Funny observation of golfers on my hole yesterday in a tournament

[Gator Hazard]

As mentioned in some of my more previous posts I went out to play on Sunday after watching some golfers whilst enjoying a few margaritas in the company of my lovely wife and young son.  As she went to put him down for a nap I was walking back out to my seat under the oak tree where you have a good view of some of the fairway and the green.

The 13th hole that I live on is an average distance par four that dog legs slightly right, but there is a bunker at about the 250 mark on a hill, that drops off and a massive oak tree behind it on the right hand side protecting you from going directly at it.  If you try and go over the tree for your second shot it can be difficult to get on the green in two if you dind't get your ball on the left hand side of the fairway (where you want to be for a more direct line of sight approach).

Anyway, I see this guy walking around looking for his ball, in the tall grass past the bunker on RHS around the tree area.  It is messy, and wet and high grass since they can't get the mowers in there for fear of them getting stuck. Several others, including his wife "sorry honey, I love you but I don't love you that much to check in that stuff, did you ask that guy if he saw your ball?" are looking.  Weather has been crazy here, we are getting hammered as we speak.  The guy did ask me in half jerk fashion (more on that later).  Had he been more polite I probably would have helped him look since I was sitting out there with my frogstompers on anyway.

There is another guy dressed in a hideous green polo shirt and blue shorts with a thick European accent that is badgering the guy.  He yells at him to take the drop and move on.  The person looking for his ball yells back he has five minutes to look for his ball.  Poorly dressed Eurpean guy keeps badgering him saying "you hit it way right, probably a 100 yards, its probably in the street", funny but I thought way out of line, now he is just trying to get under his skin.  The searcher says "I found my provisional (also in the high grass on the right), I have 5 minutes to look for my FBOMB ball!"  At that point you could tell that these guys obviously have some history, whether it is just that day or other days.

He hits his provisional after giving up and puts it right on the front edge of the green which does slope uphill so was as good a shot as could be asked for from where he was playing it.  As he walks by I ask "you playing a tournament?" and he says "Yeah, and I have five minutes to look for my ball!" to which I replied that I agreed and thought the other guy was way out of line.  Anyway, so he gets up there and its a convention on the 13th green with what looks like four players and two people out to support.  Badly dressed European guy walks right up into slightly jerky guys face and starts giving him more of a hard time.  I thought they might fight if it kept up.  I bit my lip (as I should have) but everything in me wanted to yell out at them that "It is supposed to be a gentleman's game".  Must have been a heck of a tournament.  Having understood that the guy was probably frazzled by how big of a jerk badly dressed dude was I give the guy a pass for being half jerky to me.

It was great entertainment to say the least.  Gotta love the things you see on a golf course. When my wife came back out I told her she missed all the action, and thats about the time I asked if she minds if I go play a few twilight holes.

[Duff McGee]

Instead of shouting about it being a gentleman's game why didn't you yell out that the guy just said (insert horrible insult) and you could have gotten a live pay per view type scene for free?

[Gator Hazard]

It was entertaining enough as it was, believe me.  Besides I was playing later, don't need those clowns tearing up the green right before I go out and play.  :)

[Patch]

I have had many entertaining moments on golf courses, while watching other folks play their version of golf. Some are arguments, and usually includes a loudmouth trying to intimidate someone.

Other times the entertainment has come from different types of swings, and/or golf shots. Different styles of apparel, or lack of, have also been fun to watch.

Of course there have been times when I have played with a real scratch golfer who's great shots, and conversation were fun to share.

I just grin and take in everything for what it's worth. What is going on around me while on a golf course is just another part of the overall relaxing aspect of the game/sport.

[Gator Hazard]

I have had many entertaining moments on golf courses, while watching other folks play their version of golf. Some are arguments, and usually includes a loudmouth trying to intimidate someone.

Other times the entertainment has come from different types of swings, and/or golf shots. Different styles of apparel, or lack of, have also been fun to watch.

Of course there have been times when I have played with a real scratch golfer who's great shots, and conversation were fun to share.

I just grin and take in everything for what it's worth. What is going on around me while on a golf course is just another part of the overall relaxing aspect of the game/sport.

It was fantastic entertainment, and it was live, doesn't get any better.

I am sure you would find much amusement in my golf swing.  I have lessons I need to take, and plan on setting up in very near future.  Looking forward to doing that.  Last time I was hitting, I tried to hit my three wood off the deck and being that I am a slicer, was amazed that I hit a low screamer that started left and then pulled back in to land almost center of where I was.  Duffed the next one, third was basically the same.  I can't hit that club to save my life usually and doubt I will be able to hit it on Sunday, but if the situation arises and my ball is sitting perfectly I might just yank that sucker out and see what happens.

Right now I just love that everything is still ahead of me.  I used to play a lot of pool and it was kind of like that, after a while you get to a level and just don't improve much, with golf, that plateau is a long, long ways away.

Two guys playing shortly behind them I saw a dude land in that same area, and he found his ball.  It was in incredibly high grass, and his full swing was being disrupted by a low lying branch.  So what did he do?  He bumped it out about 3 times until it sat the way he liked and played it.  I don't know if they were in the tournament as well though.  I committed a few rounds back to play it no matter how hideous it is since I am making better contact now.

[Duff McGee]

It was entertaining enough as it was, believe me.  Besides I was playing later, don't need those clowns tearing up the green right before I go out and play.  :)

Haha I could just imagine as you get to that green later: "man, I shouldn't have provoked those guys to fight earlier...look at that human shaped body imprint I have to putt across and all these stupid teeth I have to wipe away now."