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Have you ever had to admonish someone?

Had an older guy hit into us. We just kinda looked at him and then moved on. Then he hit into us again so we started paying attention to him a little closer. As we were teeing off on #11, we could see him literally running to finish his putt on #10 and hurry up so he could hit into us again. By the time we hit into us on #13, we had had enough. My playing partner drove us back to his cart and....let's say, expressed our discontent rather loudly and in animated fashion. He bowed up and said we jumped in front of them on #10, which hadn't happened. Suddenly his wife realized we were the ones who had kindly spent time helping him find his ball from when he sliced one into our fairway from an adjacent hole very early in the round. We had had a very friendly conversation. Clearly we had been in front of them all day. He apologized sincerely and then a little later he sent the cart girl up to us to provide beers on his tab. That was a solid, classy mea culpa if I've ever seen one. (y)
 
Played in a “charity” scramble tournament a couple of years back. There were a LOT of teams playing - and things were moving along slowly! We were on the green on a shortish, dog leg par 4 - when shots start raining down on us! Thankfully, none of us got hit! We waited until this brash, young group pulled up to the green - and gave them “what for” for what they were doing! They “complained” that they couldn’t see... all of which made no sense - because why do you hit into an area (that’s already overly crowded) and not check first. They really didn’t even make a decent effort to apologize. Because of that - and because everything was so terribly slow - my group then made the decision to pack it in. All in all - a miserable experience.
 
I have had to bite my tongue and holster my fists once when a tee shot flew over our heads as we headed back to our cart on the par 3 17th. Not sure what club, but it was definitely a wood that cleared us by about 20 yards and hit into the trees with a loud bang. My son was 10 or 11 so I was seeing red. I guess we shouldn’t have waited for the groups ahead of us to play that hole before teeing off. That was the only time I considered it. Everyone else has been at least decent.
 
AndyL0711 said:
i have never said anything to a person playing unless something was said to me first. i have zero interest in getting into a physical confrontation with a stranger on a golf course.

only one time did i get into with a ranger at the first tee. our tee time was 8:30 and we were there at 8:25 and he was annoyed that we were only 5 mins before our time. btw there was no group ahead of us and no group behind us 🤷‍♂️
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how is he supposed to give you a 12 minute lecture if you're only there 5 minutes early?
 
Today. Do I get relief from that Tree? 🤔 NO
 
I did back in the fall... A regular playing partner of mine brought two of his employees to play with us at the country club as guests. On the first hole, they drove past the carts sign and drove right up by the green. I said "Guys, don't drive that close to the green. They'll get on us if they see it." Third hole is always cart path only. They take off right down the middle with water flying up behind the wheels. "Guys, it's cart path only. Get back over here!" They reply "It's ok, we'll tell them I'm a cripple." Now that pissed me off. I look at my buddy and say that he has to get his boys in line. He kind of did "they don't know any better. they're not used to playing on private courses." He tells them to quit being dumbasses and they get through the next hole... It lasted exactly one hole and they were back to it parking with one wheel on the green with a smartass smirk. I tell them "Look, I pay a lot of money to be a member here. We're responsible for how you guys are acting. You're not respecting the rules we have and it's very disrespectful. If you want to act like you are at the local muni, I'll be happy to make sure you don't have to come out here again. This is me telling you, not your boss, so don't look at him." One acted like he wanted to fight, my buddy finally stepped up and said one more step and he wouldn't have a job. Beer cart was coming around, I told my buddy I was out, and hopped in the beer cart with my clubs. Apparently, they quit on the next hole and one of them quit working for him the next day.
 
Twice.

Was playing with an acquaintance who played maybe once or twice a year. He missed a putt for a 9 and slammed his putter into the green. I cursed at him for a little while. Never played golf with him again either.

The other was a coworker with a hot temper. I was behind him as his 3rd tee shot in 3 holes went into the woods. He threw his driver into the ground and it hit handle first creating a spring like action and it came flying towards me. It spun perfectly around me without making contact. To this day I don't know how. I didn't even have time to react. He was apologetic. But I was pissed.
 
I coach teenagers, so, all the time as they’re learning.
 
1860VS said:
My kid took too long every time the beer cart girl came around. I told him to get his azzz moving because I hated playing catch up. He ended up with her phone number and they dated till she went back to school and he found a new girl.
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So he's the one...
 
I call it constuctive criticism. Allegedly.
 
My son for slamming his putter into the green when he missed a putt

Ohh and this group who hit into me 3 times. Threw the ball into the woods after talking to them and the 3rd time it happened.
 
Told off some a holes that nearly took my head off because they couldn’t scream fore and folks that hit into my group
 
Yes.

This past summer. The 1st tee box is in firing range of the 9th tee. A slice from 9 puts lives in danger on 1. Pull up on the forward tips and a ball hits our cart. I give the "da fuq" hand motion and yell fore. A few minutes later a ball lands on the path and bounces over my son's head. I waited and when the guy and his two teenage sons came up, I told them (sternly) that they needed to yell fore because a ball hit my wife's cart and the other bounced over my kid. They said they never saw where the balls went. I told them that's not an excuse. I drove off.

The dad saw my wife in the parking lot and said he was in the wrong and he would have understood if I started swinging. He was impressed that I didn't escalate the situation.

If I would have seen him, I would have shook his hand and said we're all good and I was sorry if I ruined his back 9.
 
My buddy buried his putter into the fringe in a fit of rage once and I told him to grow up, but that's about it. I did call the clubhouse on a guy who was wearing soccer cleats messing the greens up something awful. The pro drove out from the clubhouse so quick, I cracked up about it. The pro told us he was told to play barefoot or leave. He ended up playing barefoot.
 
jazi95 said:
Have you ever reprimanded someone at the course for doing something they shouldn't? Friend or stranger? What's your story?
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Do you mean verbally? Does it count if someone hit into us for the 3rd time in one round (while we were waiting on the groups ahead of us), and I tee'd it up in the fairway finally and whistled it over his groups heads?
 
I can't even count the amount of times.......
 
Only once really. At league no less so I knew the guy and didn’t care for him much anyway. Always a cheat. It had been a LONG round of golf, hitting the 2.5 hr mark on hole 7. It took them 15 mins on the par 3 green. So I got frustrated and yelled to hurry it up, we’ll we had some strong words for each other in passing and he kept wanting me to start a physical altercation. It didn’t come to that but ended up being just over 3 hours for 9 holes. Funny enough we had to play against each other 2 weeks later and you would have thought he was trying to be my best friend. He has since moved on to a slew of legal problems and since he’s been serving jail time he hasn’t been able to join the league the past year.
 
Only if someone is messing with the wildlife like throwing **** at alligators. I don't tolerate animal abuse, if guys want to kick each other's arse I don't care just don't mess with the animals.
 
Hacker67 said:
Only if someone is messing with the wildlife like throwing **** at alligators. I don't tolerate animal abuse, if guys want to kick each other's arse I don't care just don't mess with the animals.
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I 100% agree with this (y)
 
I've been admonished.... During the club championship when my 6' birdie putt on the first hole lipped out and settled 3" from the cup. I called the ball something very bad. I was threatened with an etiquette violation.
 
I tend to leave people alone and let the marshal handle that. Only time I've said something was a guy that drove his cart on the green. He was an asshat about it. I ended up driving back to the clubhouse and let them handle it. Long story short, he was escorted off the course.
 
Last summer had a group hit into us on 3 straight holes with no warning. After the 2nd time I left the flag lying on the green for 2 holes. They seemed to get the point
 
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