lost the will to live!!!!!!

6inchcup said:
like i said the pro put him in the comp to help him meet people!!!!! i don't wish to sound bad but to be honest i DONT wish to teach a complete stranger how to play golf or spend my golfing time explaining every nuance i have been taught or learnt from playing golf for years.
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Yeah, I'm basically agreeing with you on this.

I'd happily play a bounce game with a new member and provide whatever wisdom I can; and subsequently in a medal. But play a medal round with someone who has never stepped on a golf course? Err.... no thanks!
 
The thing I find most odd is that someone who has never played the game before has bought all that gear and paid to actually join a club without knowing if they are even going to enjoy it or not. Now I've been playing sporadically for a few years but never competitively and I've never been a member at a club. Last year a club near me ran a trial membership scheme which included 1000 range balls and 8 weeks of 1 Hour group lessons (8 max in a group). The lessons gradually progressed onto playing a few holes on the course going through rules and etiquette etc. After the trial membership I decided to join as a full member and actually went round in 3 comps with the then captain to put my cards in for my handicap. I wouldn't have felt comfortable doing that without that trial period first.

Having said all of that I would have absolutely no problem taking a new member out for a handicap card during a comp. I might get a bit annoyed if it made for a really slow round though but I'd just accept it as one of those things and get in with it.
 
Airlie_Andy said:
The thing I find most odd is that someone who has never played the game before has bought all that gear and paid to actually join a club without knowing if they are even going to enjoy it or not. Now I've been playing sporadically for a few years but never competitively and I've never been a member at a club. Last year a club near me ran a trial membership scheme which included 1000 range balls and 8 weeks of 1 Hour group lessons (8 max in a group). The lessons gradually progressed onto playing a few holes on the course going through rules and etiquette etc. After the trial membership I decided to join as a full member and actually went round in 3 comps with the then captain to put my cards in for my handicap. I wouldn't have felt comfortable doing that without that trial period first.

Having said all of that I would have absolutely no problem taking a new member out for a handicap card during a comp. I might get a bit annoyed if it made for a really slow round though but I'd just accept it as one of those things and get in with it.
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a new member no problem BUT at least one who had played before,this guy is minted apparently and FANCIES playing golf the pro is going to love him isn't he with the lessons,balls, gear etc.
 
6inchcup said:
like i said the pro put him in the comp to help him meet people!!!!! i don't wish to sound bad but to be honest i DONT wish to teach a complete stranger how to play golf or spend my golfing time explaining every nuance i have been taught or learnt from playing golf for years.
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I haven't been near this forum in months, primarily because of the amount of attitudes like yours.
You sound like a total and utter cock
 
6inchcup said:
would you play in a medal with a complete novice and enjoy the experience!!!!
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If it was a last minute match unexpected then I take my chances with a young family any game is a joy at the moment.
On a side note I think your pro has stitched you up here too he should of warned you if he was aware of the novices lack of course timecetc?
 
To your repeated point. I will play golf with anyone. I was new to the game once and know that there will always be new people coming through who need to learn. If i
I can impart some of what I've learned then all the better.
You have to also remember your OP states you didint book a tee, how is that his fault you ended up with him.
 
You weren't expecting a game, asked to be fixed up and were. You can't therefore pick and choose who you play with. To be honest were you really going to be able to focus with the super senior as you call him anyway. I will play with anyone and to be honest a monthly medal is hardly high up on my golfing agenda this year and so 0.1 back is not the end of the world.

To answer the question I'd have shown the guy the competitive ropes, giving him a grounding in etiquette and the rules and made him feel welcome. You seem totally hung up pn the fact he's minted. shelled out loads on a whim to see if he likes golf and the fact he's rocked up and joined a club. It's you that has the problem
 
HomerJSimpson said:
You weren't expecting a game, asked to be fixed up and were. You can't therefore pick and choose who you play with. To be honest were you really going to be able to focus with the super senior as you call him anyway. I will play with anyone and to be honest a monthly medal is hardly high up on my golfing agenda this year and so 0.1 back is not the end of the world.

To answer the question I'd have shown the guy the competitive ropes, giving him a grounding in etiquette and the rules and made him feel welcome. You seem totally hung up pn the fact he's minted. shelled out loads on a whim to see if he likes golf and the fact he's rocked up and joined a club. It's you that has the problem
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:clap:
 
As Homer says above, you start the thread by saying that you were happy to squeeze in to a tee off at short notice but then complain about who you get paired with. Are you aware of the complete arrogance that you are putting forward? You complain about 'having' to play with a senior and a beginner, not really the spirit of golf is it.
 
People always tell me 99% of golfers are very welcoming and happy to take beginners round the course.

Always nice to meet a member of the 1%
 
stevie_r said:
I haven't been near this forum in months, primarily because of the amount of attitudes like yours.
You sound like a total and utter cock
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This sums it up well. But to be fair, I think the pro should have probably pointed out that you are are cock and probably wouldn't enjoy helping someone else..........especially if he was minted.


