How to identify a seasoned beginner

courtesy Pushslice

Usually he has been playing this game for a while (5-6 yrs minimum) and is faced with a barrier to break 90 or 85, due to various reasons as "self-confessed" lack of talent, strength, time or budget to practice, or due to other phobias etc. His game would go like below:

1. play short but always keep it in the fairway. A repeatable swing is better than flush-duff-slice-flush-thin swing. Swinging less than full is a big clue of SB's swing school!
2. GIR is not relevant, lay up at all times but .....
3. One chip one putt to frustrate his opponents
4. Putt no more than 33 times a round (see step no.3)
5. Make his birds on par 3s
6. Accept that he will take extra strokes on long par 4s and 5s yet
7. the rest are pars or bogeys
8. last but not least, declare he is a lousy player with all the shortcomings

thanks Bro...few more tell tale signs, sometimes not always

1. Old school equipment, usually peppered with "Indian not the Arrow" comments
2. Graphite shafts, usually peppered with "I'm old already, how can?" comments

to clarify: declaring his shortcomings is not buaya-like but inspired by wuxia grand masters (as in the higher the skill of gong fu master, the more humble they are)

Hope this helps other forumers

If it's a lady, usually makes a lot of noise and talks very loudly.

Technospaz wrote:

If it's a lady, usually makes a lot of noise and talks very loudly.

OMGGGGG !!!!!

if this hypothetical lady wins by mastering the art of asking strokes. Then she is no SB, she would be a confirmed croc

ya lor, you guys can't distinguish SB from buaya

its a very thin line.

ya lor, blee for one is walking on that thin fine line. think nowadays he is more prone to croc than to his sb roots, and I blame the crocula for starting this trend

pushslice wrote:

ya lor, blee for one is walking on that thin fine line. think nowadays he is more prone to croc than to his sb roots, and I blame the crocula for starting this trend

wei, i ask for strokes but then hor in the end no betting..

blee2007 wrote:

wei, i ask for strokes but then hor in the end no betting..

machiam practice swing right? only swing to feel but never hit the ball hor?

wow......the identification for a SB is so different fm what I am used to....in the older days

mUAr_cHEe wrote:

blee2007 wrote:

wei, i ask for strokes but then hor in the end no betting..

machiam practice swing right? only swing to feel but never hit the ball hor?

ya ya...

Duval_S wrote:

wow......the identification for a SB is so different fm what I am used to....in the older days

u are the current generation. of course it changes. these old dogs got a damn big bag of new tricks!

bro, that is because you drive a hard bargain, who would agree to 1-2-3?

pushslice wrote:

bro, that is because you drive a hard bargain, who would agree to 1-2-3?

asked the 1,452 people who said yes to katchiok and mloy.

mUAr_cHEe wrote:

pushslice wrote:

bro, that is because you drive a hard bargain, who would agree to 1-2-3?

asked the 1,452 people who said yes to katchiok and mloy.

Hiyah, I was young and naive back then.
Some more, kat gave the Shrek' puss in boots innocent look. Hiaz...

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mUAr_cHEe wrote:

pushslice wrote:

bro, that is because you drive a hard bargain, who would agree to 1-2-3?

asked the 1,452 people who said yes to katchiok and mloy.

1-2-3 ...? does it mean par3 = 1 mulligan, and so on?

1 stroke for par 3,
2 strokes for par 4,
3 strokes for par 5.


looks like u have not kena yet.

isn't there a thread "how to identify a croc?"
I believe that will more useful.

Darn, wish i had read this b4 I played with a SB!!LOL

wah very interesting thread, didnt know golf so complicated.

naij wrote:

wah very interesting thread, didnt know golf so complicated.

Name another sport that it is easier to hit a shaped shot rather than straight.

b.b.carabanesis wrote:

naij wrote:

wah very interesting thread, didnt know golf so complicated.

Name another sport that it is easier to hit a shaped shot rather than straight.

Soccer.

The main way to identify a seasoned beginner is that they're spending too much time on this forum engaging in idle chatter such as this topic.

Mystery.Golfer wrote:

The main way to identify a seasoned beginner is that they're spending too much time on this forum engaging in idle chatter such as this topic.

And able to remain mysterious at the same time.