The worst parts about golf

*mgolfer*

In my opinion, snobbery is the worst part about golf.

Often, people stand from the other fairway, or nearby and watch you tee off. If you do not hit a good shot they joke with their playing partners and I think that is just childish.

Also another arrogant part of golf is when you play a par 4/5 and you are obviously out of the peoples driving distance but they wait until you are much further away before taking their drives just for the sake of trying to look much better than they are. Weedy 13 year olds who think they are amazing because they spend their life at the golf course can't carry 270+ straight so I don't know why they wait for you...but the best part of golf for me is then watching the arrogant people hacking their tee shots sideways

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What is the worst part about the golf for you?

mgolfer

*MPS67*

I'd say that slow play bothers me a little bit, especially if it is your playing partner that is the guilty one. I often play with someone who gets more enjoyment out of finding other player's lost balls than the game of golf. He slows us down and then bottle necks everyone behind us. Then we have to rush in an attempt to catch up to the party in front of us. Not very relaxing. Maybe he was left out of Easter egg hunts when he was a kid.

*meenman*

ball hunters probably annoy me more than anything else - its cool when they let everyone play through but when you have 4 guys in front of you with their ball retrievers that arent shooting it really makes me want to start taking target practice

*gogolfing*

Cheaters, whether it's shaving strokes, the foot wedge when no one is looking, sandbaggers etc, they all bother me.

*golf_junkie27*

Slow play-Sometimes, I think it's intentional. I'm a big believer in warming up before I play and going through the entire bag. This way, when I'm on the course, I don't take two and three practice strokes before every shot.

Sexism-I find that when a woman is in our group every guy feels it's necessary to give her advice. Shut up. If she wanted it, she would ask. Leave her alone and let her golf.

*Linkster*

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Originally Posted by golf_junkie27

Slow play-Sometimes, I think it's intentional. I'm a big believer in warming up before I play and going through the entire bag. This way, when I'm on the course, I don't take two and three practice strokes before every shot.

Sexism-I find that when a woman is in our group every guy feels it's necessary to give her advice. Shut up. If she wanted it, she would ask. Leave her alone and let her golf.

Agree, I played with a guy once that went throught his whole shot routine, stood over it and took a swing, divot and all, first thought was that he was wiffing it, took me four holes to realize what he was doing. Drove me nuts, I kept looking up for the ball everytime, I must have looked like a jack*ss.

*Shindig*

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Originally Posted by golf_junkie27

Sexism-I find that when a woman is in our group every guy feels it's necessary to give her advice. Shut up. If she wanted it, she would ask. Leave her alone and let her golf.

Advice on the course bugs me significantly - targeted at anyone. Reserve it for playing lessons and when asked.

*MPS67*

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Originally Posted by golf_junkie27

This way, when I'm on the course, I don't take two and three practice strokes before every shot.

I remember this one time, a guy in front of my group took between 8 and 12 practice swings per hit. It was ridiculously slowing us all down. We made the best of it and starting wagering how many he would take for the next time.

*DirtCheap*

People who take it too serious..

I'm out of the house.
I'm in the sunshine.
I'm usually with my best friends.
I am usually puffing on a fine cigar.
I have drinks delivered to me on a regular basis.

Life doesn't get much better then that.

At the end of the day my score may reflect my golf game, but it rarely reflects the amount of enjoyment I got out of my day!