The Rant Thread

[Spike McTee]

The same thing happens with my group all the time . It is extra irritating when our four walkers are sandwiched between twosomes in powercarts ! Some of these marshals think that walking a 6500 yd course in anything over 4 hours is reason for them to hound us . We don't use the 4 foot "gimmee" rule like a lot of these ramrods and are trying to shoot a score . I think playing a round in 4-41/2 hours is fine . No way in hell I'm going to run to keep up with cart drivers that want race around 3 hours !

[saevel25]

Things that make me rant on the golf course...

My own golf game
Not replacing ball marks, honestly they need to put a sign near each green
Crappy cut holes, really come on green's keepers
Unfair hole placements, were you put up to one inch below the hole and it rolls back 7 feet, but when you hit it above the hole it stays there
Unfair greens, one were if you hit it on the top tier and you putt it just so it starts down the hill and it rolls off the green, thats unfair.
People who hit multiple shots infront of me who hold me up... i dont' care if you hold me up if your playing bad, but don't practice

[JWL1957]

I hate nit picky, uptight, snobby, and politically correct golfers. Unfortunately...... this game is full of them.

I'll take a late 9 holes on a local muni with a "work a day joe" wearing his work jeans, over most people I meet at some of the private and other high end courses.

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

I hate people who continually try to convince me to cheat. I've played with a few people who have tried pretty hard to pressure me into taking mulligans, or to just give myself a 6 (double par is the "maximum score", didn't you know?) on a blow-up hole, when I hit 3 in a row into the water, duffed a chip, 3-putted, and really earned my 11 on that par 3.

-Andrew

[wubskis]

The two main things that come to mind:

- People who talk to my ball. I don't talk to my ball, so you can't adopt it as your own and tell it to sit, or bite, or be good.
- Incorrect yardages. If I'm on the tee of a par 3 which is telling me it's 150, but in my head I'm thinking "No, that can't be 150, it's more like 120", I will always trust the yardage given on the card. I will then usually proceed to fly the green and wonder when I'll start trusting my own judgement. I feel that I should never have to be in that situation in the first place, though.

[golfro]

hackers who are overly concerned with following the rules.

[JusDec123]

Hey everybody, new to the forum but been playing golf for a while....anyways here are my rants:

-not being able to play the course I live 2 minutes from because it's always $20 w/cart to play and first come/serve and the rounds usually take around 6-7 hours to play.

-people not letting you play through.

-arrogant and rude clubhouse employees who treat their members like crap.

-poor course maintenance, 4-5 inch high patches of grass on the fringe of the green.

Sorry, got kind of carried away.

[mcgriff]

Nonsensical OB areas that are poorly marked or completely irrational in placement.

[nevets88]

Not one mention of slow play?

Now this has different meanings to different people. I have low standards. I'd be happy with a 5 hour round in NYC. I realize there are places where that's an abomination, but you take what you can get.

[wubskis]

Adding another two that have been chirped up already to my list:

- Inconsistent greens. The last round I played, half the greens played like they were covered in glue, and half played like tarmac. I couldn't get into a groove, and one of the strongest parts of my game right now went out the window.
- Holes cut on ridiculous parts of the green.

Combine both of those, and you have me hitting an 8i into a headwind to within about 5 feet on a par 3, and feeling real good about myself, leading to a three putt as I watched my first attempt lip out and proceed to end up 20 feet away. I was seething .