YOUR rules for golf...
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Not sure what you are driving at there. Sometimes, you get the urge to go play around and can't drum up enough people to bring 4. People have stuff going on in their lives, so why is it so strange that you can't always pull together three of your friends to go play? Also, there are alot of times where you may only have a few spare hours and want to try to fit a round in.
But if you want to link some kind of anti-social behavior to not wanting to golf with strangers go ahead. I can also make the same link that the person who goes out there by themselves wanted to leech onto a two or three some is every bit as socially awkard, not having friends to play with but instead needing to pretend like his is golfing with friends by playing along with others, who likely don't want him there in the first place.
In fairness, I thought the thread title was Re: YOUR rules for golf...
I may not agree with all of them, or others of mine, but they are all 'our' rules. If you don't like them, come up with some of your own........:biggrin: I think some of these are hitting to close to home......:wideeyed: and trust me, I have probably broken many of them over time, and as someone pointed out, that probably makes me 'Golf Guy'......
I may not agree with all of them, or others of mine, but they are all 'our' rules. If you don't like them, come up with some of your own........:biggrin: I think some of these are hitting to close to home......:wideeyed: and trust me, I have probably broken many of them over time, and as someone pointed out, that probably makes me 'Golf Guy'......
I don't think anyone is claiming if you're on a packed course that you should be able to play by yourself or even just in a twosome if there's a huge wait. However, I, like some others, don't go to the golf course to "make friends" and be hounded by people wanting to join up just to have some "company". If the course isn't packed, don't ask to play with me/my group unless you're wanting to get by us to play through.
In college we played a form of golf with the following rules:
- 2 teams of 2 people, best shot.
- You could bring an undisclosed amount of beer with you onto the course (the
course we played was very relaxed about these types of things).
- At the end of the round you took your teams score, and then you added the amount of completely empty beer cans consumed during that round to the other teams score. Thus, if you and your partner shot 75, and the other team drank 25 beers during the round, your score was 100.
- Obviously, low score won.
This was pretty fun because it created an interesting chess match. You could attempt to remain somewhat sober and shoot low, or if things weren't going you started pounding beers. It made for some interesting golf.
- 2 teams of 2 people, best shot.
- You could bring an undisclosed amount of beer with you onto the course (the
course we played was very relaxed about these types of things).
- At the end of the round you took your teams score, and then you added the amount of completely empty beer cans consumed during that round to the other teams score. Thus, if you and your partner shot 75, and the other team drank 25 beers during the round, your score was 100.
- Obviously, low score won.
This was pretty fun because it created an interesting chess match. You could attempt to remain somewhat sober and shoot low, or if things weren't going you started pounding beers. It made for some interesting golf.
Friday - Sunday is NOT the time to be teaching your 3 yr old or your buddy with the frayed denim cut-offs, wife-beater, camo cap and mirrored aviator sunglasses how to golf. Had to throw in the dress code stuff, missed out on the earlier thread.
This made me laugh. I never really pay attention anymore to what people wear on the golf course. I learned a great lesson back in my early 20's. I was playing in a tournament in Nebraska and walked up to the first tee and there is this older guy standing there in jean cutoff shorts, tennis shoes, and a freaking cowboy hat. I thought the guy was lost and I was going to be stuck playing with some local hacker. WRONG!!! The guys name was Jim Brownfield and he was a cattle rancher from out in western Nebraska. Little did I know that this guy played college golf for Oklahoma State and was one of the best amateur golfers in the state who also happened to beat me that day by 4 shots as he carded a 71. That was the last time I ever cared what the hell someone was wearing on course.
Don't hit into my group on purpose and expect us to let you play through. However, you can expect us to play slower.
100% of the time I can tell when we are holding a group up (unless your a single on a weekend and you should expect to wait some) and we will always invite you to play through if the hole in front of us is open.
100% of the time I can tell when we are holding a group up (unless your a single on a weekend and you should expect to wait some) and we will always invite you to play through if the hole in front of us is open.
This thread reminds me of this......
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LeZmHhPxuI]YouTube - Jim Rome - Golf Guy[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LeZmHhPxuI]YouTube - Jim Rome - Golf Guy[/ame]
It all depends on what the putt if for. I dont give birdie putts, you have to earn those. but if you are putting for bogey or double bogey, go ahead and pick it up.
yeah...my "rule 7" was directly related to the other golf thread from yesterday (i believe). Half-joke, it was.
Can somebody put that picture of Natalie Gulbis in this thread. I think it should be randomly placed in every thread (no matter the topic) now, going forward. :yes:
Uhhhhh.... she can wear whatever she wants on the course. I will gladly let her join my group anytime.
After reading this thread I feel very fortunate to live where I do. My hometown has a nice little 9 hole course that is never too busy. I can go at my own pace, I can look for my ball for 5 minutes if I want and if someone asks to play with me, chances are I know them and we'll have a good time. It's nice to be able to go out and have a fun, relaxing time without worrying about upsetting other people with their own set of rules.
I'm with you on this. Myself, my wife, 3 year old, 2 year old went out at 2 yesterday. Family golf is 2-4. No tee time, went and played. 2 yr old only putted and 3 year old hit a couple times per hole and putted. There were a 4some on 1 and 2 so we jumped to hole 4 and played 4, 5, 6, and 7 and called it a day. One of the perks of small town Iowa.
It's hard to get 3-others scheduled to agree to play a round.
I frequently go out on my own and join a group. In Houston, there's always singles looking to get in.
I frequently go out on my own and join a group. In Houston, there's always singles looking to get in.
If you didn't assemble a 4-some, then why is it the single's problem? Besides, this decision is usually made by the Starter / Course Manager - not the single looking to join.