So keeping this on topic as far as during play, what's the thing you hate most that you might do? Hit a ball OB, top a ball, slice at the wrong time, etc...

Mine is missing a GIR, and then 3-jacking for double bogey. For my money, that's 3 bad shots in a row... The chip didn't get close to the hole, the first putt usually isn't close, then you miss the come backer...

Not getting putts to the hole - 100% of short putts never go in!

mine is hitting the green, then proceeding to 3 putt.

mine is playing with ppl that just wouldnt stfu.

+1. It's the worse bogey in golf. Feels horrible, I hate it.

Hate following up a birdie with a bogey or dreadful double... Playing in Alabama, I shot a 39 on the front then birdie 10th hole, and proceed to double (par 3) 11th, bogey on 12 and double on 13. Wanted to drown myself in the lake on the 14th!

Hitting the stick on an approach shot and the ball going far away from the pin or even off the green.

Its like getting punched in the nuts for hitting a shot right at your target

Waiting is what I hate most.

Getting unsolicited advice!!

+1 to people that wont STFU

Mine is pretty simple...being within 100 yards of the green and making a double or worse....been doing that a lot recently.

Driver is awesome right now but stupid decisions, wet conditions, and short/wet zoysia is killing my short game.

The number one thing I do that absolutely kills me is decide to play a shot safe and proceed to totally wreck it. Like if I play an iron off the tee and snap it ob or cold top it etc... Or decide to lay up and chunk it ten yards.

The second would be letting any doubt creep in. From a few rounds ago.. buddy asks if the pin on this green is in the same spot where I missed and putted off the green last time. I answered yes, then started to think about it. Then I was scared of hitting it short, and I over compensated for that and once again knocked it right off.

Hitting rocks in bunkers and blading it when it's 20 degrees.

1. Being inside of 150 on an approach shot and not making par or better;

2. Following up a birdie with a dumb bogey or worse. I need to use birdies as catalysts for good play.

I have to agree with this one.

Chunking wedge shots, and effing up "conservative plays" by hitting it OB...

Being in a green side bunker on a par 5 in two...then blade-ing it across the green.

I hate all the things mentioned - but I can't stand slow play = that takes the cake, someone taking 5 practice swings to duff it or even worse a good golfer taking long as hell, that's just BS - not good for the game

But yeah who doesn't like messing up an easy hole or not scoring well after good shot/good drive/hitting it one way when planing on the other/etc etc

Following up a perfect drive by chunking or otherwise completely screwing up my approach shot. Did that twice today and couldn't get it out of my head and ended up doubling both holes.

Topping a fairway wood. Nothing worse than hitting a ball I expect to go 220 yards 10 feet instead. And then I'm still 200+ yards out and am forced to swing the same club again to try and make up for the poor previous swing. Pretty tough to make a good second swing with that in your head.

Bombing a drive down the middle and hitting my 2nd fat. This usually leaves me with 40-60 yards which is the death zone for me and nearly assures at least a bogey or worse.

Also having a pitch off of a very tight lie. Blade city for me. Hopefully a new wedge will solve that problem.

Exactly, but my second shot is thinned over the green.. Uuuugh!

Three putting a green hit in regulation is also my most hated.

However, there is no feeling quite like hitting your driver into perfect position and then shanking your approach shot.

Leaving a downhill putt short and having the same putt over again, knowing that I'd much rather have knocked it 10 feet past rather than leave a 3 foot downhill curler.

+25 mph wind in my face going out AND coming back in.

1. Missing a 2 or 3 foot putt because I did not take my time and rushed to tap it in when it really is not a tap in. I add at least 2-3 strokes per 18 onto my score by doing this. I flirted a few times with breaking 80 last year and came up short because of stupid little missed putts by not taking my time. I have yet to break 80, have had a ton of 81's and 82's.

2. topped 3 wood after I bombed a drive on a par 5 into the middle of the fairway.

3. Constant cursing from people I get paired up with. I have no problem with the occassional F bomb after a bad shot but not after every single shot you hit. Also, stop blaming your equipment!!!

