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This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.) These guys never hit a fairway but somehow were always making par. It was quite an interesting round. I guess the only benefit was getting to put my bag on the odd man’s cart and not having to carry: can’t complain about that. (oh, first tee, 2/3 whiffed). Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? — bollod
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Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? — bollod
The least fun I ever had was when I stumbled into a round with a weird psychiatrist, his wife, and a guy who must have been a patient of his. WOW… CJ
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: Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? : : — : bollod : : : The least fun I ever had was when I stumbled into a round with a weird : psychiatrist, his wife, and a guy who must have been a patient of his. : WOW… Hey. Strauss may be weird, but he is not a psychiatrist. You take that back. cb
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This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.)
It makes a big difference – it makes it very obvious what type of players they are. Those betting with him appreciate being so obvious – it makes things easier for next time. It is also useful to discover that a co-worker or a friend that you might need to trust is this type of player.
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I try to keep my mouth shut and never have my own money on the line. I always tell people who want me to bet that if I agree, we will play 100% by the rules, including NO mulligans, NO improved lies, and putting out on all holes. 75% of the time that shuts people up pretty fast, since it describes a game of golf they are not accustomed to playing.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.) These guys never hit a fairway but somehow were always making par. It was quite an interesting round. I guess the only benefit was getting to put my bag on the odd man’s cart and not having to carry: can’t complain about that. (oh, first tee, 2/3 whiffed). Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? — bollod
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? : : — : bollod : : : The least fun I ever had was when I stumbled into a round with a weird : psychiatrist, his wife, and a guy who must have been a patient of his. : WOW… Hey. Strauss may be weird, but he is not a psychiatrist. You take that back. cb
wadda ya mean? All that on the course advice I paid Strauss for isn’t any good??? Sh*T!!
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.) These guys never hit a fairway but somehow were always making par. It was quite an interesting round. I guess the only benefit was getting to put my bag on the odd man’s cart and not having to carry: can’t complain about that. (oh, first tee, 2/3 whiffed). Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? — bollod
I played in a regular group years ago that always played for a little cash but didn’t play by the rules. We rolled the ball, gave putts inside about 3 feet, didn’t count OB’s, took mulligans, etc. It doesn’t matter within the group as long as everyone is playing by the same rules. However, whenever I would play for cash outside that group, or in a tournament, I would get killed with my vanity handicap, so I started playing the ball down and putting most everything out some time ago. Now I’m so used to playing the ball down that I do so even when playing with my old group and still win some occasional cash 
As for an interesting story, I joined a threesome a couple of weeks ago from just north of here. A husband and wife and a friend of theirs. The husband was legally blind (20/2800) which I didn’t know until the first tee when he asked that I watch his ball for him as he had a "sight problem". I’m thinking to myself "this round is going to take forever" especially when in preparing to tee off on the 1st hole he stands behind the ball, points his driver down the fairway and has his friend stand behind him while he rotates around to the proper direction, and his friend says "right there". He then addresses the ball and pounds one down the middle about 275 straight as a string. Second shot, same thing for alignment, and after asking for a distance hits a 6 iron to about 12 ft. On the greens this gentlemen would have the pin attended on all but very short putts and he was a very good putter but because he had never played at my course he had no idea of the subtle breaks here and there so he 2 putted most every green. I didn’t keep track of his score but after a 3 hr 45 min round he had to have been under 80. Fairways and greens on every hole. We had a beverage after the round and I asked him if he played often and what his handicap was. He said he got out a couple of times a week at home and didn’t currently have a handicap but used to be a 6. He thought he was playing a bit better than that now. Moral of the story: you don’t need to see the result to get the result — Dave Jones RSG Roll Call http://rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=jonesd
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Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with?
Rounding the turn, #10 was getting backed up so the marshall wanted me (playing single) to move up to #11. Well it turned out that the pair on 11 was what was backing things up. It was a couple from out of town on a date who were half snockered with a picnic lunch and a few Buds. It’s cruel to characterize from appearance, but my read was "retired porn stars". The guy had a good swing, but 20 year old clubs and was really proud of his vintage hickory shafted putter (!!!). The lady was impeded by her silicon bobbing around to some extent so she wasn’t all that good. Still they were having a hell of a good time but were chemically oblivious to the concept of pace of play. I did three holes, then lied about calling it a day and skipped forward one (vacant) hole. I recall that I did get a nice hug goodbye!
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I’m not sure which is more pathetic. Golfers cheating, or you whining about it, as if it matters.
