Losing your golfing buddies due to game progression?

[JonnyGolf]

My guess is that you've lost a little bit of fun in your golf. Shooting 6 over while the others are a dozen strokes higher requires much more concentration than shooting a good score with other players of the same caliber.

I'd say you're going to have to choose, shoot good scores or have fun. I guess you'll know my answer by my signature...

Have fun,
Jon

[Chief Broom]

Nothing wrong with offering to give them strokes if you want to continue to play with them.

I seriously doubt that would fix this problem. The real problem here isn't golf it's the people. Personally I'm not so hard up for friendship that I'd be willing to essentially kiss ass in order to keep playing with a group. But that's me...

[Q.Q.Quillume]

Losing your golfing buddies due to game progression? - 1 Week Ago

Actually it's just the opposite. I'm losing my golf buddies due to game regression .

[Borf]

I find this is happening to me. I find it hard to get a good game with people at my club. Usually when I get paired up with randoms I get to hit my second shot on a hole by the time they hit 3.

That is fine, but thats why I enter tournaments to get better competition.

[alf174]

I seriously doubt that would fix this problem. The real problem here isn't golf it's the people. Personally I'm not so hard up for friendship that I'd be willing to essentially kiss ass in order to keep playing with a group. But that's me...

All depends on the quality of friends - my best friends don't put our friendship lower on the list than sports ability. That's why we're still friends after 30+ years.

[Chief Broom]

All depends on the quality of friends - my best friends don't put our friendship lower on the list than sports ability. That's why we're still friends after 30+ years.

And those are real friends. A bunch of dorks who feel threatened because you're better at something than they are not real friends.

I understand the reluctance on anyone's part to lose something like an established group of golfing buddies, but when that group decides to turn on you that's the time to stand up for yourself and move on.