Most ridiculous thing heard on the range

[Cousin]

Not on the driving range but in the course this past weekend. Driving our carts from the 18 tee to our drives. We see the cart girl pull up to a couple walking up the cart path towards us. This is no too uncommon at this hole are there is a public trail that shares the cart path for a short way and people miss the turn to go on the trail all the time. I notice that the guy has a few clubs with him including his driver. There is no driving range at the course. 
 

Cart girl turns them around and drives up to us. Apparently this guy wanted to “try out” the course so he brought a few clubs and balls and his girlfriend and started to just walk onto 18. This is on a Saturday in California. Full tee sheet. Astounding. 

[monty09]

one that I hear often when hearing about a new club anywhere... "its as good as Augusta" 

[tiger1873]

Member at a private club.  When you have slow people playing in front instead of telling them to stand aside you told to pick the ball and go around them because your too fast.

 

Same club they decide to do extra course maintenance during a major club champions ship so members have to play around the mowers and workers.

 

Might be time to move a lot new members just joined last few months.

Edited January 18, 2022 by tiger1873

[pingfool]

11 hours ago, Cousin said:

Not on the driving range but in the course this past weekend. Driving our carts from the 18 tee to our drives. We see the cart girl pull up to a couple walking up the cart path towards us. This is no too uncommon at this hole are there is a public trail that shares the cart path for a short way and people miss the turn to go on the trail all the time. I notice that the guy has a few clubs with him including his driver. There is no driving range at the course. 
 

Cart girl turns them around and drives up to us. Apparently this guy wanted to “try out” the course so he brought a few clubs and balls and his girlfriend and started to just walk onto 18. This is on a Saturday in California. Full tee sheet. Astounding. 

monarch in laguna?

[Cousin]

29 minutes ago, pingfool said:

monarch in laguna?

Old Course, Half Moon Bay.  18th green is right in front of the Ritz patio so lots of people mulling around.  Usually get a good applause from the gallery for making a good approach or a putt.  I have gotten a few over the years lol.

[lookylookitzadam]

“The new stealth driver had me pick up 10mph of club head speed. I went from 85 to 95 miles per hour with that thing”

Edited January 18, 2022 by lookylookitzadam

[elwhippy]

This Trackman is faulty. I hit my 6 iron 220 yards at sea level. 

[lchang]

4 hours ago, Cousin said:

Old Course, Half Moon Bay.  18th green is right in front of the Ritz patio so lots of people mulling around.  Usually get a good applause from the gallery for making a good approach or a putt.  I have gotten a few over the years lol.

 

I badly pull-hooked an approach shot there and almost killed a couple with their kid on the part of the cart path that they're *allowed* to walk on.  I hate that the pedestrians there and on the 18th on the Ocean course there have no idea how much their lives are in danger....

[Cousin]

1 hour ago, lchang said:

 

I badly pull-hooked an approach shot there and almost killed a couple with their kid on the part of the cart path that they're *allowed* to walk on.  I hate that the pedestrians there and on the 18th on the Ocean course there have no idea how much their lives are in danger....

Yea, we (my wife and I) are there a lot as we live just up the street.  Always watching for when someone is lining up for their approach.  I have see several times when guests at the Ritz are just oblivious.  A couple letting their toddler run around on the green or on the grass next to it at 18 when people are trying to play their approach.  Have seen that a  few times actually.  I have tried to get them off when I am at the patio, sometimes there is a language barrier with guests from out of country.  It happened to me once while I was waiting for my approach.  

 

I believe it was part of the permit agreement for the Ritz that they make and maintain the Coastal Trail in that area.  It's just the way they chose to design it, gets the hotel and patio closer to the cliffs.

[amace04]

My one buddy who can't carry a drive more than 200 yards with any consistent accuracy due to a bad swing trying to give my more athletic buddy who's new to golf, but can drive it 280+ driving tips.

Same buddy trying to offer chipping and pitching advice such as "You'll want to chop this one out of the rough" and "try not to let your follow through extend too long"

[aggie182]

With the guys I play with, so many ridiculous things are said that it's hard to determine the most ridiculous.  We have a ball and it's all in good fun.

[mitchnpat1]

On 1/18/2022 at 1:09 PM, elwhippy said:

This Trackman is faulty. I hit my 6 iron 220 yards at sea level. 

 

trackman always wrong 🤣

[Paddy_2_Iron]

35 minutes ago, mitchnpat1 said:

 

trackman always wrong 🤣

 

And Range Balls go 20 yards shorter.  

