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I've been playing for a year now. I'm self taught, and shoot high 90s consistently. I play a lot of match play with my dad (about evenly matched, but i'm gaining on him) and can usually win. When I don't, i think it's because he gets in my head. The other day is was 3up thru 9, and ended up losing 1down (a heartbraker, i was grinding my *** off) after he was 2up thru 16. The hole i really lost it on was a par three. I pulled out a ladies precept to use (sick of losing my $3.50 a piece nike one blacks) and he starts giving me all kinds of grief about using a women's ball. "Isn't that illegal?" I explained that as long as its on the usga approved list its perfectly legal for men or women. He went on and on about how even though it "might" not be illegal, it is still **** . He even went so far as to call it feminine for me to use one. I barely held it together on that hole, i was so mad, but on the very next hole i hit 2 balls in the water and one O.B. all off the tee. This was after a beautiful day of ball striking for me. How can i overcome his mental games and stay strong, without doing the hogan thing (look at the ground, don't say a word. this makes me seem like a class A jerk in a friendly match). Any answers would be greatly appreciated as we play a money match about once a week.

Firstly, using two different balls may have cost you a hole in Match Play. Secondly, a timely retort is to get out a tape measure and measure his driver length while you make him count the clubs in his bag.

I'm confused, i thought that the one ball rule was for stroke play only, and even then only if a local rule was enacted. Anyone know?

Try & flip it on him.
Ladies Precept
Strong enough for a man, made for a woman.
When I play my Dad & he wise cracks I just give it right back to him. I say things like "nice drive Gee" (short for geezer) or when he hits a bad shot I say his golf game is just as good as his wit. Makes you & him laugh, hopefully then you won't get so frustrated. If that does not work try telling him to shut his gob.

My uncle doesn't play golf, but he's the best off the cuff smack talker I've ever met. We're pretty close and have been since I was a kid so I've kind of developed an enjoyment of getting the best of someone and conversely, I appreciate a solid crack at my expense. I think it's fun.

I don't say anything to anyone on the course unless they start first. On Friday, I got paired with a stranger, a guy named Mike. On one particular par three I hit way left of the green and he says, "Why aren't you in the middle of the green?" He said it a needling kind of way so I responded by telling him sarcastically that I enjoy hitting over a bunker to a close pin. So then it's his turn and he hits his shot fat and it goes about 60 yards. "Hey Mike, why didn't you hit it close to the pin" I asked him. We both had a good laugh and that was that.

Don't let what anyone says get to you. And if you shank a 5 iron into a swamp and your buddy laughs at you, so what? I'd laugh at me too for making a shot like that.

I couldn't find ANYTHING except for a stipulation that the committee may invoke the one ball rule. I stand corrected. Have you checked http://www.usga.org to see if the Precept is on the conforming ball list?

Hey hey, don't go messing with my ball. I love my Lady's. And I will wear a pink hat if they get on my nerves, pink tees and I will constantly sing "LADY" until the guys stop harrassing me about them.
But your Dad sounds like I am with my son. He can beat me at basketball at will now, but I get into his head too much. The only way he can turn the tables is to perform.
Nothing he can say, will stop me from talking by the way, since I am intentionally trying to throw him off.
You will have to match your Dad's will or ignore him and FOCUS. Be CONFIDENT that you are going to beat him and laugh the whole way. Holding it in is what "we" want you to do. Sooner or later "we" know it will get to you and all "we" need is that little opening.
And to give you hope: My son whipped me four straight last weekend for the first time. And the bad part? He wiped it in my face the entire time!
This weekend I'm bringing all my "mamma" jokes, and I'm planning on "bleaching" his favorite shorts, but hey, it's not illegal right? Smile.
But I shouldn't have told my son this, and I'll tell you also: Your father loves you and will still love you after you destroy him.
So go get him.......

You cant change the make of ball mid hole. But if you lose one and only have a different make to hand then it doesnt matter. Remember a lot of the rules have been tweaked for the pro game.

They are taking into account that the pros use the same ball all the time and its to prevent them changing to a harder distance ball on a long par 5 and then a really soft spin ball on a short par 3. For club golfers it dont matter so much basically you can change if you have none of the original type (very common for club golfers, I know my dad usually has at least 4 different makes in his bag at any one time).

If a little bit of sledging puts you off you need to work on it. Cheeky remarks are one thing but when you get to the nitty gritty of competition you will come across all sorts of desperados that know every silly little rule and use them to put opponents off their stride.

D.