gobears19

I occasionally play with my father-in-law and some of his buddies. One of his friends has been joined a club, and has been playing a ton. He's not a bad golfer, typical "old man" type golf. Short, straight, and few mistakes. I think he's always wanted to beat me, and honestly, he has gotten better. The trouble is, when we play, I play by the strictest rules. If I make a quad, I don't call it a double. Anyway, we were playing, and he got up about 3 or 4 strokes on the front nine, but I had come back to down just 1 after 15. He was keeping the scorecard in his cart, and low and behold, we tie after the end of the round. But when I looked at the scorecard, there was a par-4 number 17 where I had made par and he missed an 8-footer for his par, which is how I tied it up. Granted, his putt lipped out, but it didn't go in, and he had a 4 plain as day on the card, so in his mind he beat me by a stroke. I wasn't going to call him out on it, because I've never been that competitive and could really care less. But I just wonder what goes on in people's mind who don't play strict rules. Do they even realize it? Do they realize when a playing partner is playing by the rules? Do they still feel a sense of accomplishment about a score when it's not valid?

The other day, a friend and I were playing and I drove my ball into the left rough near the cart path. The ball came to rest about 6 inches to the right of a tree, such that I couldn't hit it right handed without snapping the shaft of my iron on follow through. So, I turned my club over, and addressed the ball from a left-handed position with the intention of simply punching out into the fairway. However, when I addressed the ball left handed, I was standing on the cart path. I think I saw the same thing happen on TV, and the golfer was aloud to take relief from the cart path, and then address the ball right handed again since the tree was no longer in the way after taking relief from the cart path. Is this correct? I can see both sides of it.

Three friends and I are playing the two Shoals courses this weekend for the first time. I typically always play the tips, whenever I play, but both courses are over 8,000 yards! That's 600 yards longer than Bethpage Black for crying out loud. Has anyone ever played either of these courses from the tips, and does it play that long? Is it any fun from back there? Seems kind of gimicky.

i shot an 82.

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