Honesty, is it overated in golfing terms

[Smiffy]

As long as they don't drop a ball down their trouser leg in the rough,pinch an inch on from their ball marker or improve their lie in any way I couldn't care less what anyone I play with for a few hours on the course gets up to

You'd hate playing with a "mate" of mine then. Been playing with him for years, he is one of a group of mates that I play with reasonably regularly. Problem is, everybody is worried that if they say something to him it is going to create a bad atmosphere within the group. I nearly reared up at him in Cornwall last week-end. On the green at the third hole, he was quite a way from the cup and I watched him as he walked over to his ball, took his marker out of his pocket and threw it onto the green about a foot or so in front of his ball. Picked his ball up, cleaned it, and then replaced it directly in front of the marker!! I couldn't believe what I had just seen. And then on the 6th hole, (par 3 where he was getting a shot) he dumped his ball into the water, dropped and chipped on, two putted and declared a 5. Nothing wrong in that I thought until one of my other friends told me that his second putt from about 5 feet had been with the pin in! I marked him down for a blob. And on every single round I have ever played with him he will get his score wrong on a hole at least once. It's never more than he has taken though, always less. Another member from the site played with him at Chartham Park a couple of months ago and I warned him before he teed off to watch for my "mate" and to keep an eye on his scoring. When they came back to the clubhouse I asked if he had "mis-counted" at all, and sure enough he had on one hole, declaring a 5 instead of a 6.

 

[Leftie]

I occasionally forget to count the tap in or gimmie and wonder why, when I say "that was a 5", it doesn't sound right. When queried, I go through all the 5 shots actually played and, "oh yes! Plus the gimmie "

 

[kid2]

As long as they don't drop a ball down their trouser leg in the rough,pinch an inch on from their ball marker or improve their lie in any way I couldn't care less what anyone I play with for a few hours on the course gets up to

You'd hate playing with a "mate" of mine then. Been playing with him for years, he is one of a group of mates that I play with reasonably regularly. Problem is, everybody is worried that if they say something to him it is going to create a bad atmosphere within the group. I nearly reared up at him in Cornwall last week-end. On the green at the third hole, he was quite a way from the cup and I watched him as he walked over to his ball, took his marker out of his pocket and threw it onto the green about a foot or so in front of his ball. Picked his ball up, cleaned it, and then replaced it directly in front of the marker!! I couldn't believe what I had just seen. And then on the 6th hole, (par 3 where he was getting a shot) he dumped his ball into the water, dropped and chipped on, two putted and declared a 5. Nothing wrong in that I thought until one of my other friends told me that his second putt from about 5 feet had been with the pin in! I marked him down for a blob. And on every single round I have ever played with him he will get his score wrong on a hole at least once. It's never more than he has taken though, always less. Another member from the site played with him at Chartham Park a couple of months ago and I warned him before he teed off to watch for my "mate" and to keep an eye on his scoring. When they came back to the clubhouse I asked if he had "mis-counted" at all, and sure enough he had on one hole, declaring a 5 instead of a 6.

Smiffy the harsh reality of yer situation is that the longer ye leave him get away with it the more he'll keep pushing the boundries......My take would be to knock it on the head now before he embarrasses your playing partners and you in front of someone new in a comp......If this isnt the case and yer only out for a knock about then id put 1 extra shot on his card on every hole

 

[CrapHacker]

Yip, ..... the same goes for liars. If they lie in life they will always lie.

Never met anyone who has never lied.

Anyone who ever cliams that, is a liar.