Selfies, surfing and Spotify: Where shall we land on modern golf course etiquette dilemmas?

Replace divots, don't talk in someone's backswing, shake hands after the round -- if only today's golf course etiquette was that simple.

For better or worse, technology has fully invaded the golf experience. Once an oasis of undisturbed tranquility (or we so fondly remember), even the most exclusive, old-school clubs assume you'll be gripping your phone more than your putter during the round. Heck, these days, who doesn't have a Bluetooth speaker in their golf bag ready to blast Spotify jams at the first tee?

Have you ever been paired with someone whose tech etiquette is afoul? We've noticed it in some of our reviews here at Golf Advisor, like this fed-up golfer from a course in western Pennsylvania:

All these new toys and our subsequent shrinking patience have created a whole new set of golf course etiquette issues that were never considered by our game's forefathers like Bobby Jones and Old Tom Morris.

Let's look at today's 21st-century golf course etiquette pitfalls and come up with a solution for each.

Like you, the first time I was paired up with someone blaring tunes in their golf cart, I thought, What the hell? Someone escort this bumpkin off the premises.

How very Bushwood of me. Turns out, I've come to enjoy some oldies or blues during an afternoon, casual round of golf. I even keep a portable speaker in my bag at all times. More and more courses play music on the driving range. But I've also encountered some rounds where the music being played by someone in my group was entirely too loud.

Even worse, there were times when the music flat out sucked: '80s hair metal, frankly, doesn't work with golf, period.

Etiquette Solution: Should you ever be paired up with someone, and you'd like to play some tunes, ask first before you turn it on, and see if you can find some common ground on a playlist. Channel your inner Casey Kasem, and take requests.

But also be sure to keep the speaker at a reasonable volume so that if they're 10-20 yards away it's barely audible. Everyone should have the choice to hit a shot in silence.

And also, as discussed on Morning Drive after a spat between PGA Tour players Brenden Steele and Will Wilcox, if the music bothers you, speak up. Being passive-aggressive about it only ends up escalating into a Twitter war.

Also, don't call your playing partner "dog."

Before we call our smartphones the most evil, distracting thing ever invented by mankind, let's all look ourselves in the mirror and admit there's been a time we've been on the course when we were supposed to be in the office, and the ability to check e-mail from anywhere made no one in the cube farm the wiser about it.

But who's been in a match when your partner gets a phone call and disappears into the woods for 10 minutes? Or they're fixated on a football game and won't get out of their golf cart until Gamecast refreshes?

It's infuriating, and it can end up slowing up the pace for the whole dang golf course.

Also, there's nothing worse than an ill-timed ringing phone. Even phones vibrating in the cup holder can make quite a racket when you're on the tee with a nice par streak going.

Etiquette Solution: If you get a phone call that can't wait, bow out of the hole and be far enough away your partners can't hear you. Never slow up the group to write a text or check stocks or scores. Keep your phone's ringer volume off or very, very low. Call people back when you know you've got a few minutes to spare.

As golf clubs all over try and cater to a new generation of young people who are used to a more casual dress everywhere from the office to church, it's created a bit of a culture clash at the golf course. For some more traditional golfers, the mere sight of a poorly dressed player can ruin the experienc, like this recent reviewer of a course in NoCal:

The past few times I have played there I have experienced the staff allowing people to wear tank tops while playing, there were two groups like this. One in tee shirts...It appears to be turning into a course that has lost respect for the game. Golf demands etiquette. Collared shirts, no profanity, follow the rules, etc.

A recent visit to Boot Ranch, a very high-end community in the Texas Hill Country, had a golf club policy that allowed jeans on the course but asked for shirts to be tucked in, and hats to be removed indoors, even in the locker room. On the ladies side, 2017 brought a controversial new policy to the LPGA that banned some of the more athletic and revealing clothing made popular by top female Instagram stars. Meanwhile, Topgolf patrons swing away in skimpy dresses, muscle shirts and high heels.

Solution: I play a lot of muni golf at home and sometimes I'm dressed like I'm at a country club, while other times I'm in jeans and a t-shirt. But whenever I go to a new course, I assume it's old school and conservatively with slacks and a tucked in, collared shirt. If I notice the locals are going casual, it's a green light for me to know that option is on the table the second time around.

A large portion of the golfing community only has the chance to play a few rounds a year, and as a result, they love to document the experience with a few selfies. Before we start to rag on today's youth, let's all admit that selfies have infiltrated all age groups.

I'm certainly guilty of both selfies and taking hundreds of golf course pictures during a round. But it's imperative to make sure you're not holding up the group behind you.

As phone pictures have become commonplace on the course, It seems like only a matter of time before there's a drone flying above every group on the course.

Etiquette Solution: If it's a slow day, and you're waiting on the tee boxes, let the selfies fly. Try and keep the rhythm of the group intact, so don't keep up the next person's shot by taking too long to set up a GoPro of your shot. You should be as incognito as a National Geographic photographer in a bear's den.

Here's a new situation: What happens when you're playing with someone who has a rangefinder or GPS and no one else in your group does?

I went old school and hunted for sprinklers until about two years ago. Now I wear a GPS watch AND keep a rangefinder in the bag.

But if you don't have your own yardage, can you ask this person constantly to give you a yardage on every tee or even in the fairway? At what point does it feel like a friend who's been borrowing your lawnmower every weekend for five years? What if you're playing a match?

Etiquette Solution: If you don't have a rangefinder, try and ask for the yardage from your rangefinder friend while they've still got it out. Or, if they are at their ball, ask what it is from there, and you can deduct the difference at your ball yourself. Asking constantly or making them come over to your ball can get a little old and also slow up the pace.

Be warned though that there is always the human error of shooting or hearing the wrong number. I had an excellent round going recently on the Castle Course in St. Andrews, only to hear the wrong number from my playing partner on the cliffisde par-3 17th. He said "165" but I heard "155." The result was a perfectly struck shot with too little club that didn't carry the hazard and a double bogey.

So what do you think, have these new gadgets like phones and rangefinders ruined or enhanced the golf-course experience? Any other modern issues that can dampen a round of golf?