"I played behind a blind guy who was faster than you."

It suprises me how big of an ******* someone can manage to be.

today, hole 11, my dad was 30 yards out from the green, in plain sight, when a ball lands and rolls within feet of him. From the tee, we hear,"sorry!
He comes up to the green to "apologize", and says, "Sorry guys, i didnt know i could hit it that far"
My dad told him "you should have atleast yelled fore, you could have hit somebody." he did say it with a pretty mad tone, but the guy replies,
"well, to be honest, last weekend i played behind a blind guy who was faster than you."
We had been waiting every shot, for all 11 holes up to that point, and he knew it.(At the end of the round, we clocked four hours. I dont knwo what he was talking about.)
My playing partners told him off a little more, and he was leaving when he asks in a reallly sarcastic tone, "now what did oyu do with my ball?"
no one had touched it, no one was even near it, and it was all of 10 feet in front of him.


It really amazes me that some people have the nerve to act like that. Especially when everyone in our group has him by a couple inches, and atleast 20 pounds, even me and im 13 . now we got mad, but when youre dealing with a guy like that, its hard not to.

Just had to say it, and want to hear you guys's opinions on it, and other people like this at your club, if your unlucky enough to have them.

I had that happen a few times, I think most have had the experiance. Sometimes it is just an honest beginer mistake.

If its really a close call without even a warning shout, I always pick up the ball and put it in my pocket. One guy in a tank top and cut-off shorts accually chased us down to the next tee yelling about something. I told him if he could get the ball out of my pocket he could have it back. I watched too many kung-fu movies that weekend.

Just don't get mad, you can't groove your swing and you pw won't work right when its bent around some idiots head.

I agree with you. There was absolutely no reason for that guy to make a comment like that. I think sometimes people just get frustrated by the slow pace of play at courses on weekends now. You said your round only took 4 hours, which to me feels like an eternity. Last weekend I played a round that took 5 hours!! Anyhow like I said the guy should have just made a sincere apology and the whole event would have been over.

The comments are definitely out of line. I would have probably said, "that's nice" and kept on playing. I had an old lady blatantly (I assume) hit a ball at me but the only comment she made was, "do you want to finish out the hole with me?". Must of been her way of politely asking to play through.

But keeping your cool would be the right thing to do.

What a jerk. That guy, not you. I play at L.A. City courses, and it's just a given that it's going to be slow - I had a 5 hour round this morning, hounding the group ahead of us. Never hitting into them, but waiting for most every fairway and green to clear.

Sorry to hear about the jerk. Don't let is sour you to golf though - there are jerks all over in life. If I were in your shoes, I'd remember that "I'm" (that is, you are) a single digit handicapper - something most people will never accomplish - as an early teen. That should make you smile over just about anything else you see on the course.

A few years ago something similar happened to me:

I was playing a slight dogleg left and hit my drive up the left side of the fairway(10th hole). As I'm walking up to my ball(walking on the left side of fairway) a ball screams past my head, no fore, no look out, nothing. The guy that hit the ball comes up in a cart(I was walking) and states, "I didn't know where you were going" (Yeah right, my freaken ball is the left fairway). I quickly look the guy over, he's 5ft nothing and about 150lbs wet. I then say, "The way you were hitting into me, a assumed you MUST be a lot Bigger that me..." (I'm 6'1" 205lbs). He looks at me funny then says, "I'm just gonna pick up my ball and go to the next hole."

Then, the idiot assumes that the longer drive is his and drives right past his ball... I have to yell at him, and tell him the shorter drive is his... He then turns around picks up the correct ball... and tears off to the next hole.

I later told the ranger what happened.

The good news is that this sort of thing rarely happens... at least the area I usually golf.

I was playing at a course a while ago which was all backed up,waiting on the tee and fairways to hit.We knew it was was'nt the group in front of us and even the group in front of them were'nt holding anyone up,it was just overbooked, 17th hole i was walking to my push cart which was at the right side of the green,as i was getting there a ball lands 2 feet from me,no fore,no nothing,i ignored it and said nothing,18th is par 5, we all teed off and all decided we would lay up even though it was easy reachable,just been courtous to the people on the tee,just hit my wedge to the green when a ball lands beside us,no fore, no nothing.I snapped and picked the ball and went charging towards them and nearly took one of there off heads with a throw.I was going to drop a few balls and start hitting low 7 irons at them,my buddie stopped me though.One thing i can't stand is bad manners.We are a fast group,this sunday our 4 ball played 18 in 3 hrs 25 min,played through the group in front of us who teed off a half hour in front of us.Marshell let us through on the 10th. I am a powerfull chap and i will not be bullied by anyone.

The problem with some people is they dont or cant cut off mentally when they leave work.The Boss is the worst culprit as he treats everyone like an underling,(Sounds like our guy) He thinks hes still in charge of proceedings and lets everyone know it

He could of corse been suffering from little man syndrome ,He feels safe on the golf course knowing whatever he does or says he wont have to take much back .Its his big chance of the week to be our equal

Whatever type of halfwit this guy was there is only one corse of action to be taken .ignore him, dont let him into your head

As your 13, learn from this and remember always to rise above idiots like this. Do not let them effect you or your game and do not dwell on anything they do, and make sure you do not react to them either physically or verbally just apologise and move on.

