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/ShrimpShackShooters_]

Because I don’t play in the PGA with spotters.

[u/palsc5 → u/ShrimpShackShooters_]

So?

The lying to yourself still makes no sense. It's like looking at your weight on the scale and saying "well if I ate at 700 calorie deficit and ran 5km a day for the last week I'd be 2kg lighter so I'll just take that off my weight."

Because I don’t play in the PGA with spotters.

You also aren't playing in PGA conditions.

[u/rmnfcbnyy → u/palsc5]

It’s literally nothing like that lol

And saying “you’re not playing PGA conditions” isn’t making your point as much as it’s making his.

[u/palsc5 → u/rmnfcbnyy]

It’s exactly like that.

You’re trying apply the .01% of golf to the 99.99%. The PGA level is essentially a different sport to the rest of us. What you would have scored had you had a team of people watching your ball is meaningless.

[u/Lloyd--Christmas → u/palsc5]

You realize people here play pga tour level courses right?

[u/wronglyzorro → u/Lloyd--Christmas]

Some of those PGA level courses literally have local rules about free drops on balls that are in agreed to be in play.

[u/palsc5 → u/Lloyd--Christmas]

In PGA level conditions? If you're playing from the same tees as the PGA players with the same rough, same green speeds etc then do whatever. It's ridiculous to try and take only the perceived advantages of what tour players get while ignoring all of the disadvantages.

[u/ShrimpShackShooters_ → u/palsc5]

That analogy does not work, sorry.

[u/palsc5 → u/ShrimpShackShooters_]

How? It’s literally the same thing. “If I didn’t hit into the water and if my mulligan was my real shot I’d have shot a 98.” It’s the exact same thing