Originally Posted by cordell

I went to my local course last Saturday by myself. I don't mind playing with / meeting new people so I told the starter to put me in with whatever group came along and would have me. He put me in a group of 50-something guys, all of whom were very friendly and welcoming of me. The only issue was that one of the guys had a habit of talking while the others were hitting/chipping/putting.

Well, my second shot on #7 went off of the green, about 25 or so feet past the hole, leaving a tough downhill chip. On the backswing of my chip, he started talking. I duffed the shot.. about 2 feet. Then I gathered myself and hit it again to a few feet from the hole and made my putt. I marked it as a par instead of a bogey because the guy screwed me up. Not counting my duffed chip, I shot an 89 for the round, which is pretty good for me and the lowest round I've ever played on that course. But it's still biting at me that I didn't count the stroke. Did I do the right thing?