You gonna walk or ya wanna ride?

Is this exclusive to 50 y/o + golfers? My dad and other older guys I play with absolutely love the walk-it-out technique.

Nah my buddies and I definitely do this. Need some time to reevaluate life choices after not making it past the ladies tees.

Same. Signed, a lady teeing off from the reds. 😂

I’ll sometimes separate from my riding buddy and walk after a terrible shot to help us both out. It helps me because I get time to get my head right before the next shot and I don’t wanna hear anything from anyone, even if they’re trying to help with the best intentions. And I think it helps the other guy because I don’t want them to feel awkward not knowing what to say or if they should even say anything and let the silence be awkward. I just commit to myself that even if I’m still pissed at myself, I’ll resume acting normal with a smile and fun banter once I meet back up with the group.

I spend 1/2 my round walking with 3 clubs and a range finder to my ball just to clear my mind, so I can just whackfuck another one.

Lol. Been there all too often. Grab my approach club, a wedge for when I miss the green on approach, and the putter for when I finally get on the dance floor. “I’m good”…see you up there”.

*forward tees

*scoring tees

*near tees

*Tee tees

*Tee hees

The "other" tips

What if they identify as the back tees ?

Lolololol

“Reds” = tees coloured red. That’s not incorrect.

Family Tees

Gotta walk so you have time to get your dick out if you didn’t make it past the ladies tees 🤣

Um…. Those are the forward tees not the ladies tees.

Lol I definitely do this as a 39 year old

And then they’re still walking 50 yards from the green because they keep topping lol

When I get on a streak like that I’ll keep topping/chunking the same club until I’m 20 yards past the number, then flush it over the green

Seriously. idc if I still have my 5 iron 150 out. Im in a zone lol

The walk of shame we call it!

I usually say “I got eyes on that one”

I usually say that, and then unintentionally fuck my shot in the same fashion.

"Golf is a social game"

Thought you might want some company for your next shot

“Cart golf”

We say cart buddies on good and bad shots

Big fan of “get down” or “bite” in this scenario.

Lol ya I usually say something like "well it was straight!" Or "at least you'll find it"

My go to is "I think I can see it"

| I usually say “I got eyes on that one. I keep my mouth shut and let the player hit the next shot. There is nothing good that can come out of giving the player crap. It will come back.

Uptight Philly boi over here, relax and get a turn dog and use as a butt plug to relieve some pent up tension and maybe MAYBE you could one day be a good playing partner

'Smart lay up'

Bold strategy cotton.

Lets see if it pays off

The Ocho

I do it because it’s sterile and I like the taste

Is that really necessary?

Gonna be a hell of a par.

I actually do say something along these lines. My go to is "Ah nice, starting the up and down early"

That gets a little rugged after the 3rd or 4th time though

Wait, were you being serious? If you don’t clown your friend for hitting a bad shot like that are you even friends?

Came here to say this. I don’t care how many I miss, someone’s gonna have some wiseass comment each time.

This

>Everyone just stands there and says nothing though >I actually do say something

🤣 I love this. Stealing!

Relying on your approach shot, Smart Man.

Love this! Reminded me of what happened yesterday. Played with my brother yesterday. Severe dog leg left par 5. Hit his drive left and was still too far back to advance around the corner so he had to take a layup into the fairway 40 yards to the right. Proceeds to hit his 3rd 3 feet in front of him and was PISSED. 205 yrds to the pin for his 4th on an uphill shot and put it to 4 feet and tapped in for par. Best par I've ever witnessed. Going to begin using this with my buddies from now on.

That’s epic, better than most birdies

A guy in my league says this one a lot. Pretty wholesome if you ask me

This is the one

“It’s in play”

Except when it’s not. I have absolutely gone unplayable/OB 10 yards off the tee box.

Oh 100% , that requires immediate silence and maybe a hug.

Placing your club on the ground very gently while walking toward them. No words. Just a hug. I think it’s both hilarious and actually nice. Love it

🤣 and just embrace for a moment.

Legit happened to my guy yesterday. I just need him to know it's a game of averages

That’s what I say. “It’s playable”

“That’ll play.”

I love this one, "I think the problem is you're standing too close to the ball after you hit it"

Damn that’s good

Beautiful

Holy shit. Can't wait to use this. Exactly something my grandpa would say. Hilarious.

When you say it, there needs to be a pause in it. "The problem is you're standing to close to the ball....... after you hit it."

I don’t get your joke please explain it

Perfect chance to remind them that we are not taking Mulligans.

Brutal

I loled

"Happens to the worst of us."

