Pet Peeves

[VolunteerGolfer]

I play alot as a single so mine would be slow play. If you want to play slow, fine, but let me play through. Another pet peeve is non golf related. People who dont use couldnt care less. How often do you hear someone say I could care less? Really? So if you could care less, why are you telling me? Its I couldnt care less. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[mck]

  mitremark said:

All good points. However no one mentioned the guy in the group in front of you who is waiting for the green to clear when he needs to carry the ball 250 yards and he hasn't hit a ball that far all day including has tee shot. When he finally does play his shot he tops it.

but can anyone honestly say they've never been THAT GUY?

[max power]

My current peeve is only pseudo golf related. It's people on golf discussion forums adding random apostrophes to every word that ends in the letter "s". The apostrophe is possessive. It's "Trees", not "Tree's". "Irons", not "Iron's". "Blades", not "Blade's". Call me a grammar nazi or whatever you want, but it's embarrassing to me as an English speaker, and it makes it hard for me to take someone seriously.

[Valleygolfer]

  VolunteerGolfer said:

I play alot as a single so mine would be slow play. If you want to play slow, fine, but let me play through. Another pet peeve is non golf related. People who dont use couldnt care less. How often do you hear someone say I could care less? Really? So if you could care less, why are you telling me? Its I couldnt care less. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Mine is people too lazy to use apostrophes.

[James_Black]

  Valleygolfer said:

Mine is people too lazy to use apostrophes.

you mean full stops?

apostrophes are these '

[VolunteerGolfer]

  Valleygolfer said:

Mine is people too lazy to use apostrophes.

Dang it, well atleast I didn't upset max power.

[Valleygolfer]

  James_Black said:

you mean full stops?

I am not quite sure what you are talking about. I know what an apostrophe is.

[adamgoodman]

Golfers who have an excuse for everything.

"Oh, I hit it perfect, it just sliced 50 yards right and landed 75 yards short. Wind must have taken it."

[Yukari]

  Valleygolfer said:

Mine is people too lazy to use apostrophes.

ROFLMAO!!!

Touche!

[Slammin' Sam]

  max power said:

The apostrophe is possessive.

Except when it's used in a contraction, like it's (it is) or that's (that is).

[max power]

  Valleygolfer said:

Mine is people too lazy to use apostrophes.

That was good. Credit yourself with an out-loud chuckle.

[max power]

  Slammin' Sam said:

Except when it's used in a contraction, like it's (it is) or that's (that is).

Yeah-I didn't(*) want to conduct a full scale grammar lesson, but you're(*) absolutely right.

[sean_miller]

  Slammin' Sam said:

Except when it's used in a contraction, like it's (it is) or that's (that is).

The apostrophe is possessive - even look at his stuff and he'll bite you!!

Regarding grammar on the internet, I could probably care less. If I cared a bit less, I wouldn't feel the urge to comment.

[BMac0223]

People who track sand all over the green after a bunker shot. Just knock that off your spikes already! I don't want to have to putt through your sandy footprints.

[6iron]

I don't like it when someone hits into you.

I hit into some guys on a par-5 last month. I put my ball on the tee and was talking to my partner then just walked up to my ball and hit it flush and sent it about 290 yards. I just lost my train of thought i guess. My partner said "YOU JUST HIT INTO THOSY GUYS!!" I'm 50 years old and they were in their 30s so I was hoping I wasn't going to get a beat down.
I drove straight to them and apologized.

[max power]

  6iron said:

I don't like it when someone hits into you.

I did that earlier this year, and felt like an a**. I knew it was a short par 4, and they were on the green. I asked my friend to tell me the distance from the card and he said "360". I murdered my drive and saw the ball bounce up onto the green and I was mortified. I grabbed the card and saw that my friend read the wrong hole, it was only 305 or 310. I also drove straight up and apologized.

[Cornbread]

  VinoGolfer said:

Man, I just took up golf but I've been reading so many threads where it seems folks do things specifically designed to provoke a physical confrontation, possibly hurt someone else, or just generally act like high school kids that I am feeling like this was the wrong sport to hope to find relaxation, fun, and commeradie doing!

Then join a Ladies Bridge Club. :)

[jamo]

  max power said:

I did that earlier this year, and felt like an a**. I knew it was a short par 4, and they were on the green. I asked my friend to tell me the distance from the card and he said "360". I murdered my drive and saw the ball bounce up onto the green and I was mortified. I grabbed the card and saw that my friend read the wrong hole, it was only 305 or 310. I also drove straight up and apologized.

That happened to me too. It was a 300 yard (slight dogleg, so not measured straight to the green) hole and I flew it onto the green and missed a guy by mere feet. I was maybe more mad at myself than he was at me.