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I gave you a 30-day money-back guarantee, Mr. Jones. Your 30 days were up a long time ago. By the way, I never said you should completely alter your swing. I only suggested that you might want to consider thinking about contemplating the possibility of completely altering your swing. Someday. <Soon. Peter www.ifyouthinkaboutitlongenoughyouwillseethemethodinmymadness.com www.nochecksjustcashpayatthedoor.com
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Moral of the story: you don’t need to see the result to get the result
I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. -JR
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This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.)
Heh. My first caddie at Bandon did that…he’d reach down to clean the ball, not mark it, move it somewhere between two and six inches, and set it back down. The first time he did it, I just watched and tried to figure it out. The second time he did it, I just laughed. I mean, six inches on a forty footer? The way *I* putt? C’mon… Luckily, The Family saw it the same way I did, and we just let him do it. Good laugh at dinner that night (possibly because we were into bottle #3 of Frog’s Leap by that point…) Prof. Rev. Todd "Runyan" McGillivray, Esq. http://cplhicks.tripod.com/ Emailing me? tmcg at sasktel dot net. "Not sure what four nines does, but the ace, I think, is pretty high." – Danny Ocean, Ocean’s Eleven
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Moral of the story: you don’t need to see the result to get the result I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. -JR
I didn’t need that first thing Monday morning!
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is one I just don’t get. I was joined up with a threesome as a single the other day and got to seem some interesting "golf." One of the guys consistently placed his marker in front of his ball when marking, then would place his ball as though he had marked it behind the ball… wtf, does that extra inch really make all the difference? And how did the guys he was taking/giving dollars to not notice (I guess they probably ignored it since it seems basically pointless.) These guys never hit a fairway but somehow were always making par. It was quite an interesting round. I guess the only benefit was getting to put my bag on the odd man’s cart and not having to carry: can’t complain about that. (oh, first tee, 2/3 whiffed). Anyone have any interesting stories about "golfers" they have played with? — bollod
I remember a round of golf with some dude about 4 years ago who substituted a ball on the putting green, it was a real soft mushy type ball, almost like a nerf thing or something. He called it his putting ball. And he tapped all around the cup with his putter before every putt. I was fairly new to the game, but I knew that something was wrong with that. tim
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I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers.
call me a troller while some college prof is quoting terrorists.something about not seeing results but getting results.if that was not disrespectful to the 2800 who died and their families i dont know what would be.
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I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. call me a troller while some college prof is quoting terrorists.something about not seeing results but getting results.if that was not disrespectful to the 2800 who died and their families i dont know what would be.
Have you ever posted anything golf related? Why don’t you get off of your high horse and post some golf stuff?? Or are you really just a troll???
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. call me a troller while some college prof is quoting terrorists.something about not seeing results but getting results.if that was not disrespectful to the 2800 who died and their families i dont know what would be. Have you ever posted anything golf related? Why don’t you get off of your high horse and post some golf stuff?? Or are you really just a troll???
right Dave and if someone emailed you about the club, you would not have sold it. No I am not a fucking troll and I will talk about any fucking thing I want.I talk plenty of golf but I pick my topics.Get off with your name calling.
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right Dave and if someone emailed you about the club, you would not have sold it. No I am not a fucking troll and I will talk about any fucking thing I want.I talk plenty of golf but I pick my topics.Get off with your name calling.
no, Mr. Andercom, I would not have sold it…because it wasn’t for sale. I made an attempt at off handed humor and the only one that has had a problem with it is you. And, yes you are a troll…and your language skills are atrocious. Grow up!
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I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. call me a troller while some college prof is quoting terrorists.something about not seeing results but getting results.if that was not disrespectful to the 2800 who died and their families i dont know what would be.
And just how was that disrespectful? Do you even know the meaning of the word? Did you somehow interpet the remark to be an approval of thei terrorists’ actions? You’re not only a troll, you’re a complete f***ing moronl. -JR Not a college prof
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loser
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"Dave Jones" no, Mr. Andercom, I would not have sold it…because it wasn’t for sale. I made an attempt at off handed humor
yes I am sure
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I believe that was the motto of the f***ing 9-11 hijackers. call me a troller while some college prof is quoting terrorists.something about not seeing results but getting results.if that was not disrespectful to the 2800 who died and their families i dont know what would be. And just how was that disrespectful? Do you even know the meaning of the word? Did you somehow interpet the remark to be an approval of thei terrorists’ actions? You’re not only a troll, you’re a complete f***ing moronl. -JR Not a college prof
maybe you dont know any one who has ever died?maybe your just too young to understand.your name calling is a cry for attention
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you are a troll…and your language skills are atrocious
yes I must sign up for that typing class at the local jr college.
