Offputting.

[backwoodsman]

On the way home from the local the other day, HID & me got into one of those rambling & rather silly conversations that tend to arise after a couple of sherbets...

The upshot of our discussion was that, to gain an advantage over my opponent in a forthcoming match, I - having a severe, and well known shortage of hair - should wear a badly fitting, and slightly misaligned, toupe - preferably a vague shade of ginger. We thought that should be sufficiently distracting to gain a shot or two?

Which got me thinking. What else could you do - within the rules, and within the bounds of etiquette - to put off your opponent and gain a slight advantage? Over to you...

 

[JT77]

Slow down play a bit?

Ask how they manage to stop at the top of the backswing before the downswing?

Ask them whether they breath in or out during their stroke?

Never tried this, but they were suggested to me.

 

[kid2]

Bring a packet of wurthers original and substitute a few of them for laxatives

 

[Swinger]

Ha! I knew a guy who had one!

He lost every hair on his body as far as the story went and wore the worst wig you have ever seen for years.
I'm sure it helped him win a few games over the years.

I think the best story I heard was one time he was looking for his ball in some trees/bushes and parted company with his head rug on exiting said trees/bushes and it was hanging on one of the branches. Wish I'd have seen that.



Never really been one for mind games, however people have told me that I can get inside a few heads out there but I think thats due to the fact that I don't see why you should be overly nice to someone you are trying to beat. I never go out of my way to be nasty either though but sometimes people miss opportunities to say a thing or two out there.

 

[bobmac]

Nothing.
If I cant beat a guy fair and square, then I would never resort to mind games...(legal or otherwise).
It is after all a game of integrity

 

[backwoodsman]

Nothing.
If I cant beat a guy fair and square, then I would never resort to mind games...(legal or otherwise).
It is after all a game of integrity

Fair enough bob, but some of us need all the toupes we can get our hands on

 

[Smiffy]

Nothing.
If I cant beat a guy fair and square, then I would never resort to mind games...(legal or otherwise).

You wait until you win your first match Bob.
You'll think differently then

 

[bobmac]

You wait until you win your first match Bob.
You'll think differently then

How would you know???

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Just Tell Imurg to avoid the pond this time

Always works

Fragger

 

[pokerjoke]

Always try to be on my best behaviour on the course,however ask someone whos putting how he can concentrate putting through a shadow;if there is one]he wouldnt have thought about it until you said,now its on his mind affecting his concentration.

 

[teegirl]

Nothing.
If I cant beat a guy fair and square, then I would never resort to mind games...(legal or otherwise).
It is after all a game of integrity

 

[colint]

Put some practice in and smash your first drive right down the middle, nothing puts the pressure on better (or so I'm told)

 

[Robobum]

Which got me thinking. What else could you do - within the rules, and within the bounds of etiquette - to put off your opponent and gain a slight advantage? Over to you...

I'd get the ball in the hole in fewer strokes than them, that seems to give a slight advantage

No mind games, although I'm not the most chatty if I'm in a match which some people can find awkward.

 

[19th]

I played an old guy in match play, many years ago, when I was a young buck. Every time I banged it down the middle he remarked ''Surprising that!''

After a few holes I was so concerned with my stance/hands/swing/ball position, that all confidence was drained and I was no longer able to swing through the ball!!

Subtle but it worked!

 

[Imurg]

Just Tell Imurg to avoid the pond this time

Always works

Fragger

Substitute Fragger for Imurg and its a tad more accurate!

 

[Losttheplot]

I always try to light hearted on the course so many of the things i say arent meant to put people off.
The comments i usually like are : after a putt that is left really short of the hole:- does your husband play golf??
also another favourite is when you get right underneath your drive and it balloons up in the air and drops down only 100yards infront:- thats a great wedge shot but if you took your driver you'd have a chance of making par!

Subtle but light hearted and the embarressment of making a bad shot is enough without my chirping away.

 

[forefortheday]

Put some practice in and smash your first drive right down the middle, nothing puts the pressure on better (or so I'm told)

Or tell them they look much better than their handicap that usually works eh Colin

 

[Matty]

how about saying in your Julian Clary voice:

"I know what you're thinking, yes your bum does look big in those pants!!"

 

[CannyFifer]

Keep going the way you're playing and you'll break 70/80/90/100 whatever they hav'nt done.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I don't bother trying to put anyone off. My golf is so ropey I'd only end up looking a bigger fool than my performance makes me