Do you have any irrational habits about golf?

[VCS01]

I never walk through the ladies tee.

[AustinH]

I always chew on a tee and i keep my gloves on when i putt!

[trackster]

I just noticed this yesterday.  When I sink a really nice putt I will sort of make a holder with my left hand and then act like I am sheathing a sword with my putter.

[Kieran123]

Only one tee, ball marker and repair tool in my RIGHT pocket. I cringe when I see people play with their wallets and phones in their pockets.

I never take my glove off until the end of the round - even for putting.

I never wear shorts.

I never wear sunglasses when swinging a club.

My clubs must be clean before each round.

I tee up the ball so it shows the least amount of logo/graphics.

I only interlock my fingers when putting.

[deasy55]

I don't know how people can putt with a glove on.....I certainly wouldn't be able to do it

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

Only one tee, ball marker and repair tool in my RIGHT pocket. I cringe when I see people play with their wallets and phones in their pockets.

I never take my glove off until the end of the round - even for putting.

I never wear shorts.

I never wear sunglasses when swinging a club.

My clubs must be clean before each round.

I tee up the ball so it shows the least amount of logo/graphics.

I only interlock my fingers when putting.

Why would it bother you if another player keeps his wallet in his pocket?  Yourself I can see, but someone else?

I guess in Calgary shorts aren't as necessary as in other areas.  You might change your tune if you were teeing off and the mercury was topping 105°. (I lived in Great Falls, Montana for 9 years so I know where you're coming from.

[Bryan SD2]

I change my own grips.  Always.

I never, EVER, use the alignment aid on the golf ball when putting.  I must have a clean look at address.

I will give away balls I find 99% of the time.  Most of them are not "up to par".  I'm pretty picky, don't lose many that I do have, and am good for a year or two at least.  Srixon Z Star currently.

I must have clean grooves, and take a tee to them after each shot.  First spit and then a towel though.

I usually do NOT tee the ball up on a par 3.  Sometimes I will do the "Laura Davies" and make a mini diviot with the toe of the club, held "upside down" and play from the slightly raised bump of turf.  Sometimes I will just place the ball down all pretty like and play away.   Especially for the short irons.  I have to get to about a 6, maybe a 5 iron or longer to tee it up.  Even then, it's not teed up much at all.  I'm a digger and don't want that thing above the ground much at all.  Divots like a 1977 Playboy.  Yeah!!!!

I hate it when people attached their sweat soaked gloves to the frame of the golf cart.  It's not overly disgusting or anything, I think's it's just "hacker"-ish or "beginner"-ish

I have never owned a ball retriever in my life.  If I do get one wet, if I can't reach it with an iron, it wasn't meant to be mine anymore.  You can have it.  Get your telescopic moron stick out of your bag!

Once a ball has been played, it's done.  I might use it on the par 3 course nearby when playing with my two sons, but other than that it's pretty much done.  The incredible durability of the Srixon Z Star is challenging this, and it is VERY difficult to determine a brand new rock from one that I just hit 75-85 times. I just don't know what to do.

I NEVER aim for a 100, 150, 200 etc yard marker on the range.  Range balls go absolutely nowhere, and I don't want my head clouded by distances from shots hit on the range.  Instead, I'll hit short irons TOWARDS the 200 marker/flag, and try to hit them on-line with it... looking for accuracy of line only, not distance.  Same for longer irons... I fly em right over the 100 or 150 with zero concern for distance, only LINE.

I play forged irons, so the feel of a well struck shot tells me all I need to know about distances and carry both on the range and on the course.

When given the option of a pitch with a sand wedge or a bump and run with an 8 iron around the green, the 8 comes out every chance I get.  It's deadly.

I paint filled my Scotty Cameron with colors of my own choosing (Master's Green and White) and did the same with my Vokey Sand Wedge.  Cart girls usually dig it.

I tend to screw with other groups when their carts are parked next to ours.  Today I said more than loud enough for the strangers one hole over to hear "I can't believe you hit a wedge 155 yards!!!" in the direction of my playing partner.  He took the bait and said, "One groove low though."

It's ok to have a beer on the course at 10 am.  Not so much at home.

I have moved sleeves around in a several boxes of balls to get a dozen that are #1, #2 and #3 only.  Don't know why though.  I do like the occassional big number.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by Fourputt

Why would it bother you if another player keeps his wallet in his pocket?  Yourself I can see, but someone else?

