Every Public Course has them...

[patnyc]

The drunk idiot.

The course was extremely backed up due to a outting. I was sitting around and waiting for my delayed tee time and I notice a middle aged man driving his golf cart while chugging a beer and looking for his ball. Well, As he's looking left and right he neglects to notice the HUGE sand trap infront of him. The cart plunges into the trap, he jumps out and watches with drunken amazement as the cart flips. He's asked to leave the course.

That day the round ended up being 7 hours. Yes...7 hours. I wish I was a member of a Country Club.

[double_j]

I think I'm the drunk idiot at my course, although I'm generally too drunk to care about what people think.

[Fat Slice]

On the green on 18 in front of a muni clubhouse and a bunch of drunks were hanging over the ledge of the bar patio intentionally yelling and farting (yes) during our backswings/backstrokes. I don't play there since that is what kind of stupid operation they run.

[rdwoody]

I don't understand the infatuation with getting drunk on the golf course. I don't have a problem with drinking, but golf is a gentleman's game and it should be played and treated as such. If you want to go outdoors and get drunk with your buddies, take up fishing.

There's my rant. But, really, I'm an extremely competitive person and I'm looking to have the best round of my life every time I go out there. I have more fun competing with my personal best than playing against others and being drunk would really hinder that. I just don't really understand.

[shades9323]

  patnyc said:

The drunk idiot.

There is no shortage of drunk idiots at private clubs as well...

You would play in less than 7 hours though. I would question why you would follow an outing and expect a normal speed round?

[muggs]

If there's an outing, I go somewhere else.

[vmsea]

What's an "Outing"?!
how is that different than a regular full course of 4-somes?

thanks!

[goblue107501]

There is a local public course that I used to love to play but probably haven't played it in 6-7 years. Every time I would go out there, you would have the 2 or 3 groups that were drinking and holding up the entire course. A weekend round was always 5.5-6 hours. The course does absolutely nothing about it (or at least didn't at the time). All the other public courses are city owned and alcohol is not allowed, so anyone that wants to drink and play goes to this place. I may have to give it another try this year, but I am sure I will be disappointed. It is a shame too, it is a nice layout and a fun course to play.

[goblue107501]

  vmsea said:

What's an "Outing"?!

Around here an 'outing' would mean some sort of charity scramble. Usually to benefit a local school or organization. The problem with the outings is that they will 'overstuff' the course to get as much money as they can and it just makes it slow all around. Plus, you get people out in a tournament setting and they think it means something and will play slower.

[DavidFehertysBike]

Ive never seen a "sloppy" drunk guy at a golf course. Not even during an outing..

[double_j]

A little bit of the ol' swing oil actually helps me to smooth out my swing a bit if I'm having a tough day. 2 beers a side seems to be perfect. More if matched with really annoying people.

Outings can be fun but they're hella long. Scrambles generally take forever because people have to drive all over the course to find their balls, then decide which one to play, then hit their shots, etc. I always partake of the booze during those (not to mention that you've technically paid for it already).

[BMac0223]

I worked at a beer distributor and we had a company outing every year around September. It was basically a drunken festival with maybe 6 golfers and 25 guys who pick up their clubs once a year for this. In consecutive years we had a truck driver put a cart in the water, and drive directly across the 18th green. Needless to say we were not asked to return but man was it always fun. Everyone would crowd around the 18th as groups came in and heckle the approach shots and putts. I never blacked out but I saw some guys who after 5 hours in the sun who were not coherent anymore. Good times!

[Where's the Cart Girl?]

I've been pretty drunk during some "outings" but I can honestly say I've never flipped a cart. That's pretty epic.

In my experience proficiency of the golf game when coupled with drinking is not that dissimilar from a well struck iron shot. It starts out low, with a piercing trajectory and gently climbs until it eventually apexes; this is where you're relaxed enough to be swinging freely and not over thinking anything and yet you've lost no touch around the greens. This is, ehh, a few beers deep.. maybe a six pack if you're a professional.

But then it drops from the sky like an anchor, much more sharply than it rose, hits the ground, stops, and in some cases even begins to spin backward. I would say Crash had a few too many too quick and his ass was spinnin' off the green when he hit that bunker.

Some people just go too far I guess. Hopefully the bunker wasn't injured.

[3 wiggle]

I worked at the ultimate white trash muni for several years while in college. It was byob and cheep to boot. We had lots of flipped carts, fights, cart tracks on the greens...you name it. If i could...without offending anyone...i would like to describe the typical drunken low-life. His name is Jody and he shows up in a camero or trans-am...at least 10 years old. Jody wears some type of mesh shorts usually champion brand and they never go all they way to the knees. A bright colored tank top with a nike swoosh or rebock logo adorns him and long socks, macgregor astro turf cleats and dual batting gloves complete the ensemble. We cannot forget the oakley blades and a hat with a beer logo on it. Jody is a hack, in fact his irons which he keeps in a vinyl bag have not been re gripped in 20 plus years. This does not keep our hero from yelling like a banshee in labor at every shot he takes as if he expects each to be a pin seeker. He of course drinks heavily to feed his demons. The deeper he gets into the course, the deeper he gets into the case of beer. Ever growing is the trail of "emptys" strewn all over the rough and fairways. As the day wears on and the afternoon heat sets in, Jody begins to get violent. At first with other Jodys in his foursome, but usially ending with another golfer who "stole his ball" or "dis-respected" him by showing him up at the tee box. Jody ends the day yelling at the cart boy and pro when they question the damage to the cart. He then speeds out of the lot in a cloud of blue smoke blasting sweet home alabama on his way to see the "weed man"

How sweet it is.

[MSU Fishing]

  rdwoody said:

If you want to go outdoors and get drunk with your buddies, take up fishing.

Hey now... I am on a competetive college fishing team, please don't send the drunk idots to our sport either! haha

[rdwoody]

  MSU Fishing said:

Hey now... I am on a competetive college fishing team, please don't send the drunk idots to our sport either! haha

Don't get me wrong! I love fishing! Almost as much as I love golf. My hobbies generally go in this order:

1. Golf 2. Fishing 3. Playing bass The way I see it, professional golfers probably don't go out and drink during their non-tour practice rounds and I highly doubt professional fishermen do either. With that said, golf courses are public places that I feel should be devoid of drunks. Public lakes, rivers, and other waterways should be the same way. But, if you want to go get drunk outdoors, head to the farm pond and spare others from dealing with you. Also, I say fishing because I really doubt most people have a golf course on the farm

[MSU Fishing]

Haha I agree, just giving ya a hard time.

[Tiger Spuds]

I don't understand this.Golf and Beer..?They just don't go together.I honestly can't think of a less interesting place to drink than on a Golf course.You need to be co-ordinated to play golf decently at the best of times so being drunk ain't gonna help.If people aren't going to give Golf a serious try during their round, they're better off not going out there, because they'll just annoy everyone else and slow things up.Also, it seems there's a thread about someone being drunk on the course every other week.. is it a common thing in the States?I mean, I'm Irish and I've never seen anyone drunk on the course.