Jack, Agent pretty much has this covered.
I don't "cheat" like in, "I got a 7 this hole......"
and the other guys say:
"Hey......who's that fat bastard foolin? I got him for a 10!"
But, almost 100% of recreational golfers play the so called, "winter rules". My buddies like to say, "fluff it up a little". (Watch it, wise asses! :SIB ) In the annual tournament up here each year, without fail, guys will shoot 7-12 strokes over their "handicap" over the 36 hole event! Why? Because they can't move the ball, and they must sink their putts!
It makes a HUGE difference!
Also, as Chad said. I could retire if I could bet guys they couldn't golf within 10 stroke of their handicap. Not the best golfers, but your run-of-the-mill guy, who hits a ball in the woods, and can't find it, so he "just drops one", and takes a stroke.
Oh, really? I don't think so, stud.
Ball almost cleared the lake, so I'll drop on the edge at the other end.
You will? Not today, sir.
It goes on, and on.......and I'm not even CLOSE to knowing all the rules!
Still, in league, when I still played, guys cheated all of the time! Do they really think guys playing with them can't count THEIR strokes, as well? :mj07:
I've seen balls "splash", and the guy finds it right on the edge of the pond.
I've seen guys, most guys, give THEMSELVES putts!
I had one guy, in a close match, and his ball was on the green in my line. He was about 6 feet from the hole, I was about 9. When he went to mark his ball, he was really fumbling around with the marker and ball.....offsetting it a bit, to make sure it was not right on my line, I presumed. He finally got the mark set right, and I said, "That's good", and the fuker picked up his marker, and started walking off!
I said, "Whoa!" he says, "You said 'good'!"
Golfers.......great guys. It's suck a joke when people talk about what sportsman golfers are because "they keep their own score"!
How many guys miss a "gimmie" putt, and then pull it back quick before it stops rolling, and putt it again? DON'T LIE, YOU FUGGERS!!!!!!
Then, the "made putt" goes on the card.
"Ahhh, that was a gimmie. I wasn't really trying!"
You ever do that...........Bowling? Toss a gutter trying for a ten pin, and say, "I never miss that!" And you put down a spare???? NO ONE does that! Do you burry one in the pocket, and leave a solid 9 pin, and hit the re-set? "Gimmie a strike on that.....I was robbed!" No....You don't.
Holy Christ, we should all be shot!
