HomerJSimpson
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Just back from a home match against a nearby club (Sand Martins in Wokingham). Four ball better ball format and got done 2&1. have to say feel like I was properly mugged. One of the opposition took 7 down the 1st (par 3) and then went birdie, birdie (chipping in).
Unfortunaltely my partner was struggling although he did win the 4th for us. I played the front 9 one under my handicap and we were still 2 down. Even when this bloke was missing putts (rarely) his mate was knocking in obscene putts for a half.
The only problem I had with this guy was that it was his first match and he was sooooooooooo slow. He had a pre-match routine which he stuck to meticulously which in mormal circumstances I could have handled. Problem was we had lost 2 holes by the 7th. He was so in the zone he was going through his putting routine when the outcome of the hole was already decided. He made no conversation and was mostly on his own on each hole.
To be fair though he played of 13 and must have been close to or better than that at the end and by crikey he could hit the ball miles. His swing wasn't fast or long but it just kept going and going.
I ended up struggling a bit on the back 9 as I had to start taking more chances to keep the match alive and for the most part my new swing held up under presuure (unlike in the medal yesterday) so plenty of positives.
Thing is I can't help thinking it was the slowness of this gut that put my partner off. He is one of these hit it and walk guys (he does take his time when it comes to playing the shot) and you could see hime getting wound up. His partner wasnt't too happy either especially down 18. The match was already won and the guy hit his ball close to the OB. It had just started raining and he only wanted to play 3 off the tee.
We forced him to look and then drop one but even though by the time we were playing our 3rd shots (par 5) it was tipping down the guy was still faffing around.
To be honest we were beaten by a better team so no sour grapes from me but I'd hate to get paired with this guy on a regular basis. I heard rumours that some people at his club won't play as it takes 5 hours to get round (it was 4 3/4) for us and three of us were playing at a reasonable speed.
Has anyone else had similar trouble with an opponent like this. It was only a friendly inter-club match so there was no trophy or progression into the next round at stake and so we didn't want to make a thing of it (I played with the vice-captain and although peeved off to the n th degree felt it best to let it pass).
Unfortunaltely my partner was struggling although he did win the 4th for us. I played the front 9 one under my handicap and we were still 2 down. Even when this bloke was missing putts (rarely) his mate was knocking in obscene putts for a half.
The only problem I had with this guy was that it was his first match and he was sooooooooooo slow. He had a pre-match routine which he stuck to meticulously which in mormal circumstances I could have handled. Problem was we had lost 2 holes by the 7th. He was so in the zone he was going through his putting routine when the outcome of the hole was already decided. He made no conversation and was mostly on his own on each hole.
To be fair though he played of 13 and must have been close to or better than that at the end and by crikey he could hit the ball miles. His swing wasn't fast or long but it just kept going and going.
I ended up struggling a bit on the back 9 as I had to start taking more chances to keep the match alive and for the most part my new swing held up under presuure (unlike in the medal yesterday) so plenty of positives.
Thing is I can't help thinking it was the slowness of this gut that put my partner off. He is one of these hit it and walk guys (he does take his time when it comes to playing the shot) and you could see hime getting wound up. His partner wasnt't too happy either especially down 18. The match was already won and the guy hit his ball close to the OB. It had just started raining and he only wanted to play 3 off the tee.
We forced him to look and then drop one but even though by the time we were playing our 3rd shots (par 5) it was tipping down the guy was still faffing around.
To be honest we were beaten by a better team so no sour grapes from me but I'd hate to get paired with this guy on a regular basis. I heard rumours that some people at his club won't play as it takes 5 hours to get round (it was 4 3/4) for us and three of us were playing at a reasonable speed.
Has anyone else had similar trouble with an opponent like this. It was only a friendly inter-club match so there was no trophy or progression into the next round at stake and so we didn't want to make a thing of it (I played with the vice-captain and although peeved off to the n th degree felt it best to let it pass).
