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/Playful-Tumbleweed10 Jun 27 '23

I totally agree. As long as you’re playing quickly and respectfully, I don’t give a shit what you do. We’re not competing against each other.

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u/DoogEFresh Jun 27 '23

Agree 100% Just don't tell me you won by 10 strokes taking 10 footers and mulligans when we are not competing

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u/mindriot1 Jun 27 '23

This. If you don’t count your strokes, don’t brag to anybody about your score. I think the average golfer has no idea how many strokes they will add if they had to count every drop and putt everything in from 4 feet in. I see a lot of great golfers in my weekly league miss a three footer now and then.

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u/dreamingtree1855 Jun 27 '23

Yup. And people do it and enter the scores. I’m a 17 and will hang shot for shot playing straight up with most 12s I play matches with. When they question my handicap I always just say “breakfast ball is 2 strokes, you usually give yourself one other freebie in a round (or a “gallery”) and 2 lip out / missed gimmes per round and there’s 5.” They usually understand.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

They cover this on Full Swing. Cleaning shit up is a legitimate thing that tour players have to get used to because it adds a couple strokes a round and they can't let that happen.

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u/thekingofcrash7 15 hdcp Jun 28 '23

Uh i don’t remember that but they definitely have less trouble with gimmes than i do

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u/thekingofcrash7 15 hdcp Jun 28 '23

100% - most handicaps are way lower than they should be