richart
Major Champion
He was actually on the tee exactly on time, to the minute. The Pro drove him up from the car park in his buggy! We had already said the the group behind to tee off as they were ready, though we could still have done so.
Pet Hates on a around of Golf
- Thread starter Chisteve
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tsped83
Tour Winner
Golfers that moan.
Foxholer
Blackballed
beggsy
Journeyman Pro
People that start moaning over petty things that more than likely have done themselves in golf at some point
drawboy
Tour Winner
What about the idiots who do not give the group in front 5 mins to look for a ball as laid out in the rules of golf before standing there huffing,puffing, chunterring and thinking "Why don't they let us through"? TBH if you have somewhere you need to be, beer you need to drink, other things you need to do then stay off the golf course and take up sprinting, jogging,cycling or speed dating and let everyone else enjoy their time away from work and the family. Golf isn't a race. Anyone who loses a ball has 5 full minutes to look for it before it is lost.
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But if possible wouldnt it be better to just let them tee off whilst you are looking and then the pace of play is still continuious and you still have 5 mins to look. Especially when its a busy comp.
Foxholer
Blackballed
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't let them through - if appropriate. Remember that it's quite possible that they aren't the only group you may be holding up!
drawboy
Tour Winner
I see your point LP but there is nothing to stop the group you have just let through doing the same on the same or next hole and them not letting the group behind through then it just becomes the Benny Hill show. All you have to do is let them have their 5 minutes. If it is excessive, twice per hole or on every hole or they have lost a clear hole to the group in front then yes ask or expect to be waved through but pushing the group in front because you have somewhere to be just isn't on IMO. In cases like that it is the group pushing who are out of order.
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Well you would hope that if you have let them through and they got into the same situation they would let you back through - seen it happen
But its all depending on the situation and if its clear in front or there is nowhere to go and if its a quicker group behind you etc - just judge the situation.
chrisd
Major Champion
I'm pushed to think of much.
I played in an American Fourball yesterday and it was open to all, won by a husband and wife who are serial winners apparently! Today's 4bbb Stableford was being lead with 47 points off 3/4 handicap. So no chance of winning either but I'm generally happy on the course
I played in an American Fourball yesterday and it was open to all, won by a husband and wife who are serial winners apparently! Today's 4bbb Stableford was being lead with 47 points off 3/4 handicap. So no chance of winning either but I'm generally happy on the course
Robobum
Money List Winner
Aimpointers
DanFST
Head Pro
I completely agree with you. I got rollocked this afternoon for the exact same thing. In our two ball on the 11th, I spooned one into the rough, and because it was so damn long, i couldn't find it! To which one of the group behind took that as an invitation too tee off whilst we were looking. With the ball coming up 10 yards behind my trolley left on the fairway. I dropped one, played my shot and then waited so I could exchange some words.
It was apparently my fault for taking too long, and if we weren't at the standard to play on a course we shouldn't play. We should let them through. To which I lost my rag and said some foul words and had to walk away. The thing that annoyed me most was they started on the 10th, and initially attempted to sneak on before us whilst we were walking from the 9th. We played on through lost no more balls, and had finished a pint and a half before they were on the 18th green.
If you are in that much rush on a sunday afternoon, don't play a round of golf. And if do something wrong, admit fault and say sorry!
Rant over.
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
I think you need to re-read the Rules before quoting them to your defense!
"Players searching for a ball should signal the players in the group behind them to play through as soon as it becomes apparent that the ball will not easily be found. They should not search for five minutes before doing so."
mchacker
Head Pro
Have a look at the rule book etiquette section under lost ball then rethink your first sentence.
I have all the time in the world to play golf and when time permits itself will take all the time available to me. However, in a nose to tail competition if one of my group has launched one into the crap and the group behind is waiting over their shot it works best for everyone to let them through rather than rushing over the next few shots trying to create a gap. Unfortunately whenever I pitch this it is met with one of the two responses I quoted earlier.
Edit- Duncan Mackie got there before me but have a picture anyway
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Leereed
Head Pro
Litter,people who wait for green to clear. When 300 yards away.then knob it 20 yards.
ScratchSRL
Club Champion
People saying good shot when it clearly isnt!!!!!
Ian_S
Challenge Tour Pro
Would you also complain if you were lining up your putt and then saw a ball rolling up next to your feet, and when you ask the guy holding his 3 wood why he didn't wait his reasoning was "well I usually knob it 20 yards so I thought you'd be safe"?
Leereed
Head Pro
If someone can hit a 3 wood off the deck 300 yards then fair play,if they hit there driver 160 yards for the last 10 holes.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
I've got two of them now, didn't do it myself for 10+ years, but the following:-
People not marking their balls, especially in comps. Yes, you playing a titleist 1, but will you also claim any titleist 1 we find in this rough, even though yours was a Prov, but this one is a solo?
Spare ball in your pocket - so this hole with 200 yards to carry the lake, OOb right and massive rough left you may not need it? Then proceeds to his bag 60 yards away to reload.
DaveM
Tour Winner
Good god!
All of you take a deep breath. Calm down and smell the roses. Life's to short to get so stressed.
All of you take a deep breath. Calm down and smell the roses. Life's to short to get so stressed.
