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#31
05-18-2007, 01:23 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
Two things:
People who try to read putts for me. Some of the groups I play with are very informal, but DON'T read my putt for me unless I ask for it. But the worst is when I hit a bad shot, and somebody states the obvious. "You fatted it." "You duck hooked that one." NO [censored] MORAN. Honorable mention: Hitting/picking my ball up by mistake. 
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#32
05-18-2007, 01:54 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
When they bail out on tee times. Plan a foursome a week in advance, they call one hour before tee time..."sorry can't make it." F.............. two of my golf buddies are notorious for doing this. One just did it to me today for our tee time on Sunday. Hope I can find a fourth. I don't really mind golfing with strangers, but I'd rather golf with friends (who are as bad as I am.)
On the course, not much bugs me. FWIW, I know I'm not very good (shoot in the 100's) so I don't waste time with many practice swings or reading putts. But sometimes I struggle and kick my ball up the fairway 50 yards at a time, or blade my ball back and forth across the green. So please be patient with golfers who are struggling and playing slow...esp. if it's a muni course where you expect to find muni hacks. If I think I'm taking up too much time, I'll just pick up. I really don't care about every little shot. ScottieK
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#33
05-18-2007, 01:57 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
i really have never been annoyed. you cant let anything bother you in the business im in. i once told an old lady who scoffed at my cigar, "go back to the bridge club you old fuqqin qunt". but i really wasnt annoyed, it was actually my favorite part of that round.
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#34
05-18-2007, 02:04 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
govman, you're okay with people waiting for greens to clear that they obviously can't reach, you would punch someone in the face if they told you to stop looking for a ball that you obviously won't find, and you encounter metal spikes often enough to be annoyed by it. What bizarro world do you live in?
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#35
05-18-2007, 02:15 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
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When they bail out on tee times. Plan a foursome a week in advance, they call one hour before tee time..."sorry can't make it." F.............. [/ QUOTE ] Ooh, this is a really good one. Backing out of a tee time you've already committed to is a HUGE no-no and will get you blackballed from our group pretty quickly, unless you do it 48+ hours in advance and/or have a replacement. The reason it's heinous is that our standard game is two-man teams, usually Nassau, and a threesome totally wrecks this because a nine point game or Wolf just aren't nearly as fun.
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#36
05-18-2007, 03:41 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
I don't see how this isn't mentioned yet.
My #1 pet peave is the guy you play with, who swears he shoots "in the low 80's" and shoots about 110 and doesn't count half his strokes. You know the type of guy. He takes a mulligan on the first hole(I don't mind a mulligan occasionally...I'm not the tournament director) then you quickly realize that he's telling you he's making bogeys on every hole. He always seems to find his ball when everyone thinks it's in the trees. He doesn't improve his lie 2 inches, he improves it 6 feet. etc. Then you finish the round. He tells you his score, and you just want to punch him in the face.
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#37
05-18-2007, 03:56 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
[ QUOTE ]
I don't see how this isn't mentioned yet. My #1 pet peave is the guy you play with, who swears he shoots "in the low 80's" and shoots about 110 and doesn't count half his strokes. You know the type of guy. He takes a mulligan on the first hole(I don't mind a mulligan occasionally...I'm not the tournament director) then you quickly realize that he's telling you he's making bogeys on every hole. He always seems to find his ball when everyone thinks it's in the trees. He doesn't improve his lie 2 inches, he improves it 6 feet. etc. Then you finish the round. He tells you his score, and you just want to punch him in the face. [/ QUOTE ] awww yes....but this is more funny to me than annoying.
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#38
05-18-2007, 05:11 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] I don't see how this isn't mentioned yet. My #1 pet peave is the guy you play with, who swears he shoots "in the low 80's" and shoots about 110 and doesn't count half his strokes. You know the type of guy. He takes a mulligan on the first hole(I don't mind a mulligan occasionally...I'm not the tournament director) then you quickly realize that he's telling you he's making bogeys on every hole. He always seems to find his ball when everyone thinks it's in the trees. He doesn't improve his lie 2 inches, he improves it 6 feet. etc. Then you finish the round. He tells you his score, and you just want to punch him in the face. [/ QUOTE ] awww yes....but this is more funny to me than annoying. [/ QUOTE ] When I shoot 75, it's funny. When I shoot 82, it's annoying. :-)
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#39
05-18-2007, 05:21 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
[ QUOTE ]
When they bail out on tee times. Plan a foursome a week in advance, they call one hour before tee time..."sorry can't make it." F.............. two of my golf buddies are notorious for doing this. One just did it to me today for our tee time on Sunday. Hope I can find a fourth. I don't really mind golfing with strangers, but I'd rather golf with friends (who are as bad as I am.) On the course, not much bugs me. FWIW, I know I'm not very good (shoot in the 100's) so I don't waste time with many practice swings or reading putts. But sometimes I struggle and kick my ball up the fairway 50 yards at a time, or blade my ball back and forth across the green. So please be patient with golfers who are struggling and playing slow...esp. if it's a muni course where you expect to find muni hacks. If I think I'm taking up too much time, I'll just pick up. I really don't care about every little shot. ScottieK [/ QUOTE ] This is probably the winner. Also Scottie, there is a huge difference in playing with someone that shoots 100+ that is looking at every shot like their a pro, and one like you. I actually love playing with 90+ shooters cause we just have a good time and don't give a hoot. The score one shoots really has nothing to do with how enjoyable you are to play with to me.
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#40
05-18-2007, 06:54 PM
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Re: Things that annoy you about your fellow golfers
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Maybe this is just me, but I have noticed courses where the majority of people walk the course tend to play a lot faster than courses where the majority of people ride. I feel like in general the people who always drive carts are a lot worse golfers than the people that walk the course, and this comes from a lot of experience. Anyway I pretty much hate any round that takes over 3.5 hours, and I'm drunk but I really hate golf carts. [/ QUOTE ] I would have to agree with you here. IME, the walkers are almost always better players and generally have more respect for the game than most of the hacks who like to ride around in the cart, drink beer and spray the ball all over the place. That combined with the fact that each person can chase down their own ball independently and be ready to go when their fellow player hits makes the walkers faster players imo.
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