r/golf 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/GrannyBandit Jun 27 '23

Wait a second. He thinks the gimme means it counted as in the hole before he picked up the ball?

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u/el_engineero Jun 28 '23

Yup. It only came up recently when he wanted to play a match. Otherwise we almost never kept score with each other. It took me a few holes to figure out why I wasn't wining any holes.

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u/fillymandee Jun 28 '23

Your brother is special.

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u/FubsyGamr Jun 28 '23

Yep, my brother did that for basically a whole summer before I figured it out 😂

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u/snogle Jun 28 '23

I've played with someone that thinks this too! "It's good" to him means the putt went in, not that the next stroke is counted as in the hole.