I have met a few that were looking for more than a tip.....

Guys that can't play a lick giving on-course lessons/advice.

Slow golfers. Urgh, they drive me nuts. Especially these lady golfers on Tuesday when it's 'ladies day' for them. It's a complete farce and they should be banned from the course, I'm not even joking. This woman was playing on her own once going down the 8th which is a par 5, she hit her first shot into the river which is only something like 130 yards off the ladies tees lmao and then she gets out this stupid ball retriever trying to get a ball out of a river?!?! At that point I was beginning to rage. She spends 5 minutes pissing around with this damn ball retriever - at this point I had already hit my tee shot because she was on the banks of the river and as I approach her I say "Hey, I don't think you're going to find your ball in a river, I think it's a gonner" then she comes out saying "Oooo, no, I think I should find it, I don't want to lose it" in the end I persuaded her to stop messing around and I suggested we just go ahead and play as a two-ball for the remainding two holes. Also, didn't help she was a complete hack and when I was on my 3rd shot, she was on her 6th. Oh, and what made it even worse was the fact she thought she thought she was some pro using Pro V 1's and these expensive Callaway, ladies, irons which she couldn't even hit properly.

Apart from slow golfers, I don't really get annoyed too much.

People that hit a bad shot, reach into their pocket, and drop another ball in the same spot - making the same swing, only to hit yet another bad shot. I play with a guy at the course we both work at, and he does this literally 8/10 shots. I've seen him drop three or four balls, one after the other. He'll even do it when theres a group waiting behind us. Of course he still claims he shoots in the "mid to low 70's" and brags to everyone in the pro-shop about how good his game is. He reminds me of that delusional Brian from this years Big Break. "I have all the shots from around the greens, the finesse, the skill, the vision.."

Oh, and might I add he treats every round as if it were a 'Playing Lessons from the Pros', where I can't hit one shot without him standing over my shoulder telling me exactly what I need to do (and not do).

Oh lawd.

I had to LOL at all these pet peeves because they are so much in tune with the general consensus of the golfing world.

Just to touch on some of these "annoying" factors:

1. posers don't bother me so much as those that show boat with their ten feet deep, mile-long divots that they know how to compress the ball.

2.people who take their time on the fairway don't piss me off as much as those who line up their putts, while having no clue what to look for, as if they are in a pga major.

3.those who don't yell "fore" while their ball is headed your way, and still don't acknowledge that they almost knocked you out with their golf ball when you pass each other.

4.those who pick up your ball to check if it is theirs even if the personal mark on the ball is clearly NOT theirs.

5.those that hit their ball onto your fairway that prevents you from hitting your approach shot insists you hit first.

6. those that just pull out the pin without asking if you need it in or not.

etc
etc
etc

those are just SOME of the annoying stuff that gets me on the golf course. other than that I just enjoy the game.

Those guys are amazing. Amazing audacity. It's like, do you not think we can see you playing? Do you think your crappy swing and wounded duck shotmaking is invisible to other people?

I don't have a problem with people teeing it up again if they hit a bad drive once, but when you do it every other hole, or 5 times on the same hole, it gets a bit annoying.

A few months ago when I was playing with my moms boyfriend and his friend, he hit, and I kid you not, 6 balls in the water off his drive. One after another. They landed in about the same spot (100 yards from the tee box).

Grumpy, senior golfers who have nothing better to do than just moan and complain about junior golfers.

i doubt very seriously that some hack is buying a staff bag so you will think he is a pro. My uncle shoots mid 80's to mid 90's on average, and has a huge Titleist staff bag. He has the staff bag because his uncle (my great uncle) gave it to him. My great uncle won it in a tournament, and had no use for it,because he had several bags already, so he gave it to my uncle. It has more room in the pockets for stuff, and it was free and looks nice, so my uncle uses it. Does that make him a poser? BTW - here is a pic of my great uncle on one of his typical golf outings. He's the one on the right.

You know, believe it or not, slow play really doesn't bother me much. I guess I just have a lot of patience. Heck, the other day I showed up at the course as a single and was going off as a single. I was standing on the tee box waiting for the group ahead to get out of range when a woman in probably her 50's in a cart came up behind me saying she would be playing behind me. Most people would have been like "thank god I'm not behind her"...not me, I asked her if she wanted to join me. After much debate of me convincing her I was simply out there to work on my game and wouldn't be taking it seriously and wouldn't mind her hitting multiple shots, she finally decided to join me and we played 18 together.

She was being polite of course not wanting to hold up a teenager who she knew would hold up if ahead of or with, but it really doesn't bother me. And yes, I've played many 5-6 hour rounds, at both really expensive courses and the local muni's. I'm always out with friends and we all find ways to make it fun with whatever we are doing, if its playing games on the tee box or fairway or what not.

