Hypocrites on the golf course

[luu5]

Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

I play as a single nearly all of my rounds and in the summer when it is 100+ degrees out here, often times there is nobody to pair me with.  As much as I would love to have a hole in one I hope that it's not in this situation.

Maybe you should hit every par three with previous group still on green so you get a witness for your HIO

[saevel25]

If i hit a hole in one, then i would hit a hole in one. A moment in time can not be denied just because someone else is not there. Thats like saying, does a tree make a sound if it falls in the woods and no ones around. Its going to make a sound, saying its not just because you can not be there to hear it is idiotic. But the thing is, claiming a hole in one is claiming a score, so you have to justify it under the same logic as every other score you shoot on the course that day. Meaning, if your alone, you can claim a hole in one because claiming otherwise would be falsifying your score. If were assuming in golf that we are giving the singe player a benefit of the doubt, then we must do the same for holes in ones.  You can also have just as easily two people who are in it together, "Hey lets say you got a hole in one on this course, i will contest you did, and sign your card" So really any score on any hole is determined by the honesty of the player(s) playing that hole at the time. Which means a single player can claim a hole in one if he is honest with it.

[tristanhilton85]

Originally Posted by saevel25

If i hit a hole in one, then i would hit a hole in one. A moment in time can not be denied just because someone else is not there. Thats like saying, does a tree make a sound if it falls in the woods and no ones around. Its going to make a sound, saying its not just because you can not be there to hear it is idiotic. But the thing is, claiming a hole in one is claiming a score, so you have to justify it under the same logic as every other score you shoot on the course that day. Meaning, if your alone, you can claim a hole in one because claiming otherwise would be falsifying your score. If were assuming in golf that we are giving the singe player a benefit of the doubt, then we must do the same for holes in ones.  You can also have just as easily two people who are in it together, "Hey lets say you got a hole in one on this course, i will contest you did, and sign your card" So really any score on any hole is determined by the honesty of the player(s) playing that hole at the time. Which means a single player can claim a hole in one if he is honest with it.

Not really what I'm trying to say though... I don't really give a crap if somebody is there to attest to it or not; if you legitimately make a hole in one than that's what it is.  It's just a cool accomplishment and, for me, I'd like somebody to be there to see it.

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

It's just a cool accomplishment and, for me, I'd like somebody to be there to see it.

And that was my sole point, right there.  Of course, you will always know you made the hole in one, but without somebody there to see it (granted, preferably an aquaintance that you could retell the story with) it would never quite be the same.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by Golfingdad

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Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

It's just a cool accomplishment and, for me, I'd like somebody to be there to see it.

And that was my sole point, right there.  Of course, you will always know you made the hole in one, but without somebody there to see it (granted, preferably an aquaintance that you could retell the story with) it would never quite be the same.

Trust me on this one, nobody wants to participate in the retelling of a hole-in-one unless they were the one who did it.

[ontariogolfer]

There will always be those types of people out on the course now and then. He was clearly upset that you didn't want him to join. That still doesn't give him the right to blast a ball past you. You're right, if that hit you it could be been very bad. You should have taken his ball and threw it in some fescue jk.

It sounds like it was just a crappy situation all around. I hope you brushed it off and still had a great day.

[jestep]

Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

I play as a single nearly all of my rounds and in the summer when it is 100+ degrees out here, often times there is nobody to pair me with.  As much as I would love to have a hole in one I hope that it's not in this situation.

If you make enough noise surely someone would surely believe it. Screaming guy on the 16th, I'd sign the card ;)