Whereditgo
Journeyman Pro
Played in round one of one of our Majors today, round two tomorrow. We were a fourball, one of whom I play with fairly regularly in club B team matches, another who I know but have rarely played with and a junior I had never previously met. Swapping cards on the first tee I exchanged with the guy from the B team leaving the junior to swap with the remaining player.
On the 7th, SI 1 par four into a stiffening wind, the junior and I were both faced with a 10 ft or so putt for bogey. The junior played first and rolled it a foot past, walked up and asked if he could finish it off, naturally all agreed. He straddled my line and missed the putt (much laughter at the name he called himself) for a 7.
On the next tee box, a par 3, we were waiting for the green to clear and I heard him tell his marker he had "same six". We tee'd off and as we walked away from the tee box I asked was he sure about his score and asked him to recount his strokes, he said six, so I reminded him of the duffed chip and he said "oh yeah, I'll correct it".
On the 9th tee, he and his marker were checking front 9 totals and I asked if he'd remembered to amend his score for the 7th, he replied "yes" and I walked to the tee box. Having a drink in the bar after the marker mentioned something about it (I can't remember what brought it up), I related the above to which the marker said "when I asked him (the junior) about it he told me he hadn't been sure if he had a 5 or a 6 on the 7th, but it was a 6".
I think he was 3 over nett, so probably (possibly?) Won't threaten the leaders.
I'm thinking a quiet word to give him the chance to report the error himself?
On the 7th, SI 1 par four into a stiffening wind, the junior and I were both faced with a 10 ft or so putt for bogey. The junior played first and rolled it a foot past, walked up and asked if he could finish it off, naturally all agreed. He straddled my line and missed the putt (much laughter at the name he called himself) for a 7.
On the next tee box, a par 3, we were waiting for the green to clear and I heard him tell his marker he had "same six". We tee'd off and as we walked away from the tee box I asked was he sure about his score and asked him to recount his strokes, he said six, so I reminded him of the duffed chip and he said "oh yeah, I'll correct it".
On the 9th tee, he and his marker were checking front 9 totals and I asked if he'd remembered to amend his score for the 7th, he replied "yes" and I walked to the tee box. Having a drink in the bar after the marker mentioned something about it (I can't remember what brought it up), I related the above to which the marker said "when I asked him (the junior) about it he told me he hadn't been sure if he had a 5 or a 6 on the 7th, but it was a 6".
I think he was 3 over nett, so probably (possibly?) Won't threaten the leaders.
I'm thinking a quiet word to give him the chance to report the error himself?
