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65nlovenit · 01-22-2007, 09:25 AM

Playing behind a foursome. Seems everytime these guys T off one of them is in the woods. Now thats not bad enough, but the whole foursome ends up tromping through the woods on a Safari to find balls. The worst part is they would not let us play through,,,,Grrrrrr

fitz-uk · 01-22-2007, 10:14 AM

To be fair they are allowed to look for 5 minutes before the ball is classed as lost, however they should use their brain and look behind them and see that they are holding people up.

I often feel like I am being rushed, I would love to have a little more time getting set before hitting my shots.

srothfuss · 01-22-2007, 10:19 AM

Being Hit into is never too much fun. Sometimes it is on accident - but I wonder if people are trying to make me hurry up once in a while?

And I do try to play a course as quickly as I can.

I also don't like people that repeat holes.

JPsuff · 01-22-2007, 11:44 AM

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Let's see...where to begin?

OK, in 'list' form, the following things tick me off, (in no particular order):

1. People who do not fix ball marks.

2. People who leave their carts at the bottom of the green directly opposite the exit point, (who then have to walk all the way across to get it while everyone's waiting to hit).

3. "Carts only" policies.

4. Group searches for lost balls, (particularly prevalent with the drive cart crowd).

5. Foursomes in two drive carts who have to all "visit" each player's shot instead of going to their individual balls.

6. Players in drive carts who wait and watch one player hit, then when he's done, the cart drives forward thirty feet and the other guy gets out to hit.

7. People who mark my ball for me on the green. (I'll mark my own ball, thank you. It's part of my pre-shot).

8. People who mark their ball on the green with a tee. (Lot's of chlorine in that gene pool, huh?).

9. People who take in excess of 7 or 8 shots to get to a green and then begin plumb bobbing putts.

10. "Cartpath only" policies, (especially when most of their cartpaths are on the left sides of the holes when 90% of the golfing public hits the ball to the right).

11. People who spend time trying to "dig" their ball out of the cup with the back of their putters while marring the grass at the edges of the cup or displacing the cup altogether.

12. People who don't replace divots.

13. Cell phones on golf courses.

14. People walking on my putting line.

15. Golf courses who have "carts only" policies and try to explain them by saying that they speed up play.

16. "Belly putters" or putters that more resemble branding irons than golf clubs.

17. "Brush tees", (they don't tick me off really, it's just that I can't believe you were stupid enough to fall for the hype.

18. People who pick up and pocket "found" golf balls lying between adjacent fairways - one of them is usually my tee shot.

19. People who begin a driving range session by hitting a full driver, (again, not really a 'tick off', but come on!).

20. People who don't fix ball marks.

srothfuss · 01-22-2007, 12:14 PM

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6. Players in drive carts who wait and watch one player hit, then when he's done, the cart drives forward thirty feet and the other guy gets out to hit.

I'd like to add this one to my list as well...

Fourputt · 01-22-2007, 12:54 PM

1. The foursome which has only one guy (at most, but not necessarily even one) in the group who can hit the ball more than 220 yards, but who have to play from the tips in order to get the "complete" golfing experience. ( I unfortunately have friends like this)

2. ANYBODY who has to stalk and plumb bob every 3 foot putt.

3. Guys who get to their ball, then wait until it's their "turn" to even START to figure out what they are going to do, much less pull a club out of the bag.

3. Anyone who doesn't usually have most of the shot planned out by the time he gets to his ball. If I can do it from a cart, why can't the guy walking next to me do the same thing?

In case you can't tell, fiddlers drive me nuts. People who do anything and everything that has absolutely nothing to do with making a stroke, but they have to do it before every shot. I deplore slow play in general, but when it's caused either by complete inaction, or by useless and wasted motion (NOBODY needs to take 5 practice swings before addressing the ball), then it drives me nuts. I have played with people who fiddle around so much that I can't even stand watch them... I have to turn my back when it's their turn.

callawaygolf1 · 01-22-2007, 01:08 PM

People whpo dont say fore OUCH!!!

JPsuff · 01-22-2007, 01:56 PM

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As far as I'm concerned, people can play from whatever tees they desire. Whether they should or shouldn't is a judgement call at best. My concern isn't whether they should be there but rather with how they move along. If a guy wants to play the blues even though he hasn't got the game for it, I don't care, as long as you're not slowing down the rest of the course doing so.

Let's face it, there are plenty of people who can't even handle the regulation tees, yet there they are topping one shot after another. But as long as they don't spend all day bemoaning every poor shot and offering demonstrations as to what they "should have" done, it's all good.

For instance, I'm a pretty good putter. Part of the reason for that is that I have a pre-shot routine that I never rush or change and the other part is that I take my time in sizing up a putt.
Most of the time, I can "see" a putt from behind the ball. But sometimes a break is so subtle that it requires a look from the other side and I will take the time to take that look if I think it's necessary. If someone doen't like that, well that's too bad.

I don't believe that we should be "tailgating" the group in front of us. I've seen guys ranting about the fact that the group in front hasn't even teed-off yet while we're still putting out on the hole we're playing.
Naturally, this guy ends up three-putting because his concentration is focused on the group in front and how they're not living up to his "satndards" for speed-of-play, rather than on making the putt he's facing.

I hate the "speed golf" crowd who for some reason have to finish in some sort of record time. Golf is as much a social experience and a leisure time activity as it is a sport. It is not some kind of race.

-JP

Fourputt · 01-22-2007, 02:50 PM

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As far as I'm concerned, people can play from whatever tees they desire. Whether they should or shouldn't is a judgement call at best. My concern isn't whether they should be there but rather with how they move along.

I hate the "speed golf" crowd who for some reason have to finish in some sort of record time. Golf is as much a social experience and a leisure time activity as it is a sport. It is not some kind of race.
-JP

If they can handle the tips, then by all means. I'm referring to the ones who take 4 strokes to get from the tips to the front tees, or hit 4 shots into the lake or OB trying to get one ball in play. There are some players who have no business playing the back tees, and there are some courses where even a solid mid-handicapper shouldn't be playing them.

I've played a course called Riverdale Dunes here in the Denver area where on one hole it's 230 yards from the back tee box to the front one. The entire course is almost 650 yards longer just from the gold to the blue tees (7030 - 6398). It's a Dye Designs course, a public municipal facility, and one of the most highly rated "affordable" courses in the country (weekend non-resident $41). Because of the rating and the low cost, it gets a lot of play, and some people just can't seem to feel that they are getting their money's worth unless the play the tips, whether they belong there or not, and most don't.

BTW, even when I carried a 9.3 index I didn't play the back tees at the Dunes...

65nlovenit · 01-22-2007, 02:52 PM

another thing that really gets me is, guys who are'nt the best golfers in the world, getting all worked up, cursing and swearing at every shot, throwing clubs and generally ruining my nice quiet day out... another thing is big hitters who consistently hit into our group, first off if I could let them go through I would, gladly, but when there's 5 groups of four in front of us, I'm just passing bad manners onto the the next group. I had a bunch do that three times in one round, the last time I tee'd up the guys ball and air mailed it back to him... funny he didnt hit into us after that....