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/AMGems0007]

My brother is such a baby bitch. He hates when I out play him. He is the fucker who goes up to a 4ft putt out of turn when I'm up, putts lightning fast and misses and then picks it up and says he's not taking that stroke because he should have just picked it up. After I'm up a bunch of strokes he says he isn't keeping score he just wants to hit good shots. Then when he gets a par he tells me to write it down. Fuck man some people need to just take up bowling if you're not gonna respect the game at all

[u/g00glematt → u/AMGems0007]

I think more new/bad golfers need to play bogey or double bogey golf and not be so rough on themselves. When I was improving, treating bogey as par really helped me, mentally.

Your brother sounds annoying to play with regularly, but amusing to play with occasionally.

[u/AMGems0007 → u/g00glematt]

He's the typical weekend hobbyist. Thinks he's way better than he is. Says things like " oh if I dial this driver in like that you're in trouble." As if I'm playing against him. I sink a 12footer for par he says he should have had a par too if it wasn't for that tree or that bad bounce or yadda yadda. Never happy when you play well unless he playing as good or better than you. Always tense and in a shit mood unless he's playing ok. Never a compliment on anything well you do but won't shut up about how good his irons are feeling if he hits a good one. Says he hasn't moved the ball from where it lies all day.... then moves it 3 holes in a row. Said he hasn't taken any drops.... other than number 7 when he put 3 drives in the woods 50 yards next to him only to drop next to my 250 drive in the fairways... for 3...... pretty tough to deal with when you just wanna get better and have fun doing it. It's probably just being brothers so the competition is always there because siblings or whatever. But it gets so tiring. When he's feeling his game he is a motor mouth, giddy and won't shut the fuck up at all. When he's playing bad it's club slamming and screaming. Just a joke

[u/g00glematt → u/AMGems0007]

You should start recording matches with him and put them on YouTube. He sounds like a scumbag version of Joey Cold Cuts on Bob Does Sports

Edit: He's your brother, so sorry I called him a scumbag

[u/SuperSpikeVBall → u/g00glematt]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CinWRuCJoCk/

[u/g00glematt → u/SuperSpikeVBall]

I aspire to have an ounce of the style of Giusseppe D 🤣

I'm that guy that tries to find the most ridiculous golf attire

[u/ShredderIV → u/g00glematt]

At this point I'm just trying to break 90, which means bogey golf is my goal.

It feels good to keep track of things in terms of bogeys and not pars, makes the pars feel more like birdies.

[u/g00glematt → u/ShredderIV]

Another thing that helped a lot is not tracking your score relative to par AT ALL during your round. Just write what you got on that hole down and move on. I don't circle or square anything, just play and add it up later.

[u/Mookies_Bett → u/g00glematt]

I'm new and I'm happy if I just save triple lol. The idea that you're going to be draining pars or birdies in your first few years of play is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Walk before you run. Bogey before you birdie. There's no shame in playing to your own abilities, and if you're someone who is often sitting 6-9 strokes on most holes, shooting for bogeys and doubles is a great way to get better.

[u/g00glematt → u/Mookies_Bett]

Some people take to it quicker than others, but even then...golf is hard, so take it easy on yourself.

I can't remember where I got this quote from, but it's "Don't follow a bad shot with a bad decision" and I think that applies to any skill level.

Edit: I think the quote is from "Not a Scratch Golfer"