How do you handle a group of jerks on the course without descending to their level???

**mcanadiens** · July 3, 2015

I've had more than a few rounds being behind the guy behind the slow guy. Truthfully, I don't handle it well.

In a few memorable instances I got pissed at the group in front of me because they didn't try to press the slow group at all. At times, it seemed that simply playing ready golf would have got them in a position to pass the slow group. Instead they just sit back and let em do what they want. My frustration gets to a point where I'll lash out at everyone and that includes enablers.

@Jack Lee , I'm not saying you were an enabler. I wasn't there. I'm just relating my own experiences.

**BuckeyeNut** · July 3, 2015

I play a lot of golf......100+ rounds a year. To do this, I play 2 kinds of golf.

1. First off on the weekends with a regular group:

Pace of play is not an issue because we set the standard. If we have 4 players.....3hrs is enough.

2. Opportunity golf:

Playing late afternoons during the week when "the fray" comes into play. If I am behind a slow group with a gap in front that I can see...........I don't necessarily wait to play through. I may drive around and skip a hole. The same thing goes for being the 2nd group behind providing the group in front is doing nothing to get past the knuckleheads.

**Jack Lee** · July 3, 2015

I've had more than a few rounds being behind the guy behind the slow guy. Truthfully, I don't handle it well. In a few memorable instances I got pissed at the group in front of me because they didn't try to press the slow group at all. At times, it seemed that simply playing ready golf would have got them in a position to pass the slow group. Instead they just sit back and let em do what they want. My frustration gets to a point where I'll lash out at everyone and that includes enablers. @Jack Lee , I'm not saying you were an enabler. I wasn't there. I'm just relating my own experiences.

Interesting point. And a good one, too. I'll have to also give some thought to how to politely deal with a group playing that slowly ahead of us in the future as well. We were keeping up with the group in front of us and I have no idea what our who may have been in front of them. We were being careful to give them room before hitting our shots so we didn't hit into them, but we were also getting to our balls and waiting there so as soon as they were clear, we were ready to go. I'll think on that one, as well.

**Lihu** · July 3, 2015

[quote name="mcanadiens" url="/t/82944/how-do-you-handle-a-group-of-jerks-on-the-course-without-descending-to-their-level#post_1163786"]I've had more than a few rounds being behind the guy behind the slow guy. Truthfully, I don't handle it well. In a few memorable instances I got pissed at the group in front of me because they didn't try to press the slow group at all. At times, it seemed that simply playing ready golf would have got them in a position to pass the slow group. Instead they just sit back and let em do what they want. My frustration gets to a point where I'll lash out at everyone and that includes enablers. @Jack Lee , I'm not saying you were an enabler. I wasn't there. I'm just relating my own experiences.

Interesting point. And a good one, too. I'll have to also give some thought to how to politely deal with a group playing that slowly ahead of us in the future as well. We were keeping up with the group in front of us and I have no idea what our who may have been in front of them. We were being careful to give them room before hitting our shots so we didn't hit into them, but we were also getting to our balls and waiting there so as soon as they were clear, we were ready to go. I'll think on that one, as well.[/quote] There's no excuse purposely hitting into anyone. You did the right thing. As frustrating as waiting can be, it's the correct thing to do. . .

**Duff McGee** · July 4, 2015

Um, whoever said that someone playing appropriately by not hitting into or yelling at a slow group ahead....seriously? That is insane. Victim blaming at least. How big of a jerk do you have to be to get mad at someone that just so happens to have had the bad luck of getting behind slow players? That is an extremely childish view of the world.

**Gunther** · July 4, 2015

Um, whoever said that someone playing appropriately by not hitting into or yelling at a slow group ahead....seriously? That is insane. Victim blaming at least. How big of a jerk do you have to be to get mad at someone that just so happens to have had the bad luck of getting behind slow players? That is an extremely childish view of the world.

Yeah, I wouldn't quite go as far as you but I did find it curious to be angry at the group ahead of you with the misfortune of being behind a slow group. Never looked at it that way, usually just commiserate with them and deal with it.

**bm85** · July 4, 2015

Some people can really show their ass on a golf course. Then you meet those really chill folks, who seem to be on a different planet. I try to be like the latter, but some people only respond to monkey stuff, and you gotta yell at them or something.

