dont fit in?

[Norm66]

You should try being me. Long, red hair. Full beard. Earring. Tattoos (only visible with shorts). and I weigh over 350lbs. I get looks you wouldn't believe. But I've never been paired with someone who I didn't win over by the 2nd or 3rd hole. Folks make assumptions based on looks all the time, it's human nature. It's your job to keep your demeanor such that they don't have any reason to verify their first impression.

[i-Guy]

  Norm66 said:

It's your job to keep your demeanor such that they don't have any reason to verify their first impression.

Great point...

[SteelDriver]

  mewtwo55555 said:

In golf it seems like i dont fit in like all the people that play are like rich and snooty. I meen I have money.

If you're a 36 handicap, then most likely they are....just kiddin'

You'll get along fine with r425....he hates rich people who buy the game. At the end of the day, everyone who is good at golf was bad at it at one time, for a long period of time.....you probably dont fit in because you seem to be a genuine person. grain of salt my man!

[penguin]

I'm a big (260 lbs) heavily tattood veteran Marine. I don't fit in on the golf course. However, no one has ever given me grief and I play with some nice guys. I hate to say it, but like your mother said - if they treat you like that then they aren't your friends. The same applies now. During the day I'm in a shirt and tie (well, ties only when I'm in court) and it's surprising to people when I show up in short sleeves. As long as you're having fun, screw them...

Of note, most people don't come and complain to a big tattood guy...lol

[walk18]

  Three Putt said:

Whatever Dude...waiting for the tools to start wearing bluetooths while playing...it's coming.

OK, I am not a snob by any means and I don't have a lot of money, but I see a lot of people wearing jeans at the local muni's and I just think it's not appropriate for the golf course. Does that make me an a-hole?

[Eore]

  walk18 said:

OK, I am not a snob by any means and I don't have a lot of money, but I see a lot of people wearing jeans at the local muni's and I just think it's not appropriate for the golf course. Does that make me an a-hole?

no. jeans on a course arent ok, and i'm 15. at our information meeting our coach said it was ok to wear jeans for home matches, and my eyes about fell out of my head. also, half of the kids on the team (at least frosh and sophmores) think that its dumb that they cant talk on their cell phones! COME ON!!! but thats a whole other story

[Steaksauce]

Where I live there is a lot of rich kids, especially on my golf team (unfortunately not me ) but I win them over by being polite, funny and with a smooth swing and low scores. Also its always fun to beat someone who's brand new 460cc driver cost more than your golf bag and everything in it . Its all about the player not the clubs.

[MasterOfTheBogey]

  walk18 said:

OK, I am not a snob by any means and I don't have a lot of money, but I see a lot of people wearing jeans at the local muni's and I just think it's not appropriate for the golf course. Does that make me an a-hole?

If you want a dress code go to a Country Club. I suppose if I wore my BBall shorts out on a round I would be frowned upon. Not that I wear them or anything, but I think people as a whole care to much about the appearence of another on the course.

Good thing the only thing that matters at the end of the day is the score. Oh yea, I guess if you had fun that counts too.

[walk18]

  MasterOfTheBogey said:

If you want a dress code go to a Country Club. I suppose if I wore my BBall shorts out on a round I would be frowned upon. Not that I wear them or anything, but I think people as a whole care to much about the appearence of another on the course.

I don't know, I just feel like they should show just a little class, and at least wear some khakis or even cargos. I don't care if they're good or not, or if they tuck their shirts in (I don't), take mulligans, whatever. I just think there should be some basic respect for the game, even at the cheapest courses. In fact, some of the nicest golfers I've been paired up with wore jeans, I don't even think they were aware that it's not something you should do. I guess it's just a personal pet peeve, it's not something I dwell on though. I'll enjoy my round either way..

[MasterOfTheBogey]

  walk18 said:

it's not something I dwell on though. I'll enjoy my round either way..

All is well then, it just brought to mind that guy that had a great philosophical dilemma with people using push-carts, iron covers and some other thing that I can not remember.

[cpht]

Don't get caught up in trying to impress other people. Just look for someone else who doesn't think they fit in either. BTW, I think everyone fits in at the cheap public courses. They're my favorite.

[jstewart09]

You cant think of it like that. Thats not how everyone is and you dont have to have money to be a good golfer. You need time.

[lovemylabs]

I say whenever in that position again just moon 'em. drop your trousers to the ground and show them your shinny apple. I'll guarantee they not look your way again, unless of course you wandered onto a club that you know swings the other way. and in that case oops, you didn't get that advice from me.

[Hank]

I would run into that ALL of the time in high school... I played with mostly hand-me-downs throughout my high school 'career', and I would constantly get looks from the older members at the club I was a member of.

Usually those looks turn into pissed off looks after the first 9 when they realized I was consistently outdriving them with a Rawlings driver... :)

[James Hall]

  lovemylabs said:

I say whenever in that position again just moon 'em. drop your trousers to the ground and show them your shinny apple. I'll guarantee they not look your way again, unless of course you wandered onto a club that you know swings the other way. and in that case oops, you didn't get that advice from me.

LOL!!! Funny!!!

[kpaulhus]

lol is right....brought this thread back from the dead.

[zeg]

Yes, and I for one firmly believe that any thread enouraging mooning should be reincarnated at least once per year. Good show.

[Doctorfro]

I do not care to be around snobs, rich or otherwise. My son and I get paired with all kinds of people and we meet some really genuinely good folks. But when we get hooked up with those who think they are better than everyone else in so many ways, we simply enjoy making them look bad on the scorecard. Somehow I just seem to get more focused and I play real hard. I know I shouldn't be like that but these people annoy me. Especially when they don't have much game to speak of. Why do people act like that? I think when I play with them and my game ratchets up a notch, it's just my subconscious trying to ignore them. Anyway, my creedo is it's a gentleman's game and we should treat the game, the course and the people we are playing with respect. If we don't receive it in return, that's life.