[R5Two]

This is more what I have seen, so my club hosts an LPGA feeder tour event every year so we get kicked out for a week. I went to a local public range and pretty uneventful, but there was a guy mid 40s warming up and an older (50s) gentleman coaching a 16 year old kid. This range is small and is in the middle of the course. 40s hits a driver that heads so far right it lands in the fairway of #9. People begin driving up #9 as 40s tees up another ball. The older gentleman tells him sharply he can't hit another driver as he will hit the people coming up #9. A back and forth ensues and before you know it 50s and 40s are literally shoving and wrestling each other. I turn around and the 16 year old kid is still just hitting balls. These two continue 'hugging' as the owner and his 70 year old shop attendant come running out. They're broken up quickly and they are all asked to leave. The 16 year old says to me 'you can have the rest of these' and points to the range balls. And that is how I got a free half jumbo bucket of range balls at a public course. 

[GolfTurkey]

The 2 most ridiculous things I've heard:

 

1. Srixon fitter telling me that my head and shaft were in stock and my new driver would arrive the following week (almost 3 months and counting)

 

2. Ping telling me my 7 wood should arrive around Christmas time

[Scottbox]

Open your shoulders and swing right.

[GolfTurkey]

Not on the range but deserves an honorable mention: I was practising putting at lunch time at the club. I hear this loud, angry voice from the first tee box: "oi mate, if you effing know what's good for you, you'll effing get off the fairway".

 

I look up and see a burly fellow glaring down the fairway at someone who had hit a bad shot from an adjacent hole and was now on the first fairway. He was a long way down; I have only been there maybe twice off the tee and only with a big wind assist.

 

Old mate on the tee box obviously made his loud announcement to let everyone in the vicinity know that we had to watch out because there was a long-hitting badass nearby. Then I watched him make this feeble pitter-patter arms only swing that I'm sure didn't sniff 90 mph. For extra performance, he hit the top of his club and skied it about 100 yards. A very appropriate idiot mark...

 

[Cousin]

A new one yesterday morning in the parking lot of the clubhouse.  Older woman, apparently a regular, talking to the starter who is helping her carry her bag to her cart. 

 

Starter: Have you checked in?  Could I see the receipt?

Woman: No, Jane is paying for me today, she owes me one.

Starter (looking at tee sheet): Sorry Ma'am, Jane isn't playing today, she isn't here.

Woman: Well she owes me, she is paying for me.  You will just have to call her.

Starter:  Please go check in with the pro shop

This goes back and forth a few more times before the woman relents

 

As I was walking out to the first tee I walked by the starter and said that was a first for me hearing that.  He said she tries it all the time.  They know the drill with her!

[RoyalMustang]

We should fire the pro because I heard he was DQ'd in a tournament 

[Chopper Dave]

This is a guy I've come across at golf clubs, golf shops etc. I think he is legitimately insane so here are some of his gems.

 

Have you tried the left dash? Best ball ever! I know which pro it was made for, but I'm not allowed to say.

 

In response to the stealth fwy - it DOES have a carbon face, I know, the TM rep showed me!

 

I was there when Tiger Woods was getting coached as a teenager, couldn't hit a wood to save his life.

 

I was Mariah Carey's bodyguard when she would visit the country. 

 

Buys a second hand set of PXG irons - I got these fitted at PXG and I met Bob Parsons!

 

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Chopper Dave said:

This is a guy I've come across at golf clubs, golf shops etc. I think he is legitimately insane so here are some of his gems.

 

Have you tried the left dash? Best ball ever! I know which pro it was made for, but I'm not allowed to say.

 

In response to the stealth fwy - it DOES have a carbon face, I know, the TM rep showed me!

 

I was there when Tiger Woods was getting coached as a teenager, couldn't hit a wood to save his life.

 

I was Mariah Carey's bodyguard when she would visit the country. 

 

Buys a second hand set of PXG irons - I got these fitted at PXG and I met Bob Parsons!

 

ROTFLMAO!!! Either the guy is legally insane or smoking some good stuff.

Around here in this Tourist Themed area you can hear all kinds of stories from the starters. If the starter is a veteran of the "Golf Wars" he has heard them all several times over the years

Last week we had a tourist wanting to pull his cart out of line from the Scramble stage to go to the range. Now our range is perhaps 120 yards away. They told him no that the carts were staged for a reason ( to ensure a smooth flow on a shotgun start), What pissed me off was he tried to go over the bag drop guys heads ( they are one of the owners sons) and told the owner which the owner backed the kids up. Besides the Shootout was about to start. This guy whined and griped about a bad back etc. Monday he tried to pull the same crap when carts were scarce and they had people literally waiting and they were turning carts back out. I heard the same thing. This starter bag drop guy runs a tight ship and it was obvious what was going on with others waiting. He started the whine again about a bad back which was pure BS because I had seen him running around. He is one of those supposed entitled snowbirds or so he thinks. I could not stand him anymore and I flew in on him. I told him I walked over to the range all the time even when my broken back was healing and as a full time member I was entitled to a cart if they were available. I also told him that even a member could not get a cart in the present situation. I also asked him just because he visited one month out of the year he thought he was special??? That he was thoughtless with others were waiting for carts for their tee times. Quite a few folks waiting clapped as he sulked off. Yes this tourist season has been the busiest this year it has even in the Pre Pandemic days. Our course has even rented 12 additional carts due to the flow and wanted more but with other courses being in the same fix extras are not available. 

