INgolfer
Internet Golfer
Oh man I just had to tell everyone about this jackwagon that was on the course today and this was the only thread I could think of to post it in. I'm having the best round of my year, need to shoot even par to set a personal best 77. Weather is perfect, and the course is not busy so I am moving right along. I am finishing my tap-in on 15 and I see an older gentleman walking off green #4, he looks at me, then proceeds to cut over to the nearby 16th tee, right where I am about to walk over to. I see guys do this sometimes when the course is slow and they are in a hurry and they just want to get a few holes in, but I have never seen anyone jump in front of anyone, they only do it when it is clear no one is coming. Anyhow, I am thinking he is just going to tell me to go ahead and he'll tee off after me, but nooooooo. He tees off as I'm walking over. I decide I'm gonna let it go, thinking maybe he is good, and he will hurry through the last few holes...as I wait I proceed to text my brother who works in the clubhouse to tell him what just happened. Thinking the guy would be done with the hole I look up, and he is hacking it all over, walking back and forth across the green of this par three, and I discover he is playing 2 balls! So not only did he stink, which I have nothing against, but the fact that he jumped in front of me, and hacked TWO BALLS AROUND?!?! I was ticked. So as he starts walking off the green I hammer my tee shot right to the middle of the green, giving him the hint that I can play and he should let me play through because I will play faster...I get to the 17th tee as he is walking off, and he still walks back and forth and back and forth across the fairway because he was hacking these 2 balls all over the place. Soon after that a ranger was coming by and my brother must have told him what happened. The ranger drove up to the guy, told him that if he is going to skip holes then he needs to let people play through if they catch him. The guy finished one ball on the hole and went to the next tee. I finished my hole with a par thenwent to the 18th tee where I just needed a par to set my personal best score ever. He had teed 2 balls off already, and as I walk up he says "go right on ahead." I thanked him and walked up to the tee. As I was a few steps from the tee marker, this is where the guy really set me off. In a sarcastic voice he says, "take your time, I'm in no hurry. Just out enjoying 9 holes of golf on a nice day, taking my time because it is the last hole." So I knew he was mad that the guy told him to let me play through. I just said "yeah the weather is perfect, I'm in no rush either." Then the guy replies, "well I just don't want you to rush too much and shank your tee shot, I'm just taking my time." So at that point I am MAD! I'm having a hard time concentrating because I knew he was trying to get in my head now...and what did I do...I caught my drive thin and on the heel and it went about 150 yards and in the rough on the left side of the fairway. I just walked off, and he still made another comment about not hurrying and I just didn't reply. I caught my second shot thin too when I was trying to lay up on this par 5. Long story short, I ended up bogeying the last hole, finished with a 78, which is still really good, but 18 is normally an easy par. When I got into the clubhouse even the assistant pro and the guy working the counter were angry about how the guy reacted and they were going to go say something to him but I asked them not to. I just can't believe that someone would be so disrespectful on the course to someone else after THEY were the one who skipped holes and cut me off, and then played extremely slow with 2 balls! He could have at least been courteous, and I probably would have let it go if he was just playing one ball, but I was on a roll and I was waiting over 5 minutes for every shot on a slow day where I had no one in front of me all day. GRRRRRR!!!!!