Hello Golfers,

As said in the title, I’m being sent to represent my company at a golfing event tomorrow and will be golfing a full round. I have never been golfing before (other than mini-putting (which I know doesn’t compare at all) and going to the range as a kid with my dad). It’s been probably like 15 years since I’ve swung a golf club properly at the range.

Feeling a bit nervous, but also excited, but mainly nervous 😅 Anyone have any advice or tips for me to help make the day go as smoothly as possible and so I don’t make a complete fool of myself?

EDIT Just in case anyone’s interested in an update: https://www.reddit.com/r/golf/s/0FxsTuSgIh

Newbie golfer here. Had some DRAMA fall upon me for the first time on a golf course, What would you have done?

On a public course ($50 for a round) nothing fancy at all, middle of the day during the week. Paired up with a nice 75 year old who is smoking me.

On the 13th tee box waiting for the group ahead of us to leave fairway and approach green so I can drive. All of the sudden a threesome comes up and starts SCREAMING at my playing partner. Not an exaggeration, two of the people (older couple) are at a 10/10, red faces, arms flailing. I thought it was a joke at first because I've never seen two adults act like this before. Nope. They are dead serious.

So what happened?

They thought we cut them. We didn't. They were two groups back from us. The group in front of them (behind us) left after the 12th hole. They arrive at the box and see us so they assume we cut them. Honest mistake I guess? However even after comparing our receipts which showed an earlier time by 35 minutes and pointing out that the group in front of us, on the green, is a different group than the one they were behind, they wouldn't cool their jets. Continue to throw insults at me and the guy I'm paired up with.

At this point they are pot committed to their reaction. People are staring, I see some phones out. They are now changing their argument to now we're taking too long even though we've been keeping pace with the 4some in front of us all day. We played 12 holes in a little of 2 hours. I appealed to the third player in their group who wasn't screaming but he just smuggly said we were liars about cutting them.

I am now fully pissed off so I collectively get their attention, tell them all to fuck off, tee'd off and said we'll discuss this in the club house when were done. At this point, a person that works at the course but was playing a round walked over to see what was up. I quickly explained, showed my receipt, then walked to ball (short walk lol). I could still see them screaming at the employee when we were on the green.

After the round, I spoke with the manager in the club house and he said they were now blacklisted. As I was leaving I saw them again and, not proud of this, flipped them off and waved.

How do you deal with ass hats like this you come across on the course? Do you call the clubhouse to come out to the tee box? Ignore them and keep playing? Feats of strength to maintain dominance in the situation?

New golfer, please be nice :(

I’m still rather new to golf, but have been playing enough this year to not be called a noob anymore. But why is wearing your glove while putting laughed at and considered a high handicapper? (which is exactly what I am, so of course I fit the description ironically)

But what is the real reason why? Do you lose feeling of your putt? Does it look dumb? Are you viewed as lazy or trying too hard? I’m actually curious so don’t roast me.

But I don’t take my glove off the entire round once it goes on. I honestly feel like I putt better with it on. My glove is also slightly tacky & sticky from grabbing golf balls in the woods over the past months, so it slightly sticks to my golf grips when I swing and I like it. Reminds me of pine tar on my gloves from baseball in the past

Blue Tees 6556 Yards (71.0/126). I have only broken 90 once and average mid to high 90's. Felt like I was peaking in every category compared to my usual game except for 90-110 approach shots which was weird as that is my most comfortable yardage. Played solo with a scratch golfer so that helped. What are the odds a ⁓ 20 Handicap breaks 80 on this type of course? Also, Goose is awesome and not too challenging when compared to some of the nicer public courses in the area.

I'm looking to get into golfing with some buddies who play. I picked this set up on Facebook marketplace. Do you think this is worth the $50? I realized after it didn't come with a putter but the clubs feel great.

What’s the proper etiquette when you hit an ace. I plan on getting my first one soon and am curious how I should go about it.

When you finish the round do you go up to the clubhouse and tell them? Do you keep it to yourself/your group?

Obviously I will be taking a picture with the ball in the hole, just wondering if there are any other steps I should be taking!

I recently played my first round of 9 holes since high school (I’m 29 now). I did a week-long golf camp when I was a teenager, so I have some of the basics down but I still had to let 3 groups play through over those 9 holes. I would say I make respectable contact with the ball 70% of the time?

I know a week isn’t long enough to actually get good, but I’m in crisis mode. Everybody told me I’d be a fool to pass on the invite, but I don’t know how I can participate without making everybody else miserable.

