Wimpism within golf (t-i-c)

[Thomas Dai]

This post is somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
Divot marks as GUR.
What else could be considered as examples of wimpism within golf?

Atb

[Kalen Braley]

This post is somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
Divot marks as GUR.
What else could be considered as examples of wimpism within golf?
 
Atb

Getting relief from a sprinkler-head that doesn't affect your ability to hit the shot, but the ensuing drop gives you a much easier putt attempt.

[JMEvensky]

The root rule.

[JESII]

Playing ball-in-hand for $1M


Begging for a burrowing animal hole drop (like porn, it's known when seen...no begging necessary)

[Kalen Braley]

Having the ability to fix spike marks.  Big-time Wimpism...
 

[Tom_Doak]

Buying sand for $80/ton or more to make sure you never get a bad lie in a bunker.

[Peter Pallotta]

At the amateur level, it's only modern day wimpism that has us encountering so few Par 4s that require a 5-wood / hybrid approach. Those clubs are easier to hit than ever before, fly hit and fairly straight (even for a mutt like me), and more often than not get most of us on or *around* the green in two. What the heck else do we want/expect as average golfers than having a chip & a putt for 'par'?! Complaining about *that* seems pretty wimpyistic. I mean, we either build (and play) courses for golfers who love the *game of golf* or we don't -- and working to make a par on a Par 4 seems to me to have always been at the heart of the game.

[Jeff_Brauer]

Not having to play the stymie....

[Phil Burr]

Almost anything weather-related that doesn't involve lightning or other imminent personal danger:


Lift, clean & place because the sprinklers stayed on too long last night
Whining about mud balls
Cancelling play because the wind is blowing too hard


I would amend the slogan "these guys are good" to say "these guys look good because we bend over backwards to avoid making them look anything other than good".  Weather happens.  Overcome it.  Take Tom Watson's attitude that made him the best poor weather player of my lifetime.  His 69 at Muirfield Village in 1979 on a day with a 13 degree wind chill, when 42 out of 105 players failed to break 80, has to rank among the all-time great rounds.  Better in my opinion that just about every sub-60 score or the countless 62-64 rounds in majors.

[MCirba]

There has never been a man born who looked cool with a rake in hand.

[Tom_Doak]

At the amateur level, it's only modern day wimpism that has us encountering so few Par 4s that require a 5-wood / hybrid approach. Those clubs are easier to hit than ever before, fly hit and fairly straight (even for a mutt like me), and more often than not get most of us on or *around* the green in two. What the heck else do we want/expect as average golfers than having a chip & a putt for 'par'?! Complaining about *that* seems pretty wimpyistic. I mean, we either build (and play) courses for golfers who love the *game of golf* or we don't -- and working to make a par on a Par 4 seems to me to have always been at the heart of the game.

Is this a statement against having n+1 sets of tees?


A pretty good answer to the OP would have been "combo" tees.  As if the 4-5 tees that were presented aren't enough.

[David Ober]

Not having to play the stymie....

Touche....

[Ira Fishman]

Complaining about anything. Bad bounce, bad lie, bad noise in middle of swing, bad weather, bad pin placement, etc. And I am not speaking about the Pros.


Ira

[Mark Kiely]

Not sure it's wimpism exactly, but ever notice how so many pros make a hand motion to indicate what their shot/putt was "supposed" to do when it doesn't behave? Drives me crazy. Just accept you read it wrong!

[mike_beene]

Golf carts

[Sean_A]

At the amateur level, it's only modern day wimpism that has us encountering so few Par 4s that require a 5-wood / hybrid approach. Those clubs are easier to hit than ever before, fly hit and fairly straight (even for a mutt like me), and more often than not get most of us on or *around* the green in two. What the heck else do we want/expect as average golfers than having a chip & a putt for 'par'?! Complaining about *that* seems pretty wimpyistic. I mean, we either build (and play) courses for golfers who love the *game of golf* or we don't -- and working to make a par on a Par 4 seems to me to have always been at the heart of the game.

I don't know where you play, but I routinely play par 4s which require wood approaches and it is common that I can't reach the greens in two. The last thing I need is longer par 4s.

Ciao