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maybe you dont know any one who has ever died?maybe your just too young to understand.your name calling is a cry for attention
This coming from the fucking moron who could not defend his positon so resorted to calling me a loser in his last post. I actually feel kind of honored to be called a loser by the likes of a two cent shitweasel like you. Thank you, JR PS- Learn how to type.
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two cent shitweasel
Maybe you are misanthropic?
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I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm? 2) Given this hard line against rule-breaking, what factors other than money, if any, do you think push a golfer over the edge in search of an unfair advantage? I’d like to quote the best responses I get, so perhaps anyone replying (especially British golfers) could mention the name of his/her club. To the many people who responded to my initial post some weeks ago, requesting ‘tricks of the trade’, many thanks; it was a great help (purely from a writing viewpoint….) Jeffrey Prest Freelance sportswriter – American sports, golf, soccer, rugby, cricket Reliable service at reasonable rates Find my ‘Sportscribe’ website at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jepre/
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I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm?
Most other sports are, IMHO, not steeped in such tradition as golf. I also believe that the golf athlete, while competing against the field, has an internal competition against himself…aiming for constant improvement of their game. 2) Given this hard line against rule-breaking, what factors other than money, if any, do you think push a golfer over the edge in search of an unfair advantage?
Lack of the personal drive I mentioned above. Spam protection in my "reply to" address… Brian Levetzow (Levetzowbtatjunodotcom) ~ Laurel, Maryland Man does not live on bread alone. He needs a homebrew to go with it.
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|I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate |comments on two simple questions: | |1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf |when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become |accepted as the norm? What other sports accept cheating as the norm? I’ve played soccer, softball, golf, raquetball, basketball, etc. Nobody that I play with accepts cheating is the norm, and everyone I play with knows that if they cheat, they will get penalized. Golf is no different. Sure, sometimes you have to call somebody on their cheating, but I can’t see that any different just because it’s golf. I think the bigger issue with golf is that there aren’t any referees or umpires following everyone around throwing yellow markers or blowing their whistles. The players normally have to enforce the rules, and alot of people have a hard time doing this. You go and tell your boss that his foot-wedge is illegal 
, or the next mult-million dollar client can’t card a 5 after taking 8 swings to get out of a bunker. |2) Given this hard line against rule-breaking, what factors other than |money, if any, do you think push a golfer over the edge in search of |an unfair advantage? Again, this isn’t a golf thing. As for why cheaters cheat, it could be self-esteem related, or laziness, or lack of discipline, or just plain ignorance. Then there is the rare occasion where the cheater is just enjoys screwing somebody because they think they can, or because they don’t see any advantage as unfair. Advantage is advantage, no matter how they get it.
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What other sports accept cheating as the norm? I’ve played soccer, softball, golf, raquetball, basketball, etc.
If you are talking about amateurs/hackers playing against each other for fun I would tend to agree with you. But to give you one example of how different it can be when the stakes are higher. Watch a professional basketball game. Watch the guys away from the ball. Watch them look around to see where the referee is, then grab the back of someone’s jersey to keep them from going for a rebound (I recently saw Dennis Rodman do this several times in one televised game, in fact the announcers even showed him doing it once in a slo-mo instant replay). And I am not picking just on Dennis Rodman as there are many others that do similar things. In many sports, especially the major pro sports, a big part of the game is to see how badly you can bend/break the rules and still get away with it. In football there is intentional illegal holding on virtually every play. It is so pervasive that referees usually just ignore it unless it is blatant and has a direct outcome on the play. And I can’t remember seeing any of these guys going up to the ref after their unseen infraction and saying "Gee ref, I just broke a rule, please penalize my for it". I have seen and read about a number of pro golfers calling infractions on themselves. He who laughs last thinks slowest!
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I do not think that playing by the book is uniquely sacrosanct to golf. I think it is still very common in all activities where the player is the sole person responsible for their own actions. An independant arbiter (umpire, referee, judge) takes responsibility for descisions away from indivual players and allows the players to adopt a policy of "if the ref did not say it was wrong then it must be okay". Most golf, however, is not played under the watchful eye of an official. Having implied that golf is basically honest, I have come across a fair number on instances where a player has clearly broken the rules, to their advantage, and ignored the fact. Most of the cheating I have observed has arisen from ignorance and from ego. It could be argued that advantages gained by breaking the rules in ignorance is not cheating but at the end of the day one player has gained over others by not following the rules and in my book ignorance is no excuse. Ego, both in the desire to be best and the desire to not look stupid / out of place, does seem to be a big motivator for rule bending. Crispin Roche (a British golfer who is not a member of a club)
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I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm?
