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What really grinds your gears

rollin said:
This is funny. Just a million thought about what could be mentioned about a special place in hell.
perhaps he can stand next to Tom brady while the hell population throws hard and "over" inflated footballs and rock hard golf balls at them for eternity.
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Is this the Tom Brady who eats Cheetos (the crunchy kind, because they have less air in them) and drives a Volkswagen diesel?
 
I was just reminded of another one that was mentioned here. Egomaniacs playing the wrong set of tees. I just saw it Friday at my home course where a member and 2 guests were on the back tees at 6985 yards. None of them could carry the ball more than 220 yards and 2 of the guys I watched hit drives under 50 yards on several occasions. They should have been up on the whites or senior tees.
 
tahoebum said:
I was just reminded of another one that was mentioned here. Egomaniacs playing the wrong set of tees. I just saw it Friday at my home course where a member and 2 guests were on the back tees at 6985 yards. None of them could carry the ball more than 220 yards and 2 of the guys I watched hit drives under 50 yards on several occasions. They should have been up on the whites or senior tees.
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Yea, but the only thing that matters is - did they hold up the course and cause a true slow pace problem? If yes, then you have a point. if not then so what, let it go. But that's just me
 
Tee boxes that aren't level and look like they're participating in no shave november.
 
Reframmellator said:
1) Rangers who don't do their jobs. Specifically:

a) Rangers who let their buddies get away with anything. My son and I referred to one course we used to play as "the home of the 5.5 hour round."

b) Rangers who tell you you can't buy a bottle of Arnold Palmer at the turn because his buddies behind you had to wait to shoot on the front. Despite the fact that you played the front in 2:10, you had to wait almost every shot as well, and the tenth tee is backed up..

2) People who lose it seven times in nine holes. Their tempers, not their golf balls.

Those really frost my buns. Having said that, 99% of the strangers I've met on the golf course are great people.
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You should definitely let the manager know about this. And either way, go ahead and get one. The 10th is backed up anyway and you won't lose your place in line when it's backed up anyway.
 
Golfers who couldn't care less about anybody else. I know that covers a lot of behavior. But I see that as the common denominator.
 
Slow play. Every time. It's not a frigging major. And for the high rollers, there's the putting green, poker table or casino to do those things without holding anyone up.
 
Golf is a great gambling game since it is fairly easy keep people coming back. That is the worst part of poker when good players don't understand the concept of not tapping the glass.
 
There are a few things that really get my goat, and most of them do not have to do with other golfers.

1. Homeowners that come out their back door and yell when a ball hits their roof. Did you buy the house thinking this would never happen?

2. Groups teeing off every 8 minutes. I'm a firm believer that this is the biggest reason for slow play. Even a foursome of scratch golfers are going to have a hard time playing a hole in 8 minutes. More than anything, this is what gets courses backed up.

3. Ridiculous food and beverage prices. I get it that the course is in this for profit, but plenty of successful courses don't charge $5 for a can of Budweiser and $6 for a crappy hot dog.

4. The flow foursome on an empty course that won't let a single play through. This is a common problem at the course nearest my house, which also happens to be one of my favorites.

5. Courses that don't warn you about bunker repairs (all of them at once), closed holes, or a tournament when you book your tee time.

6. Rude staff. Somehow the golf industry seems to attract a disproportionately large number of jackwagons.
 
ntanygd760 said:
Golf is a great gambling game since it is fairly easy keep people coming back. That is the worst part of poker when good players don't understand the concept of not tapping the glass.
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Oh we make bets in golf too. But when people bet for 500 dollars a hole, they need to look at all four points of the compass before making each putt, that's way too much to bet on and slows the game considerably.
 
A bunch of mine have already been mentioned. So my biggest are 1. not repairing pitch marks....I always fix 3 to my 1. 2. leaving sun flower seed shells on the green 3. not raking the bunker after it looks like you made a snow angel in it then decided to track sand foot prints all the way to the other side of the green where your skulled shot ended up 4. not dressing appropriate for the course, I mean have some class for Gods sake 5. Riding in a golf cart if your are able bodied and can walk.......this is why America is fastest growing obese nation in the world.....Ok Im done
 
Annhl8rX said:
There are a few things that really get my goat, and most of them do not have to do with other golfers.

1. Homeowners that come out their back door and yell when a ball hits their roof. Did you buy the house thinking this would never happen?

2. Groups teeing off every 8 minutes. I'm a firm believer that this is the biggest reason for slow play. Even a foursome of scratch golfers are going to have a hard time playing a hole in 8 minutes. More than anything, this is what gets courses backed up.

3. Ridiculous food and beverage prices. I get it that the course is in this for profit, but plenty of successful courses don't charge $5 for a can of Budweiser and $6 for a crappy hot dog.

4. The flow foursome on an empty course that won't let a single play through. This is a common problem at the course nearest my house, which also happens to be one of my favorites.

5. Courses that don't warn you about bunker repairs (all of them at once), closed holes, or a tournament when you book your tee time.

6. Rude staff. Somehow the golf industry seems to attract a disproportionately large number of jackwagons.
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I like these! #1 cracks me up cause I see it all the time on a few of the courses I play. I will never forget when my dad put one through a ladies kitchen window in the OBX ... she came out & said "oh well don't worry about it, happens all the time. That's what I have home owner's insurance for." Wish they all said that.

