Golf Random Irritations

[williamalex1]

My pet hate is seeing someone move out the corner of my eye when I'm about to play.
Probably my lack of concentration and too much peripheral vision, maybe I need a set of blinkers, fitted of course lol

 

[rosecott]

My pet hate is seeing someone move out the corner of my eye when I'm about to play.
Probably my lack of concentration and too much peripheral vision, maybe I need a set of blinkers, fitted of course lol

Have always had you down as a visionary.

 

[davidy233]

Being disturbed by zips and putting clubs back in the bag? Wow.

 

[Deleted member 18645]

It's common courtesy to keep still and quiet whilst your playing partners hit their shots. It's not difficult.

 

[williamalex1]

Have always had you down as a visionary.

I didn't see that coming

 

[sunshine]

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
(courtesy PG Wodehouse)

 

[oltimer]

The Plonker at Sky Golf tv who decided to play music whilst commentators are talking, If I wanted to listen to music I`d put the radio one.

 

[patricks148]

lots of people asking if i want to sell my net and they offering me not very much for it, cheeky buggers

 

[Dando]

lots of people asking if i want to sell my net and they offering me not very much for it, cheeky buggers

I’ll give you £5 in cash if you can deliver it

 

[patricks148]

I’ll give you £5 in cash if you can deliver it

i'd love to reply with what i really think dear boy, but would have to give myself and infraction... but no thanks

 

[HomerJSimpson]

You mean you allow it to happen ?

I used to be terrible with "distractions", but then one day I just decided that I wouldn't be distracted by something that doesn't actually make any difference to how I swing a club or how the ball flies.
I like etiquette, I like people to be standing in the right place, not making any noise, but it doesn't always go according to plan, normally by accident.

Once I decided that outside distractions didn't actually have any effect, it's been a revelation.

I'm all for etiquette and to be honest most of the time when I am over the shot then I don't here zips etc. My biggest bugbear though is where we have a couple of tees on close proximity and you are standing over the ball and the fourball on the next tee are oblivious (or don't realise how loud their voices are) and carrying on their conversation. That I do find distracting and will make a comment if it happens

 

[Orikoru]

Constant background noise doesn't bother me at all. Right next to our 11th tee though there's a gun range or something, so potential for extremely loud bang to go off half way through your swing. Now THAT'S off-putting. Someone closing a zip.. no, not really.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Noise? Back when I was a member of Filton GC in north Bristol the mid-late 80s and early 90s, BAe slap-bang next door had a contract to refurbish the engines of USAF F-111 bombers. Now when these beasts took off your whole body vibrated - you could barely hear yourself think - never mind talk to a playing companion. But in many ways their noise was less irritating than the buzz of the ATCs Chipmunk trainers - as irritating as the buzz when a local stunt pilot is practicing over my current place. Though I'm not that bothered by background noise sometimes it can irritate, and disturb. But hey.

Used to know a guy who had the 'habit' of jingling the keys and change in his pocket just as you were commencing a swing....

 

[davidy233]

We regularly get gun fire from Barry Buddon ranges which are just the other side of the railway from Monifieth Medal. First time I photographed the Dunhill at Carnoustie I got speaking to an American couple who were spectating "What's the noise we keep hearing" said the lady "Machine guns" I replied to a look of horror from her.

At one of my former clubs (Alford) club championship Sunday at least one year fell on the day of Alford Cavalcade at the track belonging to the adjacent transport museum - 14th medal tee is right on the fence of the museum - the volume of random noise from screeching cars and bike and a tannoy turned up to nuclear volume so that the punters could hear above that noise was something else - that day did have the benefit of a spitfire flying right down the 18th as I played it though.

 

[patricks148]

played the Kings today for the first time in a week, set up very strange, theres a fair bit of water, fair enough, but noticed today they had left a collar of rough around the edges of all of them which is mostly clover..the red stakes are in a few feet inside this so you can lose your ball short of the water

just as well theres no comps be plenty going back to the tee rather than take the drop

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I like etiquette, I like people to be standing in the right place,

You should start a thread about it

 

[williamalex1]

You should start a thread about it

Not again

 

[Orikoru]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

I was teeing off our 14th a couple of weeks ago, right next to said shooting range... BANG BANG BANG, right as I was swinging...
I had no idea it was there, yes it did spook me a bit ?

It's ridiculous. Often we can hear them going off before you even get to that tee, so you're just on edge waiting for it to fire in the middle of your swing - even if it doesn't. Certainly gives a different edge to that hole anyway.

 

[Slime]

Noise?

Used to know a guy who had the 'habit' of jingling the keys and change in his pocket just as you were commencing a swing....

I hope you called him out as a cheat.

 

[sunshine]

We regularly get gun fire from Barry Buddon ranges which are just the other side of the railway from Monifieth Medal. First time I photographed the Dunhill at Carnoustie I got speaking to an American couple who were spectating "What's the noise we keep hearing" said the lady "Machine guns" I replied to a look of horror from her

I would have thought Americans would be used to the sound of gunfire from automatic weapons, especially if the course is near a school.