Your favorite -- or least favorite -- golf clichés

[jamo]

Favorite= "Sorry guys, let me take out my tampon and hit that again."
not sure if its cliche but it is funny

I also like the "tree wood"

[MiniMoe]

Just last week, I played in a mini-tour event and the guy I played with did not play well at all. My caddy, in trying to offer a little consoling, said, "mama said there would be days like this". Without missing a beat, the guy said, "I wish my mama was here, I need a hug".

[MiniMoe]

One I use once in while while ribbing buddies, "it's not straight, but at least it's short, or it's short, but at least it's crooked".

[Drifterland]

You shut your mouth! If Arnie says he put overspin on the drive at Cherry Hills, then that exactly how it went down!

Ha Ha, I apologize to you and mister Palmer.

[Snakehousehawk]

When somone in our group tops the ball or mishits short there is a guy that alsways says "at least you advanced the ball" This guy happens to also be significantly worse than anyone else in our group.

[is2linda]

"Hm... i think its safe, lets go" *after a splash

[leezer99]

I like it when you hit a tree and someone says that it was a "tree-mendous" shot. Oh yeah, that gets funnier every time.

[enis750]

"wow that's a nice golf shot!"
golf shot!!!??? really!!! WTF!!!!!

"boy Jim that was a nice basketball shot" (or hockey shot or baseball catch)

[mhodar13]

Ones I hate: "Don't try to kill the ball" Well, you can not kill it if you want, but that's why I'm hitting it 280 and you're hitting it 180, lol. 4
"It's in the hole!" No explanation necessary.
I don't have a ton that I hate, but I have a few that I like: "Hitting it flush" Don't now why, but I love that word, flush. Lol.
"Good ball!"
"Bump N' Run"
"Phil Flop", lol love that
That's about it really.

[Azprobe]

When I leave a putt short, and someone says "you gotta hit it..."

I did hit it, evidenced by the fact that the ball moved.

I just didn't hit it hard enough.

But next time I will be sure to swing it harder.

That's an important life lesson, one I will apply when I swing my XG Teron into his cash and prizes.

[Grndslmhttr3]

I'm a fan of the whole "that'll play!" after a tee shot is topped like 40 yards.

[right handed phil mickelson]

Every single shot someone hits on our high school team is now followed by the words "ball."

Instead of "good ball", it was shortened to just "ball."

I hate it.

I also hate "Go in!" when it's pretty apparent that it's either left short, or its curving too much.

[TheGeekGolfer]

I got randomly paired with this guy a few weeks ago. After every shot (full, chip, putt, whatever), he had to comment. If a putt missed just short and left, then he'd say, "wow...should've hit that a bit harder and to the right". If you hit it onto the back of the green and the pin was in front... "should've hit it softer or one less club, that pin was in the front".

This guy was an idiot and I beat him by at least 15 strokes! It was really hard to ignore... but, I just looked at it as a learning tool and laughed it off.

[Alex B]

The Good:

A friend of mine came up with "legit sticks" for a good shot. At first I hated it, but it's grown on me a lot.

I really enjoy overusing Gary Koch's infamous "better than most" on a chip or long putt that looks like it has a chance to drop.

I also like phrases with "sauce" in them -- "weak sauce" for something that comes up short, "garb sauce" for a terrible shot.

The old saws about a massive pull (i.e., a "dead yank") being a "Thurman Munson" and a poor shot that has a fortunate result (i.e., one that "got away with murder") being an "O.J. Simpson" are also pretty good.

Finally, my friends and I have named a short putt that barely gets to the hole a "Vijay." (Remember his three-foot birdie putt on 18 during the third round of this year's PGA Championship?)

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The Bad:

In my first ever post on this forum (in this thread no less ... glad to see it resuscitated after its two-year coma), I complained about "not a lot of green to work with." Well, it still sucks.

[Grndslmhttr3]

I really enjoy overusing Gary Koch's infamous "better than most" on a chip or long putt that looks like it has a chance to drop.

I really hated that like from the second I first heard it.

[Cobber]

I have a good buddy that I play with all the time. On this one hole, he is ALWAYS right of the fairway in nearly the same spot every time. He made the comment once that he had a mailbox put in at that spot. Now every time we play, I remind him to check his mail. Also, sometimes when either of us has a bad day putting, we call it a Ray Charles day on the greens.

[Alex B]

I really hated that like from the second I first heard it.

Yup, "better than most" is annoying as hell ... that's why I love using it to irritate friends. So I guess I like the line not for itself but for its effect.

[Orange]

"wow that's a nice golf shot!"

Believe it or not... Golf's "Basketball Shot"... ;)