Things you see others do.

[cookelad]

I thought an archer carried his quiver on his back, upright so the arrows don't fall out ? If you carried the quiver with the base in front of you wouldn't the arrows go straight up your nose ?

I'm useless at describing things - I should ask the girlfriend to do it!

Base at the bottom but in front of the golfer, while the clubheads are at the top behind the golfers shoulder!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I thought an archer carried his quiver on his back, upright so the arrows don't fall out ?

That's it - and you've seen fellow golfers wandering about with golf bag so aligned. Single strap bags encouraged this odd behaviour. Just not right

 

[MashieNiblick]

One of the detrimental things I see is people standing over the ball for an eternity before hitting it. What on earth are they thinking about for so long?

Guilty, on my chips any way. And the answer to your question is "don't thin it, don't thin it, don't thin it, don't duff it, don't thin it , but don't duff it, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

 

[Nashy]

People who ask what club you just took on a par3 and you say a 6 iron, then they say I hit an 8 iron you should have been a club less atleast! This usually happens when the balls sitting nicely on the green when I aimed it. I think this comes from hitting the ball further or atleast the same distance off the tee as them.

The other is people thinking I am going to miss lots of fairways just because I hit the ball a respectable distance with a diver.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My buddy spends an inordinate length of time very carefully replacing and lining up his ball before he putts. I am convinced this is detrimental to his putting as just before making his stroke he must notice any minor deviation from his required 'prefect' alignment of his ball to line of putt/hole or whetever he does (I don't want to ask him). I just stick it down ball, makers name up but don't do any 'ball-alignment' as such - thereby avoiding that distraction.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

People who ask what club you just took on a par3 and you say a 6 iron, then they say I hit an 8 iron you should have been a club less atleast! This usually happens when the balls sitting nicely on the green when I aimed it. I think this comes from hitting the ball further or atleast the same distance off the tee as them.

The other is people thinking I am going to miss lots of fairways just because I hit the ball a respectable distance with a diver.

The other side of this is those who sneak a look at what you hit before they play their shot - and then change club. Just introduces uncertainty. Choose your club and stick with it unless somehting about another player's shot shouts at you that you've misjudged club selection badly. Otherwise follow your instinct.

 

[Nashy]

There's a few friends I play with and we hit the ball the same distance iron for iron and woods etc, ball flight is different. I don't really mind if they take a look at what I have hit or ask afterwards as its relevant.