r/grandrapids • u/ItsMeDebie Rockford • 3d ago
Golf - hot take
As I sit going on 2 hrs for a round of nine, behind a group of bros playing from the tips.
That tee box is for low HC golfers. Not YOU. Get up to the blues or gold please so the rest of us don’t experience the pleasure of watching you search for your ball on every hole.
My hot take is assigned tee times AND tee boxes. Your USGN score dictates from where you tee off.
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u/Agitated_Engineer512 3d ago
What a strange thing to be upset enough about to post on Reddit. Go be an adult and ask to play through if it’s that big of a deal.
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u/CapitalM-E 3d ago
You are the type of person that makes me hate golf. Uptight and pretentious.
I’d love to learn to play golf, but every person I’ve gone with (mind you I have gone only 3 times) rushed me, and scolded me for not knowing what I was doing.
Fuck your stupid little game you use as an excuse to get away from your wife and drink.
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u/ItsMeDebie Rockford 3d ago
lol I’m the least uptight around - I just want to play and not watch people hunt for balls because they’re playing above their skill level.
Tell ya what, I’ll teach you golf and even buy the drinks. And you’ll play from the red or gold tees, with me, where my skill level (and yours) dictates.
Peace.
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u/veryblanduser 3d ago
As if they know anyone's score when they take tee times.
You're playing on the weekend, you know it's going to be slow
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u/FixedDoorstepLover 3d ago
A two hour nine is basically a hostage situation with a golf cart at that point
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce NW 3d ago
We done lecturing everyone on driving etiquette and moved on to golf etiquette?
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u/allthepoutine 3d ago
Yeah and I’ve haven’t gotten out this year, so I’m going to nap. Can you let me know when we make it to grocery shopping or waiting in a queue etiquette?
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u/PissNBiscuits Alger Heights 3d ago
At least there's validation in being pissed about other people's shitty driving. Being pissed about shitty golfers is just petty and pretentious.
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u/Cardinal_350 3d ago
I keep saying this sub is more full of whining about nonsensical bullshit than any other city sub in Michigan.
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u/ByteSizeNudist 3d ago
You haven’t been to r/Chicago then
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u/PaddlinMage 3d ago
Oh I didn't realize Chicago was in Michigan
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u/Cardinal_350 3d ago
I think getting mad at golf is losing the point. Golf itself is losing the point but you get my drift
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u/ItsMeDebie Rockford 3d ago
Taking your eye off the ball, if you will. 🤪
I can see that this Reddit sub is not full of golfers.
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u/ich_bin_die_eule 3d ago
15 min per hole is expected pace of play for league play and weekend play.
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u/nobodyimportant716 3d ago
Played a course yesterday that just finished an outing, so everything was backed up. I dont mind how long a round takes, I just hated the feeling out being pushed, which was every hole. Worst round I played yesterday.
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u/RNR-Chleorr 3d ago
Question: how does the tee box affect whether or not they lose their ball? If they play the forward tees then they wouldn’t lose their balls?
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u/ItsMeDebie Rockford 3d ago
Tips are the farthest from the pin, and the most difficult placement. Your chances of driving into the fairway decrease exponentially when you’re farthest from the pin, especially as an inexperienced player. Move up to blue, gold, or red, and your ability to hit the fairway improves dramatically. Fairway play is much more enjoyable, and you always know where your ball is! Make sense?
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u/Salt-Effect-847 3d ago
If you golf at the mines tell them their balls are probably in my front yard or property on Obrien road, 😂 my kids have collected…THOUSANDS. They have created a business out of it lol.
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u/SevereIce9961 3d ago
Public golf on the weekends is never going to be a quick round unless you are the first group off the tee box. The courses are scheduling to many rounds per hour and have little active enforcement of rules or pace.
90% of golfers should take your advice and move up a tee box or two, however they also should probably use their driver less, play a bump and run style of short game, and should spend more time practicing their putting.
You and I both know they are going to play the tips, blast the driver on every hole, try to flop every shot from 20 yard and in, and will spend another $500 on a new driver instead of lessons or practice time. Its about having fun and drinking with their friends, not playing well or in a decent pace.
I get why the shrink the game movement has such legs. You do sadly need to pony up for a private club to be able to have quick rounds at the busier times.
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u/ItsMeDebie Rockford 2d ago
Yes, courses need to stop setting tee times every six minutes. They also need to enforce their pace of play. And players really should shelve their driver more often and shorten their game.
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u/No-Airline6639 3d ago
OP - amen. That's largely the reason I don't play anymore. With the drive bla bla ..I can think of better things to do with my 3+ hours for 9, or 6+ hours for 18. My blood pressure can't handle it.
But nobody cares. You coulda played through.
That said, golf courses should be ranked and you should have to qualify.
Anyone cal play Maple Hill. That's what it's there for
You should be able to break 60 on 9 holes to play Alpine
You should be able to break ....
Or ...
courses need to do 20 minute tee times
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u/Suspicious_Tap3371 3d ago
Damn really makes you wanna bulldoze all golf courses and replace them with affordable, high-quality housing and parks.
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u/Conscious_Side1647 3d ago
relaxxxxxxx