Not finishing a round.

[iku]

If you are playing a round particularly badly would you continue and finish it or stop?

Last Tuesday I played an informal round with a friend (I was using a scorecard just to keep track of my round and my friend wasn't). Anyway, none of us played at his best and after the 16th (near to the clubhouse) he asked me to stop. To be honest I was a bit disappointed with that but in the past people from this forum told me that if I'm having a bad day at the range I should be brave and walk away rather than continuing and increase my frustration.

Golf on the course has never been too frustrating to me. Even when I was playing the holes in double digits I never got too upset about it. In the end, I was outside in the fresh air hitting a ball with a stick, it could have been worse than that!

So, does the "quit when you're having a bad time" philosophy apply to the course as well??

Am I likely to make some of my mistakes worse if I keep playing whit a distressed mind or frustration? I noticed that I tend to play streaks of good shots and streaks of bad ones and the psychological factor is really important too me.

Cheerz

 

[Whereditgo]

I can't ever remember walking off a course because I was playing badly, although I have played with a few others who have, even in medal rounds which is out of order in my view.

If I'm having a real stinker in a friendly knock I'll tend to stop noting the scoring and just try to relax and get the swing going again.

 

[Basher]

Walking off just because you're playing badly is a definite no no imo.
Stinks of sulky big kid syndrome. Not playing well so taking bat and ball home.

Only walked once during a comp. My first ever. Got to the 15th and it was lashing it down. Our 4 ball played on, got to the green only to find lots of standing water. Holed out and went to the 15th. Teed off, watched the ball hit the fairway with a huge splash and stop dead! The green was also flooded on the 16th.
We all then decided enough was enough and N/R'd. Hated doing it but the conditions were certainly not conducive to playing golf.

 

[ivan]

have sometimes stopped noting my scores when playing friendlies but never in a comp. can only remember one guy stopping scoring in a medal and that was because he didn't want to affect his handicap!!

 

[G1BB0]

picked up on holes cos I was playing pants and holding others up (beau for example) but would always want to play the next hole just in case I had a blinder!!!

 

[granters]

Life's far too short to be walking off. If i'm playing like a tosser, as per usual, i just treat the rest of the round as practice. Some people just can't switch off though, but walking off shows massive disrespect to your playing partners who have made the effort to meet you for a game/turn up for the comp.

 

[Fyldewhite]

I don't have a problem if people walk off even in comps, provided their playing partners are OK with it. That said, we play comps in fours and they are not drawn so when playing with mates it's a bit different.

Many players don't make the best partners when they are playing badly and I don't particularly want to spend time with someone who is clearly struggling and not enjoying things when I'm trying to concentrate on my game. I'd often prefer it if they just buggered off in to be honest.

 

[Parmo]

Walking off just because you're playing badly is a definite no no imo.

Time is short, if someone is playing to a 0.1 back and they know it why waste another 2 hours of the weekend if you are not enjoying something?

 

[craig26]

Never not finished a round, however if am having a stinker I will just stop marking my score if having just a friendly round. Whats the point of having the wife moaning about playing golf all day and then come home early!!!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I'd never quit because I was playing badly, I'd use the holes I had left to work out what I was doing wrong.

 

[Oddsocks]

Never walked off a round as I think it's disrespectfull to your playing partners.

 

[rosecott]

I can't ever remember walking off a course because I was playing badly, although I have played with a few others who have, even in medal rounds which is out of order in my view.

If I'm having a real stinker in a friendly knock I'll tend to stop noting the scoring and just try to relax and get the swing going again.

Not only out of order but against CONGU rules:
Dec 2(c)
a) All cards must be returned in Qualifying Competitions, whether complete or not.
b) It is expected that every player who enters an 18 hole Qualifying Competition intends to complete the round..

Obviously there may be situations - such as illness or slow play resulting in being late to pick up children from school etc. - when a player has to leave the course without completing the round but those instances should be exceptional. Any player walking off for unacceptable reasons such as "having a bad round" would get short shrift from our Secretary.

 

[Golfmmad]

So what happens if you have a stinker on the first? Walk in then? I don't think so.

Never give up. I only play once a week, so I'm not going stop and throw me toys out the pram just because of a few bad shots.

Well really, it's not on.

Golfmmad.

 

[MarkHK]

I would never walk in if having a bad day on the course, a bad day on the golf course is Still better than a Good day at work.

 

[Region3]

I've only stopped once, and that was more for the fact that it was about -5, a sprained wrist and like playing on concrete than the fact that my game was rubbish, which it was.

 

[Fyldewhite]

I can't ever remember walking off a course because I was playing badly, although I have played with a few others who have, even in medal rounds which is out of order in my view.

If I'm having a real stinker in a friendly knock I'll tend to stop noting the scoring and just try to relax and get the swing going again.

Not only out of order but against CONGU rules:
Dec 2(c)
a) All cards must be returned in Qualifying Competitions, whether complete or not.
b) It is expected that every player who enters an 18 hole Qualifying Competition intends to complete the round..

Obviously there may be situations - such as illness or slow play resulting in being late to pick up children from school etc. - when a player has to leave the course without completing the round but those instances should be exceptional. Any player walking off for unacceptable reasons such as "having a bad round" would get short shrift from our Secretary.

I think you are taking this rule a little out of context. It is a decision about whether a card submitted without a full score should be accepted for a 0.1 increase as a player could just turn up, do a couple of holes and get 0.1 thus manipulating his handicap up. The fact that it is even in the rules is acceptance that for all sorts of reasons players do not always complete a round. It doesn't say this is not acceptable, just that the card should still be returned and you shouldn't step on the first tee intending to do a partial round only. eg playing at 4 o'clock knowing you have to be at work at 7 etc.

 

[richart]

Never walked off, but hobbled off when my back went.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If I walked in everytime I was having a bad round I'd never play 18 holes.

 

[Evesdad]

Nope I'll just stubble on! I'm outside playing golf it's not that bad, I'll stop scoring if it's just a friendly knock and pick up if I'm holding up those I'm playing with. It's not the end of the world it's only a game at the end of the day, a bloody annoying one mind!

 

[Smiffy]

I've walked off "mid round" twice.
Once in a competition at Crowborough Beacon. Had hit a really rough patch, cursed with the shanks for about 2 months and couldn't get rid of them. Playing in a Wednesday Stableford, stood on the 5th hole and I don't think I had scored a point. Oinked one into the trees on the right, re-loaded and then oinked my second one into the ravine at the bottom of the hill. Time to go. I apologised profusely to my playing partners. Walked off.
Turned up to play the following Wednesday, was taken to one side by Bill Burns-Begg (the guy that organised the Wednesday competitions) and given a severe bollocking for what went on the week before.
Tail between the legs time and I felt a right knob.
I promised never to do it again, and never did.

The only other time I walked off was at Princes during a 36 hole medal. Was going to a wedding reception that evening and thought I would have plenty of time to finish and get back home in time.
I didn't reckon on a 5 1/2 hour round A.M. and it was about 6.30pm when we approached the 10th hole in the afternoon. Couldn't carry on, made my apologies and left. Fairly easy decision actually 'cos I'd shot a nett 78 in the morning and wasn't doing much better in the afternoon.
But it was a joke how long it was taking.