The golf course (in my opinion) is not the place for violence, aggressiveness or verbal abuse etc unfortunately I have learnt all of this the hard way, keep your head down mate and carry on enjoying your golf.

While this is generally very good advice and I agree for the most part. There is also a time where the passivist action might not be the best. Hence, some idiots can and will take advantage of the passive action. (ie They will make you their b_tch). Unfortunate but true, none the less.

These people are everywhere - the grocery stores, the bars, churches and golf courses. I've accidentally hit in on someone with blind shots and lucky hard bounces. I always apologize profusely and realize that this is never acceptable. But a jerk is a jerk.

The best story about this I've heard was an older guy my friend played with once. On a very short, but blind downhill par 4 (about 325 best i remember) a ball comes rolling onto the green while they were putting out. The old man calmly picks up the ball. He didn't throw it, didn't pocket it. He walked over and put it in the hole. When his partners, obviously mad at the etiquette of the group in back, asked him why he did that he said "Now that SOB will be a lier for the rest of his life."

Sometimes the WORST thing about golf isnt skulling a 7-iron into the drink.....but the complete a-holes you have to share the course with.

comments def messed up, i just try and avoid hitting when there are people infront of me, if im in doubt, i just wait a lil bit just to really make sure

the other week i went to go play and the whole time there were people infront of us, we made the turn to the back nine and i didnt see them anywhere so i assumed they were on the next hole, I put my ball on the tee and I started my swing and all of a sudden here they come flying out of the woods in their cart vertical to the fairway, i knew it was gonna hit, so i yelled really loud they did nothing, my ball slammed their cart i could hear it from the tee and they didnt even jump or look around or anything just kept on goin like nothing ever happened, a guy i know did the same thing hit an older guy in the leg same situation almost, hit the guy and he ended up getting a blood clot he ened up being alright but the dimples from the ball are still on his leg and it happened years ago

for when i said it was a four hour round, i do think that is still too slow, but it is a harder course, and the way it is set up, a 3 and a half hour round is hard to get, even if your a twosome. Once in my year at this course have we got a round under 4, and we belonged to a course not to long ago, and each person in the foursome would play a different tee and play at 3:15.

Playing in FL this spring with my wife and and older fellow we picked up. Hole #11 was a par three over water that was backed up a bit when we arrived on the tee.

Paid no attention to the group behind us. My wife drowns her first ball and retees a second and hits it out to the right and well away from the water. My ball landed on the green, the old feller hits one short, but dry. We finish out as quickly as we can and move to #12.

We wait on #12 tee, a par-5 sweeping left around the same lake on the previous hole. We hit our tee balls and 2nd shots laying up toward a creek well in front of the green. The group in front is just getting to the green and beginning to chip on and putt out. Like anybody would have done, we start searching around the reeds near the water and pulling out ball after ball. Even some good ones.

The green is finally vacated when the guy behind us and his 'partner' pull up just as we're ready to hit our approach shots. He's asking, in his very boorish British accent, 'could he play through because we're holding up the entire course.'

I thought about it for a moment and flat out said, 'No, there are people in front us and people in front of them and that there was absolutely nowhere for him to go.'

The discussion got a bit more tense due to his insistance that quicker, more skilled players are to be afforded the courtesy of playing through slower players.

I said again, 'I'm sorry, but there are players in front of us and players in front of them, there is NO PLACE for you and your partner to go!' He finally got it and retreated back to their shots from the fairway.

We finish out 12 and move onto 13 which was a treacherous hole with lots of room for disaster. Homes, trees, bunkers and water lurking somewhere. We sat in the carts for a good 10 minutes waiting for the group in front to locate balls, play from back yards, hit balls into water, bounce balls off trees, etc.

Up the cart path comes "Monte" and 'partner.' All three of us at the same time turned around to welcome them. Monte stops his cart up at the top of the path and had a clear site of the group in front of us still not out of range. Of course, they chose to sit up there and not join us for friendly conversation at the tee box.

The old guy and I crushed tee shots out with a little left turn on them and way down the hill. My wife probably hit her best tee ball of the round there as well.

We never saw "Monte" and his 'partner' the rest of the round. I think they finally realised that over in the UK, they WILL take slow players off the course but buddy, you're in FLORIDA and your rules don't apply here!

dave

Now thats good,ha ha,class,Nicely done.

My opinion is that cooler heads from both sides could have averted this ugly situation. I know you probably love your dad and respect him a lot, so this might be difficult for you to read, but I believe your father sparked the fire with his angry tone. Not that I'm defending the guy you label an ********, because by not yelling "fore" he did the wrong thing and a serious injury could have occurred. But the guy showed regret for his actions by way of openly apologizing. Your dad could have returned the respect by amicably explaining the violator's mistake, and all would have been fine and forgotten.

And at the same time, you became defensive and thus, resorted to measuring your group's physical strength against his, with a consideration of harming the guy. This is bad behavior by all parties, in my book. Remember, golf is supposed to be a game played by ladies and gentlemen.

We had no intention fo hurting him, it was just a realization that we had later in the round, and laughed about.
And i know he may hvae had something with starting this, but this happens all the time on the course we play, and we complain and complain to management about lack of marshalls(you never see on on our course), and other instances like this, so he was getting really tired of having to deal with people like this.