The Golf Thread

[byu71]

So how many shots per turn do you get in a one man scramble?

Two and you get to take the best shot. Same as a two man scramble, except you are both people.

[Drunk Tank]

He doesn't seem like he would be a great golf partner. He would probably spend the whole time talking about golf shoes and wanting to make sure you had a white belt on to match them, or asking the cart girl if they have anything fancier than a hot dog for lunch.

Are you talking about me or my co-worker? If me, sorry to come across like that, not my intention, I was just looking to vent. I did sound like a whiney bitch in that post now that I re-read it. I just get frustrated that my game is not what it used to be. I am actually fun to golf with.

If my co-worker, he is just a goofy red-neck who drinks too much. He is more concerned about the beer cart lady running out of beer. The more he drinks, the louder, slower he gets.

You need to get in a one man scramble. I shot 68 yesterday in one. It makes a big difference, all the high handercappers killed me. They were shooting net high 50's.

Its hard to play a 1 man scramble in a foursome. The Tick and I know a guy who always does this, problem is, he says he is a low 80's player, but he always is dropping a new ball, playing the best one.

[byu71]

Yea, this was a tournament. In your posts you have mentioned types I don't like playing with. The guy who is constantly or even occasionally taking reshots. The guy who is more concerned about drinking than playing.

I also dislike slow payers, not necessarily high handicappers as low handicappers can end up being slower players. Constant talkers and of course those who cheat.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Are you talking about me or my co-worker? If me, sorry to come across like that, not my intention, I was just looking to vent. I did sound like a whiney bitch in that post now that I re-read it. I just get frustrated that my game is not what it used to be. I am actually fun to golf with.

If my co-worker, he is just a goofy red-neck who drinks too much. He is more concerned about the beer cart lady running out of beer. The more he drinks, the louder, slower he gets.




Its hard to play a 1 man scramble in a foursome. The Tick and I know a guy who always does this, problem is, he says he is a low 80's player, but he always is dropping a new ball, playing the best one.

You capitalized Triple in your original post, so I was making a crack at DDD. Sorry, I fail again.

[Drunk Tank]

You capitalized Triple in your original post, so I was making a crack at DDD. Sorry, I fail again.

Oh, lol. Since I cant award points or letter grades, I'll just have to say good job for trying. FWIW, I got a chuckle out of it now that I can see where you were going.

[Drunk Tank]

Yea, this was a tournament. In your posts you have mentioned types I don't like playing with. The guy who is constantly or even occasionally taking reshots. The guy who is more concerned about drinking than playing.

I also dislike slow payers, not necessarily high handicappers as low handicappers can end up being slower players. Constant talkers and of course those who cheat.

I really shouldnt complain because the drunken co-worker is really a contractor who works with us. He owns his own business and picked up the bill for the round. He mentioned that he wants to take us out every other weekend, so I'll have to learn to manage.

[byu71]

I really shouldnt complain because the drunken co-worker is really a contractor who works with us. He owns his own business and picked up the bill for the round. He mentioned that he wants to take us out every other weekend, so I'll have to learn to manage.

Well, that cetainly is a mitigating factor.

[falafel]

Yea, this was a tournament. In your posts you have mentioned types I don't like playing with. The guy who is constantly or even occasionally taking reshots. The guy who is more concerned about drinking than playing.

I also dislike slow payers, not necessarily high handicappers as low handicappers can end up being slower players. Constant talkers and of course those who cheat.

So you play a lot of solo rounds, eh?

[byu71]

So you play a lot of solo round, eh?

LOL, no I play some golf with non enjoyable golf companions. None of them cheat though and although some of my golfing buddies imbibe after the round, none of them really do during the round. Our group plays for too much money for any of them to play impaired.

[falafel]

LOL, no I play some golf with non enjoyable golf companions. None of them cheat though and although some of my golfing buddies imbibe after the round, none of them really do during the round. Our group plays for too much money for any of them to play impaired.

