Roadside distractions

[CarlSpackler]

That reminded me of an outing my friend was in that was put on by a "men's club". Talk about distractions.

[HSip]

Roadside distractions have never really bothered me as I learned to play on a couple of par 3's that seemed to be surrounded with traffic, but a few local courses have something even worse than any car horn, the dreaded inground pool in the back yard with more skimmpy bikini's than any beach I have been on lately. I tell you these 20 somethings with legs to there parading around just off the back of a few select greens or just off the fairway , well I really fall apart there. They know what they are doing and love every minute of it, as do I. One lady with a very ,very small tank top almost got hit with the ball when I shanked it right in her back yard o.b. , all she did was laugh and say

That's out of bounds in more ways than one (hope you said "right back at ya")

[jojoampt]

*sigh* just today on the 10th tee (par 5 with OB right, with a road running about 30 yards behing the box) I was literally at juuuust the point in my swing where my hands drop and Im making my move towards the ball when out of nowhere some ass%#&$ driving by yells "you suck fa##ot!" I sliced it so far OB I couldnt believe it. Im lucky I even MADE contact. I was soo pissed I cant even tell you. I wanted to kill them. Would you guys take a "mulligan" here? Or would you sack it up and play the three off the tee?

[muellator]

I don't understand how people talking/yelling can distract someone, how can it be that hard to lose your focus?

[jojoampt]

So you are telling me that if you were about to start your downswing, all was quiet, and then someone yelled "you suck fa#%ot!" it wouldnt affect you at all?? I find that hard to believe. I mean, the standards like cars driving by, or other people on the course, or planes dont affect me one bit. Someone YELLING obscenities directly at me, tends to throw me off a bit.

[ChappyEight]

I don't understand how people talking/yelling can distract someone, how can it be that hard to lose your focus?

I'm going to have to agree here. I guess I just don't get distracted easily.

If you think about it, isn't the conventional line of thinking a bit backwards? For instance, most people are in awe of Tiger because he has such "incredible concentration" that if a camera clicks in the background he can stop his swing. If he was that focused on the ball/shot, I'd think he wouldn't even hear the outside noises. How come no one gets ticked off when a bird chirps mid backswing? Maybe I'm just weird.

[jlh1508]

I'm going to have to agree here. I guess I just don't get distracted easily.

agree its one of those things that just doesn't bother me

[muellator]

So you are telling me that if you were about to start your downswing, all was quiet, and then someone yelled "you suck fa#%ot!" it wouldnt affect you at all?? I find that hard to believe. I mean, the standards like cars driving by, or other people on the course, or planes dont affect me one bit. Someone YELLING obscenities directly at me, tends to throw me off a bit.

It's never "all quiet" though. There's birds chirping, bugs buzzing around you, wind blowing the leaves. You need to learn to focus on your swing and not the things around you. I'll play with my buds and one of them will put the cart in reverse so it beeps during the downswing, doesn't make a difference.

[live4u120]

It's weird to me... Because I HAVE to have noise to play. I do my best when I'm in the middle of a conversation in the backswing, and keep talking through my downswing. Although I'm pretty lucky because my course is near a highway, and no horns have been blown... yet.