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yup

Oh I know how that feels and it's an awful feeling. I've never exploded in front of my partners before for stuff like that, but now that I know I'm getting older I'm not as worried about getting mocked since I'd be looked and frowned upon as a "kid." So, it's going to happen soon I imagine.

I CANT STAND WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE THROW THEIR CLUBS , BECAUSE OF A BAD SHOT . ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HITS MY GOLF CART ! ! !

I feel people need to respect others, especially not knowing how they deal with movement or sound. One of my best friends that is also a great golfing buddy of mine is very sensitive to those I just mentioned and whenever we go as a twosome and they pair us up with with another group I try and warn the other group up front. As far as me, you can yell or run through my backswing and its not going to bother me.

I guess I should also say I am coming out of 5 weeks of shanks, so my focus is more intense right now....

Marshall's following me around the course aggrivate the piss out of me. More so than other stuff. Makes me uptight, GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE! Please.

Yeah, I hate getting grouped with players like that.

It's one thing if you play with the same group all the time and know each other's tendencies and peeves. But for a group you don't know to do all that...Little off character for golfers I think.

Most groups I play with are good golf etiquette players but occasionally you will run into the ones that just don't seem to care about anyone other than themselves.

Brian - I agree with you. I was playing with my buddy and we were paired with another two-some. They kept talking while I was putting. So on the 5th hole, I just waited til they stopped talking. Addressed the ball, took my practice stoke, and they started talking again - so I backed off. and watched them continue to talk. They said something like "oh you're away". And I said, "That's okay, I'll wait til your done with your conversation." After that - things were much better. Sometimes you just have to let people know your expectations and refuse to accept poor etiquette.

you worded it better than i would have but you got your point across and they probably didn't realize they were doing it but took the hint. good advice

Ya I know of one like that. Been standing on the green with this douschebag, and if you even move to pick your nose he will stop and say " Can you quit moving, I'm trying to make a shot here". Ahhhh dude your supposed to be looking at your ball not me. I played with him once in a blitz and won't do it again. The last 3 holes I kept undoing my glove on purpose making that velcro noise on purpose just as he would putt. He was real happy with me. Some old a$$ grumpy man that shoot's 100 but thinks it's everyone else's fault that he shoot's 100.

Oh you misunderstand I was and am a Volunteer Marshal for the PGA Tour

uh-oh, five-oh Bucknut, run. i've been lucky with this kind of stuff i guess. stuff happens but it's not usually too bad. plus, jdubs freaks out way before i will and i'm more concerned with telling him to let it go than to get mad. you guys have some horror stories. most of the time i realize the person is just clueless and i'm not gonna get too worked up over it. we had a guy last week that hit his tee shot on a par 3 while we were just getting in the cart and it hit just behind us and on the next hole from 140 out he hit while we were just getting in the cart and it hit the path and rolled past us. jdubs snapped, he was waiting for him at the turn to give him some shirt ( watched a movie last night and they replaced the "S" word with shirt, hilarious ) but the guy never came. we start the back nine and the marshall was driving by and we told him what was up and the guy backed off. we played as a two-some and he was a single but there was nowhere to go past us. they were backed up like 3 groups just ahead of us. stop racing to the red light and if you know you're not going anywhere, chill out and work on some stuff. it sucks but it should almost be expected so it's funny when people get so freaked out when it gets backed up.

I golf as a single and whether I'm placed with another group at the beginning, or "absorbed" into another group along the way, I try to get the skinny as soon as I join...do we follow hitting order at the tee according to the last hole or do we play "ready" golf (mostly "ready" golf)...I try to get a sense of the etiquette level (mostly etiquette level is very high, especially for ready golfers) and I let them know that if I break etiquette on the green...just let me know. I've been really lucky this far playing in Idaho, never really had a jerk in the groups I've been placed with. I've been hit into a couple times when the course gets backed up, but they come driving up in their carts, apologize, and say the misjudged the distance and it doesn't happen again.

I read the horror stories here alot and I gotta wonder if where I live isn't golf heaven as far as playing with strangers.