Golf Is Supposed To Be Fun
I totally almost got in a fight yesterday. Actually you know what? I did totally get in a fight. I just didn’t get in a fist fight. But oh I wanted to !!! Although I have my temper ‘under control’ and I ‘deal’ with it rather well now, it is still known to rear its ugly devil head at times. Here is what happened from the very beginning:
We had been playing video games, it was raining so hard the rain was slapping against the window and it was not even windy ! All of a sudden around 3ish, I pulled up the blinds and the sky had cleared there was sun in it and the sun was drying the road. Adam’s back was facing the window; I shouted, turn around, look there is sun, the sky is clearing go get dressed now, let’s go! It will be wet but WHO CARES !!!! We were ready and heading out the door with our clubs in like 20 minutes and were at the course by 3:45. Turned out that we were not the only people who practically ran out their doors to the Pitch and Putt.
The two guys directly in front of us were fine. But the six people in front of them had never played, were told not to play in six and that they had to go in two groups of three. They started separate, the first three took off but then one of the guys in the second group had the nerve to mock the four of us behind him while we were doing some stretches and waiting��. So right there I made some smart ass comments loud enough for him and his two partners to hear. Because seriously, you can’t even golf, and you’re mocking us? The two guys in front of us managed to play through the second three at the second hole. And what I would like you to note here is that at least two of the three of them had already taken their crap shots when the other two guys came up to the mat and played through. Basically, right after the group paid, we heard the guy who mocked our stretches say “just wait a hole or two and we will all play together”. At least now with the two guys in the middle of the two groups it kept them from joining and sped things up considerably. I was able to forget all about their lack of basic respect for those around them and started to play a pretty decent game.
At the 9th hole I could see that the two groups had met back up. The other two guys had already left the 10th and were well on their way. I think I got a 5 or something totally crap like that because I was already getting mad. Out loud I started to bitch to Adam. “Man they better wait at 10 and let us play through”,(they seriously stood at the hut between 9 and 10 for over 15 minutes, the first three waited and once the other three caught up they stood there even longer)………”I fucking hope they don’t think that we are going to wait for six of them to play”……….”fuck they suck what are they doing, why are they just standing their, they better fucking let us play through”. Adam is so patient he knows me, just let me rant, I will shut up. But if you tell me to shut up; to be perfectly honest, I just don’t recommend it. We get up to 10, heading over I said to Adam “we are playing through, I don’t care, they are assholes”.
I step up and I nicely asked if we could play through. Mocker pants was instantly like, “no, we can’t let everyone play through….” So I got mad. I was like whatever, you are playing in six you stood over there for like 20 minutes, let us play through. He says no or something and the girls all start to get uncomfortable, saying stupid things like “golf is supposed to be fun”, so I tell them off too; “golf is fun, when you are slow you let people play through that is how it works”. So then he says that some of us already went, can you play through at the next hole? I said yes, fine; just wait there for us then so we can go first. (But come on, I watched you let the other two play through AFTER two of you had already shot on the second fucking hole).
Then they split into two groups of three AGAIN but STILL would not let us play through. I was like fuck em, and we just went to 11 seeing as there was NO ONE on it cause the assholes had stood there for so bloody long. As we are walking off I hear them still making comments, “We can’t help that we suck”. I turned around and yelled as we were a couple of paces out by now……”I don’t fucking care how bad you suck it is about etiquette you are supposed to let us go” (after I turned back around I start laughing at myself, not only am I yelling but I just said fuck and etiquette in the same sentence. I bet they missed my point) I heard the guy start saying something about being harassed on the course……but his voice faded off………..We step up to 11 and the other three stop on the 10th green to watch me take my shot, obviously trying to intimidate me. Well sorry bitches but I can golf. I took my shot and it rocked ass, nice loft, totally straight, it landed on the fringe but so what, I use a pitching wedge. I golf ! (hehe) We get to 12 and we notice that two more singles behind had played through. I LAUGHED !! HAHA !!
When we finished WE told the guy at the counter about THEM and I told him I swore at them and he said GOOD. Jerks, they of course had no idea we are regulars. I have never; ever thrown a fit like that on the course I totally respect the Stanley Park Pitch and Putt. I get mad at assholes, big groups, and slow people but only to a certain extent as it is a major tourist attraction. I normally keep my comments between Adam and me. But the guy in the second group was pissed at me from the get-go cause I told him off on the first mat. Just another example of how groups think they rule all. As if they expected me to tell off all six of them. I didn’t feel tough or anything, it wasn’t like that, I was more mad that it was cold and we had to skip a bloody hole. I also thought it was funny that when they got done and went to complain about us that they would get an ear full on how they were wrong and should have let us play through. The course has rules assholes !
April 26th, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Doesn’t anyone give a shit about the RULES!?!?!? - Walter Sobjic