Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers

[ZBTHorton]

[ QUOTE ]
I get frustrated when I hit a tee shot off of the toe or heel and it flys straight and with a good trajectory, but 20-40 yards less than a nutted tee shot and I hear....I "nice shot"...or better yet "wow".



[/ QUOTE ]

I always feel like the biggest douche ever when I hit a ball off the toe, and it creates that really pretty high draw that goes about 250 instead of 290.

Everyone is like..WOW!!! and I'm all like...not really..but thanks.

[Warik]

I played 18 today and was rather annoyed by the following:

- When people leave clubs on the previous green and you have to go back for them. Would have happened today except the guy behind us was nice enough to drive the club over when he discovered it was left behind - twice.

- People who are on their 7th shot with 200 yards to go and keep whacking away at it. Pick up your damn ball and let me play.

- People who think they drive the ball farther than you because their driver rolled 10 more yards than your 5-wood.

- People who take practice swings in range of your peripheral vision when you're teeing off.

- People who keep doing it after you repeatedly tell them to stop.

Damn. My good friend with whom I played today pretty shot par for the above, if not the course. Does detesting his bad golf habits make me a crappy friend?

[TripleH68]

[ QUOTE ]
Does detesting his bad golf habits make me a crappy friend?

[/ QUOTE ]

Nope. I don't play golf very often with my closest friend because we don't share the same respect for the game. That's just how it is. He shoots 100 with 400 practice swings while the group behind us is waiting on the tee, hands on hips. I can't take it.

[djj6835]

[ QUOTE ]
When people all stand by one guy hitting the ball when they could be walking to their own ball. Or when people refuse to hit out of order. Basically when people don't play ready golf.


[/ QUOTE ]

I have no problem with this. It's a lot better than the alternative. Last week I played with a guy who was constantly walking out in front of me towards his ball as I was going to hit. It was annoying, dangerous, and just slowed things down because I always had to wait to make sure he wasn't in any danger before hitting.



[ QUOTE ]
Also when people leave their bags on the wrong side of the green

[/ QUOTE ]

99% of the time when this happens it isn't going to cause you to wait any longer than you would otherwise, it's just an illusion. It's just a matter of whether you're waiting for them to walk across the green before they putt or after they putt.

[rivaplaya03]

People making out during your backswing....bad idea to go with a boyfriend and his girlfriend and golf carts with horns

[tuq]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
When people all stand by one guy hitting the ball when they could be walking to their own ball. Or when people refuse to hit out of order. Basically when people don't play ready golf.


[/ QUOTE ]

I have no problem with this. It's a lot better than the alternative. Last week I played with a guy who was constantly walking out in front of me towards his ball as I was going to hit. It was annoying, dangerous, and just slowed things down because I always had to wait to make sure he wasn't in any danger before hitting.

[/ QUOTE ]
I think you're both right, it just involves common sense. I think the first post was about people who were roughly lateral to each other, in which case they should get into position to hit.

That said, I play with someone semi-regularly who is ~20 handicapper and he does something that bothers me way more than slow players do: he repeatedly plays out of position when others are preparing to hit. It distracts to the point where at least 1-2X/round he'll hit right in my backswing or as I'm about to hit and I have to back off. While I can understand as a bit of a hack he's trying to keep up his pace of play, it wouldn't hurt if he looked around to see if someone was preparing to hit before doing so, specifically if he isn't out.

[cardsharkk04]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
When people all stand by one guy hitting the ball when they could be walking to their own ball. Or when people refuse to hit out of order. Basically when people don't play ready golf.


[/ QUOTE ]

I have no problem with this. It's a lot better than the alternative. Last week I played with a guy who was constantly walking out in front of me towards his ball as I was going to hit. It was annoying, dangerous, and just slowed things down because I always had to wait to make sure he wasn't in any danger before hitting.

[/ QUOTE ]


Well he isn't doing it right. You walk way off to the side out of everyone's way, stop and watch when someone behind you hits, then proceed to your ball. There is simply no argument that playing ready golf will cause you to play slower.



[ QUOTE ]
Also when people leave their bags on the wrong side of the green

[/ QUOTE ]

99% of the time when this happens it isn't going to cause you to wait any longer than you would otherwise, it's just an illusion. It's just a matter of whether you're waiting for them to walk across the green before they putt or after they putt.

[/ QUOTE ]

Still not convinced. So if a player hits it short of the green and chips up to a back pin, and then has to go back to get his bag after he finishes this does not take longer than if he would have brought his bag to the back of the green before he putted?

[dogdrool]

These have already been mentioned, but I just want to register my vote:

1) People who pick up balls off the course in sports where it's clear that it's very likely a ball in play. If the ball isn't in the water or woods, just leave it in case somebody is looking for it.

2) People who spend a long time looking for their clearly lost ball. If you pound it into a forest, just take your penalty and drop. You're not going to blast out of the forest. You lost the ball -- live with it.

[djj6835]

[ QUOTE ]
Well he isn't doing it right. You walk way off to the side out of everyone's way, stop and watch when someone behind you hits, then proceed to your ball. There is simply no argument that playing ready golf will cause you to play slower.


[/ QUOTE ]

OK I see what you're saying. This guy would hit and then walk down the fairway to hit hit next shot before my friend and I had a chance to hit our first shot.





[ QUOTE ]
Still not convinced. So if a player hits it short of the green and chips up to a back pin, and then has to go back to get his bag after he finishes this does not take longer than if he would have brought his bag to the back of the green before he putted?


[/ QUOTE ]

Well if you leave your bag short of the green you would be walking one length of the green while chipping and putting, then another length of the green back to the bag and a third length of the green to get out of the way.

If you walk to the back of the green to place your bag before you hit you are walking a length of the green, followed by a second length of the green back to your ball, and then a third as you chip and putt up to the hole. The total amount of walking would be the same, it just appears that they are taking more time because the latter part of their time is spent getting out of the way instead of doing that before they hit.

[Warik]

[ QUOTE ]
Well if you leave your bag short of the green you would be walking one length of the green while chipping and putting, then another length of the green back to the bag and a third length of the green to get out of the way.

If you walk to the back of the green to place your bag before you hit you are walking a length of the green, followed by a second length of the green back to your ball, and then a third as you chip and putt up to the hole. The total amount of walking would be the same, it just appears that they are taking more time because the latter part of their time is spent getting out of the way instead of doing that before they hit.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is not correct.

Suppose your approach lands 5 yards short of a green that is 30 yards long with the pin 10 yards from the back.

You chip the ball past the pin and have a 15 foot putt waiting.

Scenario A: Walk with your bag to the back of the green (35yd), put it down, walk to your ball (5yd), putt and retrieve your ball (5yd), go get your bag and leave (10 yd). Total yardage walked: 55 yards.

Scenario B: Leave your bag from where you chipped and walk up to your ball (30 yd), putt and get your ball (5yd), go get your bag (25yd), go away (35 yd). Total yardage: 95yd.

Even if I screwed up the yardages somewhere in Scenario B, there is no way that the two are the same. You should never have to walk in the wrong direction to retrieve your bag. Even leaving your bag on the side of the green next to the hole is better than leaving it at the front and going back for it.