Teeing off when people are in range?

sweetswing · 16-12-2010 9:27am #1

Have you ever been so frustrated with slow play that you fire a shot down the fairway ? What do you do when someone does it to you?

alxmorgan · 16-12-2010 9:51am

Simple answer is no.
And I was with a friend of mine one day when I first started playing when someone behind did it and it nearly came to blows.
Way out of order. You should never do it as far as I'm concerned. If you have issues with group in front talk to them or the ranger but you're taking a chance with someones life doing that

Glencarraig · 16-12-2010 9:54am

Take out your favourite fairway wood and hit the ball straight back from where it came.

BUACHAILL · 16-12-2010 10:03am

Pick up ball and stick it in your pocket !! If they are stupid enough to ask for the ball you can let rip at them. Have wanted to tee off so many times at people but never do. seen it dont once were ball went through someones legs, not on but accurate, lad hadnt hit a fairway all day.

Anto12 · 16-12-2010 10:04am

No never have done .. Always wait untill they are out of range .. would hate for someone to drive a ball down on top of me or someone in our group .. have heard of one guy who it happened to - he just picked up the ball that was driven & then chucked it into the pond !!! No idea of what happened after that though !!

blackwaterfish · 16-12-2010 12:24pm

absolutley horrendous thing to do. never witnessed it but i'd have zero qualms about reporting it. if the group in front of you are either a bunch of slow, arrogant d1ckheads or a group of brutal newbies... theres other ways of dealing with it.... like growing a pair of balls and telling them to pick up the pace or stand aside.

there are no circumstances that justifiy driving your ball off the tee towards someone.

if it ever happens to me i hope, in the words of tenacious d, i'm in a position to drop trou and squeeze out a cleveland steamer on the offenders golf ball.

conno16 · 16-12-2010 1:14pm

OP - has to be done sometimes
just dont aim directly for the blokes in front - use a fade or draw to overtake their delicate heads

derra · 16-12-2010 1:17pm

Hate when that happens, especially on a hole whereas you ring the bell giving the all clear, but they hit it before ya ring it :mad:

Playing with a fella few weeks and he told me years ago he was playing with his son , a fella hit his tee shot whilst they were on their second shot, anyway the ball smacked his son in the head and he was dazed and and confused for short while but continued on after giving yer man a bollocking.
A few holes later and the same fella done it again hitting the young lad in the arm this time

So he marched down to the tee box and knocked him out cold, and this lad is hefty now and sure he was then too

Could'nt blame him in the circumstances tbh.

Iangolf · 16-12-2010 1:42pm

derra wrote: »

Hate when that happens, especially on a hole whereas you ring the bell giving the all clear, but they hit it before ya ring it :mad:

What would you're reaction be, if after you have rung the bell and walked on 20 or 30 yards, a ball bounces past you. A lot of clubs have bells at 240-250 yards. I had an unfortunate incident where i was teeing off in an open and asked one of my partners who was a member in the club if I was okay to play as I couldnt tell if the group in front were in range, he said out of range So I hit away and the ball bounced right in the middle of the group... (Belewstown 1st downhill, very tough to gauge distance when you havent played there before)

Also on Bell ringing, how often do people actually ring the bell and how often do they not and you end up waiting there like a plank for a bell when they are already on the next tee box. I think hitting when you know someone is range is wrong, but dont always think the worst of people.

Whyner · 16-12-2010 1:50pm

Nope, never have.

Have you ever been so frustrated due to not playing golf for 3 weeks that you'll get any awl thread going? Just don't check the forecast :eek:

RGS · 16-12-2010 3:25pm

Had an experience myself recently. Walking across the green to putt when a ball landed on the green from the group behind. Looked down the fairway without saying a word and saw this guy running up the fairway, i assumed to apologise. I marked his ball as it was on my line and when to putt when this guy roars "put my ball back". His partners tell him the ball was marked but he still kept shouting the odds as if i was at fault.
End in a bit of verbals as a result.

I was quite happy to play away and accept an apology as mistakes happen and no one was injured but the way he acted he beleived he was right and i was wrong.

