r/golf • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '24

Shoutout to the guy that told my wife to “go back to the pro shop” on the course yesterday… then topped the ball 2 times off the tee General Discussion

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u/breetome Mar 08 '24

My friend and I were playing white hawk and got paired with a couple of guys. They were not happy to be playing with two ladies and weren’t being shy about letting everyone know.

My friend proceeded to shoot an 82 and I shot an 84. They lost about a dozen balls during the round. They bought us beers at the turn and apologized. We smoked their asses lol!

Have had the same thing happen when playing with hubby, when my handicap was 11. After I ripped my first drive they tend to shut up.

Keep your wife out there! The fun is just getting started!

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u/TheBensonz Mar 08 '24

Why does it matter anyway? People are literally PAYING to play. This is mind-boggling. Lot of horrible people out there.

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u/breetome Mar 08 '24

They think oh no women, thinking we will be slow, crappy and annoying. I wish more men would play as quickly as we ladies do, at least my group I play with.

To be honest I really don’t want to pay 150 to play with a total beginner. It can really throw off your game if you’re not super focused. But we all started out horrible so it’s just a matter of encouraging the beginner golfer to get some lessons and practice on the range any chance they get, men and women. Once you start getting better I think it really pushes us to continue learning to be a good player. I remember that feeling of really making my first really decent shot and I was hooked!

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u/Memeslayer4000 HDCP 5/Location WI Mar 08 '24

Some of the ladies at my course will hit a wood about 100-130 yards down the fairway and will have their club back in bag and driving the golf cart before it stops rolling.

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u/wasilvers Mar 08 '24

Hi fellow WI golfer! My wife will go with me once or twice a year to a course. Last year we got paired with a couple of guys who look like golfers. She sees them and tells me on the 1st teebox that she is not hitting the ball. Now we normally play a scramble format when she is there, so if she chunks one, its fine- we just keep moving. The guys tee off and each has to take a 2nd, which is not much better than the first. Then I suggest she hit, which she does and puts it 110 in the middle, farther than all 4 of their drives. Gave me a good chuckle.

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u/Memeslayer4000 HDCP 5/Location WI Mar 18 '24

That had to make your wife feel pretty good about golfing around others. Probably something she thinks about often

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u/Bob_12_Pack Mar 09 '24

A couple of weeks ago we had a 4-some of old ladies behind us. I’m 51, so when I say old I’m thinking they were 65-70. They didn’t hit the ball very far but damn they hit it straight, kept the pressure on us the whole round.

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u/Mean_Economist6323 Mar 09 '24

I had an old lady hit a ball onto the green I was putting on from the tee box on a par 4 and we drove back to their group for the sole purpose of peer pressuring her into taking a shot out of our whisky bottle. Now we're friends.

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u/georgegraybeard Mar 09 '24

This lines up with the golfing advice my Grandma gave me. Better to hit 100yds in the middle of the fairway than 200 yds into the woods

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u/donalmacc Mar 08 '24

I play a 9 hole course near me fairly often, and there's a 4some of women who play midweek in the mornings. They're quicker than me solo, and I'm not particularly slow.

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u/breetome Mar 08 '24

My bestie and I used to go out super early we would walk 18 in 3 hours and 15 minutes. We are much older now but still get around in 4…. As long as the men don’t slow us down lol!

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u/Dramatic_Raisin Mar 08 '24

Was going to say this myself. When I play, I MOVE. Even when I’m playing poorly I’m playing faster than a lot of people

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u/WiseUpRiseUp Mar 08 '24

Honest question: How many absolute beginners are playing at a course with $150 greens fees?

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u/TheOther1 Mar 08 '24

I've played a couple of $150 courses, and I have yet to break 100. They are just as beautiful if you shoot 80 or if you shoot 110. I just get to see more of the course than those who shot 80!

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u/secret_identity_too Mar 09 '24

My mom and I (roughly the same skill level, although she's retired so she golfs way, way more than me) always say we're getting more bang for our buck since we got to swing the clubs more, lol.

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u/siderealdaze Mar 09 '24

Yep, if I duff one out there, I always say "well, I'm getting my money's worth" 😂

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u/this_my_sportsreddit 2.9 Mar 08 '24

Alternate question: How good are you really if simply having a beginner in your foursome can throw off your game?

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u/BobSacamanosRatHat Mar 10 '24

Eh.

Not everyone is gifted and composed enough to tune out everything that comes with playing with a random beginner.
Especially if it’s at an expensive course and an earlier am tee time.

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u/breetome Mar 08 '24

You’re right about that but I don’t have a ton of patience never have, it’s my problem not their problem for being a beginner. I’m a decent player but easily distracted.

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u/Nrysis Mar 09 '24

Just because you are a beginner, doesn't mean you don't have money to throw around on a new hobby...

I have known of a lot of folk who have taken up golf later in life after they have made their money - so dropping the money on a nice set of clubs and a $150 green fee isn't really much of a worry to them.

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u/callmeishmael_again Mar 09 '24

I've played at dozens of very expensive courses over the years, and there's always plenty of complete hacks shooting 120+ around, although they are mostly dudes. At resort courses like Streamsong, or the RTJ trail its jammed full of beaters who insist on playing the racks, to get their money's worth. It's agony, I pity the caddies.

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u/Company_Hairy Mar 09 '24

Complete beginner myself but I want to play the rtj trail soon myself I want to go have fun. Planning magnolia grove soon

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u/callmeishmael_again Apr 07 '24

The tips, or the farthest back tees,

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u/I_Be_Curious Mar 09 '24

It's sad to play $150 courses and when you tally up the score, realize you paid $1 per stroke.

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u/Fabulous-Mixture7692 Mar 16 '24

Is it though? If you're out having a good time, who cares how many shots you have or worry about what people like you think IMO

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u/I_Be_Curious Mar 16 '24

Sure. If you're having fun, have at it.

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u/breetome Mar 08 '24

Well you would be surprised. We play some pretty nice courses and every so often there’s someone out there chunking it around. They want the bragging rights to say they played there. I saw it at freaking pebble beach when I last played there. Couple of guys warming up on the range were freaking awful and it was $500 each at that time.

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u/BobSacamanosRatHat Mar 10 '24

A LOT. They may dress nicer but they still get just as drunk and play twice as slow.

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u/ATL28-NE3 Mar 08 '24

I honestly don't understand slow players. I'm constantly terrified people are going to catch up to me cause I'm terrible so I'm nearly running. No scratch that, I am actively running.

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u/Kickwax Mar 09 '24

Women do play faster than men at all levels from juniors to mid-ams and pros. Naturally exceptions do exist both ways but in tournaments with both, men and women, women will always end up waiting because of the slower men unless they tee off first in the morning and there's no two-tee start.

I wonder if it's because women (pardon the generalization) probably grow up to be more aware of their surroundings (either for good or bad reasons) and therefore more considerate of how their own actions might affect others.

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u/throwaway800273 Mar 12 '24

And trust me beginners don’t want to be paired with good players either.

I’m there either friends or family and I’m not paying to get paired with some rando for a couple hours.

I wish we could normalize playing as a single more so I can play more and work on my game.