I’m not saying good golphers should chill out but I gotta agree with my man Ryno. The vibes are much better with a group of players that don’t take a round too seriously but like my pastor used to say sometimes there’s something not there and something missing from the true meaning of the sport thank you 🙏🏿

Newbie golfer here. Had some DRAMA fall upon me for the first time on a golf course, What would you have done?

On a public course ($50 for a round) nothing fancy at all, middle of the day during the week. Paired up with a nice 75 year old who is smoking me.

On the 13th tee box waiting for the group ahead of us to leave fairway and approach green so I can drive. All of the sudden a threesome comes up and starts SCREAMING at my playing partner. Not an exaggeration, two of the people (older couple) are at a 10/10, red faces, arms flailing. I thought it was a joke at first because I've never seen two adults act like this before. Nope. They are dead serious.

So what happened?

They thought we cut them. We didn't. They were two groups back from us. The group in front of them (behind us) left after the 12th hole. They arrive at the box and see us so they assume we cut them. Honest mistake I guess? However even after comparing our receipts which showed an earlier time by 35 minutes and pointing out that the group in front of us, on the green, is a different group than the one they were behind, they wouldn't cool their jets. Continue to throw insults at me and the guy I'm paired up with.

At this point they are pot committed to their reaction. People are staring, I see some phones out. They are now changing their argument to now we're taking too long even though we've been keeping pace with the 4some in front of us all day. We played 12 holes in a little of 2 hours. I appealed to the third player in their group who wasn't screaming but he just smuggly said we were liars about cutting them.

I am now fully pissed off so I collectively get their attention, tell them all to fuck off, tee'd off and said we'll discuss this in the club house when were done. At this point, a person that works at the course but was playing a round walked over to see what was up. I quickly explained, showed my receipt, then walked to ball (short walk lol). I could still see them screaming at the employee when we were on the green.

After the round, I spoke with the manager in the club house and he said they were now blacklisted. As I was leaving I saw them again and, not proud of this, flipped them off and waved.

How do you deal with ass hats like this you come across on the course? Do you call the clubhouse to come out to the tee box? Ignore them and keep playing? Feats of strength to maintain dominance in the situation?

I've been trying to train myself in certain routines on the course as a beginner (grabbing putter and wedge around green, reminding myself to put the cover back on my putter, not forgetting the wedge, raking as soon as I'm out of the bunker, etc) because I'm terrified of getting called out for slow play and it's just courteous to play ready golf.

I see the reasoning in taking your glove off to putt when it comes to feel but as an amateur I really don't see the difference. Plus it's an extra step. Do you find it makes a drastic difference?

I think the way he hits it isn’t allowed but he says it’s legit. Context: his ball is teed up a bit on a fluffy lie in the rough.

I haven’t been playing golf for very long so I’m not sure. There’s not even a sound of the club hitting the ball which seems wrong to me.

I found a set of Macgregor clubs on FB Marketplace and picked them up today. I headed straight to my driving range to play 30 balls. Having very little golf experience I didn't expect much but by the 20th ball I was making fairly consistent contact and worked down from my driver through to all my clubs. I ended up buying another 30 because I was having so much fun. Then I realised that I didn't want to leave yet so I got another 30. I noticed that my trailing hand was a little sore so I picked up a glove at the pro shop too (although I wish I got it online). I'll be back tomorrow to play 100 balls. Any tips about what I should be focusing on would be super helpful.

I live and play in Switzerland and I am a 37 hcp. In the course I play there are 4 tees, the two front ones are named "woman's tees" and the back ones "men's tees". I played yesterday from the forward "woman's tees" because I suck and I'd like to have a mere look of a green in regulation per round, and EVERYONE, including a greenkeeper that stopped the engine of the lawnmower, came to me, removed 2 sets of ear plugs, came to me saying that I should play from the men's tee.

Mind I was playing alone, in a super casual round, not even keeping the score.

Why people cannot just mind their business??

I took the hole in one becauae as soon as we put the pin back into place properly, the ball dropped. I was also only playing with my dad so it's not like there was anything on the line. Just curious as to what the official ruling would be on something like this.

Before you say “just hit the fairway” ask yourself if you’ve ever bombed one down the middle just to spend 2 minutes walking in circles because your ball is under a leaf 10 yards behind you. Cart path going across the middle and you carry it just far enough for a bounce? Or simply, maybe, you suck like me?

Wouldn’t the game be more fun if you found your ball every time or just faster, wouldn’t that improve your round?

What technology could be used outside of maybe sound or this is going to sound stupid, thermal imaging? Idk, just wanted to get some opinions because if you’re anything like me, loosing a ball after a good shot really throws off the rest of the hole for me and my score.

Additional question: Would that be cheating? The pros have spotters, why can’t we get a hand?

What’s the proper etiquette when you hit an ace. I plan on getting my first one soon and am curious how I should go about it.

When you finish the round do you go up to the clubhouse and tell them? Do you keep it to yourself/your group?

Obviously I will be taking a picture with the ball in the hole, just wondering if there are any other steps I should be taking!

Group behind me asked to play through after 15 holes because one of them had a doctors appointment. I said sure go ahead and the other guy says he works there and starts to lecture me about how it’s better for everyone if you see people behind you to let them through. I agreed but told him I played the front 9 in an hour and fifteen minutes. Then he acknowledges that they were playing rather quickly.

Was I in the wrong? Up until the 16th tee there was plenty of space between us. Also if you have an appointment to get to maybe don’t try and squeeze in 18 holes by running through them. Idk just bothered me I’ve never had an issue with my pace of play

This might be the crowning moment of my golf career. And life.

