best playing partner(s) you have been hooked up with

[kobalt]

a friend of mine and myself were priviledged a while ago to be paired up with a veteran of the 101st airborne from WWII. the gentelman was wairing the division insignia cap and i asked him about his service. i happen to be a bit of a history buff and was able to talk to him about some of his service with a bit of understanding. i am in my early 40's and he was very appreciative that someone my age could talk about bastogne and his campaign through europe. it was a great round and about as pleasant of a grouping as i have ever had. when it was over i thanked him for the round and his service and was stunned when he thanked me for taking the time to learn and remembering. at that point what i shot didn't matter.

anyone else have some good stories?

[Dabbler]

It was not actually on the course but on the range. An old guy who had recently started playing golf watched me swinging away wildly and we started taking. He said, "It's alright being able to hit that far but how is your short game?" We challenged each other to an impromptu chipping contest which was closely fought and went on for quite a while at the chipping area. I remember leaving with a very warm feeling and I sometimes see him. Golf is great like that, bringing together people who paths might never cross in the "normal" course of life.

[BostonSully]

For me it was the first time I played with one of my good friends, who is a bit of an exagerrator. He told  me the last time he played he shot only 4 over.

We got paired with one other guy who had brand new titleist stuff and was dressed to the T for golf. Yet he told us that "He barely ever plays" first hole was a 375yd par 4 this guy drove ball about 300 straight down the fairway. I had taken the driver out of my bag and hit a 4i about 210 down the fairway, my friend Topped his ball about 5 times in a row and went about 100yds.

Eventually he took a drop with me. I hit 6i to the rough on the side of the green the guy we were playing with chipped it to within 3ft and tapped in for bird.

My friend was so embarrassed by his embarassing play that he wanted me to waive that guy on because we were slowing him down, he didnt really want to leave us behind for some reason but understood. The next hole is like 400yd par 4 but you need to lay up with a 7i off the tee. Not this guy he smacked another drive that hooked hard around the dogleg and went about a solid 300 landing right in the middle of the fairway.

I wanted to play with him he was obviously a scratch or better golfer but for my friends sake I let him go. Ill never let my buddy live down the "I shot four over" when he was 12 over after the first hole we played that day!

[kobalt]

never fun to have your mouth shoot abetter score then your sticks!

[phillyk]

I was playing one day at my home course, and I noticed this guy I had been playing with had a baseball hat from Florida.  So, I asked something about baseball, and he turned out to be a player in the minor leagues for the Marlins.  We had a great round just talking about life in general.  It was a great time, he was a great golfer.

[clubchamp]

Playing in a match play tourney when I was younger my opponent in the finals was an older gentleman. The guy was 70ish it was hot and our second round of the day so I'm thinking I got a huge advantage. He couldn't hit a driver more than 200 mostly hit woods into greens but man did he throw me a beaten. This guys short game was unreal if he got it to with in 15 yards of the green it was a lock for an up and down. I'm sure when he closed me out on 16 he was 2 or 3 over par it was one of those rounds where I was so frustrated with him making par after par but yet just impressed with his short game.

[boots1302]

played 9 with a guy who had a turf management degree from stanford, and was the head grounds keeper at many very nice courses throughout his career...very interesting man, learned more about grass in 2 hours than i ever expected to in my entire life. I now appreciate the time that time goes in to maintaining a golf course, and will always replace my divots and ball marks haha.

[Steel]

I have met lots of very interesting people on the golf course, Judd Hirsch-actor, Joe Nuewndyk, Craig Berube and Greg Smith-pro hockey players (Calgary Flames), president of the Mitsubishi Company Canada division, A UN Economist, John Garrett, former NHL goalie, Vancouver Canucks, now a TSN sports Broadcaster, lots of interesting people out there its surprising who you get paired up with sometimes