Annoying golf behaviour

freddie1970

Have only started playing golf over the last year and joined a local club ..was playing a round there during the week getting a bit off practise in and one lad there asked me could he join me for a round i said grand happy for the company ..
Anyways i told him i only started so i might not be great he told me he was a member 20 years ..so i started playing teeing off grand and happy enough with my shots ..
Anyways this lad proceeded to take apart my game ..i was standing wrong ..my grip was wrong ..ball placement was wrong ..at this stage i was driving as far as him ..and had a better score on 4 of the 5 holes we played ..anyways he was annoying me so much that i topped a shot ..he then proceeded to place a ball where mine was take a shot and say now thats how u play golf ..****ing wanker ..i nearly went in to cancel my membership ...
By the way im getting lessons off a pro who reckons my grip stance and ball placement is good ..but sure what would he know ..
Anyways for all those seasoned golfers out there ..if your playing with someone not quiet as good as urselfs just let them enjoy their game and leave the lessons to the pros ..its only a game and we all want to enjoy it ..

NapoleonInRags

In fairness, the vast majority of golfers are sound. You were just unlucky to run into a bell end.

freddie1970

Ah yeah i have played with a few lads there and they were dead sound ..this guy was a total twat though..

tritriagain

freddie1970 wrote: »

Have only started playing golf over the last year and joined a local club ..was playing a round there during the week getting a bit off practise in and one lad there asked me could he join me for a round i said grand happy for the company ..
Anyways i told him i only started so i might not be great he told me he was a member 20 years ..so i started playing teeing off grand and happy enough with my shots ..
Anyways this lad proceeded to take apart my game ..i was standing wrong ..my grip was wrong ..ball placement was wrong ..at this stage i was driving as far as him ..and had a better score on 4 of the 5 holes we played ..anyways he was annoying me so much that i topped a shot ..he then proceeded to place a ball where mine was take a shot and say now thats how u play golf ..****ing wanker ..i nearly went in to cancel my membership ...
By the way im getting lessons off a pro who reckons my grip stance and ball placement is good ..but sure what would he know ..
Anyways for all those seasoned golfers out there ..if your playing with someone not quiet as good as urselfs just let them enjoy their game and leave the lessons to the pros ..its only a game and we all want to enjoy it ..

I play regularly with someone 6 shots better than me. Sometimes he gives me some quite advice,maybe just sentence here and there, which I'm grateful for. He never oversteps the mark. I couldn't deal with someone like in op.

fred funk }{

My biggest gripe is when two lads are whispering to each other. I CAN STILL FCUKING HEAR YOU!

FixdePitchmark

freddie1970 wrote: »

Ah yeah i have played with a few lads there and they were dead sound ..this guy was a total twat though..

In our place your man is a character.
Golfing is full of loners, odd balls and over sensitive people too.
"Nearly" - going in to cancel your membership on that basis of that is a bit dramatic.

You have two choices in this situations

1) tell him to **** off - response can be.
a) He laughs and leaves you alone
b) He laughs and keeps doing it - you don't go near him again. You can even say after 3 holes, have to head in - for kids, wife , Fair City.
c) He gets upset, is a well known charter and suddenly you are a bit of a grump from the off.

2) Say nothing and go along with him. Outcome
a) you've made your man's day - week - month.
b) You learn something and have a laugh - and laugh at him when you drive home.

If your entering golf to meet people that act , the same way as you, behave the same way as you - it is the wrong sport.

It is a handicapped sport that people from 7 to 90 + years of age play. It isn't like any other , so you need to be open to all sorts. Be it social, political, life attitudes , to skill levels and strange on course superstitsions and carry on. This game fecks people heads up.

If a guy is in a club 20 years and you are new , you've lost out a little if you don't learn something in a few holes - be it about the past, the future, the scandal, the tips on when to head down to club, tips on the staff, the course, the best people to play with , even the ones to avoid.

Now - I hate slow play, but if you love golf, you are in it for golf, so you got to take the crap parts for the 95 % of it that is unreal.

Sorry - for going on, but yes your man is part of the game. We all come across one , once a month.

One thing I would say about golf that is an annoying behaviour - is the number of very grumpy and intolerable people that play it.

freddie1970

Believe im very easy going ..and i have had many try to give instructions before and it didnt bother me ..but this was different at one stage he grapped my shoulders just after i tee'd off right into my personal space ..i admit saying cancelling membership was too much ..but seriously who puts down a ball to play the same shot and says look i can do it better to someone learning ..that is bound to piss anyway off ..

ForeRight

freddie1970 wrote: »

Believe im very easy going ..and i have had many try to give instructions before and it didnt bother me ..but this was different at one stage he grapped my shoulders just after i tee'd off right into my personal space ..i admit saying cancelling membership was too much ..but seriously who puts down a ball to play the same shot and says look i can do it better to someone learning ..that is bound to piss anyway off ..

