Amazing flex

Guy is a clown

TL;DR: Client opens a lesson by telling me I’m not good enough to teach him. I offer to play him for a free foursome. He demands strokes. I give him five. I shoot 37, he shoots 56, and he calls me an ass.

I work part‑time as an assistant pro, which is usually a great way to stay involved in the golf community). Last Saturday though, I was already having a shitty morning. A guy I’d never worked with before came in for a lesson, and I saw him warming up on the range.

It was the full bro‑golf swing: baseball grip, over‑the‑top, hits it 300, probably “shoots in the 80s.” I’ve seen the type a hundred times, so I figured I knew exactly what I was walking into.

He walks up and immediately starts with:

“I looked you up on GHIN and you’re not much better than me. No offense, but you’re a 4 handicap. Should you really be teaching lessons? I’m like a 5.” Side note - no idea why this is the only sport we do this thing where your ability to teach is directly tied to individual skill but whatever.

This happens once or twice before because my rate is lower than the head pro, so people try to pay my rate but get him. But I was already annoyed and not in the mood to take any shit. So I said, “I’ve got time right now. Let’s play the back 9. If you beat me, I’ll comp a round for you and three friends.”

He clearly didn’t expect that. He agrees, so I say straight up. He immediately says that’s BS because I “know the course better.” Fine. I give him five strokes.

The round goes exactly how you’d expect:

• First tee: slices it OB, calls mulligan, I tell him no, re‑tee, that’s three.

• Lips out a putt and blames the greenskeeper for “cutting the hole wrong.”

• Hits an approach to 3 feet, picks it up, says “that’s good,” and I said “no it’s not”. I make him putt it, he misses.

• Spends most of the day in the right rough or the woods.

• Asks what club I’m hitting on basically every shot.

• On a 150‑yard par 3 he proudly pulls PW and then comes up 40 yards short after a “big gust of wind”.

All in all:

I shoot 37 (+1).

He shoots 56, (net 51 with the five strokes).

After the round I offer him 10% off a 10‑lesson pack.

He says, “You’re kind of an ass.”

So yeah, I’m sure the one‑star review is coming. But 19 strokes better on 9 holes from someone who’s “basically the same skill level” felt pretty solid.

I walk 3-5 rounds a week. I enjoy getting near my 10K steps goal before lunch time.

Obviously, there are a lot of health benefits to walking. Aside from having mobility issues (or extreme heat conditions), why do you ride?

Seriously Tiger?

Another yearly update! Two years ago I posted about my ballmaker I made that helped reduce my three putts significantly. I posted it here and you guys were nothing short of incredible. I received so many cool stories and positive feedback it was amazing to be a part of. Last years post gained a lot of interest and to date I've ended up selling over 6,000 of them and it's been such a financial blessing for our family. We welcomed our first baby this year and it covered our medical expenses for her birth and some very helpful baby supplies. So I just wanted to say thank you all so much two years later for all the stories, positive feedback, and help in improving our families life. It's really helped my life a ton in many ways and I've truly loved getting to make something people enjoy. Thanks to everyone who has supported, messaged me, and supported the dream. I appreciate it all more than you'll ever know. Keep draining those putts!

He should really focus on his YouTube channel 🤣🤣🤣.

⛳ Hello Friends! ⛳

Excited to work with the mods again this year on a special giveaway of our limited-edition staff bag fore the r/golf community!

As is tradition, there are two ways to participate and win a bag. Info below:

1) Drop any comment about the Masters (player, experience, dream, etc.) through Sunday (4/12) on this thread. Monday morning we will throw all the participants in a randomizer and pick one lucky winner for the Sunday Golf Staff Bag. *We will also be giving away two (2) of our Grellow Loma bags - one for the most upvoted comment and another for our personal favorite comment.

2) For an additional free entry, click this link and you can enter our public staff bag giveaway that also includes a new DF3i LAB Lab Putter to go with the bag

A tradition unlike any other...Good luck and enjoy Masters week!

-- The Sunday Golf Team

UPDATE:

Thanks all for participating! So much fun to do this again this year and a big thanks to the Mods as always.

Congrats to this year's winners below! We will be DMing you individually.

Staff Bag Winner (random selection): u/cheezfaktory
Grellow Winner #1 (top comment): u/Greenwalle
Grellow Winner #2 (Sunday favorite comment): u/SoDakZak
A close second on the comment for u/Xenofon713 - we'll set you up with some swag as a consolation.

Thanks again, all - hope you enjoyed Rory defend the Green Jacket this weekend.

Cheers!

Sandwiches eaten tracker??? And now Kevin Hart is caddying for Bryson. Let’s get a grip!

I live in The Villages and this is on the newest course that opened in November. This idiot built a home 175 yards down the right side of a par 4. He was for sure getting hit a bunch of times a day.

Players are now intentionally trying to hit the house. 🤣

Let me know please, we don’t know what to do lol. Are we drinking tn?

Figured this is as good a place as any to post this.

Was making my way to the clubhouse after an early 9 this am, saw SUVs parked there and I see #44 walking to the range.

I had every intention of going home (hot as hell in Northern Virginia right now), but I was not going to give up an opportunity to hit balls next to a president (literally no one at the range but him).

First of all, the guy can hit. Pretty damn impressive. He took a break and I introduced myself and said hi. He was super personable, kind and nice. We chatted for a bit and I thanked him for his time and headed home.

My golf highlight for the year :-)

Saw these guys at the local muni yesterday.

Nobody warned me about the hidden costs of joining a country club.

Not the initiation fee. Not the monthly dues. Not the random assessments.

The real cost is your wife finding out that you can afford a country club membership and immediately applying that logic to every other aspect of your life.

Pre country club vacations were reasonable. Now she's sorting hotel choices by most expensive to least and asking if a second European vacation can fit into next year's schedule. Apparently, our kids would never survive the lines at Disney so a VIP tour is the only way to go.

And then come all of the big purchases you've delayed for years because they were too expensive. The old 2010 Camry with a few dings isn't acceptable to drive to the club so now we need a new car.

Also, don't forget to double the initiation fee because there's also the equal value gift that you need to buy her to get approval for joining in the first place.

I joined because I wanted faster rounds at a better course. Instead I accidentally convinced my household that we're in a completely different tax bracket than we are.

(This post is 85% satire. I love my wife and we are on the same page financially for the most part.)

I understand he’s arguably the biggest industry plant in sports media and we’ll never get rid of him but don’t let him ruin the masters persona. He’s an offensive lineman that’s literally it he’s not funny,relatable or slightly entertaining he’s just thrown in our faces in every sport. I get him commentating football that’s fair but we don’t need him in every sport trying desperately to be funny especially golf.

Edit: This post is targeted more towards the media especially ESPN for putting Jason in places he doesn’t belong not just a jab towards the guy personally.

Video I took of Rob Riggle hitting one of the most insane putts during an alternate shot derby at The Player's Cup hosted by Eventia Sports & Entertainment Group. He sunk this to keep his team alive. Best part was doing it in front of a huge crowd on the green and up on the patio at The Inn!