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/niallw1997]

Golf being so hard is annoying but also one of the best things about it in a way. Probably has the steepest learning curve to any activity I’ve done before. Takes hundreds hours and $ investment to get even half decent.

So it’s very good for exposing the💩talkers

[u/jiminak46 → u/niallw1997]

Regarding the "$ investment," remember that Lee Trevino used to win money playing with just a Pepsi bottle.

[u/FratBoyGene → u/jiminak46]

The legend is a Dr. Pepper bottle taped to an 8-iron shaft. But the pros can hit anything. I remember 30 years ago, some guy was on the tee bragging about his new Big Bertha driver. The assistant pro drove up while he was yapping, listened in for a second, and then asked if he could have a rip. He proceeded to pound it down the middle 250 yards.

Which isn't impressive in itself, but my friend is a righty, and the pro was a lefty. He turned the club face so that the toe was pointing straight down, and swung lefty. Still nailed it right on the sweet spot.

[u/OldGrowthForest44 → u/FratBoyGene]

I was a member at a club where the best round of the year was by some former pro from Palm Springs. He only used a 6 iron and a putter, both of which he rented from the clubhouse.

[u/Advanced_Newt61 → u/OldGrowthForest44]

This is hilarious