For quite a while I've wanted to write a simple guide for female golfers.
I'm not talking about a guide to the fundamentals of putting, or a guide to female-friendly courses... not this time, anyway. What I've been hoping to create is a comprehensive guide to the varied and fascinating male species that inhabit the average golf course.
Unfortunately, I've had to keep putting this important project on hold for lack of time, and that's been very frustrating.
Well, today I came upon a excellent blog post on Stracka.com, the popular social network for golfers. The writer is a girl named Sylla who appears to be a proficient golfer as well as a good writer. The piece, called "Men on the golf course (a woman's perspective)" provides a nice breakdown of the main "Golf Course Male" categories and her list includes:
1- The Daddy 2- The Flirt 3- The Couple 4- The Macho 5- The Nice Guy
Sylla provides a detailed description of each, as well as engaging stories of actual encounters with some of them. So have a look at Sylla's blog over on Stracka. BTW, While you're there you may want to check out Sylla's provocative post on Golf Course Females.
Yep, she's an equal opportunity analyzer.
Very interesting. I'm lucky because I have some great golfing gal pals that are as addicted to the game as I am, so I usually play with them. However, as some of them migrate south for the winter this is usually the time of year when I play with some other folks.
ReplyDeleteMost are super nice and encouraging, but there certainly are some jerks out there-both men AND women.
She is 100% right about having a hard time concentrating when you are playing with distracting partners.
Why do nice guys always end up last ;-)
ReplyDeleteI play as a single quite often and mainly end up with guys. I agree with Sylla that most of them are nice and and a pleasure to play with.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately though, it's the other one's you remember. :\
I'm a 19 handicap and it cracks me up because guys are always saying how amazed they are that I play so well. I wonder what they'd say if I actually did play good?
ReplyDeleteThird guy from the left looks like a very young Mike Wallace (60 Minutes).
ReplyDelete"She is 100% right about having a hard time concentrating when you are playing with distracting partners," said the screaming, singing, laughing, cursing, polka-dot-displaying, giraffe-toting, acronym-spouting golfing gal, who'd also be at the top of my list of folks I'd like to play a round with.
ReplyDeleteQuestion - why do women demand that everything be "encouraging" ?
ReplyDeleteIf you want a reason why some men don't like playing with some women - there it is. Men enjoy giving each other the needle - not applauding 50 yard dribblers and 5 putts.
It's not mean - it's fun give and take...but most women don't get it.
I've seen the needling and the damage done.
ReplyDeleteOh Mr. Court, you must join my golfing gal pals and me sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure we could take your "needling" and then some. The question is could you handle ours?
We are one tough group of golf chicks! We recently played with a friend on the tour, he couldn't believe how tough we were on each other--but it's all in good fun. We are laughing the whole time, but make no mistake we still want to win!
We have a riot, but we also push each other to play harder and better. It's not for everyone, but we love it.
Sometimes he's Court jester, sometimes Court jouster. Oftentimes tough to distinguish between the two, but always fun/interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteHope he doesn't find fault in my comment.
Heather - I am SURE your group is one bunch of tough broads ! :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree on some of this about male golfers but also about women wanting encouragment! I write a golf blog a single gal golfing in Texas and have encountered some of this same crazy stuff :) Thanks for sharing.
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http://singlegalgolfstexas.blogspot.com/
Actually Court, like Golf Growl, I play as a single quite a bit, and get a disproportionate amount of "encouragement".
ReplyDeleteIs it totally insincere? Is my swing not beautiful? Are these guys just encouraging me because supposedly "...women demand that everything be "encouraging"?
Probably. :-\
I encourage all you ladies to keep accepting this encouragement.
ReplyDeletelol P - you make the point perfectly. Guys will always suck up to a hot woman. Regardless of what her swing looks like - she looks good swinging. :-)
ReplyDeleteBesides, we all know that you're just waiting for enough compliments to rip off your clothes and make mad, passionate love to us right on the course...right?...RIGHT ? No ???? (lol)
Saying that it's "totally" insincere is a bit strong - everybody hits good shots. But men behave differently when there is a woman present...just the way women act differently with a man in their group.
Hey I love playing golf with women I am a Golf pro , but most of my best rounds I have played with women who cares how good they are as long as there are nice. there is not as much competition when I play with women
ReplyDeleteAnybody know any of the three players in the ancient pic besides Mike Wallace, second from right? Chuck McCan to his right?
ReplyDeleteRe that pic: Those are the Pep Boys: Manny, Moe and Jack, plus the long lost and forgotten fourth Pep Boy, Floyd. They founded Pep Auto Supplies in 1921.
ReplyDeleteLow handicappers perhaps; high-waisters for sure.
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