**9wood** · July 4, 2015

The biggest jerks I ever met on the golf course were 2 idiots probably in the thirties who had their own private golf cart. On top of their golf cart were a pair of huge speakers and while they were playing they were blasting Led Zepplin music full blast on the volume. The course ranger shortly came out and made them turn it completely off.

**SavvySwede** · July 4, 2015

The biggest jerks I ever met on the golf course were 2 idiots probably in the thirties who had their own private golf cart. On top of their golf cart were a pair of huge speakers and while they were playing they were blasting Led Zepplin music full blast on the volume. The course ranger shortly came out and made them turn it completely off.

So they brought their own golf cart with custom speakers to a public course? What course allowed them to do this if I might ask? Seems far-fetched.

**9wood** · July 4, 2015

So they brought their own golf cart with custom speakers to a public course? What course allowed them to do this if I might ask? Seems far-fetched.

It's a true story. The course is Niagara County Golf Course in Lockport NY. They use to have a coral they use to rent out to individuals who wanted to pay to keep their own carts on site.

**MyrtleBeachGolf** · July 4, 2015

So they brought their own golf cart with custom speakers to a public course? What course allowed them to do this if I might ask? Seems far-fetched.

A lot of courses allow their members to drive their own golf carts to the course. It's actually quite common at courses where the members live on the course. Communities that are built around the course tend to have a fair share of members that drive their own carts.

**WUTiger** · July 4, 2015

... This bunch was shouting to each other across the course as we were trying to hit shots, cutting donuts on the fairways with the golf cart, repeatedly screeching to a halt in the golf carts on the path, and so on. At least three times, they hit shots that came within 10 yards of us with no warning call. ...

If it happened early in the round, lets say middle of the front nine. I would tell the starter or clubhouse at the turn. If it still happened, I would call the clubhouse on the course and have a ranger sent out.

I definitely would have phoned the clubhouse. Besides irritating others, these clowns could damage the carts or the golf course.

**SavvySwede** · July 4, 2015

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Originally Posted by SavvySwede

So they brought their own golf cart with custom speakers to a public course? What course allowed them to do this if I might ask? Seems far-fetched.

A lot of courses allow their members to drive their own golf carts to the course. It's actually quite common at courses where the members live on the course. Communities that are built around the course tend to have a fair share of members that drive their own carts.

I'm aware of this practice. It's just strange to have at a public course.

**Mac62** · July 4, 2015

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Originally Posted by SavvySwede

So they brought their own golf cart with custom speakers to a public course? What course allowed them to do this if I might ask? Seems far-fetched.

A lot of courses allow their members to drive their own golf carts to the course. It's actually quite common at courses where the members live on the course. Communities that are built around the course tend to have a fair share of members that drive their own carts.

I'm aware of this practice. It's just strange to have at a public course.

Our local public course allows private carts - but they still charge a "trail fee".

**BugDude** · July 4, 2015

Anyone hitting a ball into you is obviously donating it to you so you should just pick it up and put it in your pocket. Keep doing that and they'll get tired of losing golf balls. If they want it back, tee it up and send it back to them with a golf club.

In all seriousness, I simply call the clubhouse. If I'm on a course I'm not familiar with, the clubhouse phone number is usually on the score card. I've done that before and within a few minutes seen someone ride out on a cart and give them heck. Solved the problem.

I had one run-in with 2 carts full of drunks who thought 4 guys with golf clubs in their hands against 1 guy (me) playing by myself was a fair fight...they found out soon enough that those were not good odds for them. Once I dispensed with the immediate situation I called the clubhouse (I was a member and these clowns were not) and they came out and escorted them to the parking lot...where a Sheriff's Deputy was waiting for them. I finished my round without incident. I addressed the issue at the next board meeting seeing as I was paying dues every month for a private club and they were letting more and more non-members play. I joined a private club to avoid people like that on the course. The practice was halted. It seems the guy working the pro shop was pocketing the money from non-members paying cash to play for the day. They also freed up his future.

**MyrtleBeachGolf** · July 4, 2015

I'm aware of this practice. It's just strange to have at a public course.

All but 2 of the 90 courses in Myrtle Beach are public. And a majority of them have members who drive their own golf carts.

**Rip62** · July 5, 2015

Waving down a ranger or calling the clubhouse is definitely is the way to go.

**9wood** · July 5, 2015

All but 2 of the 90 courses in Myrtle Beach are public. And a majority of them have members who drive their own golf carts.

90 course just in Myrtle Beach? Really?

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