lighten things up pre Xmas --Funny things happened whilst playing Golf

[mancity101]

When I was about 17 - a friend of mines parents let me and him use their holiday flat in Lytham St Annes - my mates dad was a member at St Annes Old Links and signed us in for a game. Me mate and I were on about the 12th hole, and had been held up by what we thought were two old men, anyway I teed off,and nailed the drive, it was heading for one of the guys, we shouted "FORE" but he ignored it and the ball smacked him in the back, right between the shoulder blades, we caught up with them and I was so apologetic, when lo and behold it was two people we recognised, Russ Abbott and the person I hit Eric Sykes, again I apologised about hitting Eric, but did say I shouted fore - "Dont worry" said Abbott, hes deaf as a post , he gets hit loads.
We joined them for the rest of the round and had a nice time, they invited us to there summer season show as well.

 

[birdieman]

Playing Boat of Garten summer 08, think it's the 8th which is a slight dog leg left short par 4. Anyway pal blocked one straight right towards the 9th tee where an old man was parked in his golf buggy. The ball took one bounce then rattled around inside the golf cart like a pinball machine for what semed like ages. Luckliy the guy was ok but was clearly not amused.

The 200 odd yard 'walk of shame' for my pal all the way across to see this guy as we all headed the other way, was really funny for the rest of us, trying not to giggle. The dressing down this fat Brummie gave our pal was great - utter humiliation.

 

[Redwood]

Funniest thing I saw was at one of our client conferences in Florida.

Last day when we were due to fly out, myself, and another guy on my team played golf with one of our clients and a sales guy from our company.

I teamed up with our Sales guy, and my mate teamed up with our client. As we were in the US we were using buggies.

Anyway, long story short, on one of the holes my mate was about to take his shot from the fairway. Our client was about 3 metres to his right in the buggy. My mate shanks his shot, and it shots through the buggy where our clients legs are and out the other side without hitting a thing.

We were on the floor laughing. Actually, that was the same game we saw a family of Raccoons walk across a fairway in front of us, and we saw a 'gator in the lake on the 18th.

 

[USER1999]

If you play in Fl and only see one gator, you have been short changed and should ask for a refund.

 

[pokerjoke]

I was on the driving range recently and there was a man fixing the drainage,i shouted that i was getting my wood out and i might reach him,i asked him nicely to put a helmet on,he shouted back he was ok and i wouldnt reach.I carried on and was getting closer each shot,then i creamed one it hit him right on the head he went down hard i thought i had killed him .That was not funny,however i ran over just as he was getting up and told him it was his fault which he luckily agreed.But what was funny was the lump right on his forehead an absolute corker,i dont think he agreed with that.

 

[pokerjoke]

One of the guys who plays regulary on a saturday came down with a brand new R9 telling us all wwhat a great club he had purchased,on the seventh hole he screwed a drive wide right,he then hit the fence beside the tee with the club splitting the shaft in 2,now that was funny his face was a picture.

 

[USER1999]

PokerJoke, did it not occur to you to not hit driver? If there is a work man there, doing his job, within range of your driver, you should be hitting 5w max, not trying to kill him. Ok, may be he should have a hard hat, but if he isn't a golfer, he hasn't a clue how dangerous it is.

Funny though.

 

[Redwood]

If you play in Fl and only see one gator, you have been short changed and should ask for a refund.

Murph,

Funny thing was, we'd played golf three times on the trip (this was out third round), but as we'd been in the West Palm beach area most of the time apparently there aren't really that many 'gators that far North (so the American clients told us), but we'd been looking out for them.

We were playing the Seargent course (if I remember correctly) at PGA National and on the 18th our client put his approach over the back of the green where it drops off a little into a lake. There was a bit of dry land before the water and we were looking for his ball, spotted it, then spotted the 'gator. Needless to say he did not try and retrieve it!!

 

[mancity101]

at the club i used to be a member of was playing with my dad, the tee markers were painted housebricks...classy!...he thined a drive, hit the womans tee marker it shot back and got him on the knee, he was in agony, knee swelled up like a balloon...i was in stitches!

 

[muttleee]

I was playing once on a lovely sunny afternoon when we had to wait a while on the twelfth tee. One of my partners lay on the ground and closed his eyes for a few minutes, using his bag for a pillow. Then one of the others took a golf ball and threw it into the ground as hard as possible just a couple of yards from this guy...who of course couldn't see what was happening. When he opened his eyes in shock, the ball thrower looked back accusingly at the group approaching the 11th green and said "That was close!". The look on the sunbather's face was priceless and we all fell about laughing...but I suppose you had to be there.

 

[Fyldewhite]

I've told this one before but it still makes me laugh.......

