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Originally Posted by vo-man

we had a guy for a while who liked to spit his tobacco juice in the hole on the greens.  I think someone cleaned his clock one day

cause he disappeared and was never heard from again.

He got what he deserved then. Nothing against chewing by any means, but spitting in the hole is disgusting.

In a similar vein, although I never met the guy, someone at my old home course chews sunflower seeds and spits the shells on the greens. My dad tells me he still sees them all the time, of course always right in his line.

I haven't been at my new club long enough to really get annoyed by anyone; most everyone has been great. There is a guy that likes to walk his dog on the 6th fairway who loves to come around the corner screaming at you if you tee off because you didn't see him through the trees, and he doesn't clean up after his dog. Not sure if he's a member or not, or if he even counts as someone at my course lol.

I'm not going left or right of those trees, ok? I'm going over those trees...with a little draw.

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It's not one guy but the thing that really annoys me at the start of the round is when you're playing with someone who has a really looooong pre shot routine and I just think " please god don't make me have to watch this 90 times today" aaaarrrggghhh!
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We have a guy that will not putt out on every hole. He will walk up and pop a 3 footer in with the flag still in or if he has banged it by he will reach and drag it back in and consider it good....Our group has 20-30 guys that play same time 4 days a week. We pair up teams and play high/low and validate skins. If he is not on your team someone will without fail give themself a putt cause they know he will do the same at some point in his round. The hole thing is a mess and since it has gone on for so long it will never be corrected. We do not even hide the remarks anymore but still no affect on him. On the first tee even he will announce we are putting them out but I have seen him on those days do the same ol' same ol'.....pisses me off alot.....

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I don't know how often this person actually plays this course, but he's worse than Tiger Woods on extraneous sounds.  A driving cart driving up to the previous green 100yds away makes him step away from his ball to wait until they are done so he can hit his tee shot.  He stares at people making the noise like he would kill'em if they kept making noise.  Even the little clicks of my clubs as I carry my bag makes him step off until I stop walking and put my bag down.  It just got annoying by the end of the round, because he was getting fed up with people, the play was slow, and the people behind us caught up and kept talking when he would try to hit.  They really weren't making a lot of noise, but he was annoyed so much, he tells them to shut up so he can hit.  These guys were so drunk they just kept laughing, but quieter so he could hit.  Even worse was that he was complaining that the course was "too soft" for his comfort, that it was too wet.  1) it's the middle of a drought, so either the ground is going to be really hard or softer based on watering schedules of the course, and 2) every course isn't made to fit one particular set of rules for how hard the ground is, how long the grass is, or how fast the greens may be. Ok, rant over...

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A guy I used to play with (this is a private club) was a horrible social climber.  Was your best friend, until someone better came along.  But acts like the Mayor (when really he's Mayor McCheese).   He joined an uppity sub-group in the club and I really haven't had much to do with him ever since.   However, he wanted to start his own group on Wednesday and proposed having teams, big betting and a set bunch of times blocked off.   Also wanted to "approve" people who played, in other words he wanted it closed.

I didn't want any part of it and he kept trying to pull all these different people in for my normal Wednesday game.  One day he brought two guests I was playing with them.  To say they had no etiquette was being kind.   Nary a ball mark or divot was fixed, and they were drinking a lot.   One guy was ok, but they all were laughing and talking when I was trying to swing.  Like I sadi, one guy wasn't too bad, but the other guy had too much beer (at 10am!) and kept farting.  While I was swinging several times!   I looked up one of the times, and he just looked back at me and smiled, and then farted again.

I was actually riding with "Mr. Social Climber" and he just said "I guess I need to go over their manners".

Yeah, big-time.    His Wednesday group never got off the ground.  He's lucky he has two other people instead of the masses he thought he would have to play on Wednesdays.

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Hate to tell everyone, but every single golfer has a trait that is going to annoy someone.  I know one guy who is a great golfer, guy, and all that.  However, he takes forever to hit a ball and if he loses a ball he takes forever to look for it.  To him, that is how he plays.  To me, it is annoying and time consuming.  However, I always play well with him because I have to step my game up and he always is able to give me some good advice that I welcome if I am struggling some.

Guess what, he can say these things about me.  I over analyze half my shots, throw out a few curse words or a slight club into the ground on bad shots, and once in a while may offer some help if someone is struggling.  That said, I am very selective in how I act around folks I do not know.  Guys I play with regularly, we all bust on each other and tell each other to shut up.  Someone I do not know I stay quiet, control my emotions, and at least think I am acceptable to play with.  Now, if my game sucks that player may not want to play with me again.  Will say I am that guy who will shoot an 80 one day and the next a 95 and keep asking myself outloud why I am playing so bad.  I know that guy is saying to himself this guy is FOS saying he shot an 80 his last round, but it is what it is.  What can I say, I am a very inconsistent player.

Anyway, if you ask me my most annoying trait of golfers overall are the ones who simply do not respect the course.  By that, do not fix divots, drag their feet on greens, have zero knowledge or desire to play ready golf on a busy day, and take forever looking for balls.  I can always get past the guy who talks about his game too much or gets pissed and acts like a clown at times because it happens to all of us and I know how frustrating it can get when you simply are playing like shi!.

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Originally Posted by Divotmaker77

Hate to tell everyone, but every single golfer has a trait that is going to annoy someone.

Pfft . . . that is barely 100% true.

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Originally Posted by Divotmaker77

Hate to tell everyone, but every single golfer has a trait that is going to annoy someone.

Originally Posted by sean_miller

Pfft . . . that is barely 100% true.

Totally agree.  Now, I gotta spend some time thinking what my most annoying trait is.  Hmmm...

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Originally Posted by Divotmaker77

Hate to tell everyone, but every single golfer has a trait that is going to annoy someone.

