Aimpoint user - watch those feet!

Sparky · 2024-06-25T03:09:16+00:00

Played with a good young high school / maybe early college young golfer and his dad today. The kid used the Aimpoint method. That is fine, I've seen several...

scotts33

To me all this kinda stuff comes up under etiquette and knowing how to get along with your group whether it be twosomes to foursomes. Some of it has come from post Covid newer golfers.

I join groups as single 1x to 2x a week and find most if you talk to them in a pleasant manner haven't gotten any etiquette knowledge and will understand your point/s.

Mainly all these factors make for slower play, over thinking and such. Not playing for the greater good and being selfish. Typical American boorish behavior in short.

sdandrea1

scotts33 Typical American boorish behavior in short.

Scott, don't give @Spuzz any additional fodder. He's got too much ammo already. 🤣

garyt1957

PA-PLAYA and that includes spending 5 minutes figuring out how to miss a 3 footer.

Amateurs, I can miss 3 footers with no preparation at all

Weirfan

ode

Weirfan i would settle for - get off my golf course😉

Par4QC

Stupidest thing I've ever seen Pro golfers do, aimpoint. At what?

Almost as dumb as tamping spike marks at the 20' point of a 40' putt.........or is it?

Are you just marking a line.....??? 🤔With the tamp down and your foot prints. re: cheating

sdandrea1

PA-PLAYA that includes spending 5 minutes figuring out how to miss a 3 footer.

I can miss a 3-footer with only 5 seconds of prep! 😎

ode

sdandrea1 he loves the red white and 🔵🙃

Weirfan

ode

i was joking, not joking.

the bottom line is NOBODY ( bar none) here is good enough ( although many probably think they are) to worry about some guy walking on their line and unless he is some fat slob and the greens are soft, it ain't gonna do nuthin that the 200 golfers who have already played the hole ahead of you have done when they stand around the hole to tap in that 14 incher.

now, if the kid is disrupting your vision by doing his routine while you are lining up etc then that's bad form, but the whole walking on someones line thing is laughable but just one of a gazillion things that guys who shoot 80/90/100 think hurts their game.

Spuzz

ode he loves the red white and 🔵

Two thirds of those colours are awesome! LOL
Boorish behaviour is everywhere these days. There's no monopoly on that down there
:/
FYI: My Grandma was born in 1908 in Willimantic, Connecticut and I have a younger cousin born in Baltimore, Maryland so I can't be hatin' on the USA.
🙂

sdandrea1

Weirfan

Yep. I don't care about my line getting tromped on, but pace of play is a hot button for me. I only have but so much time left.......

Par4QC

Weirfan the bottom line is NOBODY ( bar none) here is good enough ( although many probably think they are) to worry about some guy walking on their line

I'll take exception to that statement, thank you kindly.
Esp. when a 'foot dragger' is in the group. Even wearing spikeless shoes. Worst kind of f'ers ever to set foot on a golf course.
I've been behind what appears to be groups of them. And all stood around the hole watching every short putt. Need a lawn roller to get all the marks down.

ode

Weirfan this is nominated for dumb post of the year. I was not raised a golfer, but, from memory, one of the first things i remember learning re etiquette is dont walk on someone elses line......the first was no running on the course 🙃. It's a basic courtesy that everyone should be afforded. The logic that golfers suck and therefore basic etiquette doesn't matter is dumb.

Weirfan

sdandrea1

If the kid's on green routine is causing the group to fall out of position then 100%.
I play a fair bit of competitive golf and there are quite a few guys who use aimpoint and everybody has a different routine be it pre shot or lining up their putts etc. some guys take 3-4 practice swings, some guys ( like me) read the putt from both sides and for me I walk the line and take a good look from the low side. Some ride and are faster moving and some walk. Despite these differences I have yet to be in a group put on the clock in 6 years on tour.

I play with a couple guys in my various groups who are very deliberate over the ball, one tales a good 30 seconds for his pre shot routine, to me it can be slow because unlike putting for which I take my time, when it comes to the other shots , i walk up, take 0-2 practice swings, pick my line and shoot. However, these guys , while deliberate , are never slow or behind as they make up time elsewhere.

Everyone is different and we can't nor should we expect that everyone plays the same....BUT.....it is important to keep pace. Having been a course Marshal on one of the busiest courses in the Province, I've seen it all....and then Some lol

Typhoon

Weirfan If the kid's on green routine is causing the group to fall out of position then 100%.

This 1000%

ode

Par4QC foot dragger

Holy shit.....and it only takes one as they will walk all around the hole. This phenomenon needs to be pointed out to the offender immediately!

Spuzz

Par4QC Worst kind of f'ers ever to set foot on a golf course.

Peg Leg Pirate and the Clodhopper that walks over the hole are sniper worthy targets, imo.

Eguller

ode etiquette is dont walk on someone elses line.

Lack of etiquette & courtesy drives me bonkers. If you're going to play..... 🤨

Par4QC

ode Usually it is the group just ahead. 4 of them, in fact. migawd, would take 10 minutes to tamp all of them.
And they seem to twist their feet as they turn around.

ode

Eguller yes .....could go on but it boils down to a few things for me. Get out of my sight, stand still, and be quiet when it's my turn. This includes the green!

Weirfan

Eguller

There are lots of old etiquette things that no longer should be part of todays game.
Some of which include

playing honours, just hit the ball whoever is there and ready
wait for the player who is furthest away to hit first
wait for the player who is furthest away to putt first
( ready golf is the modern proper etiquette)
everybody pretty much wears spikeless shoes so walk where you want , like I said above 200 other players have walked on that line so it wont matter.

IMO, The only etiquette that matters these days is

leave the course better than you found it, replace/fill divots, fix your ball mark and 2 more on each green, properly rake traps
stay out of the line of others when they are putting and playing shots, especially on the tee
stay in position with the group ahead and should you fall behind, make it up promptly ( see ready golf above)
keep the noise ( music and voices) down to a level so others are not bothered
do not lose your temper and never damage the course

A few years ago I would have added dress appropriately but unless the course has a dress code seems that many places don't really care anymore. I don't like seeing jeans or sleeveless shirts but they are out there

Different groups do different things so sometimes it is a matter of adapting . For example, We always allow a birdie or eagle the next tee first and so the ready golf gets set aside for that.

johnnydoom

Spuzz My granny and her husband immigrated to Canada from Ireland in the mid 1920s and then ended up in NYC in the late 20s.

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