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Originally Posted by waldo65
or do what an old guy did to me. i was in the wrong, and the first time he just said cmon you guys know not to talk when I hit. I said sorry, as I was (he had a very short routine, put the tee in ball on top WHACK, barely even step back, but I was still in the wrong)
2nd tee, I got caught out again with his quickfire routine. he hit it, turned around, and said, next ****** time you ******* talk I will wrap my ******* club around your head.
I was wrong, and took no offence, despite the age difference, the rest of the round was fine (I am 32. he was 70 plus)
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waldo, I hope the tone was obviously jovial because if not that sounds way over the top. Something more like: "Hey, when I'm walking to the tee, I'm going to hit it quick, so shush!" is a lot better than threatening violence and cursing. Yes, you were in the wrong, but gentlemanship never goes out of style on both sides, too.
To the OP, you have to take the good breaks with the bad. Sure, in this one incident it looks bad. But, you also get good breaks. The chip that you blade and the ball hits the flagstick, for example. We've all hit shots that we just plain ugly and awful and yet the ball ended up in a great, great spot. And the reverse, hit really good balls that take bad, bad bounces. It is called golf. And it is called life. You have to card what golf and life gives you and accept it.
Sure, no one will ever know (chances are pretty remote that you'd ever meet any of us other anonymous people on the 'net). But, golf is a game where you are asked to call penalties on yourself, so it is ultimately up to you.