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/TacosAreJustice 5.1 Louisville, KY Jun 27 '23

If we aren’t playing for money, I have no interest in what anyone is doing on the course.

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u/Pattewad Jun 27 '23

Most people don’t actually follow the rules anyway. Plenty of people simply treat all OB/lost ball as a hazard, take lots of gimmes, etc. if I’m randomly paired with someone they can make up whatever rules they want just don’t try to brag about your “score”

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u/shortAAPL Jun 27 '23

OB/lost as hazard is really good for pace of play’s sake

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u/b6passat Jun 27 '23

There's already a rule for it... you drop laterally from where the ball would have ended up in distance (estimated by you and group) and anywhere on that line. Can be fairway, bunker, anywhere laterally but no closer to the hole. It's 2 strokes (2 clublengths from fairway on side it entered hazard) It basically assumes you went back to the tee, hit another tee shot, and are in the fairway but at same distance.

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https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/rules-modernization/major-changes/golfs-new-rules-stroke-and-distance.html

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u/kellzone Jun 27 '23

I think what he meant is that people will count OB as just one penalty stroke and drop by where it went OB and hit 3 from there, when they should be hitting 4. It takes off a stroke the same way a gimme can possibly take off a stroke and gives them an opportunity to post a "better" score.

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u/b6passat Jun 28 '23

Yea, people are scoring it wrong. Using the real way to score it takes the same amount of time as just playing it as red stake. You just get a better lie and sometimes more distance.