Speaking of money on the golf course, I won my first $10 yesterday. Donut and I played a mixed-format competition against some friends of ours. It was a scramble from the tee, and then everyone played their own shots for the rest of the whole. Donut and I were down 11 strokes at the turn, came back to go up 6 strokes, and then ended up winning by 2 strokes (despite what we are pretty sure was some last minute cheating by the other team). I feel compelled to say that Donuthole is a master of the subliminal confidence-draining remark.

[byu71]

Speaking of money on the golf course, I won my first $10 yesterday. Donut and I played a mixed-format competition against some friends of ours. It was a scramble from the tee, and then everyone played their own shots for the rest of the whole. Donut and I were down 11 strokes at the turn, came back to go up 6 strokes, and then ended up winning by 2 strokes (despite what we are pretty sure was some last minute cheating by the other team). I feel compelled to say that Donuthole is a master of the subliminal confidence-draining remark.

It just don't understand cheating, especially for $10 and against a friend. However, based on my experience I know it happens. I have a good friend that I remind subtly that he used to cheat me and I don't want him to get into the old habit again.

I have said before, I am kind of the head guy in a group over 50 guys that play in a golf group. On a Weds., Fri. and Sat. anywhere from 20 to 32 guys will be playing. The main thing I wanted to clean up was the cheating. I feel I have done a pretty good job. Getting a computer and program to enter all the various games and bets helped a lot. Guys can't pencil anymore.

However, I have had to take 3 guys to the side and tell them if they ever get caught again, they won't be playing with us anymore.

[il Padrino Ute]

It just don't understand cheating, especially for $10 and against a friend. However, based on my experience I know it happens. I have a good friend that I remind subtly that he used to cheat me and I don't want him to get into the old habit again.

I have said before, I am kind of the head guy in a group over 50 guys that play in a golf group. On a Weds., Fri. and Sat. anywhere from 20 to 32 guys will be playing. The main thing I wanted to clean up was the cheating. I feel I have done a pretty good job. Getting a computer and program to enter all the various games and bets helped a lot. Guys can't pencil anymore.

However, I have had to take 3 guys to the side and tell them if they ever get caught again, they won't be playing with us anymore.

I don't understand cheating either, especially when playing golf. The cheater only really hurts himself because he never gets better at the sport.

[Drunk Tank]

A former boss of mine related a story of a time when he was an insurance salesman. He had taken a potential client golfing. At the end of the round the client asked him what he shot. My boss let him know he had shot an 82. Ends up the client knew the score and was seeing if he would be honest about his score. He told him that if a guy wouldnt be honest about his golf score, he wouldnt be honest in other dealings.

[byu71]

A former boss of mine related a story of a time when he was an insurance salesman. He had taken a potential client golfing. At the end of the round the client asked him what he shot. My boss let him know he had shot an 82. Ends up the client knew the score and was seeing if he would be honest about his score. He told him that if a guy wouldnt be honest about his golf score, he wouldnt be honest in other dealings.

I have a very good friend who plays in our group. He is a very successful commercial contractor. I remember one time on number 10 tee another guy in our group who is a painting contractor hit him up for some business.

My buddy looked at him and said, "you are a f'en cheat at golf. I would never give you any business" and then walked over to the tee and hit his ball. I couldn't hardly keep from laughing out loud.

[Donuthole]

Speaking of money on the golf course, I won my first $10 yesterday. Donut and I played a mixed-format competition against some friends of ours. It was a scramble from the tee, and then everyone played their own shots for the rest of the whole. Donut and I were down 11 strokes at the turn, came back to go up 6 strokes, and then ended up winning by 2 strokes (despite what we are pretty sure was some last minute cheating by the other team). I feel compelled to say that Donuthole is a master of the subliminal confidence-draining remark.

It was a glorious comeback, wasn't it? (I think we were down 11 through 8, and gained 4 strokes on the 9th to make it 7 at the turn.) If it hadn't taken me 8 holes to figure out my driver, it never would have been that close. In retrospect, we should have split the teams onto separate carts, as that would have prevented what I think were more than a few instances of cheating on their part.