I will add .... when they don't tell you about aeration being done or topdressing or anything that affects the greens
 
Playing with someone who has taken 3 or more attempts at a bunker shot or chip says, "I'm done, I'll pickup". You go to line up your putt then all of a sudden a ball comes flying across the green. "Well maybe one more!", he yells...Thanks for the head up buddy.
 
Club flinging, stomping, cursing, uncontrollable three year olds trapped in a grown adult body.

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Slow play. Especially with golfers that hit a drive 180 yds., then stand and wait to hit their 2nd shot to the green that is 210 yds. away. Know your game. Generally when I play with women, they know their distances and hit the ball when the group ahead of them are out of their range.
 
People who agree to play golf but spend the entire afternoon on their cell phone!! Just drives me crazy!! Came out to have a good time and enjoy the company and game but end up trying to be quiet so I don't disturb their conversation!!
 
Mach2 said:
Slow play. Especially with golfers that hit a drive 180 yds., then stand and wait to hit their 2nd shot to the green that is 210 yds. away. Know your game. Generally when I play with women, they know their distances and hit the ball when the group ahead of them are out of their range.
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Women don't have the ego's men do. That's why they will hit.
 
Mach2 said:
Slow play. Especially with golfers that hit a drive 180 yds., then stand and wait to hit their 2nd shot to the green that is 210 yds. away. Know your game. Generally when I play with women, they know their distances and hit the ball when the group ahead of them are out of their range.
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I get what your saying and agree for the most part. But to be honest its not usually too much a big deal. I mean it may be annoying while you have to wait for the person to hit but so often this type of thing isn't usually really causing a course wide pace delay. In fact many times I've seen people comment negatively about one in front of them that is doing this and yet that person and his/her group is indeed keeping respectably up with the group ahead for the most part.

But what I have seen that I don't like is so many times when one gets annoyed that a person is waiting and says something and then he person ends up hitting into the group. I may be chopping and flopping that day but I still do know the distances I do hit my clubs, Nothing bothers me more when one implies I should hit when I know full well (regardless how he has seen me play that day) that I can reach and have done it so many times. Even if I were to mishit that shot after waiting and automatically get the "you see, I told you so" attitude. It doesn't matter because I know I can and have made the same shot numerous times and hitting was not an option. the worse part of the whole thing is that the waiting for clearance was not even detrimental towards overall pace. Especially when pace isn't running fast and you know quite well we are just going to be waiting at least a bit here and there anyway.

People are going to get annoyed the very second they have to wait for anything at all even if pace is at no real issue. This logic imo can be just as annoying as a slow pace is.
 
The guy on the range that comments to himself after every shot he hits, both good and bad. Not the little mumbles to ourselves that we all do once in a while, but the out and out commentary loud enough for all to hear. " Caught that one on toe a little, gotta straighten that hook out". " Come on man, what are you thinking? Swing through to the finish". Things like that. That ruins a practice session for me. I started keeping earbuds in my bag for just such instances. Don't like to practice with music, would rather hear my contact, the birds, the mowers off in the distance, etc.
 
sacul1573 said:
In the words of Peter Griffin, what really "grinds your gears" when you are on the golf course or range? I mean, gets your ears steaming and your game suffers?

I have a few:

- Speed golfers who hit into my group more than once. Warning, I might send it back...
- People who have more than a mintue long conversation on the range. We're there to hit balls...
- Unlevel tee boxes. Seriously, is it that hard?
- Myself. More often than not... :D

What puts you on tilt?
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Yesterday we had a group of speed golfers right behind us. We weren't slow though we fell about half a hole behind the group in front of us for a little bit but caught back up to them after 2 or 3 holes. Only me and another guy from my normal group played so they partnered us with a third. This guy had the longest preshot routine I have ever seen. He did it exactly the same before every shot. At one point I turned to my buddy and said "he's a bit deliberate, eh?" (not where he could hear me of course). So both things bothered me yesterday.
 
Are we talking like 10 seconds or 45 seconds for every shot once it was his turn?
 
I don't like when your group has been waiting on a group ahead and then all a sudden they take off like bats out of hell and then everyone thinks your group is the slow one.
 
ntanygd760 said:
Are we talking like 10 seconds or 45 seconds for every shot once it was his turn?
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Definitely not 10. I would say well over 30 seconds, could have been 45. It was the same each time. The thing is, after all this he took the club back really fast, faster than the downswing. He was a nice enough guy.
 
Public golf courses that have a GPS system on the cart that's constantly giving audible reminders for you to keep up/you're behind pace when there is no ranger on the course enforcing slow play. It took us 4:50 to play yesterday as a twosome. That and the fact that we had to listen to ads that we could not disable will make it the last time I ever play that course. We walked the back nine which was much more peaceful but there were 300+ yard walks between a couple of the holes. I told the guys in the pro shop that it was a real turn off to listen to advertising from the GPS system with no option to turn it off and they agreed. The whole experience reminded me of how lucky I am to play at a private course where a 3:40 round during peak weekend times is normal and a 4:05 round is about as slow as they get. I play a lot in the evenings and those rounds average about 2:40.
 
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