Re: your favorite CHEATING tricks
I've got a similar story, only better. This one happened a few years ago in a club championship. First round, I'm playing with this guy. I'm walking and there are two other guys who want to ride. The guy gets into an angry argument with the pro, because he wants his own cart and doesn't want to ride with the other guy. I can't believe what I'm seeing and don't immediately understand why it should even be an issue, let alone something to get angry about, just before you're about to tee off.
The guy's playing okay, until his second shot on #8. It's gone. Over a hill and way (WAY) out of bounds. Mario Andretti takes off over the hill and... you know the rest of this story. Same thing happens on his tee shot on #17. On this hole, you could cut the corner of a dog-leg, but only if you really crushed it. I was playing fairly well and went for it. Hit it about perfect and just made the fairway. Mario, took off to see where his ball ended up. Yep, he's 50 yards ahead of my drive. He didn't even come within 50 yards of any of my other drives during the round.
Same guy, next day, he's in a group behind me, and I see him step behind his ball in the rough. I call him on it. Finally caught the bugger in the act. He doesn't take the penalty AND doesn't sign his scorecard. He's stomping around after the round, because they are going to charge him with a penalty. Eventually, they decided NOT (if you can believe it) to charge him, because I wasn't in his group and the other golfers didn't see what I saw.
There is good news coming...
On the final day of the tournament, the guy's leading his flight (or close to it). They send out the pro to watch his group on the last couple of holes, including the infamous #17. Well, Mario, was so shaken up that he took something like a 17 on 17 and a 10 on #18.
Same guy, different day. It's a scramble. He takes a look at all of the scores and changes his group's scores to end up tied for the lead. Thankfully, they lose in the playoff. Even his teammates looked very sheepish, knowing that they didn't really tie for the lead.
Finally, same guy, same tournament. Enters the banquet room to look at all of the nice prizes. Spots a nice putter and picks it up to examine. Instead of putting the putter back on the table, he puts it UNDER the table (covered by a floor length table cloth). In other words, that prize was "taken". Later on, he goes up to get his second place prize (from on top of the table). Finally, while everyone is leaving, he lingers behind to pick up his other prize. Not bad work for a day, if you can get (away with) it!
One other story, different guy from a more prestigious private club. We had a regular foursome that would often play "wolf", and as time went on the stakes got pretty high (at least for us). Under our rules, the guy who was down the most with two to go was the wolf AND he could bet up to the amount he was down. We played carryovers, too. A couple of us saw him move his ball in a trap earlier in the round. We didn't say anything, because it didn't matter on that hole. However, we got to #17 and he was the loser and became the wolf. He decided to go alone, because two of us were in traps and another was off the green on a par 3. He puts his in a deep trap, too. Only problem is, he's almost buried (you could barely see the ball). The two of us that saw him cheat earlier watched him like a hawk. His 4 was beaten by all three of the other 3s. We never played him for money ever again. It was too much to worry about every one of his shots, let alone our own.
As for me...
The only cheating I do is not hitting them out of divots when playing friendly games. Of course I play it down when in tournaments. Almost no one plays them out of divots at our club, because the course is too F'ing hard even with perfect lies!
Originally posted by Bern
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The guy's playing okay, until his second shot on #8. It's gone. Over a hill and way (WAY) out of bounds. Mario Andretti takes off over the hill and... you know the rest of this story. Same thing happens on his tee shot on #17. On this hole, you could cut the corner of a dog-leg, but only if you really crushed it. I was playing fairly well and went for it. Hit it about perfect and just made the fairway. Mario, took off to see where his ball ended up. Yep, he's 50 yards ahead of my drive. He didn't even come within 50 yards of any of my other drives during the round.
Same guy, next day, he's in a group behind me, and I see him step behind his ball in the rough. I call him on it. Finally caught the bugger in the act. He doesn't take the penalty AND doesn't sign his scorecard. He's stomping around after the round, because they are going to charge him with a penalty. Eventually, they decided NOT (if you can believe it) to charge him, because I wasn't in his group and the other golfers didn't see what I saw.
There is good news coming...
On the final day of the tournament, the guy's leading his flight (or close to it). They send out the pro to watch his group on the last couple of holes, including the infamous #17. Well, Mario, was so shaken up that he took something like a 17 on 17 and a 10 on #18.
Same guy, different day. It's a scramble. He takes a look at all of the scores and changes his group's scores to end up tied for the lead. Thankfully, they lose in the playoff. Even his teammates looked very sheepish, knowing that they didn't really tie for the lead.
Finally, same guy, same tournament. Enters the banquet room to look at all of the nice prizes. Spots a nice putter and picks it up to examine. Instead of putting the putter back on the table, he puts it UNDER the table (covered by a floor length table cloth). In other words, that prize was "taken". Later on, he goes up to get his second place prize (from on top of the table). Finally, while everyone is leaving, he lingers behind to pick up his other prize. Not bad work for a day, if you can get (away with) it!
One other story, different guy from a more prestigious private club. We had a regular foursome that would often play "wolf", and as time went on the stakes got pretty high (at least for us). Under our rules, the guy who was down the most with two to go was the wolf AND he could bet up to the amount he was down. We played carryovers, too. A couple of us saw him move his ball in a trap earlier in the round. We didn't say anything, because it didn't matter on that hole. However, we got to #17 and he was the loser and became the wolf. He decided to go alone, because two of us were in traps and another was off the green on a par 3. He puts his in a deep trap, too. Only problem is, he's almost buried (you could barely see the ball). The two of us that saw him cheat earlier watched him like a hawk. His 4 was beaten by all three of the other 3s. We never played him for money ever again. It was too much to worry about every one of his shots, let alone our own.
As for me...
The only cheating I do is not hitting them out of divots when playing friendly games. Of course I play it down when in tournaments. Almost no one plays them out of divots at our club, because the course is too F'ing hard even with perfect lies!
He doesn't mark his balls anymore but I'm sure he still has the perfect leg drop
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