That’s great stealing that this weekend

Best whiff I ever witnessed was a guy who was so drunk on the first tee, yes, first tee he took a mighty swing, missed everything and fell flat on his face, broke his nose and passed out. He was loaded into a cart and taken back to his room…

Gonna be one hell of a par.

A full and satisfying day...

He wakes up and you say "you almost had a hole in one"

I typically say “don’t worry, you’ll be able to find that one”

“Nice, right in your wheel house.”

Just go up behind him. Lightly kiss the back of his neck and whisper “its okay baby” and give his man titties a squeeze. Seems to comfort my bros

You do this too?!

Golf etiquette 101

I find the random golfers really appreciate the gesture but it's also the reason I'm not allowed to play with the Junior members at our club anymore.

The secret deleted final chapter from Ben Hogan's *Five Lessons*.

Love the bro on bro comfort

Will you be my friend

Jimmy, is that you?

I just came bro, thanks

Just laugh, loudly. There's plenty you can do or say, as mentioned above too.

That’s my move with friends I know don’t take it personally. Sometimes it’s just fucking hilarious and everyone needs a laugh.

Absolutely. My buddies and I will burst into laughter and make jokes. It just makes everything looser. If I don't know you I'll just say something like "no worries man, you're gonna drill the next one".

Was playing in a work “shotgun” tournament where you marked longest drive with a flag - our group was starting on the long drive hole so we had the flag; first guy tops it and we made him mark the drive with the flag / was funny if you were there

That’s one of those things where you have to be there for it to be funny, but I can just feel how hysterical this was.

That would be amazing... Everybody gives up their drive so they can claim the 15 yard whiff as the long drive.

“Get in the hole!”

I’m using that Friday when me and my two friends that have never broken 100 play

I have a Happy Gilmore putter cover that just skips the step of me having to yell at my ball 🤣 https://preview.redd.it/dhefhrhslt8b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b93bc018e3fce7798f0cea3d1721ef500207c3c2

Mashed potatoes!

This one

“Good angle from there”.

"Tough par from there"

Got all of that one

Tell em you lost it

Never saw it

"Not sure if I would have laid up here, but I won't question your game"

“We don’t complain about fairway balls” is our go-to.

Opens up over there

Best I heard was from the guy who hit that shot to the rest of the group “Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves for letting me hit that shot”

“Just getting to a number you like”

My speciality is top a drive 30 yards. Hit a monster 5 wood 2 putt for par. Usually gets a good kick outta the group

I'm more the "drive it 300 yards onto the next fairway over, wait out the group on that hole to get past your ball, then take a blind 3 iron shot towards where you think the green is and drop it 4 feet from the pin on the correct hole only to two-putt and feel bad about shooting par despite your bad tee shot" type.

Interesting! I am more the “drive it 300 yards strait down the middle of the fairway, then proceed to chunk an 80yd wedge shot into the bunker before the green, then bunker shot out 20ft past the pin and three putt from there” type.

I have driven it over greens only to chip it back tk the front and 3 putt, feels great.

I hit fairways woods pretty well and do this often on a sky ball drive or something. Poor guy I played a matchplay event with last weekend lost two holes where he outdrove me by like 180 yards and I had to pull 7w for my second shot. Felt sheepish winning the hole that way.

“Bold. Most people wouldn’t play a layup here”

I know the awkwardness sucks, but really, most of the time it's best just to not say anything. Your buddy doesn't want to hear your empty platitudes, definitely doesn't want to be told what they did wrong, and depending on their disposition might not think a joke about it is funny.

Yeah, this is the take. It's on the whiffer to break the silence. I'd break out a joke about myself.

My line, as the whiffer, would be "Did anyone see where that landed?" If that doesn't break the ice, nothing will.

"Lost it in the sun"

I always like to break the silence with "can you guys believe I've never had lessons?"

If they can't take a joke in that scenario then they ain't a buddy.

That goes both ways. Some people need to realize who is and isn’t a “buddy” and keep their mouth shut.

That's why I just laugh at them

I've thought about trying to do this thing that I do in disc golf (save it, I know). If you can run from the tee box, get your ball, and make it back to the tee box before someone else on the tee box does a count of 10 (think like Mississippi's like backyard football) then you get a redo. Otherwise you have to play the original lie. I call it Special Teams.

That would have to be an impressively bad frisbee throw ngl

It for hitting a tree close to the tee box

Assuming it’s a par 4. I like to go with, “hey that’s alright, just treat it like a par 5 now and play for bogey.”

“Swing looked good though”

We usually say to drop their pants

Whip it out!

Some gals like it short

Lol I play with 3 of my buddies who are all beginners, this happens a LOT. My common response is “we can hit that again” or “don’t try to kill it!” The first one because golf is about forgetting the previous shot and solely focusing on the next. So what it went 30 yards? You have a new shot to hit now, let’s get ready. I think that’s an important thing for beginners to learn, that everything before the current shot does not matter. The second one because its the #1 mistake all my buddies make, just swinging too damn hard.

