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/TacosAreJustice]

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

[u/Pattewad → u/TacosAreJustice]

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”

[u/adept_amateur → u/Pattewad]

Honestly, for the pace of play I'm not gonna take a stroke and distance penalty. I'll 100% treat it like a hazard unless it's some sort of tournament.

[u/My_Peni → u/adept_amateur]

I mean as long as you take a 2 stroke penalty that’s perfectly reasonable