Obviously, golf is a game, supposedly, based on trust. However, there is always the opportunity to cheat via various means with some players.
Last weekend and this weekend I played in two competitions - one a 4BB and one a medal. Both demonstrated cheating by my fellow players.
Last weekend was the monthly medal, I played with a couple of lady golfers. Both of these ladies were 'flexible' in their scoring. When taking drops on a few separate occasions, they both seemed to lose a shot here and there - so instead of a 7 it was a 6, for instance. Once can be viewed as a mistake; 2 or 3 times is, I'm afraid cheating. Both ladies were, of course adamant that the were correctly counting their scores. Mind you, one of the ladies came a cropper twice in a couple of bunkers, scoring over 15 on each occasion. Karma?
This weekend, saw an incident that annoyed me more than the above. I was playing in a 4BB. Our opponents had a single handicap player, obviously not playing as well as he thought he should. Having taking on a difficult long shot over water, we saw his ball hit the trees near the water. Lost ball, assumed to have disappeared into the water hazard.
Now, the rules state that you can take a drop behind the point of entry into the water, keeping that point between you and the green. It was obvious where the ball probably entered the hazard, taking a line from this point would have left a difficult shot with trees blocking the way to the green. So, the single figure handicapper, chose to have us believe that the ball was drawing strongly, thus the point of entry just happened to fall in the only spot were he would have a clear shot to the green, therefore saving him at least one shot. Shameful.
It is a pity that players feel they need to behave in this manner. After all, the only people they are really cheating, are themselves.
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