Pet Hates on a around of Golf

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I expect this has been done before .........

Mine is when I'm asked if I have a spare tee, pencil or marker or similar on the tee or green

Even worse when some body plays my ball but that is slightly different

I've found golf is all about being repaired , I try to ensure that I have everything and ready to play with all the right gear

I know we all may forget something at one time or another

I always offer to help but it secretly annoys me
 
williamalex1 said:
Slow play , at my age i can't afford to waste time.:whistle:
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H'mm!

If it takes 15 mins less to play a round, what are you going to do with that time? You probably spend 10 of them taking your shoes off/back on and the other 5 checking that all the necessary things have been done/zipped/tied up!

I'm ambivalent about slightly slow play. While I'd prefer to keep my rhythm going, it does give me a chance to enjoy several of the other aspects of the golfing experience! The amount of bird-life around today was incredible! 5 cygnets for a start! An plenty of squawking Coot and Moorhen chicks. And several dozen Canada Goose goslings too just to 'fertilize' the fairways even more!

Spitfire roared over around 12:30 and was 'all-hailed'!
 
People that slap flags down onto greens. Show a little care and place it down off the green.
People that place flags down behind the hole parallel to their own line but straight across the path of an over hit putt from someone else.
People that can't wait to move off after there own tee shot and stand behind there trolley fingers hovering to zip off as soon as the last tee shot is hit.
 
Slow Play - i dont want to sprint around a golf course but i would like to be able to play at a pace where you walk up to your ball and are able to play your shot without waiting every time

Care of the course - people who dont repair pitchmark and rake bunkers

General Common Sense when using buggies and trollies - people taking their trolley or buggey right behind greens or across fringes and right up to tee boxes when it can be left a good ten yards away to ensure the ground around the tee and green is kept lush
 
People not repairing pitch marks or raking bunkers, worse than doing nothing in a bunker is attempting to rake it with your feet and making a bigger mess.

One that got me the other day was slow play, when I caught the group up they were only playing nine and decided they would change their shoes on the ninth green while I waited on the fairway......
 
There are things that niggle me, but to be classed as pet hates there can only really be three.

No 3. In repaired pitch marks. If you hit the green have the decency to repair it... You know it's there!

No 2. Unraked bunkers. You went in it, made it a mess so fix it. Hate landing in a sandy bomb site!

No 1. Litter. I play golf to get away from it all in nice surroundings, our club has decent size bins on every tee, I see no excuse for it!
 
People that leaves their bags nowhere near where their taking their shots. Then have to mess about walking back to it once the shot has been taken.
I just don't get it......Use your Noggin!
 
Love an empty golf course, millionaires golf, so I guess a group in front and directly behind our group winds me up.

That and someone who try's to run round the course. Against slow play, but people who you play who storm around the course!? Relax, it's a nice day and the surroundings are lovely, enjoy the round!
 
Most of what has been mentioned above plus.........
The clubhouse bore.
The worst was a guy who talked me through every shot he had hit that day in the medal and all his scores.
He was wasting his breathe as I knew already, I was playing with him and marked his card :mad:
 
I don't like slow play but agree that it can be subjective.

But unrepaired pitchmarks and unraked bunkers? NO excuse.
Do these people think that the bunkers rake themselves after they walk out?

This week I went into three bunkers (the result of playing foursomes with Mr Mimms) and found the prints of the worst type of offender.
- chooses the most direct line to their ball rather than the line that means fewest steps in the sand.
-doesn't rake
- walks out via a different route:rant:
 
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