kid2
Money List Winner
I know that the world would probably be a duller place without them but why cant some people learn to keep them to themselves....
I played this morning with my usual weekly 4 ball....Me, Daa, baby brother and my cousin....
To say my dad's outspoken would be an understatement...Its crankier he's getting the older he gets...(60) now...
Anyway we rolled up for the usual weekly comp..( a singles matchplay qualifier 1st round...Stableford format..Bit unusual i thought as its matchplay but the course was lengthened and back to nearly full normality after the winter months...
We had a bit of a words exchange on the 2nd tee box as the 4 ball in front were arsing.... but im not really one to get wound up...I usually take things in my stride...But Paw...Well lets just say that he was beginning to simmer
...
Of course iv been getting the blame for putting us behind slow players for the past 8 weeks or so even though i book a time when there is hardly anyone booked for that particular day..Im usually pretty early on the time sheet...
But this was the start of it...When i first took up the game one thing that he said to me stuck fast...
"Your taking it up at a young enough age to make a decent player of yourself...Use your time well..Get to the club at least a half hour before your tee off and get yourself comfortable..Practice your chipping and putting for at least 20 mins before the off...Do your bit during the week and you'll learn the game better and be better at it"
But....If we get there early he's rushing us out onto the first tee if there's an opening because of someone being a few mins late or so...
Anyway i was playing well turned with 17 points, out of one on the front 9 and i was playing pretty well...I 2 putted all the greens that i played on the front 9. my putter was serving me well.
Cue the 13th par 3...Today playing 188mtrs into breeze i hit my 3 hybrid just off the toe but it left me with about 20mtrs of a pitch which i left 3 foot short but above the hole...Missed the par and walked off with a bogie....
Then i was told that i was taking too long over my putts..(no longer than my front 9 all 2 putted)...thats apparently why i didnt get my par
Well then there was a few words exchanged..."I wasnt aware i was being timed".....
After that there was an awkward silence for the remainder of the round but i blobbed 2 on the back 9 also and finished with 32 points....
I dont really let things annoy me but this morning did and i felt i might have brought in a decent score if i wasnt holding conversations with myself over shots...
The ironic thing is that i took up the game so i could spend some more time with my dad like he did with me in my younger years..After all he's not getting any younger but how on earth can i get him to mellow out...
The worst thing is that its affecting his game as well...
He play's off 14 and i know that he means well but i play a different game to him...Im always reading up on stuff trying to get better always looking to do the right thing ...
Whereas he's more of a get up and hit it mentality and just go find it...
Who's wrong
Rant over
I played this morning with my usual weekly 4 ball....Me, Daa, baby brother and my cousin....
To say my dad's outspoken would be an understatement...Its crankier he's getting the older he gets...(60) now...
Anyway we rolled up for the usual weekly comp..( a singles matchplay qualifier 1st round...Stableford format..Bit unusual i thought as its matchplay but the course was lengthened and back to nearly full normality after the winter months...
We had a bit of a words exchange on the 2nd tee box as the 4 ball in front were arsing.... but im not really one to get wound up...I usually take things in my stride...But Paw...Well lets just say that he was beginning to simmer
...Of course iv been getting the blame for putting us behind slow players for the past 8 weeks or so even though i book a time when there is hardly anyone booked for that particular day..Im usually pretty early on the time sheet...
But this was the start of it...When i first took up the game one thing that he said to me stuck fast...
"Your taking it up at a young enough age to make a decent player of yourself...Use your time well..Get to the club at least a half hour before your tee off and get yourself comfortable..Practice your chipping and putting for at least 20 mins before the off...Do your bit during the week and you'll learn the game better and be better at it"
But....If we get there early he's rushing us out onto the first tee if there's an opening because of someone being a few mins late or so...
Anyway i was playing well turned with 17 points, out of one on the front 9 and i was playing pretty well...I 2 putted all the greens that i played on the front 9. my putter was serving me well.
Cue the 13th par 3...Today playing 188mtrs into breeze i hit my 3 hybrid just off the toe but it left me with about 20mtrs of a pitch which i left 3 foot short but above the hole...Missed the par and walked off with a bogie....
Then i was told that i was taking too long over my putts..(no longer than my front 9 all 2 putted)...thats apparently why i didnt get my par
Well then there was a few words exchanged..."I wasnt aware i was being timed".....
After that there was an awkward silence for the remainder of the round but i blobbed 2 on the back 9 also and finished with 32 points....
I dont really let things annoy me but this morning did and i felt i might have brought in a decent score if i wasnt holding conversations with myself over shots...
The ironic thing is that i took up the game so i could spend some more time with my dad like he did with me in my younger years..After all he's not getting any younger but how on earth can i get him to mellow out...
The worst thing is that its affecting his game as well...
He play's off 14 and i know that he means well but i play a different game to him...Im always reading up on stuff trying to get better always looking to do the right thing ...
Whereas he's more of a get up and hit it mentality and just go find it...
Who's wrong
Rant over
