^^^ count me in... Wed is perfect!!
Gubna is nice but on to the G Knights again... dam goooooooood!!!!
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^^^ count me in... Wed is perfect!!
Gubna is nice but on to the G Knights again... dam goooooooood!!!!
Said with a smile and a giggle in your speech should have worked IMO. I would feel obligated to say something for the good of the game as I take my responsability to The Game more than to shooting a score. If the guy was such a db that he was upset I would have asked him to go and play ahead on his own so I could repair his trenches. but I'm an old coot too and have a lot of experience with the polite reprimand. Oh, and I don't give two shits what some idiot thinks about me other than me being good to deserving humans and all animals.Quote:
Originally Posted by guroo270
i like pitching if there's no range because i still get to make solid contact with rhythm. i haven't tried swinging multiple clubs, but i usually stretch for 10 minutes, too, and of course putt.
I was hoping you'd chime in on this as an older fella. Thanks for the input. I'll chime in from now on, regardless of age.Quote:
Originally Posted by wooley12
i played with an old guy one of my first times out, before i knew much about the rules. he seemed nice enough when we started, but on the second hole, par 3, my tee shot landed on the large green, about 25' below the pin. his tee shot landed in the rough right next to the fringe, maybe 8' from the pin. i thought i was supposed to putt because i was away, so i did and he completely lost it. he demanded that my friend and i go ahead and play by ourselves. i was profusely apologetic and repeatedly explained that i was still learning the rules. we finally got him calmed down and by the tee box on 4 he was quite chipper. but it was pretty uncomfortable for a good 15 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by wooley12
You were right. It's about distance. Also during our round. One guy had an 80 foot putt, and one guy was chipping onto the green from 10 feet away and I went to tend the flag for him. The geriatric said, I think old guy is bringing his shot up on the green. Whatever. It would depend on whether or not it was just the two of you, in which case it's more convenient to pull the pin when necessary, but in a foursome or threesome, where someone else can take care of the pin for you guys, it's correct.
Edit: We had yet another etiquette question pop up during our round. When the huge fucking dick rushed up to the tee box, for a second we thought it was a single and Mofo asked if we should let him play through. Now, on a Sunday afternoon with 5 holes (or even a hole in a half, really, with more open space around open ahead of me) I'd be more than happy to let them go through, but this course was booked solid from 630-1030, and we were 8:00. So I had to bring up the fact that singles and twosomes, especially when the course is stacked, have no rights really, because you can't really expect every group they run into to let them play through because they are faster. This is the same reason why I HATE playing as a single or a twosome in the middle of a bunch of 4some and 5somes. It's torture.
i thought (as in now) that it's distance if you're both on the actual green, bit anybody on the fringe or adjacent rough even if closer hits first until they're on the green.
So, there's a couple caveats. If you are in match play, it is ALWAYS who is farther away. They HAVE to go first. If you are in a small group, and it's a pain in the ass for the guy off the green to take the pin out for you to putt from 40 feet before he chips from 30 feet, then go ahead and let him chip. Personally, if I can see the hole, I like the pin out, so often I let someone that is going to want it in go ahead of me. Small group, convenience. Foursome = distance/pin in/out preference.Quote:
Originally Posted by spook
Guy was an asshole. If it's not a tournament who really gives a shit? Play ready golf - I play out of turn all the time and if someone else is ready to go while I'm not even though I'm further away, I couldn't give two shits if they went first. They should go first. Sounds like a lame poser wanna-be scratch golfer.
This too. I really can't imagine ANYONE getting mad about taking the pin out or not taking it out early. This is part of the reason why I was hesitant to say anything to old guy in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
One time in my entire life, during the club junior championship, match play, I was playing against a buddy of mine, and I had a 40 foot putt, he had a 25 footer. I was taking my time lining it up because I thought he was going to drain it. While i was walking back to my ball after looking at it from the opposite side, I look over and he's putting his ball. Drained it. I told him to put it back where it was. I was dead set on making my 40 footer to put pressure on him because I love putting pressure on guys and I knew he wasn't good under pressure. Had I noticed he was putting I would have said something, like, hey, Gary, I want to go first and I'm away, but he hit it without me noticing. He was pissed, but I drained my putt and he missed it the second time. I was two down prior to that, so it really was pivotal. I feel like a dick to this day for doing it to him, but I ended up winning the club championship by 4 holes, and it was completely in my rights. I don't think it's tarnished at all. There were 27 more holes to play, but he never should have putted before me. We paced off the distances and I was 5 paces farther away, not even close.
Fuck slow play .
Play ready golf .
I was playing in tournament a couple weeks ago .
The golf association tournament around here are always threesomes .
So it's me , a guy I've played with a few times over the years and some college puke ( member at Congressional ) .
College boy has his yardage book and starts reading it like a novel on every fucking tee .
