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RockyMtNole

RockyMtNole

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Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
 
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gohawks50

gohawks50

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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Wait until they are out of my range.
 
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Moogy

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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You're actually asking if you should purposefully hit into a group in front of you, and just hope you're a bad enough golfer that you miss?

Who is agitated in this scenario? The folks you're golfing with? If they want you to hit into the group in front of you, they're worthless pieces of ****.
You always allow the group in front of you to clear out of your potential range and play a full stroke in front of you before proceeding. Pretty simple.
If the group in front of you is playing too slowly, you can either ask them, nicely, if they can pick up the pace, ask them to play through, or talk to the ranger, who can assess the situation and handle it for you.

Can't believe this is actually being asked.
 
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Moral

Moral

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One time I was golfing with a group and two people in my group were playing ahead because they trusted me I guess. I ended up lining up with a 3 wood on the fairway. I felt a little uncomfortable with them off the edge of the fairway so I signalled them to GTFO but they were like nah you're good go ahead. So I hit the ball and the damn thing never gets higher than 3 feet off the ground but is travelling at 1000 miles and hour and drilled one of them in the thigh. He went down like someone getting shot in a movie, it ended his day on the course and he had a gnarly bruise that lasted well over a month.
 
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RockyMtNole

RockyMtNole

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Moogy said:
You're actually asking if you should purposefully hit into a group in front of you, and just hope you're a bad enough golfer that you miss?

Who is agitated in this scenario? The folks you're golfing with? If they want you to hit into the group in front of you, they're worthless pieces of ****.
You always allow the group in front of you to clear out of your potential range and play a full stroke in front of you before proceeding. Pretty simple.
If the group in front of you is playing too slowly, you can either ask them, nicely, if they can pick up the pace, ask them to play through, or talk to the ranger, who can assess the situation and handle it for you.

Can't believe this is actually being asked.
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Lots of people get agitated with bad golfers waiting for the group in front to clear.

I’ve always waited but haven’t played much in awhile and wondered with the focus on speeding up play has it changed.

No need to be a dick
 
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Moogy said:
You're actually asking if you should purposefully hit into a group in front of you, and just hope you're a bad enough golfer that you miss?

Who is agitated in this scenario? The folks you're golfing with? If they want you to hit into the group in froyou, they're worthless pieces of ****.
You always allow the group in front of you to clear out of your potential range and play a full stroke in front of you before proceeding. Pretty simple.
If the group in front of you is playing too slowly, you can either ask them, nicely, if they can pick up the pace, ask them to play through, or talk to the ranger, who can assess the situation and handle it for you.

Can't believe this is actually being asked.
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AFM22

AFM22

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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Drive up to them on my cart and and stop on the green and ask, no, demand to them that I play through and then they have to wait behind me and watch me duff it 66% of the time but the other 1/3 I turn and say “that’s how it’s done
 
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Moral said:
One time I was golfing with a group and two people in my group were playing ahead because they trusted me I guess. I ended up lining up with a 3 wood on the fairway. I felt a little uncomfortable with them off the edge of the fairway so I signalled them to GTFO but they were like nah you're good go ahead. So I hit the ball and the damn thing never gets higher than 3 feet off the ground but is travelling at 1000 miles and hour and drilled one of them in the thigh. He went down like someone getting shot in a movie, it ended his day on the course and he had a gnarly bruise that lasted well over a month.
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Moogy

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RockyMtNole said:
Lots of people get agitated with bad golfers waiting for the group in front to clear.

I’ve always waited but haven’t played much in awhile and wondered with the focus on speeding up play has it changed.

No need to be a dick
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Hitting into the group in front of you is de facto being a dick. Strike that ... being a dickless douche. Why would a focus on speeding up play change the fact that you shouldn't intentionally assault people with a flying hard ball from distance?
 
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GesterHawk

GesterHawk

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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This actually happened to me once why I was on the course by myself when I was about 13.
I asked them if I could play through, they declined. I waited until they were on the green of a par three and I yelled four and put it almost dead center of the green.
They throw my ball back at me and go beetch to the course pro who saw it all.
Course pro tells them to replace my ball and that they should have let me play through.

They didn't know the course pro had been giving me lessons since I was four and was good friends with my dad.

Course pro did pull me aside and told me if he ever heard of me hitting into a group like that again that he would not let me back on the course for a month. Then he complimented my tee shot.
 
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SeaPA

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GesterHawk said:
This actually happened to me once why I was on the course by myself when I was about 13.
I asked them if I could play through, they declined. I waited until they were on the green of a par three and I yelled four and put it almost dead center of the green.
They throw my ball back at me and go beetch to the course pro who saw it all.
Course pro tells them to replace my ball and that they should have let me play through.