To answer your repeated question, I would be happy to play with a complete novice (minted or not). I'm happy to say that the welfare of others is more important to me than a handicapped medal competition.
 
6inchcup said:
would you play in a medal with a complete novice and enjoy the experience!!!!
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No I wouldn't!

But I'd happily go back to the Pro, give him a bollocking for not warning me, withdraw from the comp and act as marker for the 'Super Senior' (there's a couple of these who are Cat 1 at my place btw!) while helping the novice around on his first outing.

I'd also be remembering that I could be 'shopping' instead of golfing!
 
Hi everyone Ive been a lurker here for a while but thought it was time to post as this thread strikes a chord with me. I am a newbie to this game but ive been on the other end of what has happened here basically i took 10 lessons and really enjoyed golf so i became a member of the local par 3 course and milked it to death and to be honest got what i would call quite good usually shooting 31 or 32 a round so this got a bit boring and really wanted to try real 18 hole golf.
I joined the local course not cheap i may add. £700 for unlimited golf. Anyway im bored one sunday and took a chance on going up the course to see if they had a spare tee time so they let me on and halfway around a guy comes over and says the course is busy so as i was a single player and the guy in front was on his own as well we should play together to speed things up so i join up with him and it turns out hes got a h/c of 5 and i felt really bad because i know he was getting really hacked off with my slow progress and i was ruining his round. At the end of the round i nearly quit playing because it was the most miserable 4 hours of my life.
So this guy probably feels really bad about ruining your day and was not his fault that you had to play together.
We newbies have to start somewhere and we can only learn from the people who already play and have the experience, I still have alot to learn about the game and the only way i can do this is on the course.
Try not to have too much of a downer on this guy he may be in the same boat as you in a few years.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
You weren't expecting a game, asked to be fixed up and were. You can't therefore pick and choose who you play with. To be honest were you really going to be able to focus with the super senior as you call him anyway. I will play with anyone and to be honest a monthly medal is hardly high up on my golfing agenda this year and so 0.1 back is not the end of the world.

To answer the question I'd have shown the guy the competitive ropes, giving him a grounding in etiquette and the rules and made him feel welcome. You seem totally hung up pn the fact he's minted. shelled out loads on a whim to see if he likes golf and the fact he's rocked up and joined a club. It's you that has the problem
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Homer that is the correct answer, if your head wasn't so far up your own backend you could have helped the guy out ,loaded or not it makes no difference, we have guys like you at our club there called the chocolate boys they love themselves so much they'd eat themselves,even when i was single figures these guys wouldn't play with me .
 
I think the club could have made a better job of inducting this new player. It cant be a good starting experience for him to be put out in a medal match as his first game and I do see the point made by the OP, not by the gear the guy had but by him being pushed out with little experience with people he didn't know.

The club Pro should have spoken with him and made a plan on how to get him up and running. Some lessons would have been a starter then an introduction to some members who could take him under their wing and get his handicap cards marked in a more relaxed manner. What does the Pro consider his job to be? It should not just be selling Mars bars (Sorry Bob) and new golf clubs. Likewise why did the Committee not allocate him a sponsor who would ensure he was introduced to other members and made to feel welcome.

Some clubs have a prospective new member 'taster scheme' where they pay a fee, get a series of starter lessons and introduction rounds with members who will mark their handicap cards, they can then try golf for six months and if they want to stay get their initial cost offset from their Club joining fee.

I think the new member and two players were treated poorly by the club
 
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6inchcup said:
to be honest i couldn't care less what gear he had it was just they way i was stuck with him,i see not many coming forward to say they would have played with him!!!!
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I am sorry 6" but its attitudes like this that ruins the club golf scene for new golfers and new members

If more consideration was made towards new members ( not just you but the whole club ) then new arrivals would feel more welcome

Have a thought for this poor guy who may of gone home thinking that he wasnt made welcome

Everybody as a member has as much right to play the course and if allowed take part in the comps regardless of ability

I can understand slightly it may of not been ideal for you but your reaction has probably resulted in it being even less ideal for this new guy and maybe also the older golfer,

I do not think many will support you on this and i agree its a poor example of sportmanship, sorry 6" had to say it, nothing personal :)
 
Surely if the guy was a new member he must have had someone to propose and second his application.
It should be these guys responsibility to take the newbie under their wing and show him the ropes.
 
Iaing said:
Surely if the guy was a new member he must have had someone to propose and second his application.
It should be these guys responsibility to take the newbie under their wing and show him the ropes.
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Our club has done away with this antiquated format ages ago. If you put a form in, have a brief meeting with the captain/committee and stump at the cash you can join. Welcome everyone.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Our club has done away with this antiquated format ages ago. If you put a form in, have a brief meeting with the captain/committee and stump at the cash you can join. Welcome everyone.
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What is antiquated by someone making a new member welcome and overseeing his club induction?
 
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