Qwerty
Tour Winner
You couldn't make it up could you????
To be fair Smiffy his fingers were very busy last night.
I'm surprised he didn't congratulate Gordon Spieth on winning the masters.
When do you give up on a round?
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To be fair Smiffy his fingers were very busy last night.
I'm surprised he didn't congratulate Gordon Spieth on winning the masters.
John Boy Saint
Assistant Pro
Too bloody tight to walk off, paid my money and getting plenty of value per stroke as they rack up 
Only had to walk off for rain on a society day afternoon scramble which was a shame as despite rooster tails as the ball crossed flooded greens I was sinking everything from whatever distance, but when your waterproofs begin to struggle and your under crackers are distinctly damp most probably would walk.
Playing with my mate and his teenage son and his son walked off on the 15th after a mare his Dad was mortified and so apologetic. With work 6 of us buzz off to Spain and Portugal during the year, both bosses can be painfully slow and one of our party gets so wound up with it that his 11 hcp game goes to the dogs then he threatens to walk in for the next 2-3 hours solid, whilst spraying balls all over the place as the coil tightens.
Only had to walk off for rain on a society day afternoon scramble which was a shame as despite rooster tails as the ball crossed flooded greens I was sinking everything from whatever distance, but when your waterproofs begin to struggle and your under crackers are distinctly damp most probably would walk.
Playing with my mate and his teenage son and his son walked off on the 15th after a mare his Dad was mortified and so apologetic. With work 6 of us buzz off to Spain and Portugal during the year, both bosses can be painfully slow and one of our party gets so wound up with it that his 11 hcp game goes to the dogs then he threatens to walk in for the next 2-3 hours solid, whilst spraying balls all over the place as the coil tightens.
shortstuff
Assistant Pro
OP: despite the temptation - NEVER! Worst case scenario it turns in to a practice round. I set myself some small challenges so I can at least come away with something positive.
MadAdey
Money List Winner
Only ever done it once and like others that was due to slow play and just loosing the will to live after nearly 3 hours for 9 holes.
I do not understand why people walk in when it is not going well, I just use as a good chance to practice. I think if I was ever going to walk in it would have been a couple of years ago at Spalding in the medal. Walked onto the 8th tee 1 over after playing some solid golf through some tricky holes. So now there are good birdie chances at the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th, so feeling like I have a chance to get a pretty good card going. Well I walk onto the 9th tee 10 over
then proceed to par it for a mighty +10 on the front 9, I had 7 pars, 1 bogey and whatever you call a 14 on a par 5.....:whoo:. So 2 options, do I walk in and throw a bitch fit, or do I man up and carry on? I said to myself to play on and I could have that new T-shirt I had been eyeing up if I could still make buffer, so making my own little competition against myself. Walked off the 18th 11 over playing off 9 at the time and got inside buffer. I still love that GG T-shirt, shame I have got fat and can't wear it anymore :mmm:
I do not understand why people walk in when it is not going well, I just use as a good chance to practice. I think if I was ever going to walk in it would have been a couple of years ago at Spalding in the medal. Walked onto the 8th tee 1 over after playing some solid golf through some tricky holes. So now there are good birdie chances at the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th, so feeling like I have a chance to get a pretty good card going. Well I walk onto the 9th tee 10 over
then proceed to par it for a mighty +10 on the front 9, I had 7 pars, 1 bogey and whatever you call a 14 on a par 5.....:whoo:. So 2 options, do I walk in and throw a bitch fit, or do I man up and carry on? I said to myself to play on and I could have that new T-shirt I had been eyeing up if I could still make buffer, so making my own little competition against myself. Walked off the 18th 11 over playing off 9 at the time and got inside buffer. I still love that GG T-shirt, shame I have got fat and can't wear it anymore :mmm:
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I've walked off twice as I remember:
1 - lost a contact lens in the strong wind and forgot to take my glasses with me as a back up. I tried playing with good vision out of only 1 eye but gave me a headache and jacked it in at the turn.
2 - My notoriously bad back gave way and I was in too much pain to carry on.
1 - lost a contact lens in the strong wind and forgot to take my glasses with me as a back up. I tried playing with good vision out of only 1 eye but gave me a headache and jacked it in at the turn.