Squiggle · 16-12-2010 3:55pm

conno16 wrote: »

OP - has to be done sometimes
just dont aim directly for the blokes in front - use a fade or draw to overtake their delicate heads

Ever hear of litigation? :rolleyes:

Mister Sifter · 16-12-2010 4:04pm

RGS wrote: »

Had an experience myself recently. Walking across the green to putt when a ball landed on the green from the group behind. Looked down the fairway without saying a word and saw this guy running up the fairway, i assumed to apologise. I marked his ball as it was on my line and when to putt when this guy roars "put my ball back". His partners tell him the ball was marked but he still kept shouting the odds as if i was at fault.
End in a bit of verbals as a result.

I was quite happy to play away and accept an apology as mistakes happen and no one was injured but the way he acted he beleived he was right and i was wrong.

Didn't happen on a par 5 fifth hole by any chance?

RGS · 16-12-2010 4:08pm

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Didn't happen on a par 5 fifth hole by any chance?

Could not possible answer that question:D

Mister Sifter · 16-12-2010 4:11pm

RGS wrote: »

Could not possible answer that question:D

Haha... i think i might have heard the other side of the story. Although in fairness, i think yours is more likely to be more accurate!

:D

dvemail · 16-12-2010 5:13pm

I think when you are playing a course that you are not familiar with, especially ones with sime blind shots it is very hard to judge the distance from the tee to the group in front.
So it happens more often with visitors who didnt mean it. But you can still get the odd person who decides to act like a plank and risk seriously injuring somebody.

sweetswing · 16-12-2010 5:39pm

It's something I would never do my self, no matter how annoying the people are. I also don't get to bent out of shape when a ball lands near me or rolls past me on a fairway as accidents do happen.
As far as standing on a green and balls raining down on you. What the fcuk do people be thinking?

Corkblowin · 16-12-2010 5:43pm

Barely driveable par 4's can be a grey area - do you wait for green to clear or blaze away?

For me, if its one i can comfortably reach I wait, if its one I hit less than 50% of the time - then once the flag comes out you're fair game!

Same as the above really, don't get too flustered about the odd ball passing me out in the fairway, but more than once or twice a round would generate a response from me!

sweetswing · 16-12-2010 5:54pm

Corkblowin wrote: »

Barely driveable par 4's can be a grey area - do you wait for green to clear or blaze away?

For me, if its one i can comfortably reach I wait, if its one I hit less than 50% of the time - then once the flag comes out you're fair game!

Same as the above really, don't get too flustered about the odd ball passing me out in the fairway, but more than once or twice a round would generate a response from me!

If you think you can reach the green and there are still people on it , wait until they are off it or change your club FFS.

Jasonw · 16-12-2010 6:14pm

RGS wrote: »

Had an experience myself recently. Walking across the green to putt when a ball landed on the green from the group behind. Looked down the fairway without saying a word and saw this guy running up the fairway, i assumed to apologise. I marked his ball as it was on my line and when to putt when this guy roars "put my ball back". His partners tell him the ball was marked but he still kept shouting the odds as if i was at fault.
End in a bit of verbals as a result.

I was quite happy to play away and accept an apology as mistakes happen and no one was injured but the way he acted he beleived he was right and i was wrong.

I assume you took your penalty for marking the ball without the players permission.

charlieIRL · 16-12-2010 7:52pm

I nearly got clobbered by a ball there during the summer - it was hit by the club CAPTAIN. We were in a 3 ball and there was a 4 ball in front. Play wasn't slow by either party in front or behind. I was going to take out a club & drive it back at him but knew it might not be the best option. I just pointed to the ball and then to the group in front of us. They backed off a bit after that.

Thought it was shocking bad behaviour.

Corkblowin · 17-12-2010 10:10am

I know what you mean sweetswing - I'd never hit if I knew I was going to reach, what I meant was on those holes where if you catch it sweet, with the wind behind, the right shape and a good bounce the ball might roll onto the front, maybe even reach the middle.

I don't think that we use the call on rule enough, where once you reach the green, mark, let the guys behind hit off, and then play on. There's nothing more frustrating than watch a fourball wait for a par 4 to clear, and the 2 come up 50 yards short and another misses way left (or to be the group causing the backup!). Slows play right down.