Anyone get you riled up to knock you off your game?

[Golftool]

I have a problem whenever i play with my brothers or my brother-in-law.

When we play for "skins" or nassau etc. they try to do whatever they can to get me off my game. - especially if i am winning or in the lead.

It starts on the tee - in my backswing or followthrough - my B-I-L will rattle the change or car keys in his pocket!:mad: :mad: :mad: Resulting in a chop or chili dip off the tee.

When i am waaaaaay out in front off the tee on a par 5 they will all say "oh i'd lay up - you can't go in 2 - look at all that water (sand,trees etc.) you have to go over - not a good idea - & i proceed to plunk it right in the middle of the crap!!!!

They also try to loosen the bag from the cart - so your stuff spills all over the place when you move.!!:mad: :mad:

A little cough or sniffle in your backswing on the approach shot or maybe a burp or a fart at the worst moment:mad:

They try all these approaches - it used to affect me in the past but now i am ready for ALL OF IT!! Just goes to show when you are as great as i am - everything falls in place (i use this one a lot on them and they hate it when i tell them how great i am or how great i am playing!!:D :rolleyes: :D



I know no one should do any of this - but we've ALL PLAYED WITH SOMEONE LIKE THIS - are there any others out there who will do or say something to someone just to get their "goat" or try to screw with their round???????

[Grass Roots Tour]

In order in improve (which I kind of assume is everyone's goal) you must play with players that are better than you. It doesn't sound like any of these guys are serious enough to be any good. If it were me I'd find another group for the majority of my rounds and save the few "other" rounds for the clowns.

[East Coast Golfer]

A group I played with at home was sort of like that. We were all single digit cap players, so basically if any of us hit a bad or stupid shot, we would hear it from the rest of the group. All in good fun and I have no problems with it whatsoever from buddies.

But if I got paired with some strangers and this started happening, I would just ignore them the whole round and never play with them again.

[Grass Roots Tour]

I agree, from my regular group I expect a wee bit of needling over stinkers and I give it just the same. This is all well and good right up to the point the player whos not having a good day snaps. At this point sometimes the helicopter makes an appearence and lets everyone know its time to lay off. (note, I do NOT bring out the helicopter myself, nor do I condone the use of the helicopter)

[Shadow]

There are golfers and people who play golf and the difference has nothing to do with handicap or ability, but everything to do with etiquette. Those who do what they can to ruin you game are to be avoided if possible, however, sometimes playing with these boors can be helpful. If you know that various antics are going to occur, then you can actually desensitize yourself to the distractions, focus on your game and play OK. Sometimes when you do not react to the nonsense, it ceases.

When we go to a driving range or practice area there is always talking and a whole host of distractions, however, none of this bothers us and our practice is not affected. So, having learned to play with distractions makes it easier to do the same when you play with golfers ignorant of golf etiquette. I must admit though, that playing with golfers who know better, but still do things, is annoying. Those who do things because they do not know any better, are easily tolerated, and can be taught what to do.

Playing in tournaments or even casual rounds, with players who respect the game and their fellow competitors, and whose etiquette is excellent, makes the rounds so much more enjoyable.

[Grass Roots Tour]

Playing in tournaments or even casual rounds, with players who respect the game and their fellow competitors, and whose etiquette is excellent, makes the rounds so much more enjoyable.[/QUOTE]

AMEN to that!

I sincerely wish you needed a license to play golf that requires you to pass a test on ettiquette before being allowed on the course. Even better, the license should have to be renewed yearly so some of y'all don't get lax in your playing practices.
This is one of the reasons tournament play is so much fun!

[Ems]

I think Golftool was talking about distractions before you hit the ball (playing skins) but some of the other examples on this thread is about getting "needlers" AFTER a bad shot. I think the two are very different.

In my group of guy friends, it's unheard of to purposely distract before or during a swing, but not that uncommon for trashtalking after a bad shot.

[Special_K]

Yep, I'm with Ems on that one. Trashtalking is fine and acceptable up until the swing or after it. During, however, it's all business. No BS.

[Focker Singh]

Totally agree that anything before or during your pre-shot routine is all business whether its a casual round with strangers or friends or a tournament and that any trash talking afterwards always adds more fun to the round. Me and my friends always talk a little trash almost on every hole. Loosens up the group but it can also get on some people's nerves, then thats when we know they can't play with us anymore :D

[countclub]

hey golftool......maybe you should trade your family in ,for one that might enjoy your game & enjoy getting in a few extra rounds in with you .....lets play some time........OK.......

[EDSGolf]

I agree, good trashtalking is fun and should be allowed right up until the player starts his routine and finishes his shot!!! You gotta block that stuff out! There is one guy that when he has the lead, I say "And then there was (the difference in strokes between his and my score", he then falls apart, once he had a 9 shot lead and broke down :)

[tjhayko]

The only people who have ever riled me up enough to throw me off my (admitting poor) game are marshals and a greens keeper once.

[alien270]

my brother in law purposely trys to get under my skin
we literally have shouting match at the course..
he cant take the fact that he started golf earlier than me
and im already better than him the first time we played.
played with him today and beat him by 23 strokes
that should shut him up for a while :rofl:

[Jaydog]

The only people who have ever riled me up enough to throw me off my (admitting poor) game are marshals and a greens keeper once.

just idiot marshalls for me..no offence to any innocent ones, of course. ;)

[tjhayko]

just idiot marshalls for me..no offence to any innocent ones, of course. ;)
We had some trouble with some at Lakeridge yesterday. One comes by and told us he asked the group ahead to move a little quicker as we are on the green, and between the green at the next tee, another comes by and tells us to close the gap. Communication would be good.

[Grass Roots Tour]

We had some trouble with some at Lakeridge yesterday. One comes by and told us he asked the group ahead to move a little quicker as we are on the green, and between the green at the next tee, another comes by and tells us to close the gap. Communication would be good.
Sounds to me like the marshal had WAY too much communication with you and your group. :nono: I'd fire those guys in a blink of an eye.

This is exactly the type of behaviour that makes players not want to come back and tell everyone who will listen about the marshals dumb remarks.

[tjhayko]

Sounds to me like the marshal had WAY too much communication with you and your group. :nono: I'd fire those guys in a blink of an eye.

This is exactly the type of behaviour that makes players not want to come back and tell everyone who will listen about the marshals dumb remarks.
It was a little disappointing, especially considering we played the from nine in two hours, which I think is a pretty good pace. 2 1/2 hours on the back nine, but we waited on almost every tee. Didn't see much of the marshalls on the back nine either.

[McBogey]

YES!!! Just played in the US Public Links qualifier last month and the 2 college kids I played with walked straight up the fairway to their shots like I wasnt even in the group, by the 2nd hole I warned the both, dont care if you want to walk up the rough. Shot 43 on the front 9, got to 3 under and the back, but needed birdies on 17 and 18, needless to say, if those kids didnt distract me, I prolly would have qualified.