la_lucha
Tour Rookie
Myself and my best mate/playing partner were out as a two ball yesterday in our clubs bogey comp. I had a poor start going two down then I managed to get myself back to all square before going on a straight run of five losses. My PP however was all square up until 11 which he blobbed. Then on the twelfth he managed to come up 2inches short for a half. I am standing six foot away ready to putt to save a half having won the previous hole.
What he did then astounded me, he walked up to his ball which is just left of the hole from where I am playing and proceeded to try to whack his ball with the putter into neverneverland, two failed whacks saw him kick his ball away and scuff the green from 6 inches right up to the cup. Bear in mind that I'm still six foot away with a tricky right to left uphill putt to save a half.
He then storms off to the next tee and doesn't watch as I scream one down the middle, doesn't say nice shot or even acknowledge that I've hit the ball. He steps up to his no practice swing and blasts the living daylights out of it.
It continues like this up to the 15th tee. Where I played another nice one down the middle, he hooks his into the trees, sees it's going left and doesn't bother watching it.
As you can imagine I'm struggling to hold it together thinking about what an awful mate/pp he is being but I managed to win the last two holes without him congratulating me or acknowledging the scores that I'm shouting out.
Now we are on the 15th I'm standing 150 out bang in the center knowing it's a steady 8 or a hard 9 into the center of the green for a two putt par. This would put me two off the leader with three to play.
He then spends the best part of 5 minutes looking for his ball in completely the wrong area. (dilemma 1. would you help him look for it given he hasn't spoken to you for the best part of an hour).
When I eventually get to play my shot the rhythm is gone and I play it short ending up with a loss. He doesn't play the hole and stands playing on his phone while I play out the hole. No tending the flag, no taking an interest in me just being a silly child.
When I finished this hole I said are you going to start taking a bit of interest in what I'm doing and tending flags etc as I could be onto at least a tie for the win. He says yes but doesn't walk to the next tee with me and waits halfway down the 16th fairway. I hit it left into the rough, which is open to the green but behind trees from the tee, he walks off to the green leaving me to find the ball that landed within 20 yards of where he was standing.
I then duffed the second into the front bunker that protects the green because my head is well and truly gone, thinking about how a best mate can be acting so bad.
I had 5 losses in a row, he had two and spat his dummy out.
Obviously being a little upset I ignored his offer of a handshake after I putted out for another loss on the 18th.
So how would you have dealt with this and would you think about reporting it to the committee? This was a club comp where he just stopped playing after thirteen for no good reason, whilst showing an absolute lack of respect for his playing partner. I book him in to play in the comps with me so he never worries about when he is going play on a Sunday.
He's my best mate so I don't want to upset/fall out with him, but he just absolutely ruined what could've been a good round for me.
What he did then astounded me, he walked up to his ball which is just left of the hole from where I am playing and proceeded to try to whack his ball with the putter into neverneverland, two failed whacks saw him kick his ball away and scuff the green from 6 inches right up to the cup. Bear in mind that I'm still six foot away with a tricky right to left uphill putt to save a half.
He then storms off to the next tee and doesn't watch as I scream one down the middle, doesn't say nice shot or even acknowledge that I've hit the ball. He steps up to his no practice swing and blasts the living daylights out of it.
It continues like this up to the 15th tee. Where I played another nice one down the middle, he hooks his into the trees, sees it's going left and doesn't bother watching it.
As you can imagine I'm struggling to hold it together thinking about what an awful mate/pp he is being but I managed to win the last two holes without him congratulating me or acknowledging the scores that I'm shouting out.
Now we are on the 15th I'm standing 150 out bang in the center knowing it's a steady 8 or a hard 9 into the center of the green for a two putt par. This would put me two off the leader with three to play.
He then spends the best part of 5 minutes looking for his ball in completely the wrong area. (dilemma 1. would you help him look for it given he hasn't spoken to you for the best part of an hour).
When I eventually get to play my shot the rhythm is gone and I play it short ending up with a loss. He doesn't play the hole and stands playing on his phone while I play out the hole. No tending the flag, no taking an interest in me just being a silly child.
When I finished this hole I said are you going to start taking a bit of interest in what I'm doing and tending flags etc as I could be onto at least a tie for the win. He says yes but doesn't walk to the next tee with me and waits halfway down the 16th fairway. I hit it left into the rough, which is open to the green but behind trees from the tee, he walks off to the green leaving me to find the ball that landed within 20 yards of where he was standing.
I then duffed the second into the front bunker that protects the green because my head is well and truly gone, thinking about how a best mate can be acting so bad.
I had 5 losses in a row, he had two and spat his dummy out.
Obviously being a little upset I ignored his offer of a handshake after I putted out for another loss on the 18th.
So how would you have dealt with this and would you think about reporting it to the committee? This was a club comp where he just stopped playing after thirteen for no good reason, whilst showing an absolute lack of respect for his playing partner. I book him in to play in the comps with me so he never worries about when he is going play on a Sunday.
He's my best mate so I don't want to upset/fall out with him, but he just absolutely ruined what could've been a good round for me.
