[Bill_McBride]

Hi Bill

All I will say is how come no one has responded to the following "Scottish golf is stupid and not golf"  Proves Sam has learnt zero from this site and come to that very few seem to disagree with his statement.

Have a nice evening

Melvyn

Melvyn, Sam was quoting, not endorsing, a third party's comment.  In fact, a list of stupid remarks.   He was merely the reporter, not the speaker. 

[Michael Moore]

Sam -

This site is "presented to promote frank commentary on golf course architecture".  How do the quotations that you presented stray from this mission?

[Eric Smith]

Strict rules of golf Goldfinger.

[Cory Lewis]

My examples of "That Guy":

Keeps saying we've seen this hole before.

Complains about the bunkers that pinch the fairway at 300 yards off the tee because he can reach them

Complains about too many doglegs one way or the other

[Sam Morrow]

Sam -

This site is "presented to promote frank commentary on golf course architecture".  How do the quotations that you presented stray from this mission?

Michael,

 While I see your point I think someone can be ignorant while still giving their frank commentary, don't you think? Or you can be Melvyn and not bother to read anything.

[Chris DeNigris]

Melvin, repeat after Emily...

[Adam Clayman]

That Guy;

"That's not fair"

[Mark Pearce]

Melvyn,

Honestly, you'll get more out of this website, and we'll get more out of your contributions, if you actally bother to read what others have posted before launching off.  You obviously hadn't read Sam's OP because even a semi-literate drunken oaf would have understood that Sam was decrying "that guy" who might make the statement you complain of, rather than endorsing it.

You won't get respect from most on here whilst you continue to make an idiot of yourself as you have on this thread.  Which is a shame because much of what you have to contribute is valuable.

[Melvyn Morrow]

Sam

Clearly I have misread your post and so apologise and withdraw all my comments. The error was total mine and
so it is only fair that I do sincerely apologise for my mistakes.

Melvyn

[Lou_Duran]

While we're erecting a more perfect straw man, how about the corporate manager, former Division I athlete in another sport who gets enraged by hitting poor shots then proceeds to play at a five hour pace, hitting and counting every stroke, while checking on football scores on his I-phone and failing to rake bunkers or fix ball marks?

I've played with my share of GCAers and, from time to time, we have all sinned.  As a group, I actually think that Tolerance is one of our greatest virtues- another being that we don't hold each other accountable when our actions are at variance with our word.  As TEPaul used to say, "golf is a big world".

[Garland Bayley]

Sam

Clearly I have misread your post and so apologise and withdraw all my comments. The error was total mine and
so it is only fair that I do sincerely apologise for my mistakes.

Melvyn

Thanks Melvyn,

My "That guy" on this site is the guy (or guys) that make mistakes in reading or understanding, but don't fess up.

[Joe Sponcia]

Funny topic! 

One that really gets me is the high and mighty, "We prefer to walk at my club (said with an air of Tillinghastian/Rossian/Raynorian/Macdonaldian flair)" guy, that if offered a cart for Free to $5, would take it in two seconds. 

[Rick Sides]

Another "that guy(s)"  is a group of 5 jerks at my club that always have to play in a group of 5 and hold things up for others.  Management is afraid to say anything because these 5 idiots spend so much money at the club.  These are also the same 5 nitwits who camp out in the restaurant and scream back and forth to each other hypothetical bets.

[Tim Johnson]

The guy in a 4 ball scramble who talks of how he must be off today because usually he is "golden" from 150 yds and contributes nothing to the team. I'm a 9 handicap and I am not even golden putting for bird from 3'.

The guy who constantly speaks of his handicap from back in the day was a 4 and has trouble breaking 90. For the most part, a golfer can tell if a guy was ever what he claimed to be.

[David_Elvins]

I think i must be more tolerant than most (or play less competetive golf than most).

The only time I have really worried about a playing partner was the time when a guy said the the following:

whilst waiting on the Second Tee: "My dad and I find broken tees and refurbish them in our garage".

whilst waiting on third tee: " Why am I wasting time standing around talking when I could be looking for tees", before walking off into the bushes.

* cheats also annoy me, but not as much as someone who doesn't enjoy the social aspect of golf.

**sorry if I have told this story before. 

[Adam Clayman]

I've learned to tolerate the architectural opinion of others, as it relates to the merits of hole. So much so, and to the extent, that "they" love a hole that the architects admit, "didn't come out the way we wanted". It doesn't make them wrong. They just view limited options as "not a bad thing" and never really consider how the architectural aspects, or features (green and bunker construction) of a hole, need to be thoughtful enough to allow more than one type of shot to be successful.

[Keith OHalloran]

What about the guy who has read just enough to say "options" and " firms and fast" within the first few minutes of talking to them, and chalks up any disagreement to lack of education of the disagreer?

[Mark Pearce]

David,

Where can I buy refurbished tees?

[David_Elvins]

I've learned to tolerate the architectural opinion of others,

I may be on my lonesome here but I love hearing anyone's opinion on architecture.  Everyone has a valid opinion on architecture and any opinion different than mine forces me to re-assess my own opinion. 

Case in point - a recent conversation.

Me:  "I am not really a fan of that blind water hazard."

Partner:  "But it's only blind when the fountain is turned off".

Just brilliant.  I never would have thought of looking at it that way.

[Ulrich Mayring]

Every course should be Top 100 quality

I love that one. We can rephrase it a bit simpler, too:

There should only be 100 courses.

Ulrich

[Sam Morrow]

My new that guy is a guy who posts pictures of me in a drop area.

[David Kelly]

Every course should be Top 100 quality

I love that one. We can rephrase it a bit simpler, too:

There should only be 100 courses.

There should only be Top 100 courses.  And there should be one or two in every town in the United States.

[Tim Martin]

My "That Guy" always asks after lagging up to 5 feet "is that good" in a match play money game. I usually respond that in a parallel universe it would be but why don`t you putt it anyway.

[Bill_McBride]

My "That Guy" always asks after lagging up to 5 feet "is that good" in a match play money game. I usually respond that in a parallel universe it would be but why don`t you putt it anyway.

"Millions for cancer research, not one dime for lockjaw!" 

[Steve Salmen]

"That guy" is an American that would never wear knickers at home, yet insists on wearing them on his Scotland golf holiday.

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