Orikoru
Tour Winner
None of my friends are going to drink scotch when they're driving, that would literally serve to buy a drink for everyone but my friends, which is the opposite of what I wanted.
Hole in one - who pays?
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You really don't like spending money do you.
Orikoru
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Not pointlessly for a bunch of strangers no.
williamalex1
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So how would you prefer to celebrate your first hole in one , genuine question.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I'm planning to get my first hole in one this Saturday (previous planned attempts have so far proved fruitless) Just a social game so I know I won't get added to any board or pick up the keys to a car etc. It will in all likelihood be a never to be repeated, once in a lifetime achievement
Should I survive the actual event itself in a physically fit state to make it back to the clubhouse I will buy drinks, but unlike the strike that yielded the golden egg I will not pre-plan how many drinks I buy and who I will buy drinks for or even what those drinks will be. I'm happy to let these things take their course
& no I don't have insurance to claim it back, although that doesn't mean cost does not matter (I'm still just a worker bee after all) but I wont set a £30, £50 or £100 limit on my celebration, this may mean in the cold light of day I need to retrospectively (& vigorously) negotiate with the barman before settling the tab, but that's a nice problem to have to deal with isn't it?
Should I survive the actual event itself in a physically fit state to make it back to the clubhouse I will buy drinks, but unlike the strike that yielded the golden egg I will not pre-plan how many drinks I buy and who I will buy drinks for or even what those drinks will be. I'm happy to let these things take their course
& no I don't have insurance to claim it back, although that doesn't mean cost does not matter (I'm still just a worker bee after all) but I wont set a £30, £50 or £100 limit on my celebration, this may mean in the cold light of day I need to retrospectively (& vigorously) negotiate with the barman before settling the tab, but that's a nice problem to have to deal with isn't it?
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Blimey didn’t think it was that complicated
I’m lucky I have had a few hole in ones - 3 at my home course and 2 away.
At my home course we just ring the bell then put glasses of whiskey on the bar for everyone to have a little drink , if anyone wanted something different who I was playing with I happily bought them a drink . I then replaced the bottle of whiskey - job done , I know most of the members so I don’t mind one bit that they all get a little drink to toast.
On the two away courses one was in a club match against Ellesborough - there I just rung the bell and bought everyone a drink , took the tab back to the club and claimed it back
Next one was at an Invitational Day at Woburn , I won a load of prizes and everyone had buggered off so I bought my fourball and our mates who were also there a drink - claimed it back
I’m also a member of the RAF Golf Association and they kindly pay out £100 for each Hole in One you get 😀
It’s a very strange feeling getting a hole in one , you end up not caring about buying someone a drink because it’s such a unique occasion - have seen about 6 other hole in ones and everyone did something different in regards what they did after about buying drinks but they all celebrated it
I’m lucky I have had a few hole in ones - 3 at my home course and 2 away.
At my home course we just ring the bell then put glasses of whiskey on the bar for everyone to have a little drink , if anyone wanted something different who I was playing with I happily bought them a drink . I then replaced the bottle of whiskey - job done , I know most of the members so I don’t mind one bit that they all get a little drink to toast.
On the two away courses one was in a club match against Ellesborough - there I just rung the bell and bought everyone a drink , took the tab back to the club and claimed it back
Next one was at an Invitational Day at Woburn , I won a load of prizes and everyone had buggered off so I bought my fourball and our mates who were also there a drink - claimed it back
I’m also a member of the RAF Golf Association and they kindly pay out £100 for each Hole in One you get 😀
It’s a very strange feeling getting a hole in one , you end up not caring about buying someone a drink because it’s such a unique occasion - have seen about 6 other hole in ones and everyone did something different in regards what they did after about buying drinks but they all celebrated it
HomerJSimpson
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I am kind of with Orikoru on this one. Yes I do buy cakes in work on my birthday but my reasoning is I am more than happy to eat the ones others bring in so only fair to reciprocate. However if I am ever to get a hole in one I begrudge paying drinks for a club house full of people I never play with and don't know. I don't drink Scotch and so never partake if there is a nip on the bar and I can count on one hand the number of players that have made an ace and offered me a beer instead and if I followed suit would be able to reciprocate and happily buy them a drink. I play in two fairly large roll up groups at weekends and consider all of them regular PP's and so would be happy to get a round in for them. Add in one or two faces around the place I know that I'm happy to buy and have drinks bought for socially that I'd include that would be my limit. I am not going to get a bottle out for the afternoon roll ups I don't know nor for any play and plays that may happen to be playing on the day
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I don't think reciprocation or drink of choice plays any part in a hole in one celebration, does it?
ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
Like LP said you stick a bottle of whisky on the bar, but if anyone wants something else they can have it, its a hole in one after all !!! shorten your pockets and smile, somethings are worth more than money.
HomerJSimpson
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I disagree. If I won £50 on a scratch card I wouldn't walk into a pub and buy everyone including strangers a drink. Why should I get strangers a drink for making a hole in one. I never partake when others get one so don't feel any kind of obligation to treat people I don't know to a drink. I would rather enjoy my success with my regular golfing partners and roll up players. Personal choice
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Exactly that - and I don’t drink whiskey so when some has been on the bar I haven’t taken any but a number of times I have been bought a different drink - and that’s also from people I haven’t been playing with.
People have golf insurance for it - it covers a good percentage of your bar bill
Out of my hole in ones I’m prob out of pocket 3 bottles of whiskey over 5 years - don’t need a debt management to help me pay it off
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Think I might have confused you with that post (see post 105 for my opinion on the matter)
ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
Not really a valid comparison HJS, its your choice but I honestly feel your missing out on one of lifes little chances to celebrate (with everybody!!)
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I said in the first place - I'd buy the round for who I was playing with (chances are I would have done that anyway if it was my turn, but I'd make sure the round was on me), and if there was any other groups in the clubhouse that I knew I'd probably offer them a round. I certainly wouldn't be shouting up drinks for everyone in the building, or else I wouldn't be able to afford to play the following week!So how would you prefer to celebrate your first hole in one , genuine question.
Yeah, because it's a unique occasion, that's the reason you don't care, not because you're raking it in and it doesn't cost you penny anyway.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Spoken like a true rich person.
I know you mean well, but phrases like that don't really wash for people who live payday to payday.
ArnoldArmChewer
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Spoken like a true rich person.
I can assure you that I am a long way from being rich, however my mindset has always been the same in this respect.
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I said in the first place - I'd buy the round for who I was playing with (chances are I would have done that anyway if it was my turn, but I'd make sure the round was on me), and if there was any other groups in the clubhouse that I knew I'd probably offer them a round. I certainly wouldn't be shouting up drinks for everyone in the building, or else I wouldn't be able to afford to play the following week!
Yeah, because it's a unique occasion, that's the reason you don't care, not because you're raking it in and it doesn't cost you penny anyway.
I’m far from raking in - and not rich or anything else you want to suggest , it’s cost me when I have a hole in one and it hasn’t bothered me one bit
Get insurance and then you are covered for it - just claim back it’s not hard and easily done through the club
Oh also got a nice Hugo Boss watch for one as well 😂
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I cannot afford to shell out insurance to cover something that (a) might never even happen, and (b) isn't even compulsory. I still can't get my head around insurance companies actually paying out for something that is nothing more than an optional social convention. Mind boggles.
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It’s around £25 a year or some banks do it for £10 a year !! And it’s not just about covering for a hole in one it’s mainly to cover for any damage or loss or theft of golf clubs, it also gives you personal liability plus if you cause damage to a car for example you are covered. Not clever to have no golf insurance when it’s cheap to buy - you also get some free stuff when you take it out as well
HomerJSimpson
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Most insurance policies, certainly the one I have for personal liability and theft etc only covers for a hole in one in an official club comp. Get it in a roll up game, especially on a busy weekend and it could leave a person out of pocket. Like Orikoru, I live payday to payday and so a big and unexpected hole in my outgoings could cause issues.
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