What irritates you most when you play golf? Let's exclude "slow play" as that's on everyone's list.
My personal Top 5:
1. Fresh pitch marks left on the greens.
2. Playing an unfamiliar course, hitting a great shot, and finding out the hard
way that there's a hidden creek, or other hazard, I didn't know about.
3. Hitting that brand new Pro V1....once and it's lost!
4. Anyone giving lessons on the course.
5. The guy that just has to tell you about his round, shot, by shot,
by shot, by shot......We all know a guy like this! Don't be "that guy"!!
Like you, leaguegolf, I hate to see those unrepaired fresh ballmarks on greens, but I also am very irritated by the scuff marks made by golfers who don't pick up their feet and rake their softspikes across the surface of the green.
I also become upset at golfers playing another hole suddenly appearing in front of me to hit their errant shots without any regard for their safety or my group's progress. Groups in their own fairway have the right of way.
Another behavior that should result in romoval from the course is that of the screamer, who out of anger and frustration bellows his displeasure just as I am in the middle of my backswing or stroking a putt.
1. Unrepaired divots - lazy #%&@
2. Coming into 17 +3 over and, well, not finishing at +3.
3. Realizing it's not the equipment, but the player. Didn't Lee Trevino say "It's not the arrow, but the Indian"?
4. Young guys riding a cart. Golf is supposed to be a walking game. Unless you are elderly old or have a medical condition, I say walk unless the course requires the use of a cart. My dad is 68 and still walks and carries a 9 handicap.
I hate #5... people that mention EVERY decent shot they hit 6 times before the hole is up... or people that whine and complain about a bad shot constantly for the res tof the hole...
eg... buddy hit a long strait drive.... I heard about how well it "looked" "sounded" "felt" "how it is right in the middle of the fairway... hec you name it... like 5 or 6 times that hole... it is just irritating...
Bird doo-doo... I hate to putt through bird doo-doo. The golf course is no place for chickens, peacocks or any large water foul, endangered or not. Yuck!
People that drive over in my fairway, pick up my ball.
Heh! The last time that happened to me, the guy said "that's my ball". I said "no, it's mine". He said "is it a Titelist?" "Yes" I said. "Then it's mine" said he. I then said " "Wow, your Titelist has my initials on it". He left and didn't even want to look at it. :D
It "bugs" me worse when they drive in THEIR fairway an pick up my ball! LOL
That has to be my biggest pet peeve! You hit one in the rough and there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to find your ball except someone on an adjacent hole decides to pick up your ball as if their group is the only one on the course. I had this happen once and I said, "I think that's my ball." The guy replied, "What kind of ball are you playing?" so I told him and he gave it to me. I was so irritated. :mad:
I don't understand why anyone would just pick up a ball that wasn't their own. We've all seen the "Hey, look what I found" guy with your ball in his hand. Most of the time the ball he's actually playing is no where near the quality of ball he just picked up. Thieves...the bunch of them!
I guess this isn't really an iritation, but I get a kick out of watching guys(me included) trying to impress the little hotties in the beverage carts. Don't ya know that she is just waiting for some sweaty over the hill beer bellied stud to just sweep her off her feet.
I guess this isn't really an iritation, but I get a kick out of watching guys(me included) trying to impress the little hotties in the beverage carts. Don't ya know that she is just waiting for some sweaty over the hill beer bellied stud to just sweep her off her feet.
If they're impressed by my suave, flat-bellied, iced-tea swilling self, they're less than impressed after they see me play, and realize that I'm not the "swinger" I pretend to be. :p
i like to refer to them as "beer girls." i think i'm going to institute a new policy where i won't play any course during the summer months that doesn't employ beer girls.
June 8th, 2004, 12:42 AM
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