William Tipton
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- Apr 24, 2013
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So for a change I go over to the executive course to shake things up a bit.
Get on 1 and join up with two guys.
GIR/Par on first hole, bad start because theres nowhere to go from here.
Anyway, this is only a 9 holer so after 9 we're walking off the green and I ask if they are playing another 9.
They werent going to but since no one was up on the tee box they decided to go ahead.
As we're walking up a couple...man and a woman....come out of the club house and towards tee one.
Cool, only a twosome in front of us coming around the turn here.
So the woman is about ready but her partner seems like hes needing a bit longer before he's going to be ready. As I walk up to her she asks if we are making the turn because she thought she heard the starter saying we were. I tell her yes, we are coming off 9 and going to play 9 more...we are making the turn.
Her and her partner, again, are the ONLY people anywhere near the teebox....no one else....at all. Keep this in mind for the next part.
So I ask her if shes sure that she wants us to play thru. She confirms the answer is yes. Im figuring that she wanted us in front so they could play at their own pace because no one wouild be behind them if we go ahead, right?
I go up to tee off, get into my backswing and hear 'SIR!".
Not sure why I bothered stopping my swing but I did.
And so now the starter who had been somewhere else during all this looking at me know saying 'SIR, THESE PEOPLE ARE UP".
me: "uh yeah....and she JUST ASKED us to play thru"
starter: "thats not how we do it here. You have to get back in line"
me: "uh...THERE IS NO LINE...JUST HER...and she JUST TOLD US TO PLAY THRU"
starter: "She doesnt know the rules. Thats not how we do it here, you have to get back in line"
me...getting irritated at this idiots brain damage at this point: "THERE IS NO GODDAM LINE...ONLY HER AND SHE JUST TOLD US TO PLAY THRU ! You cant tell me that there is no damned rule here that says players CAN let other players play thru, pal"
starter: "thats how we do things here"
me: "youre just being a pushy ass and you know it"
so I go into the clubhouse do talk to the pro who runs the joint and I can tell right off that he knows this guy is being an ass with us but is too damned wimpy to say it.
I told him if there was a line behind her then yeah...I would have gotten behind them...BUT THIS LADY IS the goddam line, guy...and SHE SAID FOR US TO PLAY THRU !
I went about 5 damned minutes with these idiots before it dawned on me that you just cant get some people to figure it out regardless of how simple it is.
I mean, Geezus, EVERY other course I golf at tweaks the rules ALL The time in order to speed up play.
Sometimes they have me start off on the back even though they are starting on the front because they know my pace of play and I'll be off the back before half the front is even thinking about playing the back.
Use some discretion, dope.
ugh...
/rant
Get on 1 and join up with two guys.
GIR/Par on first hole, bad start because theres nowhere to go from here.
Anyway, this is only a 9 holer so after 9 we're walking off the green and I ask if they are playing another 9.
They werent going to but since no one was up on the tee box they decided to go ahead.
As we're walking up a couple...man and a woman....come out of the club house and towards tee one.
Cool, only a twosome in front of us coming around the turn here.
So the woman is about ready but her partner seems like hes needing a bit longer before he's going to be ready. As I walk up to her she asks if we are making the turn because she thought she heard the starter saying we were. I tell her yes, we are coming off 9 and going to play 9 more...we are making the turn.
Her and her partner, again, are the ONLY people anywhere near the teebox....no one else....at all. Keep this in mind for the next part.
So I ask her if shes sure that she wants us to play thru. She confirms the answer is yes. Im figuring that she wanted us in front so they could play at their own pace because no one wouild be behind them if we go ahead, right?
I go up to tee off, get into my backswing and hear 'SIR!".
Not sure why I bothered stopping my swing but I did.
And so now the starter who had been somewhere else during all this looking at me know saying 'SIR, THESE PEOPLE ARE UP".
me: "uh yeah....and she JUST ASKED us to play thru"
starter: "thats not how we do it here. You have to get back in line"
me: "uh...THERE IS NO LINE...JUST HER...and she JUST TOLD US TO PLAY THRU"
starter: "She doesnt know the rules. Thats not how we do it here, you have to get back in line"
me...getting irritated at this idiots brain damage at this point: "THERE IS NO GODDAM LINE...ONLY HER AND SHE JUST TOLD US TO PLAY THRU ! You cant tell me that there is no damned rule here that says players CAN let other players play thru, pal"
starter: "thats how we do things here"
me: "youre just being a pushy ass and you know it"
so I go into the clubhouse do talk to the pro who runs the joint and I can tell right off that he knows this guy is being an ass with us but is too damned wimpy to say it.
I told him if there was a line behind her then yeah...I would have gotten behind them...BUT THIS LADY IS the goddam line, guy...and SHE SAID FOR US TO PLAY THRU !
I went about 5 damned minutes with these idiots before it dawned on me that you just cant get some people to figure it out regardless of how simple it is.
I mean, Geezus, EVERY other course I golf at tweaks the rules ALL The time in order to speed up play.
Sometimes they have me start off on the back even though they are starting on the front because they know my pace of play and I'll be off the back before half the front is even thinking about playing the back.
Use some discretion, dope.
ugh...
/rant
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