What irritates me is when a person says "good shot" when I've managed to get the ball into the green wit a lousy chip/pitch, and still have 6 meters (20 feet) to the hole and absolutely no chance of scrambling. The irritating thing is that HE, as a high handicapper really and honestly thinks that my shot was a good one, because if he had made such a shot, HE would be happy.
If I ever will have a round with, say, Ernie, I'm not gonna say "nice shot" to him if he makes an approach shot from 100 meter (110 yards) and misses the green by 2 meters, a shot that I would be quite pleased with.
Me, myself and I, if you see my point.