Ever Been Complimented?

[saevel25]

my iron game when its going good, i can dissect a course pretty good. Especially since i can elevate my irons, i can fly hazards and bunkers and get to tight pin positions.

[O.B. Right]

I get complimented all the time on my swing, it's called "trying to be nice".

[markpf189]

Used to get complimented all the time when I was younger, around age 13. Unfortunately we couldn't afford our membership anymore and I stopped golfing for years, joined the C.C again a year ago (21 years old now) and trying to get my game back. I used to have such a nice smooth swing, and was able to hit the ball almost as far as I can now. Wish I could go back to that swing! I miss being able to hit my drives straight down the middle every time..

[nike_golf]

A couple years ago, when my HCP was double what it is now, I would play in our clubs 3 & 4 man scramble tournaments. My playing partners all had HCP's of 19 or worse.

I ended up getting a closest to the hole on one par three and also the longest putt on one Par 4 hole. My group also won the first flight.

The head pro, after having announced what I and my group won, said allowed about me, "I'm going to be double checking your HCP".

Then he handed me about $300 in prize money.

That was a good day and good feeling.

[right handed phil mickelson]

My friend told me he thinks I have the best swing he's ever seen. That's about one of 5 compliments that I've ever gotten from people on my golf swing. Everything else is people telling me how weird it is.

[ohiolefty]

Yes. I have been complimented.

[bigoak]

I'd rather swing ugly and win the cash. Of course. Everyone has been complimented but compliments don't pay the bar tab.

[kafka01]

I get complimented all the time on my swing, it's called "trying to be nice".

LOL - now i get what this guy wanted to tell me at the range next besides me a couple weeks ago - gtfo and hit your divots somewhere else :)

[right handed phil mickelson]

I compliment myself in the mirror all the time. I'm a sexy beast.

[ChipShot]

Played with a couple strangers a few weeks ago and I was nailing my wedges. At one point one of the guys said to me that I hit my wedges with perfect form. I just responded with uhh okay thanks. It was kind of weird to me but made me feel pretty good.

[bwdial]

Someone once said: "You have such a nice looking swing... I can't see why you don't hit the ball better."
Not really a compliment. :(

[The Road Dog]

Got one today actually, hit a 6i into the wind on an over water 157 yd par three. A group of duffers was letting my party play thru. They had hit multiple attempts at the green and put about 7 balls in the water I stepped up and hit one pure 15 feet off the pin. My 7 yr old Grandson then hit one on the green from the ladies tees. We took our compliments and moved on.

[te3point5]

a cart girl said "Nice shot!" after I knocked a 130 yard pitching wedge to 2 feet on a par 3 this past Saturday...

I then proceeded to miss my birdie putt.

[melchior]

"Minnesota nice" notwithstanding: it was a slow day on my local muni. After bombing it slightly over the green (front pin location) on a downhill par 3 I had a delicate chip from the rough. I put it within a foot and a group of older gentlemen that were standing on the teebox started applauding for my shot. I just tipped my hat and waved like I always saw on TV and putted out and moved on. Was a really cool feeling though.

[Shindig]

I get compliments on how nice my swing looks all the time, or on how many fairways I hit (on the days when the driver is working). I get chipping compliments sometimes too.

[B-Con]

I've been complimented once. I was pitching onto a green when someone (probably mid or late teens) walked by and watched as I put a ball 3 feet away from a pin 20 yards away with (what felt to me) like perfect form, and said "Man, I wish I could chip like that."

[DarkPrince]

I don't remotely consider myself a long hitter, but the other day I was at the range swinging barefoot so I would have to swing smoother/slower, which was apparently making me hit further than normal (who'da thunk? :P) a really nice elderly gentleman and I had been talking intermitently passing the time, and he complimented me on how my club was going almost the same distance every time, asked what it was and I said PW, his eyes bug out and he's kinda got the "O.O" look on his face, so I just joke to him that I'm cheating since taylormade irons are always stronger than others, making him and I kinda bust out laughing :P

The other day I hit my 3 wood further than a guy who hit his driver, which I didn't mean to, (I just can't hit my driver right now) but this dude almost looked pissed, but then complimented me on it, I was just like "it was lucky :)"

I hate getting compliments cuz I just really don't feel I'm good enough to receive them. You hit a hoooorrrriible feeling drive that manages to stay in the fairway but was 80% roll and someone still says good shot, but all you can think about/feel is how bad it came off the face/where it came off/wtf you did wrong lol. Even if I manage to stick a wedge 3 feet from the pin it's usually to leave myself a par or bogie putt, not birdie :( A lot of times someone will say something like "your swing looks nice" or I got a "your follow through looks amazing" once, but pretty swings don't always translate to good play :( It's not that I don't in some way kind of like being complimented, I just don't feel deserving of them. I think the only time I'll take one seriously is if my instructor tells me (which I don't think he's the type) or somehow in some way a tour player says it lol.

[sean_miller]

I have a decent golf bag, but since I replaced all my OEM headcovers with vintage knit clubsocks, and my irons are 20 years old, when I golf with strangers they don't know what to expect - is this guy a player or a rube who just picked up a bunch of old cra* off kijiji. The fact I usually tee off with a 3-iron or 3-wood on the first hole doesn't help - an iron off the tee? What a dufus. The first compliment I get is usually in a tone you'd use when you're congratulating a toddler for recognizing they need to use the potty. That was a good shot you made there - good boy!