john0
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You're not a wind up merchant - you're a Geordie....
You can can my Mrs ugly, question my sexuality, call me aknob or anything else, but theres no need what so ever so stoop so low!!
Nice birthday until this total plonker at the 14th.
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You can can my Mrs ugly, question my sexuality, call me aknob or anything else, but theres no need what so ever so stoop so low!!
chris661
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If he sends me a PM I can do it. Gladly.
turbowoowoo
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Tim, you have summed it up perfectly here.
It can be very disruptive and offputting have a group of faster golfers up your arse the whole round, the best action is to slow down, and to be honest it just gets on my tits if the group behind are pressuring me.
I recently played a medal at my club and was first off, little did I know the early groups see golf as an extention to their Triathlon hobby.
our 3 ball went round in 3.5 hours, yet every hole we felt under pressure from the group behind.
Now I am not saying that these guys were not holding you up, i bet they were, but surely the best action here is to hold back a bit, take a bit more time and NEVER ask to play through!
chris661
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So if they are the only group in front of you on the course or they have lost 4 or 5 holes on the group in front and you are looking at a 6hr + round you still wouldn't say anything?
Get real.
Good point well made - sorry Tim but you are being pedantic on this one for the sake of it and I'm with birthday man here. If a group had lost that much on the group in front and were patently playing slowly then the correct thing to do would have to have called quicker groups through. That is correct etiquette. Nothing wrong with a polite "do you mind if we play through request" either as sometimes players get wrapped up in their game and can be unaware of just how much time they've lost.
Tommo21
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Total b****cks.........I made a simple request because they were so slow...we were a two ball, not faster.....they were a three ball.....we played a full hole tee to green, and they were still not off the next tee.....they lost a least three holes to the group in front and that was at the 12th.
What part of this do you thick people not understand. If you have a bad experience on your own course then deal with it man, dont use it to tell me I should never ask to play through a group that ignore basic logic. This is whats wrong nowadays, all this namby pamby, we better not say anything. This is nothing to do with pressure from the group behind. Now go away.
DCB
Well-known member
Tommo,
A man of your advancing years should be taking things easy. You're not supposed to be playing proper golf at a proper pace when you get to your age
If you started to hack the ball about a bit, visit the boonies and build sandcastles in the bunkers, then maybe you wouldn't be chasing the groups in front. Your'e just not taking enough shots on the course to slow you down
Get real, be a hacker and there will be no problem with the pace of play
A man of your advancing years should be taking things easy. You're not supposed to be playing proper golf at a proper pace when you get to your age
If you started to hack the ball about a bit, visit the boonies and build sandcastles in the bunkers, then maybe you wouldn't be chasing the groups in front. Your'e just not taking enough shots on the course to slow you down
Get real, be a hacker and there will be no problem with the pace of play
Naybrains
Tour Rookie
Well said, totally agree Tommo.
I was lucky enough to play on Saturday too, superb day and course in great nick.
btw...not guilty I was in a 2 ball too & made good progress (under 4 hours)
chrisd
Major Champion
Very well put in my opinion. How anyone can liken the incident to motorway driving baffles me completely and shows, for me, a total lack of commonsense
If you've lost holes on the group in from just get out of the way and let faster groups through - it ain't motorway driving!
Chris
turbowoowoo
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Tommo, not thick mate, but at the weekends the golf course is everyone's not just your two ball's.
Granted we all dislike slow or very slow players, but we also dislike golfers who expect to be let through.
WOnder if you had politely waited, whether these guys would have offered you to play through?
you seem quiet agitated that some peopel disagree?
was this agitation imparted on the playing group in front? etiquette and manners are two way.
Granted we all dislike slow or very slow players, but we also dislike golfers who expect to be let through.
WOnder if you had politely waited, whether these guys would have offered you to play through?
you seem quiet agitated that some peopel disagree?
was this agitation imparted on the playing group in front? etiquette and manners are two way.
So it is fine for a group to finish 40 minutes behind the group in front then.....? Take it from me that is exactly what happened.
No wonder golf has a dreadful problem with slow play when folk think that is okay!
Tommo did what every sane person would have done,asked politely if his 2 could maybe be let through,the guys said no despite them having lost a lot of ground.
I know who was in the wrong here and it's no the wee grumpy man from the Pans.
No wonder golf has a dreadful problem with slow play when folk think that is okay!
Tommo did what every sane person would have done,asked politely if his 2 could maybe be let through,the guys said no despite them having lost a lot of ground.
I know who was in the wrong here and it's no the wee grumpy man from the Pans.
turbowoowoo
Assistant Pro
So it is fine for a group to finish 40 minutes behind the group in front then.....? Take it from me that is exactly what happened.
No wonder golf has a dreadful problem with slow play when folk think that is okay!
Tommo did what every sane person would have done,asked politely if his 2 could maybe be let through,the guys said no despite them having lost a lot of ground.
I know who was in the wrong here and it's no the wee grumpy man from the Pans.
Fella it is never fine when a group lose so many holes to group in front. But I believe the course have a duty here to ensure play is kept up to speed. Yes the guys should have let the two ball through, but if they are new gofers and or felt intimidated then thats where the problems lay.
Tommo21
Tour Winner
Not new golfers....the guy was a former sec for another golf club. Too many people trying to reading too much into a simple situaton.
Turbo,you are commenting on something you have no idea about.
New golfers?!
You are now starting to surmise on what may have been the problem and you are so far from the truth it is laughable.
New golfers?!
You are now starting to surmise on what may have been the problem and you are so far from the truth it is laughable.
I think you need to calm down a bit, Tommo, before you do yourself an injury.
They should have let you play through. They didn't. Now you've spent two days complaining about it and calling them all names under the sun. It seem you have the etiquette problem as much as they do.
They should have let you play through. They didn't. Now you've spent two days complaining about it and calling them all names under the sun. It seem you have the etiquette problem as much as they do.
Tommo21
Tour Winner
Okay doctor dim, sorry tim.
rosecott
Money List Winner
Have you raised the issue with your Secretary quoting all the facts you - and, I assume, others - can put before him/her? If the hierarchy of your club has not been made aware, then there's not much prospect of action.
chris661
Money List Winner
Enough is enough!
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