It's a long story, but here's a new one I have never seen before today:
I played as a single at Blank GC in Des Moines. Clubhouse joins me(in a cart) with another single(walking with a pull cart and his wife "caddying") and a two-some(one walking, one riding). It was an odd looking grouping, for sure.
Anyway, front nine goes fine. We're all doing ok, no excess ball searching, playing ready golf, etc. On the back, we catch up to a 4-some playing best ball, but clearly novices. We start waiting, but still not severe. About hole 12, I notice a single coming up on us. He's waiting to hit his approach while we're putting. Sure enough, he finishes 12 before we are able to tee off on thirteen.
Guys got his sunglasses on and a scowl on his face. I approach him and, very congenially, let him know we'd let him play through, but there's the 4-some in front of us, and another one about a hole in front of them. I tell him I don't know how busy the rest of the course is, but we've started waiting, too. Just a small chuckle from him.
Next hole is a par three. We all par it. While we're heading to the next hole, we hear a plunk right next to us. OK, he was ready to hit and pulled it a bit. Fine.
On 15, one of my group hits one way left on his approach and spends a bit looking. I'm on the green, and sunglasses has driven it and is waiting. Guy who is looking gives up and drops after a few minutes. We finish and head to 16.
We are waiting to tee off as sunglasses finishes. The 4-some in front of us finally moves, so we start teeing off. I see sunglasses coming up quick in his cart, almost screeching to a halt behind mine. I teed off first, so now I'm waiting for the others while watching sunglasses. He pulls out his driver, seeming waiting for us to...I don't know. Tell him to play through? Ask him to join him even though they don't allow 5somes? Anyway, it's clear to me, he's hot, but I don't think any of the others realize it.
Our last guy is a senior, so he drives up to his tee box, and I hang back. Senior guy tees off. Now, the walker in my group and his wife are walking down the fairway to their ball. I'm still lagging behind because I know I'll get to my ball well before the walkers do.
Sunglasses has had enough. He gets out, tees his ball up, and proceeds to hit a drive right over the walkers, who were about 50 yards down the fairway. I couldn't believe it. I say, "Wow, talk about a douche move. Did you want to play through?"
Sunglasses completely ignores me for a couple seconds, gets back in his cart, and says, "Doesn't matter now, does it?" and drives off.
I mean, this is clearly the most dickish golf move(not to mention, dangerous) I've ever seen. However, is there anything my group should have done that we didn't? Wracking my brain here trying to figure out why sunglasses was so pissed at us.
I played as a single at Blank GC in Des Moines. Clubhouse joins me(in a cart) with another single(walking with a pull cart and his wife "caddying") and a two-some(one walking, one riding). It was an odd looking grouping, for sure.
Anyway, front nine goes fine. We're all doing ok, no excess ball searching, playing ready golf, etc. On the back, we catch up to a 4-some playing best ball, but clearly novices. We start waiting, but still not severe. About hole 12, I notice a single coming up on us. He's waiting to hit his approach while we're putting. Sure enough, he finishes 12 before we are able to tee off on thirteen.
Guys got his sunglasses on and a scowl on his face. I approach him and, very congenially, let him know we'd let him play through, but there's the 4-some in front of us, and another one about a hole in front of them. I tell him I don't know how busy the rest of the course is, but we've started waiting, too. Just a small chuckle from him.
Next hole is a par three. We all par it. While we're heading to the next hole, we hear a plunk right next to us. OK, he was ready to hit and pulled it a bit. Fine.
On 15, one of my group hits one way left on his approach and spends a bit looking. I'm on the green, and sunglasses has driven it and is waiting. Guy who is looking gives up and drops after a few minutes. We finish and head to 16.
We are waiting to tee off as sunglasses finishes. The 4-some in front of us finally moves, so we start teeing off. I see sunglasses coming up quick in his cart, almost screeching to a halt behind mine. I teed off first, so now I'm waiting for the others while watching sunglasses. He pulls out his driver, seeming waiting for us to...I don't know. Tell him to play through? Ask him to join him even though they don't allow 5somes? Anyway, it's clear to me, he's hot, but I don't think any of the others realize it.
Our last guy is a senior, so he drives up to his tee box, and I hang back. Senior guy tees off. Now, the walker in my group and his wife are walking down the fairway to their ball. I'm still lagging behind because I know I'll get to my ball well before the walkers do.
Sunglasses has had enough. He gets out, tees his ball up, and proceeds to hit a drive right over the walkers, who were about 50 yards down the fairway. I couldn't believe it. I say, "Wow, talk about a douche move. Did you want to play through?"
Sunglasses completely ignores me for a couple seconds, gets back in his cart, and says, "Doesn't matter now, does it?" and drives off.
I mean, this is clearly the most dickish golf move(not to mention, dangerous) I've ever seen. However, is there anything my group should have done that we didn't? Wracking my brain here trying to figure out why sunglasses was so pissed at us.