I hate shooting a high scores. People talking when I'm putting/hitting, talk all you want in between shots, not during. Looking for hackers lost balls every hole.

Slow play.......................................... By far # 1
Hitting a ball in the middle of the fairway and landing in a divot or sand filled divot.
(ground under repair?) Worst rule in golf. Just ask the Golden Bear (Jack).
Chip outs
Three Putts

I can't STAND when I do that. I feel like doing a Woody Austin and hitting myself upside the head with my club. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

hitting what you think is a great shot only to find that you misclubbed or didnt judge the wind properly

Ahhh....this seems to be happenning to me all season right now.

Ugly girls on the beverage cart.

My buddies.

...when my friends use a tee for a ball marker and leave it in my line. Yeah, I'm just gonna roll right over that.

-mini

3 putter green i hit in UNDER regulation. today i hit both par 5's and a par 4 and proceeded to 3 putt all. the first par five was the worst- 3 putt par from 8 feet above the hole. i wanted to kill myself basically.

uneven tee boxes, 25+ mph wind, baby alligators surrounding the 18th hole

Hate hate hate waiting, unless it is a weekend / holiday or during a tournament play. The first time I left without finishing the round was when it took 2.5+ hours to finish 9 holes on a weekday, just couldn't take it anymore. The experience taught me to call and ask first before choosing a game day...

Oh, and I hate OBs too.

Shooting a good score on the front nine and then making some move in the swing that is bad and not being able to shake it for the rest of the round, and going home and obsessing why i couldnt get rid of it on the course.

I hate 3 putts, whether I hit the green in regulation or not.

Three putt pars. No question

uneven teeboxes a close second

Slow play .... and the associated waiting. Can never get into synch with my game. Lose all rhythm when play slows down.

slow play period and everything that causes slow play. especially the guy who takes 3 or 4 practice swings and does the same on the putting green. step up and hit the damn ball.

waiting for people using carts when they dont \ would be better off with out a cart
grab their 260 yard club (wait for green to clear but then decide to hit)
only to duff it
head back to the cart, drive up and then grab their 240 yard club
and then wait for the green to clear
only to duff it again
head back to cart, drive up and grab their 200 yard club

What about things that YOU do during play?

I've done alot of these. I think the two I hate the most are:

Blading pitch shots through the green. There normally nothing good behind the green, most are raised and have trees and/or cartpath to deal with.

Being within 3 yards of the green and having to chip twice to get on. Either the first was short and didn't make it and it was long and ran off.

Slow play! The cancer of golf.

Slow play and when the rangers won't do anything about it. We had a group in front of us yesterday with 2 holes open in front of them...they were driving their carts on to the fringe, literally. We said something to the ranger and he commented that he was aware of it and would push them along. 5+ hours later...they lost regular customers of their course.

It's very close between:

1. Three-jack pars
2. Making bogey or worse from the fairway from 150 yards and in.
3. Smoking one down the middle after my first tee shot goes O.B.

1. People not repairing their ball marks on the green!
2. 3 putting.
3. Anything that is the result of me making a poor swing.

I don't get upset if anything 130+ goes left or right of target and ends up in a bunker, or if even my drive misses the fairway and I have to punch it out from the trees. What pisses me off most is walking to the green with the 58, thinking I'm in sand, and finding out I am not....and not going back to the cart to get the right club. That always ends up with me hitting a very short flop only halfway to the green edge, and having yet another very short wedge shot with the wrong wedge in my hand (this second shot usually always ends up with massive backspin and the ball gets on the green and doesn't release). laziness sometimes gets me.

I dislike when people cuss so much because it takes out how much you are enjoying your round.

Having had shot a birdie if it wasn't for your first shot going OB

swinging a 4 iron out of a very shallow bunker from 170 and digging into the sand as if the green was 8 yards away.

I hate being one shot back in a tournament at Doral and being 131 yards out on the 71st hole with a perfect angle, no wind and a flat surface - and hitting a wedge 15 yards left of the flag.

That cost me almost $500,000. I hate that.