Armchair Andy

If I'm on my own like that and a lad asks to join in I'd normally say I'm waiting on the trots to clear so I'd prefer stay on my own.
Hasn't failed me yet.

princess poppy

Armchair Andy wrote: »

If I'm on my own like that and a lad asks to join in I'd normally say I'm waiting on the trots to clear so I'd prefer stay on my own.
Hasn't failed me yet.

Brilliant, haven't stopped laughing yet

red ears

When you are about to putt and one of your playing partners is wandering across the green.

stockdam

Responding to the OP, I guess the guy was just trying to help. I rarely give advice as there are often many complex things going on a quick fix rarely fixes a fault. I can see basic things that are causing problems but it's better going to a series of lessons and practicing what you have been taught.

My biggest gripe is slow play. The worst that I played with was one guy who would freeze over the ball for about 20 seconds then take a backswing, stop and then return to address for another 20 seconds. At times I would start to walk forward thinking he had hit the ball only to see him spend another 20 seconds of inaction. I guess I'm exaggerating the time but every shot appeared to take 1 minute of just standing still.

fred funk }{

stockdam wrote: »

Responding to the OP, I guess the guy was just trying to help. I rarely give advice as there are often many complex things going on a quick fix rarely fixes a fault. I can see basic things that are causing problems but it's better going to a series of lessons and practicing what you have been taught.

My biggest gripe is slow play. The worst that I played with was one guy who would freeze over the ball for about 20 seconds then take a backswing, stop and then return to address for another 20 seconds. At times I would start to walk forward thinking he had hit the ball only to see him spend another 20 seconds of inaction. I guess I'm exaggerating the time but every shot appeared to take 1 minute of just standing still.

Sole destroying.

mikepajero182

I feel your pain. Not helpful this time, but if you ever get paired with one in a competition, asking if they are aware of the two shot penalty for offering advice usually shuts them up.

spacecoyote

OP, I'd just go with the line..."I'm taking lessons with a pro. He said I'll hit some bad shots until I bed it in, but I'm going to stick with what he showed me for now"

Which should translate as..."I'm talking to someone who actually knows what they're talking about, so you can keep your advice to yourself"

That should, generally speaking, help you quieten someone down without offending them

newport2

fred funk }{ wrote: »

My biggest gripe is when two lads are whispering to each other. I CAN STILL FCUKING HEAR YOU!

This +1000

Par72

There's at least one of these lads in every club. There's one in my club who loves hanging around the practice ground and offering unsolicited advice at every opportunity. You've met the one at your club now so you know to steer clear of him!

seamie78

new to the game myself and have met many different types of people all very eager to give tips which I generally appreciate, some I find very useful some not so much but im grateful that people take their time to impart whatever knowledge they have

hesker

Was playing in a President's Prize one year and going well. Play was slow all day and waiting on every tee. On the 17th tee the 3 ball behind us caught up alongside (still finishing on the nearby green) and one of them marches onto the tee box with his trolley and parks it 2 feet in front of the tee markers completely blocking me from teeing off.

Says I ... would you mind moving your trolley there so I can tee off

Says he .... Can you not move it yourself ffs.... and then comes back and moves it with a lot of huffing and puffing

I was so stunned I couldn't get a response back at him. I'm sorry I didn't fcuk the whole lot of his gear into the nearby river.

There had been zero interaction between us the whole day, he was just pissed off at being held up all day like everyone else, but managed to act like a complete tosser on top of everything.

Didn't stop me from scoring 44pts and getting second prize though.

Running Balance

hesker wrote:

Didn't stop me from scoring 44pts and getting second prize though.

Bandit 😲

hesker

Running Balance wrote: »

Bandit 😲

Another 5 pts and I would have taken 1st

Running Balance

hesker wrote:

Another 5 pts and I would have taken 1st

God i hope you are joking!!

hesker

Running Balance wrote: »

God i hope you are joking!!

No. Not at all

Glencarraig

freddie1970 wrote: »

Have only started playing golf over the last year and joined a local club ..was playing a round there during the week getting a bit off practise in and one lad there asked me could he join me for a round i said grand happy for the company ..
Anyways i told him i only started so i might not be great he told me he was a member 20 years ..so i started playing teeing off grand and happy enough with my shots ..
Anyways this lad proceeded to take apart my game ..i was standing wrong ..my grip was wrong ..ball placement was wrong ..at this stage i was driving as far as him ..and had a better score on 4 of the 5 holes we played ..anyways he was annoying me so much that i topped a shot ..he then proceeded to place a ball where mine was take a shot and say now thats how u play golf ..****ing wanker ..i nearly went in to cancel my membership ...
By the way im getting lessons off a pro who reckons my grip stance and ball placement is good ..but sure what would he know ..
Anyways for all those seasoned golfers out there ..if your playing with someone not quiet as good as urselfs just let them enjoy their game and leave the lessons to the pros ..its only a game and we all want to enjoy it ..

Practice your arse off, pray that you get him in the club singles matchplay and hammer him 7&6, sweet revenge !!