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there was a short article i just read on the mental aspect of golf. particularly getting into your opponent's head. here are some hilarious and useful suggestions for the next time you're playing your friend for money.

1. before he is about to putt, walk up to the hole, bend down to take a look at a spot near the cup, shake your head in bewilderment and walk away.

2. do your friend a "favor" by quenching his thirst with caffeine packed soda (like mountain dew) and a candy bar.

3. root for your friends ball to avoid trouble even though you know there's no way it's going to escape the hazard. what'll make it even worse is your friend will know you weren't sincere.

4. ask, "am i away?" even though he clearly is.

5. before your friend hits a tee shot, recite out loud the exact yardage to the hazard on the right.

if you're like me, you need every edge you can get to be doing this at the end of a round.

cool thanks for that i knew there was sum way i could do it

Too much "gamesmanship" and you'll suddenly find yourself playing as a single much more often! LOL

We had, and I emphasize had, a guy who was a regular player in our group who used a lot of those type of tatics. Once we caught on to him, we could almost tell exactally what he was going to do. Don't get me wrong, we are a bunch of guys who give each other a bad time, compliment shots and basically just enjoy everybodys company. But like leaguegolf said, that guy plays alone nowadays.

There are many guys like that at my course... People that tell you why they hooked or sliced their drive of why they pulled their putt. No one likes playing with these guys.

Personally i prefer to help out a playing partner rather than try to sabotage his round. If a person tried the above tactics i would have to agree with the others in that he would find himself a solo player.

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Frog

Why would you want to "hustle" a "friend"?

I'm sure that these are just funny ideas that no decent person would ever really try. If anyone I played with ever tried any of these tactics, I'd verbally bury my three iron in his skull and shove his golf bag up his.....

Yes, I agree with VALEOGUT (what does that mean anyway).
Who hustles their freinds? Tactics are easily identified and those that use them are quickly forgotten. A guy I work with that cant get a game among us for twilite - guess why?