Sutter'sBeard wrote:
This year my playing partners and I agreed to start holing every put to stop gimmie arguments. Missed a downhill-fast foot and a halfer to take an 11 on the 2nd hole. Kind of hard to dig out of a +6 after two holes. I think it was my 1st 4 put and 1st 10+ hole in quite a few years.
No gimmies, EVER.
You people make my round of golf 45 minutes longer while I wait for your no-gimmie-givin'-games in front of me. It ain't the PGA tour.
No kidding. Nothing worse than standing in the fairway waiting to take your second shot and you've got 4 guys huddled around the hole trying to make foot and a half putts.
Normally if its about 2ft or in I'll give you a gimmie. I would say most competant golfers will make those puts 95% of the time (if not more).
Sutter'sBeard wrote:
This year my playing partners and I agreed to start holing every put to stop gimmie arguments. Missed a downhill-fast foot and a halfer to take an 11 on the 2nd hole. Kind of hard to dig out of a +6 after two holes. I think it was my 1st 4 put and 1st 10+ hole in quite a few years.
No gimmies, EVER.
Well, anything more than a foot and a half or something you can sweep in. The arguements started when we used to make each other put in everything for par or better. Then complications arose when someone took a three footer for double bogey and the scores ended up close when settling up. As far as the pace of play goes, we've never had anyone, other than a single maybe, behind me waiting. I play real fast.
On another note, I play with some tempermental a-hole friends so, that explains why the arguments arose in the 1st place.
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However, one of my golfing buddies is very, very, very deliberate.
Drives me slightly crazy at times.
He tacks on an hour to our playing time all by himself.
I play so much better when I play at a good steady pace. If I go out and play a round by myself w/ no waiting on holes I can play 18 in under two hours, walking.
Popeye_Card wrote:
The 3-putts on seemingly simple greens kill me. Only thing that makes me madder is muffing a short chip and still not being on the green.
One of my golfing buddies has a small phobia about this.
The easier the chip, the tighter he gets. Sometimes I
can't bear to look.
Been there. I had to buy a new 56 degree wedge a couple weeks ago just to get over my chipping "yips".
Golfers who play the 'gimmie' rule or take more than one
mulligan begin to rely on it and then tend to bite the wax
tadpole in a pressure situation.
Its not all that often that I take a gimmie to begin with. Probably once or twice a round.
I normally give myself one mulligan per 18 when I'm playing alone and 2 if I'm w/ my dad (one per 9), since he needs them
We quit mulligans a long time ago. This may seem like a dumb statement but I don't think they help your score all that much. As your quote stated, you tend to rely on them. They hang out there in the back of your mind and make you screw up. Honestly, my 1st few rounds breaking 80 with mulligans, I never felt real clean about breaking 80.
Popeye_Card wrote:I don't really like using mulligans at all. Even though I play golf very informally most of the time. I just don't like "official" do-overs.
Actually now that I think about it when I play a round by myself or w/ a stranger I'll rarely take a mulligan but if I'm w/ some buddies and we're having a few beers during a round we'll get one per 18.
If I hit a shot off the tee 5 feet and straight left (something that happens more than I'd like to admit), I'll take one just for speed of play with people behind me. Otherwise, I never take mulligans.
Popeye_Card wrote:I don't really like using mulligans at all. Even though I play golf very informally most of the time. I just don't like "official" do-overs.
Actually now that I think about it when I play a round by myself or w/ a stranger I'll rarely take a mulligan but if I'm w/ some buddies and we're having a few beers during a round we'll get one per 18.
If I'm just playing with some friends, it's hardly ever competitive. So I'll just hit some shots over again if I feel the need. As long as people aren't waiting for me, and my final score doesn't matter for anything, I figure I paid good enough money to be out there that I should get my money's worth.
