I took my son golfing and he is furious that I would not take a mulligan on a bad drive but would pick up my ball after three puts on an aerated green. We were with another twosome of older guys like me who would pick up as well to save time and stop beating the dead horse.
How do I explain that all young golfers are anal about putting back and forth for days until they sink the put when us older guys are happy to say, "your good."
I wasn't posting to my handicap and there was no money on the round so I was just happy to be on the course with my son until he expressed his distaste for my failing morals!
Can this be explained or is time the only teacher of this common practice.
I also realized that it could be construed as sandbagging by letting an aerated green expand your strokes. I did count the pick up as a stroke though.
Thanks in advance for any feed back.
Andrew