They didn't know the course pro had been giving me lessons since I was four and was good friends with my dad.

Course pro did pull me aside and told me if he ever heard of me hitting into a group like that again that he would not let me back on the course for a month. Then he complimented my tee shot.
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He should've just told you not to come back for a month, and you are lucky the foursome didn't kick your ***.
 
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RockyMtNole

RockyMtNole

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Moogy said:
Hitting into the group in front of you is de facto being a dick. Strike that ... being a dickless douche. Why would a focus on speeding up play change the fact that you shouldn't intentionally assault people with a flying hard ball from distance?
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I don’t disagree.
 
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Moogy

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GesterHawk said:
This actually happened to me once why I was on the course by myself when I was about 13.
I asked them if I could play through, they declined. I waited until they were on the green of a par three and I yelled four and put it almost dead center of the green.
They throw my ball back at me and go beetch to the course pro who saw it all.
Course pro tells them to replace my ball and that they should have let me play through.

They didn't know the course pro had been giving me lessons since I was four and was good friends with my dad.

Course pro did pull me aside and told me if he ever heard of me hitting into a group like that again that he would not let me back on the course for a month. Then he complimented my tee shot.
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And that’s how Gesterhawk learned about favoritism and corruption.
 
pjhawk

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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You wait, this isn't even something that really should need to be discussed. If anyone is potentially within your range even if you're a total duffer you don't hit.
 
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o_NoleinATL

o_NoleinATL

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RockyMtNole said:
Was thinking about this watching a YT video yesterday

The group in front of you is in the fairway or on the green, well within your range. You’re a crappy golfer so there’s a 66% chance you duff it, but 33% chance you drill it straight into them.

People are agitated, you get anxious, but you really don’t want to hit anyone or get into any arguments.

How do you handle this situation?
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I will never understand the folks who get so upset about slow play (non-professionals) ,at munis or even the higher-end clubs, which are going to be slow on nice weekends. You are either walking by yourself to get your 18, or you are with friends having a nice day outside, calm the hell down and enjoy the moment
75% of golfers are not shooting below 90, even with a breakfast ball, just enjoy the damn round, and do not hit into people
 
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RockyMtNole

RockyMtNole

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o_NoleinATL said:
I will never understand the folks who get so upset about slow play (non-professionals) ,at munis or even the higher-end clubs, which are going to be slow on nice weekends. You are either walking by yourself to get your 18, or you are with friends having a nice day outside, calm the hell down and enjoy the moment
75% of golfers are not shooting below 90, even with a breakfast ball, just enjoy the damn round, and do not hit into people
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Agreed.
For the record, I always wait to hit. Was just curious as I’ve seen comments here and there on Reddit and other places with people complaining about “beginners” slowing up play by waiting until fairways annd greens are clear.
 
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Moogy

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GesterHawk said:
You think it took me until 13 to understand that?
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I don’t know. It took you until at least 13 that you don’t hit into people, and that seems a bit more basic of a concept, so anything’s possible. And then that behavior was reinforced by that individual backing your bad behavior publicly, even if he did mutter some double secret probation nonsense afterward.
 
GesterHawk

GesterHawk

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Moogy said:
I don’t know. It took you until at least 13 that you don’t hit into people, and that seems a bit more basic of a concept, so anything’s possible. And then that behavior was reinforced by that individual backing your bad behavior publicly, even if he did mutter some double secret probation nonsense afterward.
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Eff those guys. I was behind them for seven holes and asked a couple times to play through.

Yeah, 13 year old me was impetuous. 35 year old them were too fragile to let a 13 year old play through. 50/50 on this one bud.
 
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Moogy

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GesterHawk said:
Eff those guys. I was behind them for seven holes and asked a couple times to play through.

Yeah, 13 year old me was impetuous. 35 year old them were too fragile to let a 13 year old play through. 50/50 on this one bud.
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Ah, so you still haven’t learned. It’s a very Trumpian outlook you hold. If the course was wide open, and the group in front of you was being unreasonable in not allowing you to play through, and you just couldn't stop yourself from charging ahead, you could walk to the next open hole and proceed to play there. Or you could also notify the ranger, and let him take care of the situation. Instead you learned that you can do bad things to people you deem to be unworthy, and you'll get away with it ... perhaps with a stern talking to after. And, at most, it's a 50/50 fault situation. Favoritism and corruption, combined with ego ... very insidious.
 