Now what does bother me is people who don't rake bunkers! Don't ask why, its really the only thing I hate.

1. people who don't replace divots
2. people who don't repair pitch marks
3. people who walk off the green to the next tee box, while you are still putting and then you have to replace the flag yourself
4. people who's second shot yardage to the green is much longer than they could ever hit their driver, let alone a wood, and wait for the green to clear
5. people who constantly make excuses for bad shots
6. people who spit on the green

really, all it comes down to is a little courtesy and common sense.

, are you really this bad at logic? Obviously your uncle is an exception, since he didn't even buy the bag but it was given to him, and the guy who gave it to him didn't buy it either but won it in a tournament. Do you think most people who have staff bags got them this way? I mean, you start off by talking about a hack BUYING a staff bag and then your only example is about a guy who DIDN'T BUY a staff bag. Use your head a little next time sir.

A friend of mine (driving) has the habit of releasing the brake on the cart before I'm fully seated. Occasionally the timing is off and the cart begins moving while I'm only half way in... sometimes pretty quickly. Last weekend I almost took a spill and was NOT happy.

You can't really be this big of an a-hole, can you? You rail against people who are "self-important" and "pretentious" while using lots of big words, presumably so that people think you are smart. You then go on to critisize people and further act like a pretentious a$$. You are so irritated by said pretentiousness, yet you then presume to judge a groupe of people by what kind of golf bag they carry? How does that work. I really would not want to go through life being bothered by things like what kind of golf bag other people carry.

How about this. If people want to have a staff bag, great. If 25 handicappers want to carry $4000 worth of golf clubs, good for them. If people want to drive a BMW, Lexus, etc. and can afford to do so then more power to them. If they can afford to live in a huge house, great.

Who are you to judge people for doing what makes them happy while doing you no harm?

Yet another condescending post. You are sounding increasingly like a pretentious jerk who uses big words and talks down to other people on the internet to make himself feel like hot stuff. And you think staff bags are pretentious...

People who don't shout 'Fore!' when there's even a slight possibility of the ball they've just struck hitting someone.

As annoying as slow play, iron covers, white belts and all the rest are, they don't have the potential to cause me or someone else a serious injury; and all because some idiot is too cool to shout out a warning and, in so doing, let people within earshot know they've hit a bad shot.

Hear, hear.

Also, what I've never understood is why some people never rake the bunker?! I mean, this is the same as not replacing a pitch-mark etc... Extremely annoying when you go down in the bunker and you see all these footprints around your ball.

Haha, I love the phenomenon of the saying "who are you to judge!" As if nobody is ever supposed to judge anything, or more accurately as if anyone is not judging all kinds of things all the time. And I have a little newsflash for you...........you are judging me right now, calling me an a-hole, etc. Haha, "who are you to judge maaaan." Hilarious. The truth is there is absolutely nothing wrong with judging people as long as you stay flexible and allow youself to be proven wrong. If someone has a staff bag with their name on it, a white belt, and a pink shirt with the collar popped, yes I am going to be thinking there is a 90% chance they are really full of themselves. But I will give them the chance to prove me wrong. I have actually done pretty much this exact scenario about 20 times at least, and a solid 18 of them were really full of themselves. I'm not taking away their rights or anything, I'm explaining their motivations. Also, I have said nothing about people driving bmw's or living in large houses they can afford, that is irrelevant. And I was not aware I've been using "big words."




There you go judging me again....haha.

Did you not notice that guy's post made no sense and he thought he was making a great point? It's tough not to be condescending when responding to that. Would you have liked me to sugar coat it for him when I explained how he lacked logic?

Everyone on the internet is so tough. This really is silly guys. You guys should just meet face to face and see how you act then.....I'd sponsor a bogeyman billybaroo cage match. Just kidding kind of....but be nice.

You say nothing about buying a staff bag in the post I quoted. Exactly how does my point lack logic? If you like to judge people because of the golf bag the choose to use, that is your business. But, dont get your panties in a wad when someone calls you out for being a prick about it, sparky.

Stop being silly. Obviously when I'm talking about people who have staff bags it's implied that they bought them and they were not a gift. What % of the total number of people who use staff bags do you think bought them versus were given them as a gift? It's like 99% to 1%. And did you not read the explanation I already gave? You started off talking about people who buy staff bags and then you only provided an example of someone who DID NOT BUY a staff bag. You should learn how to admit when you're not making sense.

PLEASE answer me this:

WHY does anyone care what someone else plays or uses????

If you haven't seen the episode, it's quite funny.

-mini

it is "kiss it" lol

"Go ahead.....kiss it. Yeah, that's right.........apologiiiiiiiize"

-mini

That is awsome! I dont care for southpark, but that episode was rather amusing.

