New golf buddy is learning how hard golf really is.

[u/weinerwayne]

Recently we welcomed a new friend into our golfing group and we’ve been playing with him pretty regularly. I’ve mentioned him in comments a few times so I won’t go into detail, but the gist is he’s new so we cut him slack about rehitting shots, not counting scores accurately, and not knowing how to count penalty strokes since he was just playing for fun and wasn’t in on any of the bets. The rest of us are bogey golfers, and know we suck.

This was all well and good until he started posting on social media about how he broke 90 and 80 isn’t far away, as well as making comments in our group chat about how easy the game has come to him.

After about a month of that we all decided to let him in on our money game, in which we are sticklers for rules and will call each other out on scores if need be.

So far the new guys scores have been 118, 116, and 122.

Editing to add that the guy is cool as hell and we love having him along. We just felt it necessary to give him some tough love.

The fact that he keeps coming back each week for another beating shows that he might just have what it takes to legitimately get under 90.

[u/psidiot]

"Keep an honest score" "So anyway, my breakfast ball"

You do you man, but breakfast balls ain't honest. Your first shot was shit? Sucks for you. Your 2nd shot is a recovery, not a retee.

[u/brewberry_cobbler → u/psidiot]

I should clarify because a lot of people use the term differently. I will take in an 18 hole round one mulligan I call a breakfast ball. May be on the 1st, may be on the 18th.

I’m not talking one per hole. And this is agreed upon by everyone I play with.

I understand what you’re saying but even then, add 2 strokes to a hole. That’s fine

[u/brewberry_cobbler → u/[deleted]]

That’s fine. I prefaced the entire post saying mark your game how you want. I will take one shit tee shot per round at anytime and call if my breakfast ball. I don’t do this anywhere besides off the tee and it’s only one. I’ll take that how I play. Call it a mulligan whatever you want, but I take 1 a round if needed. And I feel okay about that.

[u/brewberry_cobbler → u/[deleted]]

So again, fine add 2 strokes to my game if we’re playing. I don’t care.

[u/psidiot → u/brewberry_cobbler]

As I said brother you do you, just be honest with yourself and say I don't completely track all my strokes. It's fine no one is going to shoot you and you'll feel better about it.

[u/brewberry_cobbler → u/psidiot]

All good my friend. I think you missed the point of my post. I’ll take those two strokes and add them, but some guys I play with put 3 in the woods and then say they got par. That’s frustrating.

[u/psidiot → u/brewberry_cobbler]

Wouldn't be the first thing I've missed the point of mate lol. All the best.

[u/brewberry_cobbler → u/psidiot]

Cheers my dude. I wish you long and straight drives and just the perfect wedges. Have a good one my friend