So when college boy gets the honor it takes him 3-5 minutes to hit his tee shot .
By the sixth hole we are a hole behind and one of the officials tells us to pick up the pace .
So I look at college boy and inform him that he will teeing off last from now on and that we will be playing ready golf from here on in .
There we a couple times later in the round were college boy has his green charts and shit out for a 20' putt , I have a shorter putt , I tell zippy I gona hit this putt while you read war & peace over there .
It wasn't the first time I've done this to some slow playing college puke and it wont be the last .
With old slow guys I just tell em hurry up before you drop dead .
Did I mention I hate slow fucking play .
I hate slow play as well. I take my time with birdie putts and that's about it. I don't even take practice swings anymore. I take 5-10 seconds to pick my exact line, walk up and hit it. I used to play with my best buddy with a cart as kids in 2h 45 mins starting at 5 for 18 holes. Loved every second of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
I played with my father in law a month ago at Colorado National and the 3 some in front of us was 2 holes behind, even though we played in 4 hours flat, and were "ahead" according to our cart, both men were playing the tips and one guy was looking for his ball after EVERY tee shot, rarely not hitting his second shot before the woman teed off, and one guy would drive the cart to his ball, do the whole pre shot routine, then the other guy would drive 15 yards away and start his preshot routine instead of both hopping out of the cart in the middle, both sizing things up, grabbing a club and hitting their shots within 30 seconds - minute apart. Instead it took 3 minutes each time. I know that's small, but it's like, drive between the balls and both hop out and do the biz. Everyone on the course that day should have played in 3 1/2 hours at most. I don't think there was one foursome out there.
I bet he wasn't even aware of his act. Having golfed with thousand or so I've met on the first tee, all transgressions were out of ignorance rather than malice. I have tee'd it up in the fairway and hit back at impatient drivers after the second warning a time or two.
Slow play on the tees and fairways is annoying, but what really pisses me off is when people drag ass on the greens. Guy, you can mark and replace your ball while your buddy's lining up his putt- no need to stand around leaning on your club like you're posing for an Ashworth catalog while we're out here in the fairway waiting for you to clear the green.
Yeah, slow play is my number one annoyance too. Hitting into me is number two.
And no one has mentioned looking for lost balls? They are ungodly expensive these days, but when you hack one into 1/2 acre of blackberry bushes, drop one. I was playing a muni last summer and some dude actually walked back towards the tee, where we were waiting to tee off, because he wanted to hit another. My friend told him he was free to tee from the Reds but he wasn't welcome on our box.
You're right, that's probably the #1 contributor. HEY JERKS- the cost of a golf ball is the bad shot tax. If you stink badly enough to lose ten balls per round, you should save the money you spend on Pro V1s for lessons.
Reminds me of the time.....took 1 hour to play 2 holes as it was fall and the foursome ahead had to search on every shot. Ranger came by and I gave him six balls. "give them to the group ahead and tell them the next six lost are on me." He did as I asked and the group still looked for their ball on every shot. I walked off after 3 holes.
funny i happened to be doing my daily latrine reading of the latest golf digest and they had my exact scenario in the rules section. oh it's within the match play section, so maybe they're talking strictly match play although it doesn't say.Quote:
Originally Posted by guroo270
Good story and 3-5 min of reading is bullshit. getting a hole behind is generally unacceptable most anytime, unless circumstances of OB and going back to re-tee happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
Some people are slow, fast, normal. Playing golf is not about everyone being the same though, that is what playing with your regular 4 some is about.
Tournament golf is about adaptation, not comfort. I play my best in competition or under big pressure, not casual rounds.
This is where USGA and R&A are blowing it. For regular play in the name of fast play every hole should have a marked or implied drop area to address lost balls. Just try walking back to the tee at my local muni with a bunch of Raider fans waiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
AJGA reguires a player upon completion of putting to not wait for the rest of the foursome to finish the hole. They must proceed to the next tee and continue play.
Played Foxtail North today on $35 travelzoo deal (golf, cart, lunch, beer for $35). Course is in good shape. Freakin' 39 putts after 10/18 GIR. Could not leave the ball in the right place today.
Sorry, no cart girl pics (although they have some good ones) - did not want to embarrass the old man.
It's really pathetic how some of you get all of your knowledge about golf by reading the internet....it shows through with your posts. WACK JUICE....and if you tee your shit up before me when I beat you on the last hole, you fucking suck dick. :)
People have to learn somewhere. Some people learn from books, others from their fathers/mothers, and people take lessons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blurred
Any guide that is offering the correct intent, is the right guide, even if you might go astray for a time.
We have talked often here about really good books to read so people can improve.
going to see the lpga safeway classic tomorrow at pumpkin ridge. i didn't realize there are two courses out there, one of which is public for only $55-$90 a round more or less.