I don’t think in other sports cheating is accepted..how can you cheat? There are refs and umps that call the games….there are however, bad calls, but who is going to call themselves out it they can get away with it? 2) Given this hard line against rule-breaking, what factors other than money, if any, do you think push a golfer over the edge in search of an unfair advantage?
Ego is the only thing I can think of for cheating at golf. Personally, I can’t/won’t cheat (intentionally). I may forget a stoke, but eventually recall it and correct the error. I’d like to quote the best responses I get, so perhaps anyone replying (especially British golfers) could mention the name of his/her club. To the many people who responded to my initial post some weeks ago, requesting ‘tricks of the trade’, many thanks; it was a great help (purely from a writing viewpoint….) Jeffrey Prest Freelance sportswriter – American sports, golf, soccer, rugby, cricket Reliable service at reasonable rates Find my ‘Sportscribe’ website at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jepre/
– Joyce I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older then it dawned on me . . . they were cramming for their finals.
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I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm?
I may be picky here but I’ve *rarely* played a round where one of the four in my group (most times playing with 3 strangers) doesn’t cheat somehow. I’m not talking major stuff here but here are some common ones that I’ve seen (never played in a tourney so I am not sure what happens there): – ‘fluffing’ up the lie of the ball in the rough or fairway – outright moving the ball to a better lie (without taking a penalty stroke) – taking gimme’s without being given them Like I said, nothing here is major but I find it irritating. I’ve even had people fluff up my lie for me! (after which point I respectfully request that I prefer to play it as it lies because I’ll never learn to hit from bad situations otherwise)… I had a guy put down the flagstick as my putt was in motion and seeing that it was going to be in the way, left it there! (of course my ball hit the stick lying on the ground and stopped – unfortunately I assumed he saw what I saw and would have held it up). I’m still a +22 player and realize that maybe I’m taking this stuff too seriously but it still unnerves me. I don’t usually say anything, especially to strangers, and have a good laugh when someone has shot the same score as mine on a hole where he/she clearly should have taken a penalty stroke. So, I guess my point after all this ranting [ ) ] would be that "a little cheating here and there" *HAS* become the norm. Jen
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Jeffrey, Golf is one of the few sports where you referee yourself. In almost all other sports there is an umpire or referee who’s job it is to tell you that you made a mistake. Someone else pointed out that this seems to create an attitude of "if the ump didn’t see it it must be OK". I would have to agree with that, after all, when was the last time you saw a footbal player call himself for holding or a batter call a strike on himself. It seems that the first thing a lot of football players do when the play is over is look towards the official to see if they got caught. Baseball players argue balls, strikes, put-outs, etc. Tennis players argue line calls and hockey players trip oppenents and hope the referee didn’t see them. Another thing about golf is that it is an individual sport. Often you are playing with people you have never met before, may never see again and who have no financial interest in the outcome of your game. Why cheat when you are playing against yourself? What possible gain could there be? There is no one to catch you, so there is no risk and you are not playing against anyone so there is no reward. In fact, you wind up cheating yourself out of a score that reflects your true abilities. This becomes very important when you meet your buddies for a game of $2 skins and you are playing with a handicap made up of your cheating scores! I think that most of the cheating in golf is caused by ignorance of the rules. Golf is a very simple game. Hit the ball until it goes into the cup. It is the rules of the game that can become very complex. Add to that the fact that most golfers have never even read the basic rules of play and you have a lot of potential penalties waiting to happen. And the golfer doesn’t even know they are breaking the rules. Yes, some deliberate cheating in tournaments and matches does occur. When I see it happening I call it on the player. If he/she does not correct the situation I will never play with that individual in a match again. If it is in an official tournament I will inform the committee and they can make the decision about what to do. Hope this helps Dan Driscoll
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.there are however, bad calls, but who is going to call themselves out it they can get away with it? Cricketers, even at international level with big bucks on the line, quite often call themselves out even when the umpire has called them safe. Maybe this doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but you still see it a lot. The other thing is they don’t argue bad calls – the most they do is kind of give a searching, hurt look under their brows in the direction of the ump and maybe jab the ground a little (but not too much or they’ll be booed by the crowd) before walking. – Eddie Haynes-Smart, Cape Town, South Africa
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I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm? I don’t think in other sports cheating is accepted..how can you cheat? There are refs and umps that call the games….there are however, bad calls, but who is going to call themselves out it they can get away with it?
