Golf Humor: Crazy Golfers

Golf is a game that will make you crazy! Over the years I've met all kinds of crazy golfers-so crazy I decided to write them all down. Are you among these Crazy golfers?:

Crazy Golfers: I-Can't-Decide-On-A-Club Guy

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I-Can't-Decide-On-A-Club Guy quickly he pulls the five-iron out of his bag. Finding again at the yardage, he puts back the five-iron and pulls the four-iron.

After a combine of nice custom swings he settles in to his shot...looks at the flag...looks down.

He stands up, walks back to the bag. Might unquestionably need a hybrid, he decides. He walks back to the ball with his 3-hybrid.

He checks the wind by throwing grass in the air...settles in...stands up. Maybe it is a five-metal, he thinks. No, it's assuredly the hybrid.

He slashes down at the ball with the hybrid and shoots it over the green into a condo complex.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Stand-In-the-Tee-Box-Too-Long

Mr. Stand-In-the-Tee-Box-Too-Long has hit his drive, watched it land in the trees, and continues to stand in place, talking to himself about what he did wrong on the shot.

You are standing behind waiting to hit. He is muttering and doing a slow appeal replay of his swing to see where it broke down while you cool your heels.

Crazy Golfers: Greenskeeper Guy

Golfers are charged with repairing their ball marks, the indentation the ball makes when it hits the green. Left untouched a ball mark becomes a brown scar. Some golfers are less than attentive to this duty.

Greenskeeper Guy has made it his personal mission in life to right this wrong. He will heal his ball mark and 47 more. As you reach to heal your own mark, suddenly he is there with his special tool, saying "I got it."

Crazy Golfers: Let-Me-Put-the-Flag-Back Guy

Let-Me-Put-the-Flag-Back Guy insists on putting the flag back on every hole. If you putt out and then pick up the flag to wait for the others to putt he will rush over to you and say, "I got it. Thanks."

This dude perplexes me. I don't know if he used to be a caddy, is anal-retentive, or likes to be super-helpful. Sometimes he'll grab the flag as you are inches away from putting it back yourself. "Don't worry about it! I got it!" he says as he snatches it away.

Crazy Golfers: Gotta-Find-My-Tee Guy

After hitting his drive, he begins the quest for his tee. However, the tee has decided to make itself scarce.

It must be made of gold and silver because Gotta-Find-My-Tee Guy is production ever broader quest circles trying to saving it.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Rule Book

"Uh, you have to count that stroke," Mr. Rule Book tells you. "According to the amended Usga rulebook- Section 4, Paragraph 2, you may replace your ball within two club lengths no nearer the hole or a Democrat. Failure to do so is a one stroke penalty."

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Walk Ahead

He is the first to hit his drive. Rather than wait for every person to hit, Mr. Walk Ahead is off to the races, walking along the tree line to his ball. Later in the round you will start to hit an coming shot when you observation Mr. Walk Ahead is unquestionably up on the green.

He doesn't seem to be watching so you yell "Fore!" or "Heads Up!"

He waves impatiently as if to say, "go ahead and hit, I see you."

So you do just that, wondering why man in your own foursome is standing on the green when every person else is 150 yards out.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Wait-Until-It-Is-My-Turn-To-Putt-to-Fix-Every-Blade-of-Grass-in-My-Line

He's the last to putt so he has had abundance of time to fix ball marks or stray pebbles in his line. But he waits until it is his turn to putt.

All of a sudden he is walking up and down the line, taking a observe of every blade of grass in the middle of his ball and the hole, leaning down to stab the green with his ball mark tool or to sweep the ground with his hand.

This goes on for 20 minutes while you recalculate your regular taxes in your head.

Crazy Golfers: frozen in Time Gal

Frozen in Time Gal has placed in to hit a shot. Soon she will hit the ball.

Any. Time. Now. There she goes. Nope. Still frozen. She's thinking. About something.

Here she goes. Nope. She still hasn't moved.

Maybe she died in her golf shoes and her body went into rigor mortis.

Wait. I saw a flicker of life. Now she's got it! Nope, false alarm. Just a waggle.

My mind is wandering now. I need to pick up milk on the way home.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Hard on Himself

Mr. Hard on Himself loves to berate himself after every shot. He does this because he thinks that's how good golfers act.

