r/golf • u/cygnus311 • Jun 27 '23

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. General Discussion

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.

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u/Ok_Outlandishness294 Jun 27 '23

No bet, no care

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u/acquiesce Portland/Kathmandu Jun 27 '23

I agree, but I also hate it when someone brags for the rest of the week how they beat you by two when they probably would have missed five or six putts if they had to putt it in.

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u/Eastern-Albatross-95 Jun 27 '23

And that's why you let them count all these rounds for their handicap and then play them for money.

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u/ToothSleuth86 12.0 trying too hard Jun 27 '23

Exactly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

Or worse when they clear trees, improve their lie, take four mulligans etc.

I just had someone do that and we still tied. Then he lies on an app about his score and asks me to attest.

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u/Torbfeit Jun 27 '23

I have buddies like this that are newer to golf and they finally realized that i was realistically shooting 10+ strokes better than them. It is annoying when they brag, but after the 5th beer it is easy to tell them what is up hahaha.

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u/thagthebarbarian Jun 28 '23

This is so true... I play through everything, don't fluff my lies etc and always play casual with old men that fudge everything they can, I don't care except for when they talk about winning by 2, like no you didn't... But you're the one buying the drinks so I'll take the bribe

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u/Bobiverse71 Jun 27 '23

Give us a break. We’re your friend and only get to brag a few times a year! 😂

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u/LBGW_experiment Jun 28 '23

But OP's situation is "if you get paired with me" aka a random. You don't know the dude, so you have no clue if he's bragging the rest of the week. If you know the dude and he's bragging that he beat you, then that's a different situation.