a few years ago i played in a state vardon event(nsw) with a mate of mine. on the 2nd hole he had hit his ball into the rough off the tee, we play the hole out and he says to me i had a 6 there. i say no, you had a 5. he says no, when i addressed the ball for my second shot i think the ball moved. nobody else saw it move, he’s not sure he made it move. i tell him don’t worry about it. he says no it’s cool i’ll take a 6. so we keep play’n he’s not the best golfer in the world steady 9 hcp got this jim furyk thing go’n on. we get to the 9th, 170m par 3. i hit 5 iron hits the left fringe goes over the back. he hits 4 iron lands nearly in the same spot mine landed, kicks right and rolls into the hole. now i’m a big beleiver in the golf gods. i think this is a great example of what can happen if you offer a shot up to them. anyone else got any stories along this line?

cheers, smooth

I know they can work against you the same way boothy. I learnt my lesson last time saying how good my round was going (mid round). That resulted in me double bogeying the next 4 holes and screwing my game. The golf gods bring everyone down to size once in a while (more often than not for me).

If there was a golf god why would he allow so much suffering on the course? :P

your suffering will be rewarded:)

If there was a golf god why would he allow so much suffering on the course? :P

Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult

Suffer the little children to come onto me!

The golfing gods must have been off having beers with the flying spaghetti monster while I was playing today – if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have had no bloody luck!

The only hope you have of a good round is if the Golfing Gods are asleep. They are never on your side, try not to piss them off!

Golf gods are alive and well…..I played with a bloke a few weeks ago that had difficulty counting and on one hole ‘found’ his ball when I saw it hit a tree and am certain it came to rest OOB…he ‘found’ it about 2 metres in bound and in an open area we all walked past…anyway he hooked his ‘found’ ball OOB then the next ball…then he threw his 7 iron at his buggy and broke the shaft….then walked off the course..HAHAHAHA, still makes me laugh.

And Mickelson had payback from the golfing gods today after holing out on the 1st on the first day….we all saw him hit the pin and nearly spin off the green….be intersting to see if the gods get to Immelman after allowing his ball to stop on the 15th…..I’ve NEVER seen a ball stop there

There is no such thing as good luck on the golf course all good shots are due to skill,
there is also no such thing as a mistake on the golf course only the will of the gods and bad luck

You arent making much sense there Sonab. You say that there is no such thing as ‘good luck’, but only ‘bad luck’ and the will of the gods? Isnt good luck when you belt a ball into the trees and it bounces out to the fway? Or is that skill?

No I believe what he is saying is that when it bounces back out, it is the will of the gods that it bounces back out. If you follow that approach, one could argue that there is no such thing as bad luck either.

You arent making much sense there Sonab. You say that there is no such thing as ‘good luck’, but only ‘bad luck’ and the will of the gods? Isnt good luck when you belt a ball into the trees and it bounces out to the fway? Or is that skill?

Aspiring club ho!

if the ball ends up in a good position it would be skill, hitting the correct place on a tree is a fine art,
if the ball has not traveled as far as it would have had it not gone into the trees it is bad luck, and the gods mocking you

All trees are evil and deserve to be punished

hahaha, thats gold from A_B

Sonab, if a golfer domes a ball down a hill on a par 3 for example and it rolls all the way to the green and they win the NTP, is that skill or good luck?

Styles, apart from tree’s, that little white bastard also needs to be punished and caressed at the same time.

Is there are golfing God? If I miss a short curling putt that I reckon I should of made, I tell myself (in my head) that I am a smashed crab for doing it. I once said, “God hates mate” when I missed a putt and I had no idea that I was playing golf with a few guys that were members of the clergy at my local course. They laughed at me.

There are golf gods, a couple of years ago i was having the round of my life in an unimportant weekly comp. As i was to play in a major competition the next week I did the unthinkable, I threw out the anchor to protect my handicap. The next week the gods showed up, not only did I have a shocker and come next to last but after the round when I went to open my beer the ring pull came off in my hand. It took at least 6 months before I played a decent game again, I’ll never piss the gods off again.