Ball gets thrown - what to do?

[trevorwc]

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Had you guys hit into them yet? If you can hit a "low liner" that lands 20yds short of the green, there is absolutely NO WAY you should have been hitting until they're well off the green...100% your fault.

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About 5 holes earlier, on a similarly short-ish 300 yard par 4, my drive ended up just barely short of the green while they were putting out on the opposite side of the green. Not even remotely close to hitting them, but they may have considered that "hitting into them" that time, and then got pissed when it happened a second time just a few holes later.

I can definitely take the responsibility for being in the wrong on this one. If I stood on that tee-box, I probably bring it home 1 or 2 times in 10 - maybe. And it will ALWAYS be a roll-on - I don't know that I've ever carried a ball 300 yards without a huge wind or downhill or something.

I just hate it when people wait so long to hit a shot like that (or go for the green in two on a par 5) when the chance of success is pretty minimal, and even if it gets there, it's not in a fashion that would hurt someone. Then of course most of the time it's not even close to the green and it really slows down play.

I guess what pissed me off most was that I had eagled the par 5 17th, and felt reasonably sure that my ball was within 30 feet or so of the hole. In the end, we just put it smack dead in the middle of the green, and I three putted from 60 feet for par.