Full Contact Golf
I've never seen two golf teams really dislike each other, but our golf team and the team we played tonight don't like each other, at least not any more. It's not like the match was close--we won by 19. But, in general, the school is Sullivan's big rival, and there was an...incident.
On the fourth hole, one of my golfers putted out while holding the flag (it was a six-inch tap-in). The problem is, that's against the rules. Now, it's a casual dual match which shouldn't be close, so they weren't going to enforce the rule, just let us know about it. At least, that's what they told us. So, no harm, we learn from it and move on. Well, as the guys are going over their scorecards, the opponent decides to enforce the two-stroke penalty. So, that annoys my golfer, because we were told they weren't going to make a big deal about it--they just wanted to make sure we know.
So, tempers are rising a little. Well, as we're waiting for later golfers to arrive, my "offending" golfer goes in to talk to the club pro. He gets intrigued...and does some investigating. Now, apparently, according to the United States Golf Association, my golfer's actions are actually not a penalty. His score is already turned in, so he has to accept higher score, but he feels like he just got screwed--forced to add two strokes to his score that he shouldn't have and was told he didn't need to add.
Unfortunately, he also feels the need to make sure the other team knows what he'd found out, so proceeds to tell them. This, of course, leads to a war of words because they've been told (so they say, who's to know?) by numerous club pros that this was a penalty. Now, it's possible this is a specific rule set by the IHSAA, but that seems unlikely to me, and I don't remember it being mentioned if it was.
A couple of my guys wanted (at least, claimed to) to bust a few heads and then it would be over. I wasn't able to get them to shut up about it, but at least I kept them from fighting.
All over a 20 point match...
On the fourth hole, one of my golfers putted out while holding the flag (it was a six-inch tap-in). The problem is, that's against the rules. Now, it's a casual dual match which shouldn't be close, so they weren't going to enforce the rule, just let us know about it. At least, that's what they told us. So, no harm, we learn from it and move on. Well, as the guys are going over their scorecards, the opponent decides to enforce the two-stroke penalty. So, that annoys my golfer, because we were told they weren't going to make a big deal about it--they just wanted to make sure we know.
So, tempers are rising a little. Well, as we're waiting for later golfers to arrive, my "offending" golfer goes in to talk to the club pro. He gets intrigued...and does some investigating. Now, apparently, according to the United States Golf Association, my golfer's actions are actually not a penalty. His score is already turned in, so he has to accept higher score, but he feels like he just got screwed--forced to add two strokes to his score that he shouldn't have and was told he didn't need to add.
Unfortunately, he also feels the need to make sure the other team knows what he'd found out, so proceeds to tell them. This, of course, leads to a war of words because they've been told (so they say, who's to know?) by numerous club pros that this was a penalty. Now, it's possible this is a specific rule set by the IHSAA, but that seems unlikely to me, and I don't remember it being mentioned if it was.
A couple of my guys wanted (at least, claimed to) to bust a few heads and then it would be over. I wasn't able to get them to shut up about it, but at least I kept them from fighting.
All over a 20 point match...
posted by spocktongue at 9:51 PM
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