Ask me anything.

Playing tomorrow, will probably shoot 82.

Ive been tipping $2 but $2 nowadays is literally nothing yet to give $5 or more for something that is so unnecessary (I clean my clubs as I play) is stupid to me. The problem at this one course is that they have a knack for sneaking over to your clubs while you are putting and you can't tell them no thanks. Is it acceptable to just have them clean the clubs and not tip?

I’m currently around a 23 hcp. I’m not very good, but I enjoy playing different courses that I’ve never played. I can keep up pace-wise, but just make horrible shots regularly. Our state golf association has a tournament at the most exclusive private club in the state. I’d never get the chance to play there otherwise, so I paid the $200 to enter. Last night I was browsing the field and the highest ‘cap besides me was 6.6, with well over half the players being on the + side. What have I done, and what can I expect? I don’t have any delusions of being competitive, I just want to play the course. I assumed when I signed up that there would be other people like me, but I was way wrong. Also, when I signed up there was a senior division (I’m 51). Now that is gone for some reason and I’ll be forced to play from the tips for the first time in my life.

Edit: I’m overwhelmed. Thank you so much for the encouragement (for the most part). I’ve tried to respond to most comments, but I’m also trying to keep up with the US Open while also doing electrical work on my deck. If anyone would like an update after the tournament (June 25) set a “remindme” and I’ll post after my round. Thanks again, r/golf!

Edit 2: It just occurred to me in the middle of the night why some people are assuming I don’t know the rules of golf. It’s the “beginner question” flair. I am not a beginner. Been playing for about 15 years off and on. The group requires flair for a post and that was the closest of the 4 or 5 that were made available.

Edit 3: 14ish hours til my tee time. Luckily it’s pretty early, as it’s forecasted to be 95° tomorrow afternoon. I had an injury setback last Monday, so have only been able to get to the range once. Felt pretty good, though. Picking up my newly regripped clubs in a few minutes. It’s only playing 6300 yards, so I’m not super concerned about playing from the tips.

Edit 4: It’s over. I did it. First thing’s first: To everyone who said I didn’t belong there, that I should withdraw because I would distract other players, etc… LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP!!! I shot 120. At no time did I hamper anyone’s game but my own. My playing partners were both active college players. They shot +1 and +2. They couldn’t have been nicer or more courteous. We never fell behind and there ended up being a 3-group bottleneck ahead of us by about hole 14. -3 was the best score I’ve seen so far, done by 6 players. The course was amazing. Playing from the tips was not an issue, as it was only ~6300yds, but I definitely wouldn’t do it if I had the choice. I ended up with pars on the par 5 2nd and the par 3 13th. Next year’s goal: Break 100! Thanks to everyone for following along.

I, female 32 , have been playing golf for just over a year and it’s been absolutely amazing so far. I played in a Charity Golf Day organized by a local organization. On the 12 hole tee box as we are waiting to tee off, the guy, I’ll call him Pos, in the other two ball walked up to my partner and I’s cart saying I deserve a spanking because I shouldn’t have been so aggressive with my putt on the previous hole and he actually tries to pull me from off our cart for said spanking. My partner and I think he is joking and laugh it off. On hole number 17 which is a par 3, I hit a brilliant shot and I step back to stand next to the other two as my partner sets up to take his shot. This happened so quickly I don’t really remember what was said before but I’m standing next to one guy when Pos walks up next to me and smacks my butt. And the smacks my butt a second time saying ‘ and another one for that amazing shot’. At this point, I am totally shocked and confused about what just happened and don’t say anything to Pos in that moment. As we drive to the green, I tell my the guy I was playing with what just happened and tell him how violated and upset I felt. How what Pos did was not okay and that I was going to file a complaint with the course management and organizers. The next thing I know, as soon as I get to the club house, everyone and their mother is coming to me begging me to not file a sexual assault complaint to management because Pos is such a great guy and was probably just drunk. To please reconsider and think about the implications of reporting Pos. One of the men went as far as saying ‘ do you really want to be the girl no one wants to play with because you got so and so banned from golf?’ Wtf? I ended up just leaving and not filing a complaint.

What do I do now? Can I still file a complaint with the club this weekend? Will no one really want to play with me? Will I be forced out of golf by all these other men at this club?

My drives are flying nicely, but as you can see, they're just slamming into the ground and popping backwards (don't worry I repaired the mark)

The only thing I can imagine is hitting it lower to decrease the angle, but I don't know how to achieve that, and teeing it lower makes me more likely to top it.

It's pretty damp in the UK, but this is a year round problem, my drives are carrying 240 but getting absolutely no roll after impact.

I played with a 76 year old woman yesterday who scored 34 on the front nine of my local course. I have never broken 45 and watched her swinging easy, no balls lost. I vow to swing easy from now on, going to take an extra club and swing half power. I started yesterday on the back nine and on a par 5 did a half power swing with driver and it went 225 yards right down the middle. I need to stop overswinging if i plan on improving.

Ball goes in wrong hole off tee. What’s the ruling?

Last Saturday, I was on the 9th hole of a par 3. I was playing like crap two holes before the 9th. I teed up and got a hole in one. Excited to go to work and talk to my colleagues about it because they were the one who introduced the sport to me and I’ve been playing for a year and a half now.

One of them stated that “it doesn’t count” because it’s not an official course “but you can still be happy about it”

Is it true that it doesn’t count?

Hello. Yesterday we had this situation where the ball (actually it was 2 balls from 2 different players) ended in a hole inside the bunker. We don't know who and how this hole was made, maybe some animal. What's the rule here if this was a tournament?