Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers

[By-Tor]

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People who can't tuck in their shirts.

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This is a joke right?

Seriously, if someone on the course...any course...told me to tuck in my shirt, there would be drama.

fast.




I guess you can add "pricks that can't mind their own business" to my list.

[sean c]

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People who can't tuck in their shirts.

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This is a joke right?

Seriously, if someone on the course...any course...told me to tuck in my shirt, there would be drama.

fast.




I guess you can add "pricks that can't mind their own business" to my list.

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I have never told anyone to tuck in their shirt even if it was a rule at the club. I don't care that much but it annoys me when people don't.

[Shoe Lace]

Wow I didn't think so many people disliked "slow players". Why do you hate people who play slow?

I just started recently (4 games of 18, and about 600 balls at the range is my total experience). In my most recent sessions I'm sort of getting my swing down. More often than not I won't top the ball or shoot it 500 miles off to the side but I still have that problem sometimes.

So lately I've been charting my clubs at the range. It's not as accurate as I'd like (obviously), but if I make a good swing and get a solid connection usually the ball will go the distance I charted it at (within 15y or so). It might veer off to one side, but whatever.

Anyways, when I take a shot, I usually take a reasonable amount of time.

1) I look at any yard markers on the floor. I estimate to see how far I am to the pin or where I'm trying to aim at.

2) I take a general look at my elevation to the pin/landing point. I'm not good enough to figure out how much harder or softer I need to hit it, but it obviously effects how far my ball is going to go.

3) I look at my lie. Again, I know the rules (the ball's trajectory changes based on the ball slope's condition) but I really don't know how to apply this yet. I spend a fair bit of time on this because it's important IMO.

4) I'll spend a few seconds to judge the wind. Again, not nearly enough experience to figure out what I should be doing exactly, but I make an effort.

5) I take a quick look at the green/landing point to see if I need to avoid anything nasty, and if I can, attempt to read the slope of the green (from where I'm standing, I don't walk up to check it out).

6) After all this is done I setup my stance (doesn't take long), and maybe take 1 practice swing. Then I'll let it rip.

All in all this process doesn't take THAT long, but I don't just walk up to my ball, pick a club instantly and smash it. I can't imagine anyone getting better if they do not at least adjust to the conditions before they shoot.

It's pretty stressful for me sometimes when I do play because usually the place I goto is packed. It's very common to be paired up with "strangers". Out of the 4 times I've been out, on 2 occasions (holes) someone told me to pick up the pace and on one occasion the pair behind us told me to take my shot already (he screamed it down the fairway).

I'd like to wrap a club around their face when they rush me, but at the same time I'm not in the mood to goto jail.

Btw the entire shot process usually takes 15-20 seconds (including everything). Surely this is not "playing slow?".

People who tell other people to play faster is what annoys me (as long as the game is moving at a reasonable pace and someone isn't clearly taking a retarded amount of time to shoot).

[dzh90]

Shoe Lace,

Say you are driving up a one-lane mountain road and come up behind a car driving very very slowly. The driver in front of you passes several turn-offs and doesn't use them. Would you get ticked off?

[Shoe Lace]

Golf cannot be compared to driving. When you're driving, you're looking to get from point A to point B.

It's not like the guy who's driving is purposely driving slow because he's trying to figure out the exact amount of pressure to put on the gas/brakes to give him the most efficient gas/mile ratio while driving downhill.

He's driving slow because he's either scared of flying off the mountain (lack of experience on this road, etc), or generally being an ass.

If you're a competitive person usually to have fun 2 things must happen.

1) You must be constantly improving.
2) You must be playing at the best of your ability (even if it happens to be pretty poor at the time).

To be denied 1 of the 2 things would result in disappointment. Being rushed (not allowed to evaluate your shot in a reasonable 20 second time frame) screws with both things.

You can't play to your full ability because you know deep down that if you ignore the wind and your lie you will not make the correct shot. You also realize by rushing you're not going to improve.

[Butcho22]

I've seen people shoot 125 in under 4.5 hours.

There are no good excuses for playing a round of golf over that amount of time, period.

[AJW]

I hate feeling rushed and I hate waiting on every shot so I know it from both sides. You should be able to take your time on a shot and you should be able to take a practice swing before hitting. You should also walk quickly between shots taking a look at the hole checking where the trouble is and observing the wind direction before you get to your ball. You can give your self every chance of making a good shot but if you top three shot in a row don’t expect the people behind you to be understanding when they see you checking which way the winds blowing for the forth time.

[Shoe Lace]

For wind I'm not really going all out. I'm not heading over to the rough to pick some grass and throw it, or holding up a wet finger heh.

The wind calculation is being done as I'm grabbing a club. Pretty much takes no time, but it's something on my mind when I'm pulling a club out.

I'm also not breaking out the ruler and protractor to measure my ball's angle in relation to the ground. I might look at it from the side, front, and back though.

Like you said, I do check out the situation of the green as I'm walking. But usually I will take a few extra seconds to really eyeball the green when I'm in my stance and ready to go, in addition to visualize the ball's path.

My scores aren't very good, but it's because my putting is beyond disgusting (3-4 putts all over). I almost spend more time putting than I do getting to the green. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[edtost]

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I've seen people shoot 125 in under 3.5 hours.

There are no good excuses for playing a round of golf over that amount of time, period.

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seriously. walking. carrying his own bag. there's just no excuse for how slow golf at so many courses has gotten.

[tuq]

Shoe Lace,

I don't really think any of the things you do are terrible and it's important to be comfortable and in the right frame of mind before you hit, however if you are being confronted multiple times by total strangers regarding the speed of your play, then something is wrong. Make sure that your pre-shot routine happens while other people are hitting, don't just wait until it's your turn to do all that stuff, it will piss people off.

Most bad golfers are really insecure about their pace of play; as a consequence I find that most of them actually play pretty fast. I know of many 15+ handicappers that are faster than some of my friends who regularly break 80. There is not a direct correlation between ability and speed.