I guess in Calgary shorts aren't as necessary as in other areas.  You might change your tune if you were teeing off and the mercury was topping 105°. (I lived in Great Falls, Montana for 9 years so I know where you're coming from.

I've played many rounds it has hit 30*+ C ( it happens in Calgary even ) but I still prefer pants to shorts. I just prefer the look/feeling of pants when I golf. And I don't sweat any more so than I would in shorts.

I cringe when I watch people with their pockets full, because it looks uncomfortable to me. Cringe is a hyperbole I guess

[Bryan SD2]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

I cringe when I watch people with their pockets full, because it looks uncomfortable to me. Cringe is a hyperbole I guess

I concur.  My pockets have tees and a marker in the front right, and nothing in the back pockets.  Front Left pocket is useless, you can't feel what you are grabbing for (tee, penny) with a glove on.

I also don't like it when people can't mark their ball properly.  One hole its behind the ball, next hole it's on the side, next hole it's the other side.  I don't complain or anything, just notice it and wonder who taught them how to mark their ball?  Then I silently thank my grandfather for introducing me to this grand game...

[Higgins1991]

I never keep anything other than balls, tees, markers, a glove or scorecards in my pockets during a round. I never ever take my phone on the course either, I have a tendancy to check my phone every five or ten minutes at least. Being able to relieve myself of that for a few hours does wonders!

[Roblar]

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I never, EVER, use the alignment aid on the golf ball when putting.  I must have a clean look at address.

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Yep. This is the same for me -- I hate the alignment aids because I feel like it's too easy to get the alignment aid wrong.  I mark my ball with four dots (my last name initial in morse code) and I generally put the mark 'up' and make sure that it is *not* at all in line with my putt.  An anti-alignment aid?

When I got started about two years ago, my father-in-law gave me his copy of Hogan's Five Lessons.  I liked the discussion, and decided to put together a complete Hogan bag.  ...and I don't want to get a new driver/wood/hybrid/putter because it will break up my "Hogan" bag.  (I even went out and bought a box of Hogan Apex Tour balls off ebay!)

I played a round and did really poorly --- then noticed that I'd kept an extra club in the bag after a range session.  I figure the golf gods punished me for carrying a 15th club, and I won't do that again. ...In fact, I often carry only 12 or 13...

Finally, I never add up my score while I play. I wait until I've finished 18 because I figure I'll start screwing up a good round if I know exactly how close I am to a personal best.

[RoyPinhey]

im simply cannot wear sunglasses . .ever. i only use wooden tee's and i only play golf balls with a number 4 on them

[The Tin Man]

Golf  is my irrational habit.

Wait I have one! I refuse to wear polo shirts or plaid pants.  I'll wear a trash bag first.

[Chrepper]

This is a good thread.  I don't feel eccentric anymore.

I don't like too many things in my pockets, and I never wear sunglasses but always a hat.

[cart7]

Nothing in the pockets but a marker and divot tool. I started using a glove for the first time last year. I'm not sold on them. Full hats, forget it. Visors are OK. No sunglasses. I will tee a ball on a par 3 but only if it's a tee laying in the box already, I won't use a perfectly good tee if none are available. I'd rather just lay the ball down and make the best lie possible. When I pull the flag, I always put the pin end down first with the flag staff in the crook of my putter and then lower it accordingly. I find it annoying to see others pull the flag and then drop it from 2-3 feet off the ground.

[GJBenn85]

Have a tendency of always wearing my glove when putting.  Lately I have been making the effort to remove it while putting because it has been so hot and humid, but I really do not notice much difference with or without the glove in terms of putting.

I always have to carry at least 2 extra balls in my right pocket.  The left pocket is reserved for tees, chapstick, and my ball marker/divot tool.  Phone, wallet, keys stay in the cart or in my bag.

Always have to wear a visor hat even if it is cold and cloudy.

[The Recreational Golfer]

Tees in the left front pocket, ball marker and repair tool in the right front pocket, scorecard in the back left pocket.

One time I accidentally put the ball marker in the left front pocket, and the imbalance caused me to sprain my back when I drove off the following tee. Don't mess with a ritual.

[case31]

I have two:

1) If I'm riding in a cart with someone else, I don't drive.

2) I never take a gimme on 18...I always have to putt out.