For you Adult Golfers

[GOLFSALOT00]

im only 13 and nothing gives me greater joy than beating men who are jerks and have been playing golf longer than im alive(dont like beating nice ones as much)

[JaY_B]

  mr.mizunoman said:

I cant stand playing with anyone thats over a 18 handicap. Unless they are my friends. I dont care about age

Whys that? are you gods gift to golf playing off 14

Golf should not be about handicap, age, gender or race etc etc it should be about spending 18/36 holes with one or two other guys/women/juniors/seniors having a good time socially and hopefully shooting some good scores along the way. If your in a competition that holds some value you will be put out in handicap order anyway, not a random selection of groups.

[tiger_who]

i love beating the older members when they give you shit one this old man hit a bad shot i said bad luck mate and hes like THATS YOUR FAULT i was like how is that my fault and he said it just was. he didnt say any thing to the 2 other guys in our group
the best time ever was at my old club when i was 14 and i got a hole in one the look on the old members faces when i went into the club house was priceless took them about 3 months to put my name on the bord but when some one eles gets a hole in one its on there the next week. playing with guys in there 20's - 30's is the best you can joke a round and have a good time and they can hit the ball.

[Ruari]

Things have changed since the day when Nick Faldo won his first (and only) club Medal at Welwyn - and was then disqualified because juniors weren't allowed to play before midday. And all Medal teetimes were before that magic hour...
Things have changed but not everywhere, it would seem.
I'm delighted to play with the youngsters - and make a point of ensuring that the good players, the ones whose handicaps are improving, get selected for the representative teams. In general, I find the kids enthusiastic, interested to learn the rules and etiquette, and bursting to improve themselves. When it comes to representative golf, you can rely on the kids to dig deep to try and win. I can't think of anyone in the club who objects to the kids - not even the crusties who snort at the sight of women on the course...
So, Jamesbei, if you aren't welcome at your current club, find one that does welcome and encourage youngsters. I'm sure there are plenty, even in Kent!

[JaY_B]

I'm welcome and quite a respected member at my club, so I hope I have not come across as bitter

Edit: sorry there was actually a poster from kent called James Bei, I thought you was using my name JaY_B (James Bowditch) ironically.

[obsessedgolfer]

  jamesbei said:

I have a question for you adult golfers, when i turn up for a competition i often see my proposed playing partners faces groan when they see i am A JUNIOR MEMBER!!!!!!

I have the same problem, so many times adults paired up with me ask if they can play alone, even though at 13 i can out drive half of them.

[Ruari]

  JaY_B said:

I'm welcome and quite a respected member at my club, so I hope I have not come across as bitter

Nope - the thought never occurred to me. Didn't even make the connection - he's from Maidstone, you're from Orpington. A world of difference!

[tiger_who]

at my old club i won the monthy medal and i didnt no because no one told me for about 5 months i got because they found it cleaning up in the bottem of the draws. lets just say i dont paly at that club any more and i dont think any jrs do because of the members when i joined i couldnt get a game of penent there was to many people now they had to cancel pennet because we didnt have enough.
my new club is great been here a few years its awesome they love the jrs expect a few who are up themselfs and are always yelling but other than them its great they do heeps for jr golfers and always talking to us its great im yet to win monthly medal because there are so many good golfers i can think of 10 off my head who r off stratch or better

[JustMe]

  jamesbei said:

I have a question for you adult golfers, when i turn up for a competition i often see my proposed playing partners faces groan when they see i am A JUNIOR MEMBER!!!!!!

Hey...my kid feels your pain. It took 2 years before his home course accepted him, and he was close to a scratch player, like he was a 4. Now he is a scratch player and the adults love to play with him.

I will say this...I had to have a talk with my son a month or so ago. He didn't want to be paired off with the new kids that were ranging in ages of 12 to 13. He thought he was above "that." I informed he was that kid 3 years ago, now shut up and see if maybe you can be a good role model for those kids. He now plays with those kids once a week, heck even with his other friends, all low index players, are playing with these kids. They all now enjoy playing with them. And the things they've taught them, like cleaning your clubs...and other mundane things have made my son and his friends glad they are there to guide them.

