Shouting at your Ball

[Wheyayeman]

Anybody here do it regularly? I'm talking about the "Be Right", "Go", "Cut" type of comments that you generally here from the PGA tour coverage.

Most of my talking post shot is usually aimed at myself like "You F***ing Idiot", "T**t or if playing with a junior "Numpty" but I'm finding it hard not to say things like "Be right" after I've hit a good one as it immediately pops into my head due to many a late night watching the pros say it

Anyone else suffer from Golf Tourettes?

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I do it all the time, never understood why I'm giving directions to an inanimate object but still.

 

[Alex1975]

I talk to my ball all day long, "get up" is the one I think I use most, "get down" or "GET DOWN" is the one I use 2nd most. But ye me and the ball have a good relationship some days, its like my wife other days (does the oposit of what I screem at it)

 

[Aztecs27]

Yep. Mostly "Go!" or "Sit". Other than that I'm usually talking to myself; "You absolute b£llend" "you've got to hit it, you c-nut" etc..

 

[FG_HOOR]

i'm like that too, you can hear me quite frequently talking or sometimes screaming at my ball. some people say i should calm down but i just tell them i'm passionate about my golf

 

[Oddsocks]

Hi, My name is oddsocks and i have Golf Tourettes.

I feel much better now i have come out about it, but i am really bad for talking to my ball, im even known to talk to others balls who im playing with.... oooo'er... i need help.

 

[One Planer]

I started doing this not so long ago (and started a similar thread)

Normally I only talk to mine around the green (say 75 yards and in). It's either "Spin", "get-up" or "Sit".

I Dont do it off the tee or with long irons though.

I have a fried who yells "BREAK!!!!!!" at his putts.........even if theres no break

 

[Wheyayeman]

Hi, My name is oddsocks and i have Golf Tourettes.

I feel much better now i have come out about it, but i am really bad for talking to my ball, im even known to talk to others balls who im playing with.... oooo'er... i need help.

As long as you're not shouting "MISS MISS" when your matchplay opponent has struck his putt, then I think your fine

 

[Swinger]

I learned this skill from Leslie Nielsen

 

[Paul_Stewart]

I was trying to stop swearing on the course and hence told my ball to "be fracking right" the other day.

One of my partners decided it was truly sad to start quoting lines from Battlestar Galactica on the course and gave me more grief than if I'd just said ******* ****** ****** ***** ****** like everyone else does.

You can't win.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I never used to talk to the ball, just watch it do its thing. During a playing lesson, while watching my drive draw closer and closer to a bunker I was told by the pro to talk to my ball after I hit it.

I proceeded to tell it to stay straight and it just about did!

If the teaching pros tell us to do it then there must be some psycological reason as its obviously not going to have an effect on the actual flight.

I have now started to do it and I became quite animated during my recent matchplay singles knockout game.

The cross green putt down a tier was told to sit then run on, it did so perfectly by reaching the tier at a snails pace then rolling down it to about 4 feet from the flag!

 

[daveyc2k2]

I never used to but have noticed msyelf doing it more now. The usual is either "Get Up" or "Sit Down" and the odd Get Right" or "Get Left".

Sometimes it listens, sometimes it doesn't!!

 

[fundy]

Constantly talk to my ball, and usually anyone elses that I play with, worryingly my usual playing partners tends to listen whilst mine has heard it all before and ignores me. Spent most of the round on saturday asking mine why it was scared of the dark lol

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I'll put my hand up on this one, i've been known to talk to my ball.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

My usual playing partner & I were asked to score for a junior the other week and found that when we would usually swear we ended up almost growling at the ball. What started off as Aaargghhh you *%$£"&*^%$£ just ended up as GRRRRrrrrrrrr and unfortunately it seems to have stuck.

So if anyone ever hears Chewbacca on their local course it's probably me.

 

[Whee]

I talk to it more at address.

"Come on you filthy tart, do what I want you to do, i've paid good money for this" - then clobber it.

 

[USER1999]

I often talk to mine. The Srixon Zstars seem to listen pretty well at the moment.

My usual talk is of the 'hit something and come out of there' variety.

 

[bladeplayer]

Have a stupid habit of shouting "spin" at my ball as its heading twords the green , covers all eventualitys , if it doesnt spin its the balls fault & if it does people think its a great shot ha ha

 

[funkyfred]

I talk to it more at address.

"Come on you filthy tart, do what I want you to do, i've paid good money for this" - then clobber it.

Hello Doctor Bob

My name is Funkyfred but it should be Casinova

I speak lovingly to all my balls but they keep leaving me and dont return. There were even some on saturday that I didn't even get to know there names.

Do i need help?

 

[Alex1975]

I talk to it more at address.

"Come on you filthy tart, do what I want you to do, i've paid good money for this" - then clobber it.

Hello Doctor Bob

My name is Funkyfred but it should be Casinova

I speak lovingly to all my balls but they keep leaving me and dont return. There were even some on saturday that I didn't even get to know there names.

Do i need help?

Yep, but not for talking to the ball...