Petercool
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So my club is in its Matchplay phase and I played round one last weekend.
I am totally new to Matchplay and only been playing golf for 3 years.
The guy I was against was off 11 and me 13 as he decided we should play off the very back competition tees.
He told me as he had the lowest handicap, he got to select what tees to play off. I know that's BS now.
We played the back 9 first and then the front 9. I got a shot on the 12th (par 4) and 8th (par 3).
He tells me he will score for us but I did know that the MISCORE app we use in Australia has a feature where it scores matchplay so I just used it to keep track. (tell you this for a reason later on)
The *** experience begins here.
I say, "I'm new to the club as I've only been here 8 months so never played in the matchplay comp"
and he responds, "Oh you cant play matchplay unless you've been here 12 months".
"Oh well they took my entry so I'm playing.
I have a 2 wood mini driver (taylormade burner), so I am about to hit, I've addressed the ball and he goes, "We are playing off the black tees not the ladies".
Anyway I lose the first 2 holes and win the next 2.
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What football team do you support, I reply I don't and he goes, oh so you are gay. I ignore him (I'm not gay).
I just counted your clubs and you have too many. Me: really? I only have 12 in the bag. How many do you have? he just smirks.
I've just remembered you can't use an electric buggy for matchplay. You should have carried them like me. thats a walkover win for me. I ignore him.
Over the first 16 holes its just back and forth with me going 3 up and then starting the 8th where I get a shot, I am 1 up but he has the honors.
Anyway, he absolutely nails his shot to 1 mtr of the pin. Sadly I put mine in the short side bunker. I get it out about 5 mtrs from the pin.
It is now he goes to me, "That has to be the worst looking putter I have ever seen and your grip is all wrong. I am surprised you've even sunk a putt today with that grip". (FYI Its a normal grip)
but go on to 3 putt as I might admit he did get into my head. He pars and wins the hole.
We walk to the last / 9th on our course and he goes he's 1 up. I look at the app as I was sure it was even especially as I was pissed for not winning on the previous hole when I had the extra shot on him.
I say no we are even, he says we arent and I said we can go thru it when we finish the last. He grunts and looks at his card again.
9th hole he absolutely BOMBs a drive down the middle. I spray mine to the right. Worst tee shot all day.
I then have to hit a 7 wood over a tree but I then hit the second tree and it drops to the ground in the bark lie.
He hit his second into the left green side bunker.
I am thinking that I am so sick of this and I'm either going to win with glory or go out in a blaze of fire.
I thin my sandwedge into a tree that the ball bounces off and then it runs thru the right side bunker and come to rest 1 mtr from the pin.
He hits his bunker shot out over the green into the rough on the other side of the green.
I go on to get a par (4) and he gets a 6.
So I win.
Not as far as he is concerned. So we sit down and go thru each hole and after doing this twice, he admits I've won and just stands up and walks off. Never to be seen again.
But here's the kicker to the story
The pro shop guys see me walking into the club house bar with the other 2 guys from our group and 2 of them come out to ask who won. I tell them the above and they then tell me he is the biggest cheat in the club and he has won everything other than the matchplay championships. They then tell me his handicap is usually 6 but he has been blowing it out for 6 months in preparation for the MatchPlay champs.
I only played matchplay so I could meet some new people in the club. He is the first ahole I've come across in the 8 months Ive been there.
The really funny part was I didnt care if I won or lost.
But to the title of this thread.
Why are people like this? Its just a game of golf.
I am totally new to Matchplay and only been playing golf for 3 years.
The guy I was against was off 11 and me 13 as he decided we should play off the very back competition tees.
He told me as he had the lowest handicap, he got to select what tees to play off. I know that's BS now.
We played the back 9 first and then the front 9. I got a shot on the 12th (par 4) and 8th (par 3).
He tells me he will score for us but I did know that the MISCORE app we use in Australia has a feature where it scores matchplay so I just used it to keep track. (tell you this for a reason later on)
The *** experience begins here.
I say, "I'm new to the club as I've only been here 8 months so never played in the matchplay comp"
and he responds, "Oh you cant play matchplay unless you've been here 12 months".
"Oh well they took my entry so I'm playing.
I have a 2 wood mini driver (taylormade burner), so I am about to hit, I've addressed the ball and he goes, "We are playing off the black tees not the ladies".
Anyway I lose the first 2 holes and win the next 2.
more comments like
What football team do you support, I reply I don't and he goes, oh so you are gay. I ignore him (I'm not gay).
I just counted your clubs and you have too many. Me: really? I only have 12 in the bag. How many do you have? he just smirks.
I've just remembered you can't use an electric buggy for matchplay. You should have carried them like me. thats a walkover win for me. I ignore him.
Over the first 16 holes its just back and forth with me going 3 up and then starting the 8th where I get a shot, I am 1 up but he has the honors.
Anyway, he absolutely nails his shot to 1 mtr of the pin. Sadly I put mine in the short side bunker. I get it out about 5 mtrs from the pin.
It is now he goes to me, "That has to be the worst looking putter I have ever seen and your grip is all wrong. I am surprised you've even sunk a putt today with that grip". (FYI Its a normal grip)
but go on to 3 putt as I might admit he did get into my head. He pars and wins the hole.
We walk to the last / 9th on our course and he goes he's 1 up. I look at the app as I was sure it was even especially as I was pissed for not winning on the previous hole when I had the extra shot on him.
I say no we are even, he says we arent and I said we can go thru it when we finish the last. He grunts and looks at his card again.
9th hole he absolutely BOMBs a drive down the middle. I spray mine to the right. Worst tee shot all day.
I then have to hit a 7 wood over a tree but I then hit the second tree and it drops to the ground in the bark lie.
He hit his second into the left green side bunker.
I am thinking that I am so sick of this and I'm either going to win with glory or go out in a blaze of fire.
I thin my sandwedge into a tree that the ball bounces off and then it runs thru the right side bunker and come to rest 1 mtr from the pin.
He hits his bunker shot out over the green into the rough on the other side of the green.
I go on to get a par (4) and he gets a 6.
So I win.
Not as far as he is concerned. So we sit down and go thru each hole and after doing this twice, he admits I've won and just stands up and walks off. Never to be seen again.
But here's the kicker to the story
The pro shop guys see me walking into the club house bar with the other 2 guys from our group and 2 of them come out to ask who won. I tell them the above and they then tell me he is the biggest cheat in the club and he has won everything other than the matchplay championships. They then tell me his handicap is usually 6 but he has been blowing it out for 6 months in preparation for the MatchPlay champs.
I only played matchplay so I could meet some new people in the club. He is the first ahole I've come across in the 8 months Ive been there.
The really funny part was I didnt care if I won or lost.
But to the title of this thread.
Why are people like this? Its just a game of golf.
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...after each hole I simply record a +, -, 0 in the result/pts column and then verbally check the status of the match with my opponent.
) I've never come up against anything close to what was described - though quite often an opponent will do or say something that perhaps he shouldn't...sometimes inadvertent - sometimes deliberate. But I never respond in kind. I try and play to the high standards I was taught (had driven into me) - and if I think that I might have said or done anything I wouldn't like an opponent to do or say to me then I'll apologize as soon as I can - immediately if possible.