[Leek]

I don't really care one way or the other, unless I know and like the junior. I watched a kid starting at 10 years old, trying hard to play, havin to hit 4 woods on 150 yard par 3s, become a plus 1 handicap 17 year old who qualified for the US Jr. Amateur and win a golf scholarship to college.

It was a lot of fun to see him go from shooting 65 for 9 holes to seeing him shoot a 65 in a tournament !

[Ruari]

  tiger_who said:

at my old club i won the monthy medal and i didnt no because no one told me for about 5 months i got because they found it cleaning up in the bottem of the draws. lets just say i dont paly at that club any more and i dont think any jrs do because of the members when i joined i couldnt get a game of penent there was to many people now they had to cancel pennet because we didnt have enough.

Tiger, I'm sure you have something interesting to say but it's very difficult to understand what you're saying. Can you type more slowly and use the spellchecker to make sure you're making sense? It would make things easier for us old fogeys.

[Ruari]

  JaY_B said:

Whys that? are you gods gift to golf playing off 14

Just sucks to see people that cant even get the ball off the ground.

[GOLFSALOT00]

competition dosent fuel most men are jerks to me because of my age it makes me mad and i find my self trying to beat them through the round because they walk through my lines and do stuff like that

[Three Putt]

As a Father of 4,...... obviously it doesn't bother me when I play at least once a week with all my kids.

And yes..it is a proven fact that kids can play much faster than most all adults....so long as the kid is not a Tiger wannabe.

[dave39]

  jamesbei said:

I have a question for you adult golfers, when i turn up for a competition i often see my proposed playing partners faces groan when they see i am A JUNIOR MEMBER!!!!!!

I love playing with Junior Golfers who can golf. I hate playing with the ones who are just learning because it makes for a long and annoying round. If the junior can hit the ball over 100 yards and shows etiquette than I don't mind at all. I use to have a regular 4some and it included a 12 year old kid who was almost as good as me. You can learn from them and they can learn from you. It is fun to watch young guys hit the ball so well.

[JaY_B]

  mr.mizunoman said:

Just sucks to see people that cant even get the ball off the ground.

I topped it yesterday, I'm also a junior...... so am I not good enough to play with you?

[JaY_B]

  tiger_who said:

i love beating the older members when they give you shit one this old man hit a bad shot i said bad luck mate and hes like THATS YOUR FAULT i was like how is that my fault and he said it just was. he didnt say any thing to the 2 other guys in our group

  Anselm53 said:

Tiger, I'm sure you have something interesting to say but it's very difficult to understand what you're saying. Can you type more slowly and use the spellchecker to make sure you're making sense? It would make things easier for us old fogeys.

"I love winning against the older members who give me grief, once I hit an older member as a result of a particularly bad strike. Once meeting the member that my ball struck I said bad luck mate, for some reason the older member got angry and told me rather loudly "THATS YOUR FAULT", I think my confusion was apparent and asked the member "how is that my fault", the member said "it just was" but would not say anything to the two other golfers I was playing with at the time. I think the most enjoyable moment I have had at the golf club was when I was fourteen and got a hole in one!!, for some reason the older members seemed very bitter and resentful when I came in to the clubhouse and delightfully told the members what had happened, the look on said members faces was priceless. It took three months for my name to go up on the "hole in one" board, when an adult member gets a hole it one it goes up on the board within a week. Playing with fellow members in their twenties/thirties can be a very enjoyable round of golf, they can also hit the ball rather well."

[tiger_who]

  JaY_B said:

"I love winning against the older members who give me grief, once I hit an older member as a result of a particularly bad strike. Once meeting the member that my ball struck I said bad luck mate, for some reason the older member got angry and told me rather loudly "THATS YOUR FAULT", I think my confusion was apparent and asked the member "how is that my fault", the member said "it just was" but would not say anything to the two other golfers I was playing with at the time.

1st off all if you look up i wrote that the member hit a bad shot not me going out and punching the old guy get it right and G.S.A.D