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Mondays are always quiet at Ellesmere and I set of today on my own with a couple of clear holes in front of me. There was a chap in front of me who I gradually caught up with and on the 10th I had to wait while he putted out. As I played to the green and putted out myself he was stood on an adjacent green chatting to one of the grounds staff.

As I left the green he then walked to the 11th tee, I thought, oh, he is going to ask if I want to play with him or let me through, but no, he teed up and drove off just as I reached the tee and started to walk after his ball. I shouted "excuse me" but he ignored me despite me shouting again. He then proceeded to hold me up on every shot. He even walked past me a couple of holes later and just kept his eyes down and also on another green stopped to talk to more groundstaff.

The was no one in front of him for several holes and he could have easily let me through, but instead he just plodded slowly on his way.
 
Sounds very annoying!!

I had my own batch of ignorance on the course yesterday. I was lucky enough to play the Oxfordshire, much nicer than any course I've played before, but the only tee time was 12.10, cutting it fine with the daylight.

We teed off as the group before us left the first green, not a problem. Kept at that distance consistently, so no waiting on a shot, good pace etc, up until the 12th. Got to the end of the 12th, and saw a 2 ball (we were following a 4 ball) on the 13th tee. Eventually we worked out that everyone for the last few groups had gone into the halfway house, (after the 12th), so we had to copy while we waited for the 4ball ahead to tee off and clear the green (par 3).

We barely made it to the 17th (signature hole) in daylight, and the 18th was certainly a challenge!

What annoyed me/us was that in the halfway house, the girl there pointed out that it was completely dead until half an hour before. So that first group, who would have seen a full course behind them, and the sun v low in the sky, thought "screw them, we want to go in the halfway house", thereby holding everyone else up, making them do the same. Most of everyone in front of us was a society, so it was their own mates they held up!! Really wound us up, and took the slight edge off a fantastic course!!
 
louise_a said:
Mondays are always quiet at Ellesmere and I set of today on my own with a couple of clear holes in front of me. There was a chap in front of me who I gradually caught up with and on the 10th I had to wait while he putted out. As I played to the green and putted out myself he was stood on an adjacent green chatting to one of the grounds staff.

As I left the green he then walked to the 11th tee, I thought, oh, he is going to ask if I want to play with him or let me through, but no, he teed up and drove off just as I reached the tee and started to walk after his ball. I shouted "excuse me" but he ignored me despite me shouting again. He then proceeded to hold me up on every shot. He even walked past me a couple of holes later and just kept his eyes down and also on another green stopped to talk to more groundstaff.

The was no one in front of him for several holes and he could have easily let me through, but instead he just plodded slowly on his way.
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Maybe he is gay ? .. /..........more info needed on this guy .........is he a known loaner or have you upset him , some people just like to play on their own ...............EYG
 
CheltenhamHacker said:
Sounds very annoying!!

I had my own batch of ignorance on the course yesterday. I was lucky enough to play the Oxfordshire, much nicer than any course I've played before, but the only tee time was 12.10, cutting it fine with the daylight.

We teed off as the group before us left the first green, not a problem. Kept at that distance consistently, so no waiting on a shot, good pace etc, up until the 12th. Got to the end of the 12th, and saw a 2 ball (we were following a 4 ball) on the 13th tee. Eventually we worked out that everyone for the last few groups had gone into the halfway house, (after the 12th), so we had to copy while we waited for the 4ball ahead to tee off and clear the green (par 3).

We barely made it to the 17th (signature hole) in daylight, and the 18th was certainly a challenge!

What annoyed me/us was that in the halfway house, the girl there pointed out that it was completely dead until half an hour before. So that first group, who would have seen a full course behind them, and the sun v low in the sky, thought "screw them, we want to go in the halfway house", thereby holding everyone else up, making them do the same. Most of everyone in front of us was a society, so it was their own mates they held up!! Really wound us up, and took the slight edge off a fantastic course!!
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Was it in good nick?

Got a 4ball there in Jan on the £25 a head deal
 
Robobum said:
Was it in good nick?

Got a 4ball there in Jan on the £25 a head deal
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Very good nick! Luckily the wind was quite calm for their (so I was told!) Greens were lovely, fairways decent. I was very very impressed, enjoy! Fingers crossed it's not windy, I couldn't imagine how hard that would be!
 
louise_a said:
Mondays are always quiet at Ellesmere and I set of today on my own with a couple of clear holes in front of me. There was a chap in front of me who I gradually caught up with and on the 10th I had to wait while he putted out. As I played to the green and putted out myself he was stood on an adjacent green chatting to one of the grounds staff.

As I left the green he then walked to the 11th tee, I thought, oh, he is going to ask if I want to play with him or let me through, but no, he teed up and drove off just as I reached the tee and started to walk after his ball. I shouted "excuse me" but he ignored me despite me shouting again. He then proceeded to hold me up on every shot. He even walked past me a couple of holes later and just kept his eyes down and also on another green stopped to talk to more groundstaff.

The was no one in front of him for several holes and he could have easily let me through, but instead he just plodded slowly on his way.
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Sounds to me like he was one of those men that think women shouldn't be allowed to play golf.
 
chellie said:
Sounds to me like he was one of those men that think women shouldn't be allowed to play golf.
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That's a pretty big assumption, to call a random person sexist, just because he was ignorant. He could quite easily have done the same with anyone, male OR female. If that's your go to reaction, then you may have a chip on your shoulder. Some people are idiots, but they are normally idiots to everyone.
 
JCW said:
Maybe he is gay ? .. /..........more info needed on this guy .........is he a known loaner or have you upset him , some people just like to play on their own ...............EYG
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He must have known he was holding me up and could have just let me play through if he wanted to play on his own.

He is a member but I don't know him, so cannot comment on his sexual preferences or his possible misogeny.
 
Ignorance is a real bug bear for me . il be honest Lou id probably have driven when i got to the tee box .. Now before everyone goes on about playing with someone in range etc i tend to treat people the way they treat me , so if you are ignorant with me expect the same in return ..

As I played to the green and putted out myself he was stood on an adjacent green chatting to one of the grounds staff.

As I left the green he then walked to the 11th tee, I thought, oh, he is going to ask if I want to play with him or let me through, but no, he teed up and drove off just as I reached the tee and started to walk after his ball.
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the bit above would wind me up and im normally an easy going enough sort of guy ...
 
bladeplayer said:
Ignorance is a real bug bear for me . il be honest Lou id probably have driven when i got to the tee box .. Now before everyone goes on about playing with someone in range etc i tend to treat people the way they treat me , so if you are ignorant with me expect the same in return ..



the bit above would wind me up and im normally an easy going enough sort of guy ...
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Easy going, but willing to risk maiming or killing someone for a few minutes wait?
 
Every club has those sort of people unfortunatly

Some people will always be ignorant of fellow golfers
 
You should probably be grateful that I didn't come and play with you today Lou. I'm not known for my patience when dealing with ignorance, whether on the course or not. Hope you still played well though..:thup:
 
chrisd said:
So why post the comment that was bound to have that question asked?
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I was explaining what i probably would have done ,

the main reason i dont want to go into it is that it will take Louise's thread off on a different tangent and her OP will get lost in the heated discussion that will inevitably get closed down because somebody will go to far as per normal in them type threads ..
 
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bluewolf said:
Maybe he thought that if he asked politely and respectfully, he wouldn't be pushed into expanding on it.
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It seems not.

Apparently it's a way of making a completely outrageous suggestion/statement and then refusing to allow anyone to criticise it!
 
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