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Playing in league, we were on the green when a 4some behind us hit into us. My playing partner got hit on the ***. I picked up the ball, got in the cart, and drove back to where they were. I handed the douchenozzle his ball and told him next time yell "fore". After the round I reported them to the pro who proceeded to do this to their group....
 
GesterHawk

GesterHawk

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Moogy said:
Ah, so you still haven’t learned. It’s a very Trumpian outlook you hold. If the course was wide open, and the group in front of you was being unreasonable in not allowing you to play through, and you just couldn't stop yourself from charging ahead, you could walk to the next open hole and proceed to play there. Or you could also notify the ranger, and let him take care of the situation. Instead you learned that you can do bad things to people you deem to be unworthy, and you'll get away with it ... perhaps with a stern talking to after. And, at most, it's a 50/50 fault situation. Favoritism and corruption, combined with ego ... very insidious.
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Who crawled up your butt this weekend and made you a little tw@t?

13 year olds do dumb ****. 35 year olds do dumb **** but know better.

I am obviously an elitist trash person who has lived on riding the coattails of his history teaching father.
 
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Moogy

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GesterHawk said:
Who crawled up your butt this weekend and made you a little tw@t?

13 year olds do dumb ****. 35 year olds do dumb **** but know better.

I am obviously an elitist trash person who has lived on riding the coattails of his history teaching father.
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Yikes ... no reason to throw a tantrum (this appears to be learned behavior, in line with your thoughts/actions re the golf situation). You acted like an entitled criminal punk when you were 13, you had that kind of behavior excused/reinforced because you "knew somebody," and now you still think you were only "halfsies" at fault, looking back at it as an adult. Even the way you described it, originally, made you seem like a colossal Trumpian douchebag ... the whole, "what they didn't know is that I had an ace up my sleeve - I knew people, and they'd get me out of responsibility for the wrong I did" angle. Someone not letting you get your way, or even someone not being considerate enough of your situation, or typical course behavior, isn't any kind of justification for assaulting them ... not 50/50, or even 10/90.
 
GesterHawk

GesterHawk

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Moogy said:
Yikes ... no reason to throw a tantrum (this appears to be learned behavior, in line with your thoughts/actions re the golf situation). You acted like an entitled criminal punk when you were 13, you had that kind of behavior excused/reinforced because you "knew somebody," and now you still think you were only "halfsies" at fault, looking back at it as an adult. Even the way you described it, originally, made you seem like a colossal Trumpian douchebag ... the whole, "what they didn't know is that I had an ace up my sleeve - I knew people, and they'd get me out of responsibility for the wrong I did" angle. Someone not letting you get your way, or even someone not being considerate enough of your situation, or typical course behavior, isn't any kind of justification for assaulting them ... not 50/50, or even 10/90.
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Yeah, you're the one throwing the hissy fit bud.

I am sorry that no one has ever liked you or your family enough to do you a favor.

And may you never be judge for the stupid **** you did in your youth.
 
RockyMtNole

RockyMtNole

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Moogy said:
Yikes ... no reason to throw a tantrum (this appears to be learned behavior, in line with your thoughts/actions re the golf situation). You acted like an entitled criminal punk when you were 13, you had that kind of behavior excused/reinforced because you "knew somebody," and now you still think you were only "halfsies" at fault, looking back at it as an adult. Even the way you described it, originally, made you seem like a colossal Trumpian douchebag ... the whole, "what they didn't know is that I had an ace up my sleeve - I knew people, and they'd get me out of responsibility for the wrong I did" angle. Someone not letting you get your way, or even someone not being considerate enough of your situation, or typical course behavior, isn't any kind of justification for assaulting them ... not 50/50, or even 10/90.
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Good grief. Give it a rest.
 
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Moogy

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GesterHawk said:
Yeah, you're the one throwing the hissy fit bud.

I am sorry that no one has ever liked you or your family enough to do you a favor.

And may you never be judge for the stupid **** you did in your youth.
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Here’s how a normal human would have conveyed the story: "I was once young and stupid and, at 13, thought it'd be cool to hit into a group in front of me, because they wouldn't let me play through. Glad I grew up and wouldn't do that again. The golf pro helped me get out of trouble because he knew me, but now that I'm an adult, I'd rather not rely on people doing me favors to get me out of trouble I got myself into."

Compare to you, essentially, trying to make the situation out to you being cool, and being able to wriggle your way out of it ... and now still putting half the blame on others.

It's not about the stupid **** you did in your youth ... it's that you still look back at it without proper accountability, and celebrated your connections allowing you to get away with it.
 
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