Right, so when you say "most people who HAVE staff bags", it is just implied that they bought them. Sure thing. It appears as though you are the one who has a problem admitting that you are making no sense. Either way, We've successfully hijacked this thread to a point that I'm sure it is rather annoying to everyone else, so I'm finished with the conversation. You continue to THINK you are above people and that there is a massive conspiracy going on with staff bags and hacks wanting people to think they are tour pros, and we will continue to KNOW you are a fool.

Anyone that is annoyed because of what I have spent my money on. Its my bag and my clubs. People that argue on golf forums.

Still in denial huh, not surprising. What percentage of people who use staff bags do you think bought them, and what percentage do you think were given them as a gift? You should take a look in the dictionary and see what the word "exception" means.

Billy,
What if you're partnered with someone who uses a staff bag (without name) and dresses in a way that you think is pretentious. Turns out they're a great guy to play golf with, not pretentious at all?
Would your opinion of them still be affected by the bag and clothes?

Nope. Like I said earlier, I don't make any early judgements set in stone, I give them every chance to prove my first take wrong. Like I've said there are exceptions, and I'm open to that possibility.

When the high handicapper in front of me is playing his Mizuno blades, and his mishits go OB every third swing, it slows the field down.

Other than that, I'm with you. Seriously? Staff bags? This seems like getting mad if someone has a Bethpage towel on their bag, or uses Pro V1's with their name on them despite playing poorly. If it doesn't affect you, caring about it is bizarre.

Nobody actually cares about it really, we are just remarking on how silly and pretentious it can be. It's funny to see the inconsistency of people who don't want anyone to care what people wear enough to make fun of it for a minute, but they are in total support of dress codes that courses have that actually prevent people from playing. I don't want to prevent anyone from playing or from wearing anything, I'm just want to make fun of them for it because it's so childish to dress like a flamboyant fake pro. Does that clear it up for you guys?

What do I hate?

It doesn't happen when I'm playing, but ALL THE TIME ON TV.

Four words.

Get. In. The. Hole.

Whoever thinks they're cool, funny, trendy, whatever, by screaming this at the top of your lungs a quarter second after EVERY SHOT - you're not. The only things you are being are immature, disruptive, disrespectful, and annoying.

Also, hi to everyone of the forum for my first post.

Wow. I did a search on iron covers and ran into this thread. Allow me to state that I am the biggest #!*@ing poser that any of you have ever seen. I have a Mizuno MP Staff bag (TSG thank you). Adams Insight A4 driver, Tourstage 701 15*, MP-32s(sweet Mzi iron covers so they dont look like shot in 2 years) and I play a B330S. I have been playing golf for 10 months (a round here and there over 25 years but never for any duration) and my best round last week was 85. I love my clubs and my bag. I love playing golf, and only wish I would have figured that out long ago instead of at 40. I never once thought " What will people think if I'm hacking with this equipment?". The reason why is because I dont give a sh*t what you think. Nor should I. But I do know that if to make myself look cool to someone who thinks I am poser is to shoot low then rest assured I WILL meet your criteria some day. Then can we be cool? Bear in mind that I also have JDM bass fishing rod and reel set ups that cost around 1K apiece and you can see that some of us just have a monkey on our back and like to have cool or nice stuff. You didn't pay for it, so why does it trouble you. I'm starting to drool over Tour Issue stuff now. God help me see the light before the dark side takes me again!......truly sorry though for upsetting all of you low scorers. Oh I forgot to add that I like to wear pants when I play. I think it looks nice and it keeps my legs from getting skin cancer. I guess I think I look like a pro, oh wait I do but I'm not. Oh no.

Yours truly,
#1 Poser

wow you guys play w/ a bunch of dbags on the course, that must suck! no seriously, w/ all the complaints i'd say most of the time i have a wonderful time on the course. seems most people have the same pet peeves. i've always felt the coolest part in golf is that 90% of the time i'm paired w/ strangers they are great people on the course. where else can you spend 4+ hours w/ total strangers and almost always have a good time.

When the partner im playing with gets too drunk and im having one of my few "good" days...

I totally agree with you.I too would like to a #1 poser.When I first started playing golf 15 yrs ago I could only afford a used set of clubs.When I would see an older guy with a staff bag maxed out with all the lastest golf equipment and see him hacking it off the tee I would chuckle and think what a poser.Now I understand it.Now that I am older pushing 50, can afford what I want I am that guy I use to judge.No I am not a pro (15hdcp) and I am not a poser.I can simply afford nice things now and enjoy having them.I never thought having a staff bag meant I needed to be a pro to have one.We play 36 holes every other tues and my staff bag fits my needs quite well.It carries all of what I need for a long day of golf.I also have a stand bag for when I choose to walk.Now that the kids are grown, house paid off and I no longer need a family car when I get the Challenger I want I am sure I will get the change of life comments too.I don't get that one either.I certainly didn't want a family car all these yrs.I needed one.Now I am gonna get what I want.No I am not trying to act younger I am just treating myself to what I want and had to do without all these yrs.I was never a rich man so for me I had to wait alot of yrs and now is my time.So when I pull into the golf course in my Challenger and pull out my staff bag please consider me a # 1 poser..Would getting a hair piece help..Just kidding..I spent all my money..I need to do the comb over..LOL

Don't forget to paint "01" on the side dukes of hazard style. Although imho I would go with the Back to the Future Delorian or a Batmobile replica first.

