Inconsiderate little ratbag

pheel88

pheel88

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Does anyone think I am being unreasonable as I was playing a little 9 hole course on saturday and when I was on the second tee which is off to the left about half way down the 1st fairway.

As I popped my ball on the tee and started to take my practice swing a ball smacked me on the ribs. I thought it was my mate trying to be "funny" and he had thrown the ball at me but he was facing the other way and when I asked him he got really irate about it.

The chap then came down to find his ball and when he got to me I said "your ball just hit me, why didn't you shout?"
"oh I did, the wind must have made it so you couldn't hear me" then took his shot and carried on. The second tee is only 100 yeards from the 1st so he must have whispered it as there was no wind whatsoever. I thought protocol was if it was going towards someone you shout as thought the spanish armada is attacking our shores again and your whole village is under threat.

What is the correct protocol to rectify this?
1) steal his ball and then tell his playing partners so he has to take a drop.
2)hit a ball as hard as you can at them and whisper "fore"
3)carry on with your game and tell the guy that owns the course?

Would be interested to see peoples thoughts on this.

Cheers
 
I was walking down the 15th on Saturday when a guy in the competition behind me drove over the dogleg of the same hole without so much of a peep from his mouth. The ball actually bounced between my cart and I, such was my quick footwork.
 
Needs to work on his shouting, I know it sounds pedantic but you could easily blind someone or worse by not shouting as loud as you can when your ball heads toward people.

The guy is in the wrong but you'll have little success in changing his 'whispery' attitude.

A lawsuit may be your only option.
 
Got hit pretty hard last year in a comp on our 3rd right in the bottom of the back. I'd literally just hit my shot and was putting my club in the bag. I was only 220 tops from the tee and in the fairway so not like he couldn't see me or know how far I was. He wandered up after I went down in a heap and said "didn't think I'd hit it that far". If I wasn't in so much pain I'd have chinned him but it would have been me kicked out. I just made sure everyone knew in the clubhouse after and wrote to the committee.

I've seen guys hit it back at the culprit, hit it miles in the opposite direction, pick it up and keep it and even wander over and smack the guy on the nose. I guess the "correct" action is to scream Fore as quickly and loudly as you can and then wander up and be as genuine and humble as you can in your apology. And take out insurance as one day it might be you and it could cost!
 
this happened to someone in our group yesterday in the comp , we were up the 18th around 260 up and waiting for the 4 ball in front to get off the green so we could play , when suddenly the guy in our group shoutin something and holding his ear .we realised he had been hit on the back of the ear by the group behind teeing off, the guy who hit him happend to be the junior captin , off 2 , with no fore shout , not even a sorry at the end. :mad:
 
If you get hit without receiving a shout then you need to have attitude when the culprit comes over.

If he's genuinely apologetic then a ticking off will be suffice.

If he's an *** and doesn't apologise, and has attitude himself, then tw@t him.

Plain and simple!
 
it is polite to shout fore, but i think you will find it doesnt matter!!! insurance matters, you should have asked to exchange details just like a car crash.
 
I have seen some people shouting a pathetic 4 that even their playing partners barely hear.
If you think your ball is even going close, give it laldy :D
 
Played a medal at gillingham, was on the 9th tee which is 20yds right of the 8th green.

The group behind fired 3 balls onto our tee without a single "fore"

What makes it worse is that the 4-ball behind were all ex-captains.

Mind you, that place did have its fair-share of A-Holes.
 
how about all three? in all honesty i have the same problem as the man at fault here. when i do hit a bad shot i do shout out but dont give myself enough time to draw in the breath needed to make myself heard. something to work on really as i can shout loud enough to partially deafen anyone nearby when i want to
 
I have noticed this with many players I have been in competition with, it is just a habit for me but some seem to clam up and not shout. My father always bellowed FORE even if the ball was going in the general vivinity of other players and I seem to have picked this up.

I think some feel it is an admission of a crap shot and get a bit embarrased to shout at the top of their voice.

Leading on from another post about watching your playing partners shot, I always make sure I do and that if their ball is heading for other players, give a hearty FORE.....sometimes I am the only one and sometimes there is a chorus!!
 
I had to laugh playing at Tyrells Wood last year.
The 17th is an uphill par 4, green sits way above you with the 18th tee behind it.
We were standing on the 18th waiting to tee off and a ball came fizzing across the 17th green and clouted one of our bags. Seriously, it was going that fast if it had hit one of us on the ankle it would have done serious damage.
No shout of fore although the group behind were junior members playing in a competition, so obviously knew the dangers to anybody on the 18th.
One of my fourball (can't remember who it was can I Leftie?) picked the offending ball up and placed it on a tee peg.
I'd have loved to have seen the lads face when he got up there.


;) ;) ;)
 
placing it on a tee can sometimes be the subtlist way of say " oi that was too bloody close "

are we saying clubs should do more to protect us when tee area's are close to greens?
 
Are we saying clubs should do more to protect us when tee area's are close to greens?
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Unsightly as they may be, I think there is a case (in certain circumstances) to have netting up by a vunerable teeing area.
I have played quite a few courses where people standing on the next tee are in danger of getting clouted by a mis-hit shot.
 
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