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Golf Pet Peeve #10: Pre-Shot Routine Guy
The frustrations of playing with Pre-Shot Routine Guy can be summarized in one sentence: Will you just hit the freaking shot? It’s not that Pre-Shot Routine Guy has a pre-shot routine. Most decent golfers have one. The problem with Pre-Shot Rout...
Golf Pet Peeve #9: Cell Phone Guy
Sometimes, golf etiquette seems so obvious that I wonder how people miss it in the first place. Such is the case with cell phones on the golf course. When Cell Phone Guy isn't looking, throw his phone in the lake. (Image: Explosion 5000/Flickr) I...
Golf Pet Peeve #8: The Intrusive Golf Course Maintenance Worker
First off, I love golf course maintenance workers. Much like cart guys, these fellows are the unsung heroes of the course. They are up at 5 a.m.—cutting grass, raking bunkers, trimming bushes, and repairing the hardly noticeable moose knuckle-sized...
Golf Pet Peeves Go Global
Armchair Golf is picking up my golf pet peeves series. Pretty cool. Of course, all of the new ones will appear here first. But Armchair Golf will be publishing some of the older ones I have already published here. The Shot-By-Shot Recap Golfer was pu...
Golf Pet Peeve #7: The Drunken Wedding Party
Stay away from wedding groups that look like this on the golf course. (Image: AMetomorphosis/Flickr) Nothing irks me more than a drunk person on a golf course. The only thing worse is 15 drunk twenty-something hackers on a golf course the day before ...
Golf Pet Peeve #6: The Distance Exaggerator
The Distance Exaggerator is a pretty much a self explanatory fellow. But I’ll give you an example. You’re on a sharp dog leg left par four that measures about 350 yards. The fairway turns almost 90 degrees at the 100 yard marker. So you have a de...
Golf Pet Peeve #5: The Golf Channel Guy
How do I explain the Golf Channel Guy? Perhaps there’s a better name for this character—such as “wanna-be”—but I’ll do my best to tell you about this peculiar fellow. The Golf Channel Guy watches a lot of The Golf Channel. Consequently, h...
Golf Pet Peeve #4: Stewart Cink’s Green Shirt
Stewart Cink fans—and apparently there are hundreds of thousands of them on Twitter—are probably upset this week because Cink’s win at the British Open seemed overshadowed by the Tom Watson story. Well, think again Stewart Cink fans. The only t...
Golf Pet Peeve #3: The Mulligan Golfer
The mulligan golfer is a varied breed of golfer. The less offensive of this breed is the golfer who occasionally drops a ball down after the unexpected snap hook into the woods. He’s not really keeping score, this is not an official round, and ther...
Golf Pet Peeve #2: The Shot Jinxer
Ah, the shot jinxer. This guy just pisses me off. The shot jinxer’s method is quite simple. And, usually, he employs it on putts. Here’s how it works: You have struck your 15-foot putt dead solid. It’s following the right-to-left line, breaking...
Golfing Pet Peeve #1: The Shot-By-Shot Recap Golfer
Thought I’d start a little series about some of my golfing pet peeves. After a couple of decades of playing this frustrating game, I’ve gathered quite a few. I know that this is totally unoriginal. Every blog on the planet has some kind o...
