I'm An Idiot

[Robster59]

I've hit the ball with my putter on my practice swing. Now that's damned annoying. An my (ex) playing partner TWICE (not ONCE but TWICE), in two separate games of foursomes, picked up the ball on the green without marking it. Once on the second extra hole.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Not a problem you're going to have, is it Fragger?

If you give it out, you have to be prepared to take it 😂😂

Is that the best you can do? 😂😂

 

[Slab]

I've tee'd off and started playing entirely the wrong hole to the one I was supposed to play (I blame poor signage )

The two sets of tees for two holes were kinda in the same area but the holes went in opposite directions and we picked wrong

 

[Orikoru]

Most recent act of stupidity was in the last comp where I was stretching to tap in an 18-odd inch putt without stepping on someone's line and missed it, costing me a point. Another time I'm sure I recall picking the ball up thinking I'd blobbed a hole, then two holes later realising I had two shots on that one and could've still knocked it in for a point. Doh.

On a recent friendly round, my mate's drive had gone in the rough. We all spent an age looking for it. We were about to give up when I noticed the ball was literally one yard away from where he'd left his trolley. Not sure how he didn't see that when he got there.

Another mate recently teed up, took his practise swing and accidentally hit his ball with the toe of the club, sending it 90 degrees in front of him.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

At Princes last week in the Kent Links Tour I played the wrong ball on one hole and teed off from the wrong tee on another - idiot!

Yeah but you've got an excuse Chris......old age

Don't tell Richart but I move my ball with my shoe every time we play for a curry. Free curry tastes so much better

 

[IanM]

At Trevose last week, I stood on the 15th white tee, and would have driven in the wrong direction (down the 17th) if my wife had shouted at me while she was searching for the reds!

 

[GB72]

Yes, when I was at Stoke Rochford I clipped the ball with the toe of the club during a practice swing, went at a 90 degree angle and out of bounds. Lost the ball as well.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

In a comp I teed off the yellows on the 1st tee. Not the dream start

Playing Princes with Chrisd, he took me to the wrong tee on a par 3 and made me lose my favourite battered ball, still not forgiven him for that did birdie the hole off the right tee tho

Picked my ball out of a plugged lie in the semi at Woburn and Region3 told me off for doing it(still got the scars from the beating ), I thought that's what had been agreed in the beginning, but it wasn't, DOH

 

[chrisd]

Yeah but you've got an excuse Chris......old age

Don't tell Richart but I move my ball with my shoe every time we play for a curry. Free curry tastes so much better

Well there's one consolation - you probably kick better than you chip 😁

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Well there's one consolation - you probably kick better than you chip 😁

Mine was a low blow.....yours was just above ankle height!!!

 

[User 105]

Couple of weeks ago I played a mushroom thinking it was my ball. That's about the dumbest thing I've done. EVER !

Not actually sure of how the rules deal with that as my ball was about 10ft in front. Assume it's classed as making a stoke.

 

[Orikoru]

Couple of weeks ago I played a mushroom thinking it was my ball. That's about the dumbest thing I've done. EVER !

Not actually sure of how the rules deal with that as my ball was about 10ft in front. Assume it's classed as making a stoke.

Should've gone to Specsavers!

Genuinely interested to hear a ruling on this, I would actually assume there is no penalty as you should be free to smack wildlife with your clubs as much as you want.

 

[upsidedown]

In a comp I teed off the yellows on the 1st tee. Not the dream start

8 of our Seniors went to an Open a couple of weeks ago and all played off the wrong tees, multiple D/Q's Nobody mentions it of course at our club

 

[richart]

Yeah but you've got an excuse Chris......old age

Don't tell Richart but I move my ball with my shoe every time we play for a curry. Free curry tastes so much better

With your cheating, and Louise's leggings what chance do we have ? Is it still 15 shots I will be getting ?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Should've gone to Specsavers!

Genuinely interested to hear a ruling on this, I would actually assume there is no penalty as you should be free to smack wildlife with your clubs as much as you want.

Me too as he wouldn't actually have addressed the ball so I can only assume its viewed as a practice shot

 

[DeanoMK]

Played today and hit the fairway on the 12th fairway. There were some leaves by the ball that I wanted to remove. Not a problem so parked the trolly up and was about to bend down and get rid of the leaves when a PP called my name. I looked up, and then without looking back down at where I was promptly gave the ball a kick with my right foot (a miracle as I was always left footed). Immediately called it even though it only moved by 6 inches or so but for the rest of the hole I was seething at my stupidity. Anyone else done anything equally as stupid?

If you're on winter rules, could you not have marked where your foot was and then replaced the ball??

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If you're on winter rules, could you not have marked where your foot was and then replaced the ball??

No. I moved the ball illegally under 18-2

 

[Humpy]

Once playing in a medal competition I marked my ball on the green, cleaned the ball and then picked up the marker before replacing the ball.

Similar to this a couple of times I've picked the ball up before marking it.

 

[HankMarvin]

Played today and hit the fairway on the 12th fairway. There were some leaves by the ball that I wanted to remove. Not a problem so parked the trolly up and was about to bend down and get rid of the leaves when a PP called my name. I looked up, and then without looking back down at where I was promptly gave the ball a kick with my right foot (a miracle as I was always left footed). Immediately called it even though it only moved by 6 inches or so but for the rest of the hole I was seething at my stupidity. Anyone else done anything equally as stupid?

Yep I agree....

 

[Tashyboy]

Played in a medal, think it was the first of the season and had spent all winter playing gimmes which I loathe as they got longer and longer. Anyway I had a 10 foot putt which ended up 8" from the hole. I thought obvious gimme and knocked the ball 15 ft past the hole with my putter. My PPs literally screamed " what you doin". I knew as soon as I had hit it. Took me another two to knock it in from 15ft. My four became a six. But my head had gone. Probably cost me another half a dozen shots before I forgot about it.