From: tschorer@hoh.mbl.edu ()
Subject: Rude, Rude, rude
Organization: MARINE BIOLOGICAL LAB
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:43:00 GMT


     Forgive me Golfers for I have sinned.
		
				Yesterday, my regular playing partner and I went out for a enjoyable round 
only to have it ruined by an incredibly rude golfer.  As I was standing in a 
greenside bunker on the first hole, a ball narrowly missed striking both my 
partner and myself!  This was an errant tee shot from the second hole, no 
warning!  A father and his (I'd guess) ten year old boy out enjoying a round of
golf.  When he came over to retrieve his ball I told him how much I appreciated
his not yelling "fore".  Then as I make my putting stroke he begins shouting
some words of encouragement to his boy (he is still standing in #1 fairway).I 
yipped the put left o' the cup and promptly thanked him again for his 
wonderful display of etiquette.  We didn't see much more of him until...

					The 13th hole, a long par five.  As I set up to hit a tee shot, he(my ol'
pal from #1) comes driving back up the fairway.  Stops next to the tee box and 
asks , in an accusing tone , if we had found one of his clubs. We replied "no"
and he then asked the elderly couple who were waiting behind us who also said
"nope".  He then headed back to the 12th and we played our first and second
shots.  We line up to hit our approach shots, BUT WAIT, he's back.  He and his
boy jump from their cart and scurry to their balls which are just off of the 
green. Yeah that's right , they left their balls ON THE COURSE.  He took his 
mandatory five practice swings in the bunker, made a good out and finished the
hole (didn't rake the bunker, of course). I was spittin mad (actually I was 
punchin' mad) and told him that "you just don't leave your balls on the course
and then jump back in whenever you feel like it" . a few pleasantries were 
exchanged and then he called me ,well I can't repeat it.  "nice talk" I replied
"especially in front of the kid" and he said some more really sweet things.

Vengeance is mine.  As we finish the hole I find a club aside the green. The 
same club he had attacked the sand trap with.  Probably the same club he had gone to 
retrieve just minutes before. My partner , forever the diplomat offered to 
return the club but I thought I'd make him come and beg me for it.  On the 
next tee my partner goes over to him and says " you know that really wasn't
proper etc,etc" and the response was, basically, "$#@% you". My partner 
returned to my side and said " keep the damn club".  So that's it, we followed 
him the rest of the round and he never spoke to us again. I'm certain that he 
missed his P-wedge at some point but he never came looking.  Now I feel that I've
lowered myself to his level, but I also consider the wedge (Mizuno Tour xp w/
graphite shaft) partial compensation for his ruining my $30 round of golf.
Yeah I know, Golf isn't about all that petty crap, but it felt nice knowing that
I rescued the wedge from that nasty man.  Go ahead, FLAME ME,I deserve it.  But 
haven't you all encountered someone like this. someone who doesn't understand and
doesn't want to understand.  Go ahead, FLAME ME, because of the length of this
post.  Sorry I just had to get that off my chest.

I, not my company, am responsible for my rantings or criminal behavior. -Tim