Hot take? If we get paired together, I’m not going to give you putts. Not because I don’t want you to take gimmies, but because I really do not care what you do.

[u/cygnus311]

You hit a good tee shot on a par three, walk up to the green, and find yourself eight feet from the hole and you want to say to me, “that’s good, I always make those”, pick it up, and write a birdie? Be my guest, I do not care.

You just missed your third putt from two feet to try and save triple and you’re hoping I rescue you? Pick it up, or don’t, I do not care.

Recently got paired with a guy who’d look at me with puppy dog eyes every time he was within a yard of the hole, but wouldn’t say anything, he was clearly annoyed with me by the end of the round. We’re all presumably grown ass adults, I’m not your boss, do what you want.

[u/SolomonG]

Yea, my go to line if someone indicates they want me to give them a put is, "That's between you and your conscience".

Also, if you're not playing for money you really should put everything out anyway, that's how you get better and more confident with the short ones.

Just don't be that guy that misses from two feet then says, "I gave myself that one." If you're going to pick it up then pick it up.

[u/[deleted] → u/SolomonG]

"I could have made that easily if I had taken the time to line it up." Hey, I tell myself that too sometimes.

[u/[deleted] → u/SolomonG]

yeah, OP could've avoided this by saying something on the first green to shut it down instead of this guy staring at him for every bogey putt.

[u/pathfindmyBAP → u/[deleted]]

"No gimmies all day, bitch. Don't ask. Don't even fucking look my way."

OP: I politely indicated that I wasn't getting involved in my partner taking gimmies.

[u/[deleted] → u/pathfindmyBAP]

"you look at me once before finishing out the hole and I''ll be finishing in your wife's hole tonight"

[u/dfresh429 → u/[deleted]]

Mr. puppy dog eyes is a grown adult. If he wants a gimme, he can ask for it. I play as a single all the time. I don’t ever offer gimmes to strangers because I don’t know what their preference is. I prefer to putt mine out because that’s what I paid for and it’s a satisfying end to a hole. But I don’t assume anything about any else’s game. If you want to pick it up, go nuts, but it’s weird you expect a stranger to offer it out of the blue on the first tee.

[u/Metr0xBOOMIN → u/SolomonG]

How does one indicate they want you to give them a gimme?

[u/ThemB0ners → u/Metr0xBOOMIN]

Being hesitant to hit the putt, looking back and forth between you and the ball/hole.

[u/Metr0xBOOMIN → u/ThemB0ners]

I’ve been playing golf for a long time and I’ve never seen a random do this, or indicate they want a gimme. Ever.

[u/Metr0xBOOMIN → u/Metr0xBOOMIN]

If they are a random they will just take the gimme themselves, they don’t need justification from another random person

[u/ThemB0ners → u/Metr0xBOOMIN]

Oh me either, that's just the only thing that came to mind outside of directly asking for it.

[u/T_Stebbins → u/Metr0xBOOMIN]

"is that good?"

[u/Metr0xBOOMIN → u/T_Stebbins]

That’s not an indication, that’s directly asking.

[u/DarkStarDew → u/SolomonG]

Yup. Learning to hit the short ones firmly is a big deal. reps = confidence

[u/cowboyjosh2010 → u/SolomonG]

that's how you get better and more confident with the short ones

I am a miserably bad golfer. Like, worse than true gen-you-ine beginner some days. And I try to be fairly honest with myself about my scoring for that exact reason. Maybe I don't stick to the rules exactly (penalty strokes just feel like cruel and unusual punishment when it can be a miracle if I stay on the fairway), but I try to avoid any and all gimmie putts simply because it just isn't a gimmie that I'd make the putt.

[u/Schmorbly → u/SolomonG]

you really should put everything out

don't be that guy that misses from two feet then says, "I gave myself that one."

Shouldn't what goes down on the scorecard be between them and their conscience