Imagine the scene. Captains trip. 44 blokes hanging round 1st tee. A past captain of the straight back and stiff upper lip variety decides to show off to his partner the 30 yard functionality on his brand new, 1st time out, £600 trolley. Yes, he failed to notice that the pond was 27 yards away.
Uproar..... and the really funny thing was seeing the wheel that was the only part still visible turning for another 3 yards before dutifully stopping.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I guess watching the guy hit the concrete lady's marker on a par 3 at Ashdown Forest and watch it fly back past his nose and across the adjacent fairway meaning he was now playing his second from some 200 yards behind is first will stay with me forever.

The sight of the late England wicketkeeper Godfrey Evans caning the double G&T's while playing the Harry Secombe pro-am and having to pull out after the 12th (unable to stand let alone swing) was another funny site. It would have been funnier too had he not been on my team

 

[slugger]

Funny moment from a few weeks back. We're playing an absolutely sodden Deer Park course at Livingston and all four of us having taken our tee shots we start to walk off down the fairway. It really was very wet and the tee box was elevated and had a long grassy slope leading down to the fairway...

I'm first off and then suddenly hear a bang and clatter, start to look round only to be overtaken by my brother sliding past me on his backside closely followed by his upside down trolley.

How we all laughed, especially when he managed to get back on his feet again only to reveal a skid mark the full length of his left leg all the way from his hips to his ankle!

that really was a very horrible wet day and this made it nearly bearable.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I used to be a junior member at Deer Park many moons ago. It wasn't the 15th where your brother slipped? Very steeply downhill off the tee and I recall doing similar myself

 

[DMC]

Playing golf sveral years ago with a mate of mine,he pushed his tee shot into some trees,thinking he could get the ball out with a punch shot,he lined up,hit the ball,it hit a tree,hit him on the side of the head and he went down as though shot. Thankfully he was ok and played out the round,didnt stop us from enjoying the stupidity of it though.

 

[vig]

Playing with my nephew (very gullable) last year. He hit his 2nd shot to a par 4, he couldn't see the bottom of the pin, I could as I was about 40yds beyond him.
The ball bounced on the green and rolled down the back into the 2nd cut.
He thought that he had hit a good shot and was walking up behind me as I reached the green and started to repair a pitch mark.
"where did mine end up" he said.
I just couldn't resist it, I walked up to the hole and pretended to get a ball out. I looked back to see him whooping and jumping about at his first eagle.
I bent down, put my hand in the hole and duly lifted it back out to produce two fingers. The look on his face was priceless. It took me 3 holes to stop tittering to myself.

Another was with a few forum members and Evita had hit every bit of water on the course and teed up to hit a shot with water in front of him again. He swung and the ball shot off at right angles, straight into another pond that has probably NEVER been in play before.
I just fell apart.

 

[Imurg]

Apparently - Kenny Dalgleish was playing at his club with another manager at the time (can't remember who) and got to a long par 5. Kenny's stood there as its the other guys honour. He's standing next to the tee box facing a really rough peice of ground - there's a flag miles away in the distance. Anyway the other guy tees it up and belts one 250+ down the track. "Great shot" says Kenny, who promptly turns 180 degrees. tees up and smacks in the opposite direction. Kenny turns to the other guy and says - "makes it a long par 5 now doesn't it?"

 

[roccokj]

I have two funny stories...

I was playing with a friend one day and we were on the first green, halfway up a hill. The 3rd tee was at the bottom and alongside the tee there was a water hazard that was rarely in play. When you pass it after teeing off the pond is on your right. When me and my friend looked down onto the 3rd we saw a cart that somebody somehow reversed into the pond at right angles to the way past!

Another time I was playing at a links course with somebody, who wasn't the greatest of golfers yet he knew how to hit a flop shot...which he was crazy about. On a hole he landed his 3rd shot into thick rough which was trampled down probably by carts going over it. He tried his "trademark" flor shot. First time, somehow his ball popped up and he caught it, laughing as he did so. He placed it back down and had another go at it, still laughed. On his second attempt he skulled it completely, going about 75 yards! Quickly his face turned really angry and I just laughed at how quickly his expression changed!

 

[RGDave]

Re: lighten things up pre Xmas --Funny things happened whilst playing

I guess watching the guy hit the concrete lady's marker on a par 3 at Ashdown Forest and watch it fly back past his nose and across the adjacent fairway meaning he was now playing his second from some 200 yards behind is first will stay with me forever.

Same happened to an 18 h'cap at mine who was about 7 over gross standing on the 18th in the club open. Hit the ladies block, over our heads, over the 17th green, landed on the 3rd fairway. He took a 10 and won a pack of Molitors for his trouble. He'd surely have won the nett with a bogey!! Poor lad.

 

[RGDave]

Re: lighten things up pre Xmas --Funny things happened whilst playing

Another was with a few forum members and Evita had hit every bit of water on the course and teed up to hit a shot with water in front of him again. He swung and the ball shot off at right angles, straight into another pond that has probably NEVER been in play before.
I just fell apart.

Still makes me chuckle that!! We made a right mess of that course didn't we?