He may hit a towering three-iron draw to 5 feet of the pin at which point you say, "Nice shot!"

He replies angrily, "Yeah but I left myself a downhill putt!"

Crazy Golfers: "Good-Shot! Nope!" Guy

This is a close cousin to "Good Shot!" Guy. In this case, as soon as you swing he says "Good Shot!" enthusiastically followed immediately by a condescending "Nope!" Occasionally he will vary it by saying "Good Shot! Nope, you didn't get it!"

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Most recent Equipment

This guy has the Most recent Callaway Big-As-Half-a-Loaf-of-Rye-Bread Bertha. He had the first metal woods on the market. He had the first graphite shafts. He had the first titanium.

He scours golf magazines Finding for articles like, "Will the New Kryptonite Shafts Help Your Game?" All day he must tell you what tool you should have, "You should get a Tight Lies. You would have hit a good shot there with a Tight Lies."

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Golf Joke

Mr. Golf Joke spends the whole round reeling off one joke after another.

His golf joke recall is amazing:
Fred got home from his Sunday round of golf later than general and very tired. "Bad day at the course?" his wife asked.

"Everything was going fine," he said. "Then Harry had a heart assault and died on the 10th tee."

"Oh, that's awful!"

"You're not kidding. For the whole back nine it was hit the ball, drag Harry, hit the ball, drag Harry.

He can go from a long, story type joke to a short one liner faster than a Nick Price swing:
I told my friend I got a set of Callaways for my wife and he said, "Nice Trade."

At first it is attractive but by the fifth hole you are ready for his show to be cancelled.

Crazy Golfers: Good Shot Guy

Many golfers will say "Good shot!" while a round. Good Shot Guy says it after every shot made by whatever on the course. They are so eager sometimes they will say it before you unquestionably hit the ball.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Multi-Bet

Mr. Multi-Bet isn't happy unless there are 9 bets and games going on at the same time.

"Ok, Sam got a Sandie and Ben got a Greenie. Ben was Wolf on that one and also completed the Bingo Bango Bongo. Our side got the Nassau on the back and the 18.

I used up all my Criers and Whiners and missed the putt. Jimbo got two, count 'em, Two, Barkies which I've never seen. We did a duplicate private Probation Press and you guys countered with the Houston We Have A Problem.

All told, you owe us 7,000."

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Can't-Decide-Where-to-Tee-the-Ball

He leans over and tees up his ball. He stands behind the ball to start his pre-shot routine. Not satisfied with the where the ball is teed, he moves it to the other side of the tee-box and begins his disposition again. Still not happy, he moves the ball to the middle of the teeing area. You are so happy when he tees off that you don't see his ball sailing into the lake.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Instructor

Mr. Instructor offers golf tips without whatever asking for them. He has every golf book, video and machine and is hell-bent on sharing this knowledge with every person he comes into perceive with (despite his 20 handicap).

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "Did You Watch My Ball?"

A close cousin of Mr. Did You See My Ball?, this guy enlists you as his personal caddy. He's not asking if you merely saw the shot, he is asking if you did your job and watched his shot every second and can point out exactly what tree he hit. Expect to be caddying all day, as he will do this on every shot.

Crazy Golfers: Gotta-Go Guy

Every time you turn colse to Gotta-Go Guy is answering the call of nature.

His bladder is smaller than a ball marker.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Start-a-Story-at-the-Wrong-Time

This guy all the time starts a new story at the worst time. Your foursome is on the green putting. The group behind had been waiting all day.

As he leans over to putt Mr. Start A Story at The Wrong Time suddenly rises up and says, "I was in this tournament one time. Me and this other guy were tied going into the final hole. This other guy has a short putt to win it. He gets cocky and slaps it in with one hand as he faces the hole. My buddy says that is a two stroke penalty. The guys says no way. My buddy showed him the rulebook right there. He was right. And I won it."

Looking back you see steam advent out of the waiting foursome.

Crazy Golfers: Exact Yardage Guy

Exact Yardage Guy needs to know the strict yardage at all times.

"Is the pin at the front of the green or the back?"

"What does the yardage on that drain say?"

"Let me check my policy guide- it says it is 183 yards from this eucalyptus tree."

After tearing up some grass and throwing it in the air they say, "Looks like about a half club breeze." This wouldn't be so bad if he did it quickly but he evaluates every yard like he is planning a construction site.