Yep, single golfers always have annoying traits, that's why they come to the course alone.

Relax, I'm just kidding, I know what he meant.

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Originally Posted by Divotmaker77

Hate to tell everyone, but every single golfer has a trait that is going to annoy someone.  I know one guy who is a great golfer, guy, and all that.  However, he takes forever to hit a ball and if he loses a ball he takes forever to look for it.  To him, that is how he plays.  To me, it is annoying and time consuming.  However, I always play well with him because I have to step my game up and he always is able to give me some good advice that I welcome if I am struggling some.

Guess what, he can say these things about me.  I over analyze half my shots, throw out a few curse words or a slight club into the ground on bad shots, and once in a while may offer some help if someone is struggling.  That said, I am very selective in how I act around folks I do not know.  Guys I play with regularly, we all bust on each other and tell each other to shut up.  Someone I do not know I stay quiet, control my emotions, and at least think I am acceptable to play with.  Now, if my game sucks that player may not want to play with me again.  Will say I am that guy who will shoot an 80 one day and the next a 95 and keep asking myself outloud why I am playing so bad.  I know that guy is saying to himself this guy is FOS saying he shot an 80 his last round, but it is what it is.  What can I say, I am a very inconsistent player.

Anyway, if you ask me my most annoying trait of golfers overall are the ones who simply do not respect the course.  By that, do not fix divots, drag their feet on greens, have zero knowledge or desire to play ready golf on a busy day, and take forever looking for balls.  I can always get past the guy who talks about his game too much or gets pissed and acts like a clown at times because it happens to all of us and I know how frustrating it can get when you simply are playing like shi!.


We should play together.... Then I would know what it is like to play with someone who plays the game exactly the way I do.....

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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I have good friend who has a habit of sometimes moving his ball slightly, or improving his lie in the rough, when he addresses the ball. I have told him about it many times, especially as a warning because we play in a lot of tournaments at our club. I know him well enough to know that he is not a deliberate cheat, and that it is a nervous habit. Nonetheless, inadvertent or not, it IS cheating. I just know somebody is going to call him on it one day and, once you are labeled a cheat, the label is permanent.

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Originally Posted by phan52

I have good friend who has a habit of sometimes moving his ball slightly, or improving his lie in the rough, when he addresses the ball. I have told him about it many times, especially as a warning because we play in a lot of tournaments at our club. I know him well enough to know that he is not a deliberate cheat, and that it is a nervous habit. Nonetheless, inadvertent or not, it IS cheating. I just know somebody is going to call him on it one day and, once you are labeled a cheat, the label is permanent.

Eh.... not always. Ask a Patriots fan what they think of that sentiment. "WE'UH WINNAHS BRAH! WE ONLY BAH-ROWED THOSE WICKED STOLEN TAPES GUY! SO WHAT!"

Just kidding, Bostonians and Pats fans lol.

Anyway, we all think we're not annoying but everyone is different and we're all collectively annoying as hell to different types of people. That's the beautiful thing about this sport. Sometimes the biggest challenge is tolerating each other. My only advice is to never golf with someone that you can't stand or don't like away from sport, because you're quickly going to hate them. There's no chance that you're going to "develop a friendship", believe me. Go play solo and don't risk making a Collect Call 4 hours later.

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Guys who I know would be the most annoying player ever if they played with guys I work with.

1.) Adjusts adjustable driver before every tee shot.

2.) Looks for full 5 minutes for every lost ball (especially if they also have to go back to the tee to hit again - or if they even suggested it). I know it's covered in the rulebook, but during weekend casual means nothing in the big picture round, please do not ever do this. Seriously, just do not do it.

3.) Insisting everyone be silent when they hit, even if the other players are on the other side of the fairway . . . then not being quiet (especially diving your hand into your pocket full of keys and stuff of fidgeting with velcro.)

3.) Walking on people's line of putt more than once

4.) Not caring where your shadow falls when people are putting

5.) Putting your entire group in an awkward position with poor etiquette or slow play

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Because I am still a pretty lousy golf player I like to play alone rather than with strangers so I don't hold them up or annoy them.. even though I know and demonstrate proper etiquette to the best of my ability.  What I don't like is that when I do get paired up with other people, they assume that, because I am not going to shoot under 80, that I don't care about my score.

I am trying to keep track to monitor my progress, let me finish up my 3 footer please.  I have to practice those too.  (Plus its fun, the whole reason we play is to see the ball go in the hole)  I've played with people that say, "oh that's a gimmie, just pick it up."  Or they will put their ball back on the ground and take some practice putts, or even knock my ball back to me!  WTF?!  I feel like I am getting bullied.  Nobody was born good at this game, let me play and don't rush me.

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I played with some guys the other day that got so irritated with slow play, and played so fast when there was no need to. It was like they just wanted to get it done and over with as soon as possible. No patience for anything. I like to play at a fair quick rate but also enjoy playing and being out there. I don't like slow play but too fast play is no fun either.

I have played with one of the guys a couple more times and he quit one time after nine and another after 14. Granted the 9 day was horribly slow and the 14 day was slow but not as painfully slow. I guess for me there is nothing better than being on the course even if it is dragging ass.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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this story makes me crack up because some old man did this to me at my home golf course but i was the one who hit a good shot he hit the one on my fairway walked right up to my ball when i was comeing off the tee box and pocketed it i was all mad when i got too him and asked if he seen my ball he was really nice old man so we had a laugh and moved on

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haha i had this happen to me all the time when i lived in florida try marking your ball and pull it off the green get your line then place it back that will make you loook like your there to finish it though as far as the other stuff goes that is just plain ole rude i really hate gimmies if i want a gimme ill take it myself im totally on your side with this one if your always having a gimmie how are you gonna know what you can do on the green

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