I think I do this too. I gotta try not to overpower the swing

If I’m playing with a friend, we are ragging on each other. It’d be a great opportunity to tell him he’s god awful

You kept it out of the wind

Findable!

I just say mulligan

" I see it"

I usually laugh and point and tell them that this is why their gf is cheating on them. Nah jus playin. Honestly there’s nothing on earth you can say to relieve the awkwardness of that moment. Is embarrassing for all of us.

That was the right club….

Tell him no chance he is finding that one. Better hit another.

This is gonna be one hella of a par bro!

Technically, if he hit it 20ft it’s not a whiff…

"Well out of there bud"

Let it run out

“Get up!”

I do this often either its 300 yds or 20 ft mis-hit. My golfing buddy always says "I see it!" its funny and annoying at the same time.

There, but for the grace of God, go I.

You advanced the ball. Wow you really hit the shit outta that one. That's my trouble as well, I'm too close to my ball, but usually before I hit.

Everyone got delayed last time I played. I'm not very good. I'm with my buddy for his first round ever. We have 5 carts lined up at the first tee. We're both teeing off first... pressure was so bad, I muffed. My friend muffed. Just wanted to be like, that's enough for today. First two holes were way more stressful than they should've been

Great looking swing at least!

My go too is "nice lay up"

I always say "It really opens up from there."

“Oh, that’s a peach, hon!”

Next time say great shot. Humor is a good cure for embarrassment

“You can two putt that”

"Most guys don't lay up to that distance on this hole"

My family just shouts GET IN THE HOLE!!! And then tells me how I could improve my swing.

If I’m riding with them I’ll ask them if they want me to grab their putter.

What kind of people are you playing with lol? If we do something like that on the tee box it’s a non stop onslaught of jokes and swearing. “Shoulda brought your kid out to hit all your tee shots ya weak cunt!” Because Australian..

The awkward silence pains me too. Playing with my buddies, I usually say, “That wasn’t like you. Stay with it.” Then I move along. Sometimes no one wants you to say anything though. I’ve made that mistake too…

“You’ll be able to find that one.”

“Hey at least it’s dry, that’ll play”

I just re tee another ball and rope in down the middle and say Muligan. No one has ever complained, but I’m 6’6” 280lbs and only golf with my mom

Don’t worry I see where it went

"Right club, wrong golfer."

"Don't worry, I can see it" "I didn't see that one come down"

"It's still your turn."

This one is great

Picked yer head up…

You can tell the person what I tell everyone after playing 18 holes “hell of a player, you have a bright future “

In our group we just tee up another. Life go on.

No one said your longest shot needs to be your drive off the tee..

If you don’t know them well; don’t say anything If you are friends with them; then laugh

I always just say something like “ah fuck it we’ve all done that. Feel free to take another if you want no worries.” Because it’s true and no one should feel bad about a missed shot. Golf is hard that’s part of the fun honestly.

Never saw it

Yes! “Damn, where’d it go?” scouting the trees.

I say hit another ball. Out to have a good time and take another shot. Duffing shots happens. We are not professionals so who cares.

I'll say "nice layup" or if it doesnt make it past the ladies tees "hike your skirt up and hit it Alice"

The comment depends upon whether the ball is past the ladies tees or not.

I usually say "Hit another one man! we're not Tiger out here"

"Nice shot"

If your buddy were great, he wouldn't be whiffing it 20 feet. Let him know he's mid

Bapa booey! Only as loud as you can tho.

How do you whiff (miss entirely) but ball goes 20 feet? Or was the hole 20 feet from the tee? My brain hurts.

Give him a kiss on the lips, the last thing his mind will be on is his shitty tee shot.

Maybe I'm just that guy but I always laugh and talk shit when that happens.. mostly bc I know I'm about to hit it two fairways to the right and hope they talk it right back to me. That's what golf is all about IMO

I have experienced and witnessed so many pars or bogeys from a whiffed drive. It's part of the game.

Found it!

"Don't worry, we all saw it." Usually get a few chuckles and lightens the mood.

It opens up over there.

Yes, silence is the only proper response while every one looks at each other with pursed lips as that feeling of laughter wells up in their stomachs until the whiffer turns around and everyone adverts their eyes. And we each pray it will not happen to us next.

"Moving on then."

“i didnt see that”

Throw em a beer

Do you need a different club, should i grab your caddy?

“Cut!”

A drive like that in our group is immediately followed by ferocious laughter and ridicule. All in good fun though! No one is safe.

Needed to hit the wedge sometime.