The owner asked me about it Monday afternoon. I told him the story and he said if the guy shows up again to basically tell him he is barred. Yeah the courses are crowded and this is basically a two family owned and operated course and the staff are stressed anyhow. There was a another part of the story. The guy had went into the clubhouse and wanted to play with no tee time and they had told him no way they were booked solid. The guy had complained and whined in there. They had told them in this area this time of year it was so crowded that tee times were a must anywhere around here. I guess he really feels entitled

Edited March 11, 2022 by BIG STU

[dokex]

6 hours ago, Chopper Dave said:

This is a guy I've come across at golf clubs, golf shops etc. I think he is legitimately insane so here are some of his gems.

 

Have you tried the left dash? Best ball ever! I know which pro it was made for, but I'm not allowed to say.

 

In response to the stealth fwy - it DOES have a carbon face, I know, the TM rep showed me!

 

I was there when Tiger Woods was getting coached as a teenager, couldn't hit a wood to save his life.

 

I was Mariah Carey's bodyguard when she would visit the country. 

 

Buys a second hand set of PXG irons - I got these fitted at PXG and I met Bob Parsons!

 

Did someone say pathological?

[Esox]

Back in the early 90's when I could actually golf. I was at a large, busy range with my Yonex ADX Tour blades, working on moving the ball, hit a hard draw, hit a hard fade, hit a medium draw, hit a medium fade, etc. A couple of the old range rats than hung around there all day stopped behind me.  Their conversation was

"Look at that guy, he thinks he is Chi-Chi Rodriguez"

"I told you, it's all in the hands"

"No, look at his clubs, anyone could do that with those clubs."

I ignored them........

 

[Chopper Dave]

A few players talking about the most impressive pro swing they have seen in person.  There nothing out of the ordinary here, names like Louie Oosthuizen and Adam Scott get thrown around then someone mentioned how they wish they got to see Ernie Els in his prime. A chorus of yeahs is broken by one guy that loudly exclaims "I've seen Ernie Els play in person - his neck isn't like that"...........dead silence........"his neck doesn't look like that, how it does on tv"

 

Conversation over.

[mat562]

I've seen Ernie Els' neck, and it does look like that.

 

Gucci would probably offer him more money than Xxio are paying in order to farm it for handbags.

 

 

[archer1]

On any range, anywhere in the world.

 

A 24 handicap to a beginner.

 

'Here, let me show you how.'

[Ferguson]

"My girlfriend lives in Canada. She's a great golfer."

[BIG STU]

This time of the year in this Tourist Mecca you hear the craziest stuff. It is more entertaining to sit around and listen than watching the Comedy Channel on TV. My SOP right now in this season is to get to the course to practice when the Members Men's and Ladies Groups are going out. During the week the outside tee times are blocked off until like 11:45 or so. By then I have done most of my practice work for today. I usually get me a water and have a spot of lunch sitting on my corner of the patio beside the putting green. Now I range is about 120 yards away ( I have measured it) from the putting green. You have to purchase range tokens inside and the machine naturally  is out by the range. Some guy got mad because he had to walk over there to get range balls to of all things practice putting with. One of my buds was sitting with me and both of us about died laughing and this guy was serious. But one of our fellow members said that guy was probably one of those too cheap to buy balls and played his round with range balls. I had never imagined that.  

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, BIG STU said:

This time of the year in this Tourist Mecca you hear the craziest stuff. It is more entertaining to sit around and listen than watching the Comedy Channel on TV. My SOP right now in this season is to get to the course to practice when the Members Men's and Ladies Groups are going out. During the week the outside tee times are blocked off until like 11:45 or so. By then I have done most of my practice work for today. I usually get me a water and have a spot of lunch sitting on my corner of the patio beside the putting green. Now I range is about 120 yards away ( I have measured it) from the putting green. You have to purchase range tokens inside and the machine naturally  is out by the range. Some guy got mad because he had to walk over there to get range balls to of all things practice putting with. One of my buds was sitting with me and both of us about died laughing and this guy was serious. But one of our fellow members said that guy was probably one of those too cheap to buy balls and played his round with range balls. I had never imagined that.  

 

 

Justin Leonard had a history of being a cheapskate. I think Kuchar's dad called him out at the Masters Breakfast Banquet for taking several cheese danish pastries.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dad said, "next time take just one."

 

[TiScape]

13 hours ago, Ferguson said:

 

 

Justin Leonard had a history of being a cheapskate. I think Kuchar's dad called him out at the Masters Breakfast Banquet for taking several cheese danish pastries.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dad said, "next time take just one."

 

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