Got in my first altercation, was I wrong?

should have asked them if they wanted to meet at Sonic for a knuckle check

I do not understand why the frick some people go NUTS if a group goes around them.


I had a karen and her group of like 7 hens almost try to fight me because I opted to go around them while they were spending about 6 minutes each watching each other top each shot 25 yards at a time.

The whole course was ahead of them and the main bitch almost started crying she was so pissed my group had the audacity to just skip over them.

We didn't let her meltdown deter us and we were on the 4th hole before they had all tee'd off on the 2nd. Like why did she care that we skipped them? They were never going to see us again? What's the big deal?

And to be honest going around is different than playing through.


Playing through can be annoying as hell to the slow group and might actually make the course slower depending on certain factors. And if the course is backed up, playing through makes no sense because there is no where to go anyway (I've literally had dumbasses ask to play through while my group is waiting on people in the fairway on a short par 4).

Going around when there are 2 or 3+ open holes in front has literally zero effect on the slow group, but some people absolutely refuse and/or go nuts when you try to do it. It's weird as frick.

Public course ‘members’ that think they own the course are the worst form of human life.

9 times out of 10 these are old men that give zero f***s about anyone not in their group.

Yep. Wasn’t even blaming you for that. They were clearly the aggressor. Just ridiculous that it came to that. Assuming you mean Beau Chene… are you a member? Were they? Any follow up from the club?

Apologies, Beaver Creek.

And I debated telling the pro shop, but figured they wouldn’t care.

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No not at all... Slow play drives me up the wall.. especially in a cart.. I do hate having to skip a hole if i paid for the round.. But I will if need be.. If I'm at my home course I'm skipping without hesitation... an did recently.. Had a group of 5 older guys we caught up to #12 at Pelican ... stayed on their arse hoping they'd notice it was only 2 of us and let us pass.. We got to 13's green and they were all sitting at the bathroom hanging out.. So Figured hey they're gonna let us play through.... Nope! the minute we putted out and put the flag back these assholes drove to the tee box.. frick all that we passed them.. They said something I laughed and went on about my round.. Some of the frickers are miserable pricks..

I did think i was gonna have and issue yesterday... Played Copper and absolutely nutted one off the tee on #7 and dropped it on the green while the group in front was putting ... Immediately went and apologized.. Because I one of those guys that always picks on his friends waiting for greens to clear when beyond 250 yards knowing good damn well the likelyhood is slim ...

The only thing I would have done differently, and maybe you did do this, is just tell them you are skipping a hole while you go past. You don't have to do this, but it would squash the second part of your story where they drove up on your later. 9 times out of 10, they'll just wave as you go past.

Also, I'll say this in every pace of play thread, but more people walking would help these issues immensely. I understand that charging for carts is a money maker for these courses. So, I understand this would never happen, but incentivizing walking during the winter months in the south would help a lot.

Not only would rounds flow better, but I think carts are akin to cars on the road. Something about going fast in a vehicle ratchets up the anger and rage. Those guys probably wouldn't pick a fight with you if they had to walk 100 yards out of their way to do it.

I was playing solo with a cart and attempted to jump ahead of 2 guys walking. I was completely caught off guard at just how pissed one of the dudes was about this. First time in quite a long time that I got to the point of actually wanting to fight another human.

I don’t understand why slow play doesn’t have a fee. I’d offer a fast play discount that I you get refunded after a round if you maintained pace if play. I’d have AI monitor the speed of each group based on find cart data or a caryable token for walkers. Call them when AI tells you someone has fallen more than X minutes behind and tell them they are at risk of losing their fast pace discount.