Crazy Golfers: Giant-Visor Lady

Giant Visor Lady has a visor that is 43 times bigger than her head. It expands out from her forehead like an awning. I believe the idea is to keep the sun from ever hitting her face. You could keep the sun off half of Wyoming with that visor. Sometimes you get any Giant Visor Ladies in one foursome- when they get to the green they cannot move without cutting each other.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Talk-Talk

The opposite of Quiet Guy, Mr. Talk-Talk can't shut up. His signature move: he keeps talking while the other three golfers in the foursome are teeing off-- he thinks he is lowering his voice but it in reality he has just brought it down to general speaking level. Most of the time his buddies are used to it and laugh it off or ignore him. The citizen putting on the green behind him are not so lucky.

Crazy Golfers: Quiet Guy

You'll forget he's even in your group. Quiet guy doesn't enter into conversation or make any sound at all. That has its benefits. But after three hours of perfect silence it starts to get creepy.

Crazy Golfers: Overbearing Husband Instructor Guy

Overbearing Husband Instructor Guy is out with his wife who is studying the game. Rather than spring for lessons he has named himself her pro. She seems rather quiet the whole time. All is low-key until she misses a putt on the fourth green.

"No, I said aim Here!" he yells, pointing at a brown spot surrounded by fifty other brown spots.

Later she chunks a three-wood which skitters 30 yards along the grass. He shoots transmit in the cart without her and stomps on the brakes near her ball. As she walks up he yells, "No! That's not what I showed you!"

Crazy Golfers: I-Can't-Remember-Golf-Jokes Guy

Unlike Mr. Golf Joke who remembers thousands of jokes, I-Can't-Remember-Golf-Jokes Guy starts jokes with aplomb but is soon lost.

"Tiger, Arnie and St. Peter are teeing off. Wait, I mean Tiger, Jack, and God are teeing off.....wait......"

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Real Men Play Blades

Blades are thin, knife-like golf clubs favored by better golfers. M

Mr. Real Men Play Blades looks down with disdain on anyone playing perimeter-weighted game-improvement clubs, which is to say 99% of golfers.

Crazy Golfers: Ben-Hogan-Superfan Guy

Ben Hogan Superfan Guy worships at the Church of Ben Hogan-- he has every book, video or filmstrip created by Mr. Hogan. He has a tattered 25-year-old paperback copy of 'Five Lessons: The contemporary Fundamentals of Golf' in his golf bag which he refers to in the middle of each shot.

He is using a set of Ben Hogan blades his dad bought for him in 1968 and he has used ever since. After the round is over he will sit on the golf consulation boards and pontificate about Hogan's private and the strict use of pronation.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Blame the Course

As his game deteriorates over 18 holes he starts blaming the course.

"Don't they ever mow this rough?"

"What is the stimpmeter on this green? Zero?"

"This policy has gone to hell!"

"Is the greenskeeper on medication?"

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "I-Know-Where-Your-Ball-Went"

You shank a 3-iron to the right rough. "I saw it!" he says. "It just went over the cart-path!" Oddly, the ball is not there. It never is where he says it will be.

The false hope he builds up results in dissatisfaction every time.

"Wow! I was sure it would be right there!" he points at the ground.

Except that it's not.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "I'll Find It"

Mr. I'll Find It spends 20 minutes Finding for a lost ball. These thrifty golfers originate a safari with tents and camping gear and push further and further into the underbrush. One of the adventurers cries out, "Eureka, we've found it, I see a Titleist at the lowest of that ravine!"

Crazy Golfers: Don't-Try-To-Be-Tiger-Woods Instructor Guy

This Instructor will admonish you "don't try to be like Tiger Woods. You can't be like Tiger Woods."

Later he puts your swing on video and asks you to huddle colse to the computer monitor. He has split the screen with your lumpy body on the left. On the right he has, that's right, Tiger Woods.

He proceeds to show you how you can "make your swing more like Tiger Woods."

Crazy Golfers: Over-The-Top Reaction Guy

Over-The-Top Reaction Guy lines up quietly for a putt. When it misses the hole he runs colse to the green production loud choking noises while laughing uncontrollably and Finding up at the sky with hands outstretched.

The ball has rolled six feet past the hole which leaves him still away. At first, the other golfers wait to see if he is going to return to the game.

