Crap the Pros Don't Have to Deal With...

[right handed phil mickelson]

At one point in time, every single professional golfer likely had to deal with most of these things. They didn't just become a pro over night. Many played on the same crappy courses that everyone else plays on as they were developing their skills.

True. But this thread is stuff they don't have to deal with as a pro.

[Young_Phenom]

Greens keepers standing on the green with their back to you.

[Harmonious]

Outlandish claims of averaging 300+ yard drives, when the official stats say otherwise.

[enis750]

following a group that SHOULD be playing from the forward tees (or middle at the furthest) and they are playing from the back tees to pad their ego.......then shank their drive 50 yds straight right

[meenman]

being slightly offline with a shot and having it go out of bounds (where I play the stuff they hit into the crowd would be out of bounds for us)

[mdbuschsr]

Dealing with JACKASSES like us (myself included) that think the world is their oyster because they are "pros".

I couldn't be a pro, not only because I suck at the game, but I could NOT deal with the added pressure of making my meager mortgage payment based on how I finish a golf tourney! On the other hand a 67th place finish in a low end tournament is likely more than I make in a good year!

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

following a group that SHOULD be playing from the forward tees (or middle at the furthest) and they are playing from the back tees to pad their ego.......then shank their drive 50 yds straight right

I don't really understand why people complain about this. Are shanks less common from the forward tees? It seems to me that one's speed playing through a hole has very little to do with tee selection, and everything to do with consistent ball striking.

-Andrew

[Leftygolfer]

My personal pet peeve. I hate getting bad unnatural lies in bunkers. I mean by unnatural as someone's F**king footprint, a S&&ty; F**king rake job. I don't mind getting a buried lie, sitting down, under the lip, whatever.

Just rake the G*D Da*M F**king bunker and do it right. Geez it pisses me off the lazy people. Bunker shots are hard enough, not to have to deal with the ball sitting in some A#Shole's F**king footprint.

Rant over.

[sean_miller]

My personal pet peeve. I hate getting bad unnatural lies in bunkers . . . footprint.

I like it when you see foot prints but no evidence someone took a stance and hit a ball - what were they doing? Imagine having an early tee time and seeing bumprints and kneeprints - zoinks!

[Chris223]

I've noticed this too. They do get caught in divots occasionally, but not nearly as often as you would think. Am I right in assuming that the greens crews come out after each round in a pro tourney and improve the divots as much as they can?

You would probably be correct. But pros also take solid divots which always get replaced by their caddies. Also, on a lot of holes they'll adjust the tees so that they're balls are landing in a relatively good part of the fairway and not the area that was chewed up the day before.

[pup]

Leaves laying all over the course in the fall. Sad when it takes 5 minutes to find your ball in the middle of the fairway.

[jamo]

actually, pros deal with completely divoted up fairways. its amazing that when i watch on tv the shots from the blimp that they dont hit into divots more often. Since all those guys are so radar locked on targets, there is a general consensus on a lot of holes on where the best place to be is off the tee and since they are so good at hitting those targets, there are massive areas of divots that im sure many players hit into that we dont see on tv, but i am amazed at how many times the ball is inches from about 6 divots but yet still finds grass

I agree. It's amazing they aren't in more divots in the fairway.

[sacm3bill]

I don't really understand why people complain about this. Are shanks less common from the forward tees? It seems to me that one's speed playing through a hole has very little to do with tee selection, and everything to do with consistent ball striking.

One's speed playing a hole is dependent on the length and difficulty of the hole, and therefore on tee selection.

[ohiolefty]

#69 - Being without a team of complicit leeches to help them score women...err..chicks...err...skanks...err...slores

[melchior]

Wondering how a hole will play on a "new" golf course.

[bigoak]

1. Buying golf balls. manufacturers hand em out at tournaments.
2. Buying golf clubs, manufacturers hand em out at the tournaments.
3. Playing in tournaments for money against sand baggers who have inflated their handicaps just for this weekend tournament.
4. Paying $15 for parking at a tournament.
5. Changing in the stall because you don't have a locker.
6. Wannabe Pros who think they are professional quality but have never won a tournament in their life.

[enis750]

I don't really understand why people complain about this. Are shanks less common from the forward tees? It seems to me that one's speed playing through a hole has very little to do with tee selection, and everything to do with consistent ball striking.

your right, shanks happen from all sets of tees

but the difference is when dude love shanks his from the back tees 5o yards, his next shot is followed by another duff 30 yards in the opposite direction and we see this all the way doen the hole - therefore a round that should take 4 to 4.5 hours, takes 5+ but because the back tees are the "man" tees, he feels the need to hit from there your staement contradicts itself " one's speed playing through a hole has very little to do with tee selection, and everything to do with consistent ball striking. " how can playing from a set of tees that is accustomed to your score, not help speed up play? especially when you hit the ball an average of 100 yards w every club? (not YOU personally, in general) anyways...back on topic

[Paradox]

horrendeous bunker conditions...oh, wait!