Watched an NBA game lately? Seems like "traveling" doesn’t exist anymore. I’m surprised the guys bother to dribble at all. — "Womens is like streetcars – the ocean is full of ‘em." -Archie Bunker
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Hey, I’m from Canada and to cheat at hockey is not only accepted but required. Some coaches promote a scrappy type of play which translates to "cheat as much as possible but don’t get caught". That’s why fights break out in a lot of cases. Coaches teach "don’t retaliate". Kick a puck in the net without getting caught and your teamates will extol your virtues as a fine hockey player. Team-competitive, aggressive sports demand that you do what you can to win. This inevitably involves cheating. (Do you remember Diago Maradona scoring a goal in the World Cup Soccer match with his fist! It looked like it went off his head but the replay showed it went off his hand. He did the normal 100 metre dash afterword around the stadium, jumping to the crowd.) Now (interestingly), this leads into my question … I’ll be playing in a match play tournament (first time) and want to know some match play tactics, both fair and unfair – not that I’d use an unfair tactic – that I could use or that may be used on me.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m researching an article on cheating in golf and would appreciate comments on two simple questions: 1) Why do you think playing by the book is still so sacrosanct in golf when in every other sport a little cheating here and there has become accepted as the norm? I don’t think in other sports cheating is accepted..how can you cheat? There are refs and umps that call the games….there are however, bad calls, but who is going to call themselves out it they can get away with it? Watched an NBA game lately? Seems like "traveling" doesn’t exist anymore. I’m surprised the guys bother to dribble at all.
Actually, dear YoYo, I was even more amazed that Dear Mr. Shaq merely turns and charges every time he takes the ball and the other guy always draws the foul. Go figure!!!! — "Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole in one." –Martha Beckman
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Watched an NBA game lately? Seems like "traveling" doesn’t exist anymore. I’m surprised the guys bother to dribble at all. Actually, dear YoYo, I was even more amazed that Dear Mr. Shaq merely turns and charges every time he takes the ball and the other guy always draws the foul. Go figure!!!!
Yep. Cheating in other sports may require the complicity or imcompetence of the ref, but it still happens. — "Womens is like streetcars – the ocean is full of ‘em." -Archie Bunker
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, I’m from Canada and to cheat at hockey is not only accepted but required. Some coaches promote a scrappy type of play which translates to "cheat as much as possible but don’t get caught". That’s why fights break out in a lot of cases. Coaches teach "don’t retaliate". Kick a puck in the net without getting caught and your teamates will extol your virtues as a fine hockey player. Team-competitive, aggressive sports demand that you do what you can to win. This inevitably involves cheating. (Do you remember Diago Maradona scoring a goal in the World Cup Soccer match with his fist! It looked like it went off his head but the replay showed it went off his hand. He did the normal 100 metre dash afterword around the stadium, jumping to the crowd.) Now (interestingly), this leads into my question … I’ll be playing in a match play tournament (first time) and want to know some match play tactics, both fair and unfair – not that I’d use an unfair tactic – that I could use or that may be used on me.
Early in the match, don’t make your opponent putt out gimmies… as oong as you are keeping pace with him. Then later in the match in a critical situation, make him put them out. By not having putted short putts all day, his knees should shake pretty hard when faced with even a very short putt.
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I don’t think in other sports cheating is accepted..how can you cheat? There are refs and umps that call the games….there are however, bad calls, but who is going to call themselves out it they can get away with it?
Baseball is one game where an umpire will see a rules violation and not call it unless a proper appeal is made by the opposing team. If the appeal is not made, or botched somehow, the play stands. For example, batter hits a home run and misses touching first base on his way around. To properly appeal the play, the pitcher must throw the ball to the first base man, who must catch the ball, stand on the base, and make it apparent to the umpire that he is apealling the play. Only then will the umpire rule on the appeal. If first base drops the ball, or the pitcher throws to another base first, the chance to appeal is lost. So, the run can count, even though the umpire has witnessed the rule violation. In fact, the umpire is not supposed to give any indication that he saw the rule violation until the appeal is made. Somehow seems to capture the American spirit .