warm greeting is fine but have no problem with the fist bump if initiated by the other guy. No foot bumps for me. Too much balance and coordination are required.
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Canāt do the foot tap without feeling like Iām about to start the Kid ān Play dance routine from House Party.
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The old boys i play with are all into elbow bumps lol
The handshake might never recover from COVID!
Thatās me, also. End of the round, though, of it was fun and they were fun playing partners then either an elbow or fist bump.
Unfortunately (ā¦ Iām a little old school) hand shakes are outā¦
Walk up music. First tees should have walk up music. You get your spotlight moment. Tip your cap to your partners. Hit your shot and be on your way feeling like a bada**.
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Does that include the pyrotechnics? 
My dad was in the fireworks business for 40 years and I used to have an advanced pyrotechnics license, so heck yes. Everything should include pyrotechnics.
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Iāve been doing the fist bump.
However, a lot of golfers around here still reach out to shake my handā¦leading to some sort of awkward, weird fistbumpshakethingā¦
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Weāve been doing fist bumps, but every time I do it I think, āMy hand is still touching his hand. This is accomplishing nothing.ā
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Quick fist bump would create a much lower viral load, both because your fist is less likely to come in quick contact with your face (hopefully) and also a lot less time spent in close proximity than a handshake.
I donāt know. I miss a couple three footers and my first may make some real aggressive contact with my face.
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For me fist bump or elbow bump on the first tee, usually a tap with the putter (grip end, so not to damage anything) at the end of the day. At my home club there are a small number of people Iāll shake hands with, but Iāll be walking past the hand sanitizer container at the snack bar on my way to the car.
Do the hokey-pokey!!
Quick āhowdy, glad to meet youā and nod on 1st tee. Walking off #18, glove hand fist-bump, or more likely putter tap.