bigslice
Tour Winner
i think it started with a w when i wro when someone else wrote on it.
worst of all out the fourball it was the one person i didnt know!!! then i was out with him the next day lol
How would you respond?
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i think it started with a w when i wro when someone else wrote on it.
worst of all out the fourball it was the one person i didnt know!!! then i was out with him the next day lol
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
I gota agree with this , only once ?, id look back & let them know i wasnt best pleased , im guilty of doing this & if i do i immediately put the hand up and apologise, i also make a point of apologising in person asap , any more than that you would need to be saying something ..
Just on a side note for all whether your the person that continualy hits a ball down behind people , or the one who hit it in the water , you just want to be ready for the reaction your actions gets..
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
i know someone when at the machrihanish weekend who wrote a swear word on someones ball as it trundled by them while waiting to hit second shot. fair enough it was a blind tee shot but come on. for legal reasons i cant name the writer
What kind of ball was it?
bigslice
Tour Winner
prov i think
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
To me it kind of depends of you are one of those golfers who always seem to think they can hit their second or even third shot 240 yards to the green on a par 5, and will wait at least 5 minutes to do so. And then hit it 180 yards at best. Whilst causing lots of groups to stack up behind. Who have been watching you attempt and then fail to do this hole after hole after hole (sorry, bad experience at the weekend behind such a group who seemed to think they were playing of scratch, when they were mid 20 handicappers at best).
If so they may have been giving you a gentle reminder to get a move on. If not then as people say, once may be an accident, twice is not on.
If so they may have been giving you a gentle reminder to get a move on. If not then as people say, once may be an accident, twice is not on.
JPH
Q-School Graduate
This happened to me the other day , a mad Chinese woman playing on her own , nearly hit me as I walked off the green on a par three , then did same thing on next hole when My friend and i were on the fairway , finished this hole and as we were on the next tee waiting for the four ball in front to clear the next green , I thought I shall have a word and also let her play through , I had some scything sarcasm ready , however she dodged round the hole and skipped in front of the four ball onto the next tee , I was relieved that I didn't have to argue with a diminutive lunatic Chinese lady really , but its pretty brainless behaviour , she probably thought "Im not aiming exactly where they are so it's ok" or maybe she just didn't give a rats proverbial , I forgot about it though as soon as she was out of my face as it was
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Quality. Should do that instead! I am sure they would then get the point.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Which makes you just as bad at following the Ettiquette of the Game as they are.
Take the Moral high ground.
If you're in the right then they don't have a leg to stand on.
Gareth's advice is sound in my opinion.
Just knocking the ball into the water or rough is going to create the kind of atmosphere you don't want on the Course.
Swinger rolled one over my foot from 320 yards away at H4H last year.
I just looked back in awe.........
Sorry Ian, after knowing they were waiting and THEN one comes past at "hip height", its a no brainer for me, confrontational or not, the balls wet.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Taking the law into your own hands just isn't the way to do it.
It causes you grief, you get more annoyed and then your game suffers.
Nobody was hit or hurt.
Remonstrate with them, wait and have a word - Yes
Chuck the ball in the water and it's like sticking them the finger. Tempers are going to rise and who knows what that can lead to.
After all, we're out there to play golf and not to decide the next Heavyweight Champion.....
One Planer
Global Moderator
I share Ian perspective here.
The guy may have just hit a worldy, right out of the screws, and x amount of yards longer than his regular drive.
The fact they weighted is irrelivent.
How many times have you stood on a tee box waiting for a par 4 or 5 fairway to clear thinking "I'd better wait as they are in range", only to tee off after they have cleared and find yourself a good bit short of where they were, even with a good drive?
My point is you don't know all the facts until you speak to them, which I why I advocate waiting for them.
I've done it before when I got a gentle nudge in the back of my knee from a drive. I waited by the chaps ball in the fairway, didn't say a word, and his friends all said, "If he plays 'til hes 100, he'll never hit one that good again". He did apologise and made a similar remark.
No malice, the guy just hit a worldy.
How would I know this if I just trod on his ball/hit it back/threw it in the lake/kicked it into the rough (Delete as applicable).
A quick hand shake and an apology and all was sorted.
Accidents happen, even on the golf course.
...or as I once saw happen on a tour I was on, get the sharpie out and draw a set of 'male parts' on the ball and pop it on a tee in the fairway. that was to someone known to the long hitter mind
bluewolf
Money List Winner
These threads always tickle me, every time we discuss how far we can drive the ball, the thread is full of "I hit it about 240 usually, but occasionally I'll connect with one and it sails into the distance, at least 50 yards further than i'm used to!!" How do you know they weren't on the tee discussing how far you were away and deciding after 5 minutes that you weren't actually in range, then BOOM, one of them hits that once a season boomer that rolls past you...... Yes, they should have shouted fore, but they honestly may not have expected the ball to travel that far... If in any doubt, then leave the ball alone and give them a chance to apologize if they catch up....
Damn, Gareth beat me to it....
Damn, Gareth beat me to it....
dotty001
Challenge Tour Pro
happened to me at Wychwood park , my mate said the same i left his ball and continued the 16th , stood on the 17th and my mate was fuming , talking of scuffles the lot , i told him to calm down , doesnt matter but secretly i my blood was boiling !!!
we teed off and they approached the 17th so i waited , calmly explained what they had done and told them that i thought it was very poor etiquite my mate looked on in disbelief , as i then turned my back and walked off leaving them with no chance of reply !
as we walked off my mate looked at me winked and said proud of you , laughed then made bogey!!
my god that 17th is tough !
we teed off and they approached the 17th so i waited , calmly explained what they had done and told them that i thought it was very poor etiquite my mate looked on in disbelief , as i then turned my back and walked off leaving them with no chance of reply !
as we walked off my mate looked at me winked and said proud of you , laughed then made bogey!!
my god that 17th is tough !
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
You and me hand in hand in thinking on this. If you wait for green to be clear for your secoind to a par 5 you must accept that you have a duty to make up any gap your waiting causes asap - and gracioiusly accept any apologies that may come your way.
Airlie_Andy
Challenge Tour Pro
All those hitting the ball back towards the offending player, I assume you give yourself the appropriate penalty for playing the wrong ball?
All those hitting the ball back towards the offending player, I assume you give yourself the appropriate penalty for playing the wrong ball?
more like practicing on the course
One Planer
Global Moderator
I hit a 19* hybrid to 30ft there last weekend. On the fringe, just over the pond.
2 of our group found the water. The other found someones back yard
dotty001
Challenge Tour Pro
I hit a 19* hybrid to 30ft there last weekend. On the fringe, just over the pond.
2 of our group found the water. The other found someones back yard
after seeing me hit my 3 wood into the water , it was playing into the wind!
he layed up with an iron :rofl:
One Planer
Global Moderator
after seeing me hit my 3 wood into the water , it was playing into the wind!
he layed up with an iron :rofl:
I took the Tiger line over the water playing for a fade, it didn't fade one bit. Just about made the carry over the hazard and popped up into the fringe
The lads who hit into the water also "layed up" to the right with there next shot(s).
It is a gripper of a hole coming so late in the round too.
