bozza
Journeyman Pro
As i posted in another post i got my new wedge today so thought i'd go down my local course to try it out since it was a beautiful sunny day.
Everything was going fine, had a 2 ball in front of me for the first few holes so i was playing 2 balls just to try slow me down abit as it was clear behind me.
Got to the par 4 5th and hit 2 off the tee, one down the fairway and one down the left over some trees, as i got to the ball off the fairway i noticed a 2 ball just getting to the 5th tee so i decided to quicky play the ball off the fairway just to try see if i could pull it off as it was in a bad position, it didn't work so picked it up played my other ball off the fairway and into a greenside bunker.
By the time i got to my ball in the bunker they2 ball behind were walking up to there 2nd shots, so i played mine out the bunker but didn't bother putting out but they had to wait maybe a minute or so at most while i raked the bunker.
I ended up just playing one ball to get ahead of them abit, had a abit of a nightmare on the par 5 10th so they caught up but i never held them up on any shots.
Decided to hit 2 balls off the tee but just play one on the par 3 11th as they were walking up to there ball near the green on the 10th.
Just as i was picking my bag up she shouted over to me " your only allowed to play one ball" to which i replied "what do you meen?" " if you are by yourself you are only allowed to play one ball not 2 like you are, you are holding us up all the way round" she was quite abrupt and rude about it and basiclly was telling me off. I told her that there is no rule that i am aware off that a single golfer is only allowed to play one ball and that the only hole i held you up on was when i had to rake a bunker.
I walked off up to the par 3 geen, picked one ball up, chipped the other one on, putted then as i was just putting the flag back in she hit her tee shot, it was 20 or so yard short of me but straight at me!
I waited at the next tee to have words with them and let them play through as there was no one insight behind them.
I said to her husband (presume he was) you just had to ask if you wanted to play through but to be honest i didn't realise i was holidng you up, he just looked at me in disgust and didn't say a word, so i basiclly told him to f**k himself. His wife walked past and said to me " it's people like you that ruin golf thinking you own the course" I told her it's a good job you don't know how to hit a ball propley otherwise if that ball had hit me on the last hole i would have been putting a nice claim in against you because that is dangerous play and far worse ettiqute than holding someone up for a minute or 2.
She said she was going to report me but checked in the pro shop afterwards and explained and they said nothing had been said and not to worry as i aint donw anything wrong.
Sorry it's turned into a essay but it really got my back up big style and needed to rant abit to get it off my chest.
Apart from that it was a nice day
Everything was going fine, had a 2 ball in front of me for the first few holes so i was playing 2 balls just to try slow me down abit as it was clear behind me.
Got to the par 4 5th and hit 2 off the tee, one down the fairway and one down the left over some trees, as i got to the ball off the fairway i noticed a 2 ball just getting to the 5th tee so i decided to quicky play the ball off the fairway just to try see if i could pull it off as it was in a bad position, it didn't work so picked it up played my other ball off the fairway and into a greenside bunker.
By the time i got to my ball in the bunker they2 ball behind were walking up to there 2nd shots, so i played mine out the bunker but didn't bother putting out but they had to wait maybe a minute or so at most while i raked the bunker.
I ended up just playing one ball to get ahead of them abit, had a abit of a nightmare on the par 5 10th so they caught up but i never held them up on any shots.
Decided to hit 2 balls off the tee but just play one on the par 3 11th as they were walking up to there ball near the green on the 10th.
Just as i was picking my bag up she shouted over to me " your only allowed to play one ball" to which i replied "what do you meen?" " if you are by yourself you are only allowed to play one ball not 2 like you are, you are holding us up all the way round" she was quite abrupt and rude about it and basiclly was telling me off. I told her that there is no rule that i am aware off that a single golfer is only allowed to play one ball and that the only hole i held you up on was when i had to rake a bunker.
I walked off up to the par 3 geen, picked one ball up, chipped the other one on, putted then as i was just putting the flag back in she hit her tee shot, it was 20 or so yard short of me but straight at me!
I waited at the next tee to have words with them and let them play through as there was no one insight behind them.
I said to her husband (presume he was) you just had to ask if you wanted to play through but to be honest i didn't realise i was holidng you up, he just looked at me in disgust and didn't say a word, so i basiclly told him to f**k himself. His wife walked past and said to me " it's people like you that ruin golf thinking you own the course" I told her it's a good job you don't know how to hit a ball propley otherwise if that ball had hit me on the last hole i would have been putting a nice claim in against you because that is dangerous play and far worse ettiqute than holding someone up for a minute or 2.
She said she was going to report me but checked in the pro shop afterwards and explained and they said nothing had been said and not to worry as i aint donw anything wrong.
Sorry it's turned into a essay but it really got my back up big style and needed to rant abit to get it off my chest.
Apart from that it was a nice day
