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On 5/11/2016 at 2:06 PM, 9wood said:

I enjoying getting paired up with other golfers I have never played with before and have never met. In my personal experience there are different types of people I have been paired up with. 1) The humble golfer who says he not much of a golfer and then pars almost every hole and gets a birdie or two. 2) The boasting golfer who says he's almost at scratch level golf and drives the ball about 300 yards but often misses the fairways and scores an 87 and drives about the same distance as you do. 3) The frustrated golfer who is angry with how he is playing and blames everything but his swing as the reason why he's not playing well. 4) Then there's the generally pleasant golfer (which are most of them) who are just plain good golf company, and are the type you hope to get paired up with again. 

I know I left out a few other types, but those are generally the 4 types I seem to get paired up with

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9 minutes ago, newtogolf said:

That's been affecting me as well lately.  My instructor told me that I should try practice swinging while I'm waiting so that I don't get stiff or allow get out of synch.  

Sure. Moving always beats standing around, but with yesterday's silliness I lost focus as well.

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On 5/12/2016 at 5:50 PM, colin007 said:

In the hundreds of golfers I've been paired with, there were only two that would NOT ever want to be paired with again. That's it. Out of hundreds, just two dickwads.

I've only been with two, but that was definitely on me. If I played them now, I'd probably enjoy the round with them.

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Im a bit of a extrovert, so i don't mind being paired up with strangers. This happens usually when i walk on at a muni or something. I like meeting and talking with new people. The rounds I've enjoyed playing with strangers the most is where the banter isn't focused on playing golf. I like to talk about baseball so i get on great with baseball people. 

I dont like it all that much when people ask me a bunch of questions about playing golf. Im a scratch player and i can shoot under par on a good day, but I'm not Tiger Woods or anything... I don't have super great advice on golf swings or anything like that. I give good chipping and putting advice when people ask, though. 

I particularly enjoyed the group i got paired up with a Bethapage a couple weeks ago. There was a Korean guy in the group that plays to a 6 or 7 handicap. Very good player with a nice swing. When i get paired with better players they're cool at first but after a few holes it seems like they descend into dick measuring. Im as competitive as anyone but those rounds tend to be not fun for me. But the Korean guy was very friendly and we talked about golfers and favorite holes we've played over a few beers. I like that type of stuff. Everyone in the group broke 85 and it was very enjoyable. 


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1 hour ago, Groucho Valentine said:

Im a bit of a extrovert, so i don't mind being paired up with strangers. This happens usually when i walk on at a muni or something. I like meeting and talking with new people. The rounds I've enjoyed playing with strangers the most is where the banter isn't focused on playing golf. I like to talk about baseball so i get on great with baseball people. 

I dont like it all that much when people ask me a bunch of questions about playing golf. Im a scratch player and i can shoot under par on a good day, but I'm not Tiger Woods or anything... I don't have super great advice on golf swings or anything like that. I give good chipping and putting advice when people ask, though. 

I particularly enjoyed the group i got paired up with a Bethapage a couple weeks ago. There was a Korean guy in the group that plays to a 6 or 7 handicap. Very good player with a nice swing. When i get paired with better players they're cool at first but after a few holes it seems like they descend into dick measuring. Im as competitive as anyone but those rounds tend to be not fun for me. But the Korean guy was very friendly and we talked about golfers and favorite holes we've played over a few beers. I like that type of stuff. Everyone in the group broke 85 and it was very enjoyable. 

What's baseball, is it like rounders ?

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1 minute ago, paininthenuts said:

What's baseball, is it like rounders ?

You've never heard of Baseball in the UK? Its sort of like Cricket without the wickets and fancy sweaters. 


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2 hours ago, Groucho Valentine said:

You've never heard of Baseball in the UK? Its sort of like Cricket without the wickets and fancy sweaters. 

And the average viewer can actually figure out what's going on.

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Got paired up with 5 other golfers, so I became the sixth. Three of us were using the whites, and three of us were using the green tee boxes. All I can say is, I will make sure I never get involved in that sort of mess ever again. It was totally nuts.

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