Rude playing partners

Parsaregood said:
I turned up at the club on Sunday morning, my regular playing partner on a Sunday couldn't make it so I asked to join another group in the Sunday medal. No problem, though I did find them pretty rude. I play off 2 and shot level par, whenever I hit a good drive or good shot it was generally met with no response, I would always acknowledge a decent shot. However when one of them hit a half decent or mediocre shot they would always say shot to each other, just find it quite rude and not very sociable. It's nice to be nice.
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WOW , ive been right here ....

One of the 2 times ive walked off a course was pretty similar , played with 2 guys anytime they hit a good shot or putt i complimented them they were complimenting each other on moderate shots etc ..
I was playing lovely golf but not once did i hear a thing , i dont want cake & candles or anything but nice shot , good shot . anything ..

I bogeyed 9 to go one over and im sure one of them smirked, but they walked off chatting and laughing to the 10th tee ..

I milled a drive up the 10th could even have been on green , half way up the fairway i asked myself , what are ya at ? told the guys id gotten a txt & had to go , enjoy the rest of the round.. turned around and went in .. didnt even get my ball , stuck a note on my score card , rang the handicap sec that evening and told him why i went in ,,

Its supose to be fun this game or at least enjoyable
 
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Parsaregood said:
As I said it doesn't and didn't bother me just pretty rude I thought, one thing I'm not is rude. I have opinions and express them but I always show good etiquette and treat others with respect, wouldn't have thought anything much of it if they didn't say good shot now and again to one another. Other than that they were ok company, it's just polite to acknowledge playing partners and is something I always do regardless of playing standard
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It sounds like you are bothered, it sound like you're bothered quite a bit actually.
 
Golf is relative to the individual.

I am a 24 handicapper and I can par every hole but I don't therefore its the consistency and lack ability to do this regularly that make me a 24 handicapper. Driving is my strength. so when I play with non regular partners who see my handicap I get a lot of complaints for my driving. those that know me know that I am likely to take 6 more shots on every hole

I digress. if someone played with me who was a low handicap (5 or less) I expect them to flush every shot. They play a different game to me. I am nervous around them. they are better than me. so I am not likely to say great shot because that might be insulting the
I tried it once. playing with a good guy - he hit a hybrid to a par 3 green around 220 yard. I thought lovely shot - and said so. he cursed at me. apparently he had been aiming 20 yards left of where he ended up. anyone that hit the green was a great player to me but clearly not to him.

I am not rude - but I know how to respect better players after that. if you are a 2 handicapper then fair play - you are a great golfer but I expect you to hit every shot out of the screws and I am not qualified or good enough to give you either a compliment or critique. I would be grateful to play with you as you play a game that I aspire to be. Maybe your playing partners felt like me
 
Happens to me as well............... in competition mode I really don't care and can go into my own little bubble. If they get wound up, that normally plays to my advantage. However, last week we played a social game and one of our lot was swearing almost every shot, throwing his clubs and generally being a sour puss the whole round. I told him in the bar afterwards he had poor etiquette and should try and enjoy his golf more. He wasn't happy and grumped off. Won't be playing with him again.

Ours is a small club so really can't get upset with people, plus I am probably the first non French speaking captain in ffgolf history....so have to try and be an example.........can be a bit of a strain, especially on the French interpretation of the golf rules......another thread..........

I really don't get the bad behaviour as I love the game and feel very fortunate to be able to play as much. Like in life, you will get all sorts and just try and remember the majority who are positive and polite rather than the few numpties that can get under your skin.

Bon courage,

M
 
Parsaregood said:
It doesn't put me off my game or anything, just find it pretty rude when you hit it 70 yards by them in the middle of the fairway at nearly every hole and they say next to nothing, it's quite funny actually
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Well, is it funny or is it rude? Make your mind up.

Do you need your ego stroking every time you've hit it 70yds past them?

Aw diddums, diddums do, coochy woochy woo. Man up and stop moaning.
 
Playing off 2 do you really need to be told when you have hit a good shot? I'd expect you to hit 70 of them to be honest. Im the opposite to you and it annoys me how often playing partners say good shot when at times it appears all i have done is hit a shot up in the air and hasn't even got close to landing.
 
mikseymono said:
Happens to me as well............... in competition mode I really don't care and can go into my own little bubble. If they get wound up, that normally plays to my advantage. However, last week we played a social game and one of our lot was swearing almost every shot, throwing his clubs and generally being a sour puss the whole round. I told him in the bar afterwards he had poor etiquette and should try and enjoy his golf more. He wasn't happy and grumped off. Won't be playing with him again.

Ours is a small club so really can't get upset with people, plus I am probably the first non French speaking captain in ffgolf history....so have to try and be an example.........can be a bit of a strain, especially on the French interpretation of the golf rules......another thread..........

I really don't get the bad behaviour as I love the game and feel very fortunate to be able to play as much. Like in life, you will get all sorts and just try and remember the majority who are positive and polite rather than the few numpties that can get under your skin.

Bon courage,

M
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nice dog, is it yours?

I've 2 GSPs
 
To the OP, surely in your journey down to 2 hcp you must have been in situations which required total concentration, as someone else said earlier, totally in the zone. So you will have developed a thick skin by now, surely.
Personally, as a 16 hcp, I would have given a grin and a nod when your drives finishes 70 yards past mine - I love golf, and seeing someone execute shots so much better than mine would be a source of pleasure, to be acknowledged.
 
I'm not bothered if people pass comment on any of my shots good or bad, I'm out on the course to play the game the way I play it, if I happen to hit the ball past the others I'm playing with so be it, if I'm shorter so be it. I'm playing golf to get some fresh air, a little bit of exercise and to take the piss out of Kraxx when he moans about his 'Wonder Driver**'


** Kraxx's Wonder Driver = Shorts hooked, sliced, sky'd, topped etc, he just wonders what it's going to do next :D

##Edit - I did tell him it wasn't the driver, but he never replied, strange that
 
Crazyface said:
I thought that.
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As an outsider looking in, I think it might be that the OP quite often gives very short shrift to things he has a strong view on or considers trivial. So this post is mildly amusing as he does come across as something of a diva!

Personally, I don't think there is any excuse for bad manners whether you like someone or not, or whether you want to play with somebody or you do not, it is irrelevant.
 
Canary_Yellow said:
As an outsider looking in, I think it might be that the OP quite often gives very short shrift to things he has a strong view on or considers trivial. So this post is mildly amusing as he does come across as something of a diva!

Personally, I don't think there is any excuse for bad manners whether you like someone or not, or whether you want to play with somebody or you do not, it is irrelevant.
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^^This^^

If this is how to comes across to members of his Club then some will feel intimidated and others will ignore him. Sad but true.
 
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