2 - My notoriously bad back gave way and I was in too much pain to carry on.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Seems pretty much my approach. There's also generally something that's either going well or a challenge to overcome. The lousy golf just takes a back seat to that. I've never walked off. Though that do are taking the game too seriously imo. - or maybe should have withdrawn earlier (unless injured during the round).
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
I've never walked off unless injured, but I did give up trying during a 5 club competition in January. I had been playing ok, but not spectacular. I pushed my tee shot from the 12th onto the 14th fairway, but still had a shot into the green over some small trees and bushes. I pulled a 3 hybrid, and smashed the ball towards the green, however it was also into the low sun that you get in January in Edinburgh. I didn't see the ball leave the club, but my playing parters all said "good shot", "that'll be fine" etc... When I walked up towards the green the ball was nowhere to be seen. No sign whatsoever.
I lost the rag... What is the actual point in playing and hitting good shots only to lose your ball..? If I had duffed it into a bush and lost it, I could handle that. I hit a bad shot and was punished. Hitting a good shot, and being punished anyway is something that I couldn't really put up with.
I nobbed it around for the remaining holes, but gave up caring, wasn't really paying attention and not really taking much time over each shot.
I lost the rag... What is the actual point in playing and hitting good shots only to lose your ball..? If I had duffed it into a bush and lost it, I could handle that. I hit a bad shot and was punished. Hitting a good shot, and being punished anyway is something that I couldn't really put up with.
I nobbed it around for the remaining holes, but gave up caring, wasn't really paying attention and not really taking much time over each shot.
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Having read right through this thread it is now becoming abundantly clear why 5 hour competition rounds are becoming common place
Next time you are shanking and topping it round to a nett 95, spare a thought for all the rest of the field behind you.
Next time you are shanking and topping it round to a nett 95, spare a thought for all the rest of the field behind you.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Only walked in once in a comp, after 3 holes.
I made sure it was ok with my two playing partners first.
I was honkingly bad, and it was whilst going through stage 8 of a "stella" hangover. Come on, you've been there....
I made sure it was ok with my two playing partners first.
I was honkingly bad, and it was whilst going through stage 8 of a "stella" hangover. Come on, you've been there....
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
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Oi! Thats quite a respectable score to some of us!
You would have been pleased with that yesterday in the wind if you'd made it along to Hayling
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Always a fighter, I used to hate dropping shots.
I even completed 6 holes [surprisingly well] in a comp with a migraine where I could not even see the ball at address
At my best in the worst of the weather.
I am not sure I would survive these modern 5 hour rounds though......so glad I played in my era when golf was a sport and not a test of ones patience.
I even completed 6 holes [surprisingly well] in a comp with a migraine where I could not even see the ball at address
At my best in the worst of the weather.
I am not sure I would survive these modern 5 hour rounds though......so glad I played in my era when golf was a sport and not a test of ones patience.
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Tommo21
Tour Winner
Over the years I've done it about 5 times. I don't have a problem with it, if I'm playing poor, getting frustrated, feel it's having an effect on my playing partners....I'll walk.
No big deal, it's a club comp and there should be no stigma attached to walking in.
In saying that, I've played some of my best golf after giving up on a score. Last year at Dunbar, a front 9 of 44 was turned into a gross score of 78 after shooting 10 shots better on the back 9. Level par for the back 9 with three bogies...mad.
On the other hand, last Saturday at Royal Musselburgh golf club there was 54 no returns from 169 competitors........that is shocking. Oh, I wasn't one of them.
No big deal, it's a club comp and there should be no stigma attached to walking in.
In saying that, I've played some of my best golf after giving up on a score. Last year at Dunbar, a front 9 of 44 was turned into a gross score of 78 after shooting 10 shots better on the back 9. Level par for the back 9 with three bogies...mad.
On the other hand, last Saturday at Royal Musselburgh golf club there was 54 no returns from 169 competitors........that is shocking. Oh, I wasn't one of them.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
I would say never but I have had due to injury before.
Only twice and once I nearly threw up in a bin! (TMI?) The other I carried on walking and tried to play through the pain but it was hardly worth it.
Only twice and once I nearly threw up in a bin! (TMI?) The other I carried on walking and tried to play through the pain but it was hardly worth it.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Indeed - though with my bout of s***king there were no small challenges I could set myself. I guess - at least don;t s***k your driver was about all I could cling on to. Once on the green take two putts. In between - purgatory (if I believed in it - which fortunately I don't
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