Noticing that he is now dancing colse to the fringe flailing his arms and repeatedly yelling, "That's insane!," they conclude to putt out without him.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. I Coulda Been Somebody

"I was All-State my junior and senior year in high school," Mr. I Coulda Been Somebody tells you.

He assuredly has skills--you can see it in his swing--but he reminds you every 3 holes.

"I unquestionably beat Tiger Woods once when we were 9-year-olds. I was going to the show- until I broke my thumb senior year at Oklahoma State. Was never the same after that."

Crazy Golfers: "No Pressure" Guy

All day you will hear a color annotation of your game followed by the catchphrase "No pressure." Sometimes they are just trying to be funny, other times they are setting up the betting, or at times they are just being a dork.

You line up your putt. He says, "You've missed this putt all day but you need to make this one for your par. No pressure."

You step into a shot. "Looks like you are 150 yards out and you unquestionably need a cut shot here but you don't have that in your bag. No pressure."

You are in the rough in the trees. "Well you could go over the top but it's risky but going under the branches is worse. No pressure."

Crazy Golfers: "I'm usually better Than This" Guy

After chunking, chili-dipping and slicing into the trees all day, this golfer announces "I'm usually better than this."

This is sometimes followed by a healing excuse: "This sprained wrist is killing me."

Crazy Golfers: Plumb-Bob Guy

Plumb-Bob Guy evaluates a putt from every direction. First they stand behind the ball and plumb-bob their putter as if they are surveying new road construction.

They don't feel inescapable until they consult a U.S. Corps of Engineers topographic map they have spread out on a Black and Decker Workmate set up on the green.

Then they take a soil sample to conclude moisture content and grass variety. By this time you've sat in the fairway so long waiting for them to clear the green you get hungry so you build a fire and roast hot dogs.

Crazy Golfers: Ms. Alignment

Ms. Alignment is very involved with aligning every molecule of her body before beginning her swing. She stands next to the ball and presses the club over her shoulders as she looks toward the target.

Next she holds the club over her thighs and rechecks the target. Light is slipping away as she holds the club at arm's distance like a weight bar, checking that her feet and toes are aligned. Satisfied, she lashes at the ball and drives it straight into a house.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Fashion

Mr. Fashion looks like he just stepped out of a Ralph Lauren golf magazine ad. God forbid it starts to rain. Mr. Fashion forgot to pack a brolly and now his cashmere argyle sweater is beginning to look like a wet cat walking home while a storm. I hope those purplish golf shoes are waterproof.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "Is That My Ball?"

Mr. "Is That My Ball?" will enduringly walk up to your ball, which is clearly marked in 7 day-glow markers, and ask "Is that my ball?"

At least 6 times while the round he will stand over your ball ready to hit it until you say, "Uh, were you playing a ball with more graffiti on it than a school in the Bronx? I think that's my ball you are getting ready to slice into the lake."

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "Did You See My Ball?"

He can't see past his nose or he keeps his head down so long he never gets a bead on his shot. Whether way he enduringly asks if you saw where it went.

"Did You See My Ball?"

"Yes, I saw it hit the church tower and bounce into an open casket at a funeral. Good luck with that."

Crazy Golfers: Mr. No Putting Touch

Carefully he examines his 15 foot putt from 10 angles. Finally he pulls the trigger and blows the putt 12 feet past the hole. Lining up again he sends it 8 feet past.

This guy has hands like Hormel Hams and the sensitive touch of a hockey fight.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. What Flag?

Mr. What Flag? never, never, never puts the flag back in the hole. That's the kind of menial work best served by, say, whatever he happens to be playing with.

He might be standing right next to it and all has to do is bend down to pick it up. But no, it must be his poor eyesight because he never sees it. It is like it doesn't exist in his mind.

Crazy Golfers: Mr. Logos

With a huge brand name logos on his hat, shirt, shirt sleeve, belt, slacks and shoes, he looks like a Nascar driver who crashed into the pro shop!

Crazy Golfers: Mr. "Give-Me-a-Six"

On a par 4 you watch this golfer hit two shots Ob. Later he takes three shots to get out of a green-side trap, blades his chip back over the green again and then four-putts.

Heading back to the cart he calls out to his buddy, "Give me a six."

Golf Humor: Crazy Golfers