Would You Rather…?

[pganapathy]

20 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Would You Rather Number 71: 

For this question I decided to give you three options. In this scenario lets assume you showed up at your usual golf course and were planning on playing alone. However, instead you get placed into a threesome of golfers that you've never met before:

Would you rather....

1) Get stuck being cart-mate with the "Self-Proclaimed Golf Pro"? This guy knows everything about golf and is going to tell you about it. Every club, every swing thought, every professional’s technique, even though his own game is just... struggling. His signature move is offering unsolicited advice after every shot, even when no one asked.... especially when no one asked. 

.... Or ....

2) Get stuck being cart-mate with the "Constantly Searching For Balls Guy"? Somehow, this golfer has an uncanny ability to lose his own ball on the fairway. It takes him forever to find his ball, and then he repeats the process every hole. Yet somehow he also needs to search every pond and every wooded area for golf balls to replace the ones that got lost. His signature move is to stop the cart when the group behind you is on the teebox and hunt into the trees for random golf balls.

... Or ...

3) Get stuck riding along with the "No Etiquette" Guy. Everyone knows this guy. Constantly talking in your backswing. Shouting for no real reason. Using his cell phone at the most inappropriate times. Possibly he's blind drunk so there's no coaching him up. Fix a ball mark? - No way. Spit sunflower seeds on the green? - Absolutely. His signature move is asking you what you got on the last hole just about halfway into your backswing. Possibly he even goes so far as to say "Ooops, my bad. ... You can redo that one." Which of course he says like eleventeen times per round. 

I am OK with options 1 and 2.  I can be rude enough if necessary to self-proclaimed golf pro.  For ball gatherer/searcher I can drive the buggy to my ball and play ready golf.  Let him walk to the buggy.  I definitely can't handle 3

[boogielicious]

This is why I prefer walking.

[Carl3]

On 6/25/2025 at 8:29 AM, ChetlovesMer said:

eleventeen

Is this the Chicago schools?🤣

[ChetlovesMer]

57 minutes ago, Carl3 said:

Is this the Chicago schools?🤣

Yes, of course.

Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, tenteen, eleventeen. 

[p1n9183]

If I want I can really absorb myselft in my thougths and ignore everyone for the entire round but.. 

1: I can make his round a living hell taking opposite sides on every world that came out of his mouth and prove him wrong, bets included. He is stuck with me for the round, not the other way around.
2: I easily find balls, is my super power. The average age at my club is around 70+ so blind people is normal, I can deal with that. 
3: Number 3... I think that by hole 2..3 he should be at the hospital with my 7 iron stuck on his back.. so it shouldn't be an issue for the rest of the round.   

I take number 2. 

[tristanhilton85]

On 6/25/2025 at 7:45 AM, DaveP043 said:

I wonder whether this thread was prompted by the weekend golf?  

For me, I can tune out chatter, I'd take #1.  The other two are slow play and rude, those are harder for me to put up with.

Exactly this. #1 would be annoying, but I can tune it out. #3 I could probably deal with as well if I had two. #2 would be the worse in my opinion.

[Elmer]

2 hours ago, tristanhilton85 said:

Exactly this. #1 would be annoying, but I can tune it out. #3 I could probably deal with as well if I had two. #2 would be the worse in my opinion.

My golf super power is to unintentionally hit my ball to the opposite side of the course from where my cart mate hit their ball.

So I would be walking a lot this kind of makes 1 & 2 a lot more easy to tolerate.
#3, I play with this guy in my league already, so I can play through anything. 

[mdl]

On 6/7/2025 at 3:41 AM, Carl3 said:

I saw a clip of Rafael Nadal's golf swing on X and it made me think of this topic.

Supposedly he is a 0 handicap. I am not sure I would play golf in public with a swing that awkward looking. IDK, maybe my swing is that awkward🤣. So if you are not a plus handicap, would you rather have Nadal's swing and a 0.0 HI, or not?

He's just hitting his backhand! One of the greatest ever, so doesn't seem like a terrible strategy! In fact I've often wondered why we don't just take it back to about there given so much of the struggle of the golf swing is getting the club properly from way up overhead to back down to about the position he's stopping at to be on plane...

To the current question, I'm with the group that chooses #1. I can tune out an annoying guy. Would be more annoyed at slow play or having to play with a dick.

[ChetlovesMer]

Would You Rather Number 72:
 

Would you rather have a legitimate 5 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are playing off a 20.
Or
Would you rather have a legitimate 10 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are scratch or better. 

[dennyjones]

Would You Rather Number 72:
 

Would you rather have a legitimate 5 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are playing off a 20.
Or
Would you rather have a legitimate 10 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are scratch or better. 

Either way, I'd rather play with friends who play quickly.   Having said that,  I'd take the second option and play with lower handicap players.  Attitude and pace of play aside, I enjoy watching better players hit beautiful shots that can only make me dream.

[p1n9183]

As a scratch player I would hate to play a 10, but is always usefull to see better players than you.

[iacas]

Neither. 🙂 

[ConorHealy]

I think it's got to be the second one. In terms of scope for improvement, playing with players better than you can be very helpful/inspiring.

[ChetlovesMer]

13 minutes ago, iacas said:

Neither. 🙂 

😂😂Fence sitter.😂😂

[iacas]

29 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

😂😂Fence sitter.😂😂

I'm not a 5 or a 10, and so I don't want to be either of those things. Should have framed it as maybe 5 better than your current index, or your current index.

if it's a bad question, Imma set on this fence all day. 😄 

[dennyjones]

You as a Curmudgeon?   That's my job, ask my wife!

[ChetlovesMer]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

I'm not a 5 or a 10, and so I don't want to be either of those things.

Of course you don't want to be either. You have to choose between the lesser of two evils. Others will choose between the greater of two goods. 

It's a "Would You Rather" question. Not a "Which are you" question. 😁

[bkuehn1952]

On 7/7/2025 at 11:05 AM, ChetlovesMer said:

Would You Rather Number 72:
 

Would you rather have a legitimate 5 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are playing off a 20.
Or
Would you rather have a legitimate 10 handicap but every round you play the other 3 people in your foursome are scratch or better. 

#2. Playing with better players is more enjoyable for me. Take a random group of 20-handicappers and I am going to be looking for balls all day.