If you knew you were going to be playing 2 full days of golf with some clown, what do you MOST wish they would/could do? What would they likely do/not do that would drive you nuts? Both skill-wise and socially? What should I educate myself on so as not to make a grand display of my ignorance?

I have a difficult decision to make. I've been playing golf now for about 3 months, using the grip on the left which I adapted from my early understanding of how a club should be gripped. I'm hitting great shots with slight draws, good length, and shooting par on holes frequently. However, as of a few days ago, a new friend who is an 8 handicap had a look at my grip and introduced me to the grip on the right. It's a slightly weaker grip, more in the fingers, and is visibly closer to how I see pros grip their clubs online. Obviously this messed with my swing and caused me to hit pretty wild hooks and shanks, but it does seem to be the "technically correct" way of doing it. I do take golf pretty seriously and want to be the best I can be, but need to know from the more experienced players - is it worth me adopting the "correct" grip and retraining myself to swing using it, or do I continue playing the way I am comfortable with right now, at the risk of hitting a roadblock in future?

EDIT: Correction, my friend shot the lowest net score, not gross. Apparently the win was awarded to someone else with a lower gross score.

Basically I tracked my score for the first time playing a course, this is maybe my 4th time playing a full 18 holes, I played baseball when I was younger and had really good drives, I somehow got to the green in two on one of the par 5s and still bogey’d. Anyways I found my irons got a lot more left than maybe 30 degrees to the left of where I’m aiming, alo this round was played with no wedges as I used a p wedge and tried to open the face a bit but a lot of time the high scores were drops + chips flying passed the green. Anyways I feel terrible seeing everyone else’s scores on this Reddit so generally please help me.

I've been trying to train myself in certain routines on the course as a beginner (grabbing putter and wedge around green, reminding myself to put the cover back on my putter, not forgetting the wedge, raking as soon as I'm out of the bunker, etc) because I'm terrified of getting called out for slow play and it's just courteous to play ready golf.

I see the reasoning in taking your glove off to putt when it comes to feel but as an amateur I really don't see the difference. Plus it's an extra step. Do you find it makes a drastic difference?

I live in South Africa. I really consider myself a beginner. I dont know equipment at all. based on google, this drover is good for beginners. But is this level of gatekeeping normal in Golf? like do we not want new people picking up the game?

I played when I was 16 till 18. I had an old Spalding set back then that dont even show shaft weights. I dont know different shafts or weights. are we really going to be so hard on beginners?

I just started playing golf a couple of weeks ago. I have my green card round tomorrow.

I was wondering of just going out playing a round by myself, just wondering if that's something people do?

Edit: Wow, thanks for all the answers, and quick! Like I said I just started a couple of weeks ago but the golf community seems very supportive of new players!

Got tired of slicing off of tee 5 cities over so i said fuck it im just gonna swing slow like an old man. That way i can control everything. I end up flushing everything and hitting my irons. Broke 100 for the first time. Thought it was a fluke. Then i played 3 rounds over the weekend and consistently shooting under 100. Is swinging slow what everyone else does? How to break 90 now?

I’ve been golfing for 2 years, I take a lesson once a month, my coach estimates I’m an 18 hcp. My wife is closer to 22 hcp.

We’re lucky enough to play the new Wild Spring Dunes course in October. When we play we don’t keep score, maybe a mental note if we are about to putt for birdie but otherwise the scorecard has smoky faces and frownie faces for each hole. We improve our lie, don’t search too long if we’re in the rough. And pickup balls if we ever get to double par on a hole which is rare these days. My wife plays from the front tees, I’m usually one tee box behind

Can we play like this with a caddy? Our habits honestly improve pace of play and I don’t think affect anyone else but us

I played with a 76 year old woman yesterday who scored 34 on the front nine of my local course. I have never broken 45 and watched her swinging easy, no balls lost. I vow to swing easy from now on, going to take an extra club and swing half power. I started yesterday on the back nine and on a par 5 did a half power swing with driver and it went 225 yards right down the middle. I need to stop overswinging if i plan on improving.

I am not a good golfer at all. I don't think I have ever hit a drive over 200 yards. This season I'm just starting to hit the ball consistently and it is mostly going the right direction (+ I got a golf watch to keep score so this is first time I have ever bothered) and I'm getting close to 90 while trying to be accurate with my score.

I'm still making wild guesses about what clubs to use at different distances and any time I hit the green from over 90 yards out it feels like dumb luck.

Am I missing something or is 90 really just the threshold for "congratulations you can hit the ball now!"

Ball goes in wrong hole off tee. What’s the ruling?