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re: Golfers...How honest are you when scoring?
Posted on 5/30/12 at 3:28 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
Posted on 5/30/12 at 3:28 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
Haven't read this whole thread because it's too long. I've brought up this point before. The problem is with the playing partner. When I played with a cheater it was very insulting to him if I played totally honest golf. He was a nice guy so I cheated once in a while to make him happy.
I now have a regular partner who plays strict rules like I do. It's wonderful because you have to get very creative to get out of awful situations. We played today. I took 5 extremely high risk shots that would normally result in 1 success. I hit all 5 of them. My score was an unimpressive 101. But as I fall asleep tonight I'll think about those 5 shots that never would have happened if I just picked the ball up and moved it.
I now have a regular partner who plays strict rules like I do. It's wonderful because you have to get very creative to get out of awful situations. We played today. I took 5 extremely high risk shots that would normally result in 1 success. I hit all 5 of them. My score was an unimpressive 101. But as I fall asleep tonight I'll think about those 5 shots that never would have happened if I just picked the ball up and moved it.
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Posted on 5/30/12 at 3:32 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
98% of the time I play there is money on the line. Cheating/ lying about scores will get you kilt. 2 off the 1st tee, no mulligans, down in rough, bump it in the fairway.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:00 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
I generally go with the flow of people I'm playing with. If there's no driving range. Two off the first and float one mulligan on the front 9. Roll it if you need to avoid hitting a root . The only thing I really have a problem with is returning to tee for stroke and distance. Need to really speed up play and that is not going to help. We usually drop at point of entry and take a stroke penalty
This post was edited on 5/30/12 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:05 pm to LSUtigersarefun
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I imagine your index is actually lower than what you think because of max shot rules.
Huh, maybe so, I don't really wanna mess with it because I don't feel like I am good enough to play much lower than a 9.6 index
This post was edited on 5/30/12 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:08 pm to skuter
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The only thing I really have a problem with is returning to tee for stroke and distance. Need to really speed up play and that is not going to help. We usually drop at point of entry and take a stroke penalty
If you can determine where the ball went OB, you can drop there and play that ball is if it were you provisional tee shot and play your 4th shot from that point!
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:10 pm to BeaverPRO
And you passed a rules test?
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:11 pm to BeaverPRO
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If you can determine where the ball went OB, you can drop there and play that ball is if it were you provisional tee shot and play your 4th shot from that point!
There ya go. Put me down for a snowman. I'm not going back to a tee box. Anything to keep the flow going
This post was edited on 5/30/12 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:28 pm to skuter
Awesome Sig pic, took me a second to realize what it was. I can do that with a wedge myself.
No I can't I trust me I took a small bucket and tried.
No I can't I trust me I took a small bucket and tried.
This post was edited on 5/30/12 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:30 pm to LSUtigersarefun
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Awesome Sig pic, took me a second to realize what it was. I can do that with a wedge myself.
No I can't I trust me I took a small bucket and tried.
I'm confident I could slice it that much with an 8 iron or something, don't think I could control it though
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:34 pm to BeaverPRO
quote:I think some courses incorporate this as a local rule or play OB/lost balls as lateral hazards to speed up play, but I don't think you can do that based solely on USGA rules.
If you can determine where the ball went OB, you can drop there and play that ball is if it were you provisional tee shot and play your 4th shot from that point!
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:37 pm to LSUtigersarefun
way too much bend for a normal golfer to do with a sandwedge 
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:37 pm to WDE24
Ya think?
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:42 pm to WDE24
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but I don't think you can do that based solely on USGA rules.
You absolutely can't do that if you're playing by the book. But if someone comes back to a tee box to retee a lost ball while I'm waiting on a normal weekend round, he better be playing for more than his $2 nassau. Under just about any amateur circumstances, it should be acceptable to drop at the point of OB and play your 4th from there if you didn't hit a provisional.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:42 pm to Croacka
I could do it with 3iron but it would still be rolling today
Posted on 5/30/12 at 4:45 pm to LSUballs
quote:These are the standard rules of non-professional gentlemens golf
2 off the 1st tee, no mulligans, down in rough, bump it in the fairway.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 5:18 pm to BeaverPRO
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If you can determine where the ball went OB, you can drop there and play that ball is if it were you provisional tee shot and play your 4th shot from that point!
This never makes sense to me. So you're giving someone stroke and distance, plus he's hitting the ball from directly next to OB. If you're going to play this way, let the guy put the ball in the fairway, since the odds of your provisional going to the same exact spot are pretty slim.
Or just make people learn that hitting a provisional is allowed
Posted on 5/30/12 at 5:38 pm to hehateme2285
Depends on if i got the pencil!
Posted on 5/30/12 at 5:48 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
Never
Posted on 5/30/12 at 7:59 pm to hehateme2285
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This never makes sense to me. So you're giving someone stroke and distance, plus he's hitting the ball from directly next to OB.
I look at it as sort of a penalty for not hitting a provisional.
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the odds of your provisional going to the same exact spot are pretty slim
I'd argue that his ball going in the middle of the fairway is slimmer. He may hit his provisional OB too, so I feel like it's lenient to allow a drop lying 3.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:32 pm to Zach
quote:Funny you mention this. Another friend of mine who once played with my playing partner now got into an argument on every hole with him. Said he'd slice three out of bounds, then when counting the strokes he'd say he was hitting his second or third shot off the tees. The other friend refuses to play with him now.
Haven't read this whole thread because it's too long. I've brought up this point before. The problem is with the playing partner. When I played with a cheater it was very insulting to him if I played totally honest golf. He was a nice guy so I cheated once in a while to make him happy.
I now have a regular partner who plays strict rules like I do.
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