I have no problem with a staff bag really as long as it's not clearly a part of a guy's fake pro persona. Now a staff bag with your name on it, those are strictly for hardcore posers.

i had this yesterday playing with a few friends... Newer guy to golf goes and drives on of the carts right on the edge of the green and parks it ther come on seriously? then on the next hole he lands it in the bunker and after the 5th try finally hits it out of it he goes literally tosses his other club on the green and grabs his putter, then doesnt rake the sand!! I about went ballistic on the guy..



Whats wrong with iron covers? i use them cause I cant stand the clanking together after awhile....

I guess I'm a legendary poser...you name it, I got it:

Staff Bag with Name: check
White Belt: check
Pink shirts: check
Visor: check
Popped Collar: check
Titleist Blades: check

Guess I gotta change my location from Springfield to Douchebagdom, VA.

Happy golfing...

have you had the unfortunate experience of dealing with a group of 4 that are so loud that you can hear them from the green when you are trying to tee off?

it's like they hoot after each putt, then laugh, then crack jokes at each other, then talk loud, then laugh again, then constantly talk loudly to the next hole!

Yeah, you ARE a total ******.

...without skin cancer.

That's a pretty awesome list, you may have it all covered. I guess it could be a good idea to just embrace your poserdom. You could try waving to a fake crowd after you make a putt, take an unnecessarily long time standing behing the ball, walking up to it and waggling, and maybe even use a Tom Watson-esque head bobble as you walk up, and casually slip into conversation that you've been working on knockdown shot because the British Open is coming up.

I hate it when a putt goes completely around a hole but does not drop in. Simply unacceptable and in poor taste.

If I'm missing anything, please let me know!

About the Tom Watson thing, I don't have a gap between my teeth, so I doubt that it will have the same effect, so it's out. However, I've played the knockdown since 2003, so I have that on deck. I'm more Rory than Ben Crane, so no slow play here. Also, I never wave, as a wave constitutes a five for the number of fingers held up, so I simply pinch my visor and nod.


However, here's the justification for my outlandish actions:

If I'm carrying a staff bag with my name on it, it's because I wanted one and I got it. It's no more of a poser than a sales manager or a realtor that plays x-stiff tour equipment.

If I'm wearing a white belt, it's because I'm wearing white shoes. I don't know what color belt you wear with your Crocs.

If I'm wearing a pink shirt, it's because I'm wearing navy pants. Classic combo.

If I'm wearing a visor, it's because I want to show off my haircut. Plus, it pisses off the grumpy old men with male pattern baldness. Don't be a hater just because the top of your head looks like a sand-filled divot.

If my collar is popped, it's because I don't want my neck to look like Ernie Els'. It's either pop my collar, look like Kirk Triplett or the Iron Sheik. I choose to simply flip it up.

If I'm playing Titleist blades, it's because I like them. I haven't found a set of irons that I like more than these.

A few things that slightly irritate me.

Over zealous rangers.

People who care about posers. Why do they bother you? Do you make sure they aren't wearing the underwear that you approve of?

People who are playing in my scramble and refuse to play as a team.

You're going to throw me some softballs huh, ok.



There are a couple logic problems here. One, just wanting something and getting it doesn't excuse poserdom, poser want things too, a lot of things actually. Two, The sales manager or realtor (two classic poser professions btw) are posers too if the have x stiff tour equipment and their swing speed isn't over 110 or so and it doesn't help and actually hurts their game.



So your poser shoes excuse your poser belt I guess. Would you be wearing this back in 1995? The answer is no, you're only wearing it now because you heard it was cool. Not the biggest deal, but poserish.



A pink shirt is not involved in anything "classic." Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan weren't even close to wearing a pink shirt. If you put a gun to their head and said to put on a pink shirt I think they both would opt for pulling the trigger.



Show off being the key words here. Showing off is what being a poser is all about.



I guess they ran out of sunscreen at all the CVS's in Douchingtonsville, VA?



I have absolutely no problem with this.

In conclusion, no hard feelings to you or any other posers out there. Just be aware of it is all I'm saying. And maybe embrace it and show some love to the fake crowds every once in a while, tip of the hat sounds good.

lolol I'm thoroughly amused. What a gigantic hater.

Send me a PM. We can settle this in real life.