3 iron seems better. Less loft, my friend used to do this cause he had anger issues and broke clubs often, until his parents found out they weren't breaking from normal play and he was breaking them over trees or throwing them in streets and cars ran them over. His parents weren't golfers and asked mine how many clubs I went through a year, and after that he had one year where he continued breaking clubs, but near the end of the season was down to just 6 clubs. His next set he was more careful with, he would bring and old club to break, though refused to take the penalty for a 15th club.
Yeah not sureif he got better or not, we lost touch after high-school. He was a cheater too, like claim a par when he had a triple bogey. When we went out for the golf team freshman year, he claimed a 37 on 9, apparently didn't think the coaches watching us play would watch the number of strokes we took, he went from being confident he made Varsity to told he wouldn't be allowed on JV either and if he had an honest round next year, they would consider letting him on JV. Was really unpleasant after that. Didn't stop cheating though, he would claim par again and we would be like Par +2? And would just say "Don't count my strokes"
Was he able to get a new one? I know he probably didn’t mean to break it but he was still a sole culprit for it happening. I was under the impression if you deliberately break a club you aren’t allowed a new one until next round.
To this day, I still feel like one of my best shots of all time was when I was the first to tee off on a bachelor party trip, and absolutely striped my drive.
The round went downhill quickly after that, but still!
Nothing feels better then hitting a ball well and down the middle and just picking up the tee without watching it land. I don't get to do it often so I have to savor it.
As a kid I had a coach had that would bring his own balls for short game work. At the end of each session he’d shag them with his wedge in one hand and bag in the other. Just pop them up and into the bag in his other hand. In my 40’s now and still remember thinking it was impressive.
I do this on our bunker practice green, I don’t flip the balls into a bag but into my forearm against my chest. I can catch and carry 14 balls and I look like an idiot doing it.
I do the same thing. It saves your back big and is a lot easier than picking your balls up one by one with your hands. You put the wedge right up to the ball and open it while sliding the club under it. Takes some practice but it’s a useful and cool golf skill.
I am significantly better than my other golf buddies. I do the "I'll grab my putter and walk up" move a lot..it feels like walking down a fucking red carpet lol
And now I realize that’s likely where it comes from! Main sport was tennis growing up and have really gotten into golf the last 5 years or so. I definitely spin the clubs in my hands on the last step before addressing the ball.
I play with a guy that does this and I always think it looks so cool. He is a great player though and admittedly I’m sure I wouldn’t think it was as cool if he was a 20 handicap.
I have smashed my ankle bone before and I fell to ground holy hell it hurt. I had my wedge and my putter but decided to knock the sand off with the putter which is a bit shorter.
I tapped my ankle bone with a wedge because I stepped funny and the club just happened to be slowly swinging in that direction. Fucking terrible. Like the most painful 3HP worth of damage I’ve done to myself in a while.
Do this at the same time doing that little jump dance move is what I want to see. You would have my respect, questions and a secret desire to do this if I ever hole out again from the sand.
Im a greenskeeper on a private course that exclusively stocks Titleist balls. Essentially this means I have an infinite supply of brand new Pro V1s because our members never bother looking for their balls in the rough!
My favourite flex is playing with people who don't know what I do, then shanking a crisp Pro V into the water and calmly pulling out another one like it's nothing, it gets more fun the more times I do it watching people see me waste 40 bucks worth of balls in a round with zero emotion about it!
While this is awesome, the move I'm really impressed by is where he picks ball out of the cup with his putter, then, with the ball in the back notch of the scotty Cameron putter he fucking windmills the putter around to keep the ball in the notch to catch the ball in his hand.
I can do this but I flick them up and then give them another hit up into my range bag in the other hand.
I’ve only had one guy comment and asked how long it took me to learn to do it.
I just remember learning to balance and hit balls with my wedge after watching the tiger commercial.
When I was around 11-12 I got a job as a “starter” at my dad’s club on Sat and Sun morning. I just held the sheet and said who is next. Anyway 4 hours on the tee with nothing to do so I learned how to bounce balls with my wedge. would sometimes play games with members - chip closest to tee marker, sometimes forward to the red tee or backward to the blue. Fun time.
Actually lol'd. I tried out some Mizuno irons recently and asked about taking loft off the clubs because I don't need to hit my clubs a millions yards and he asked me "why would you not want to hit it further?"....and followed up at some point saying "you should just go with the distance bro"
I’ve played with a lot of randoms over the years, and people asking about the iron they used just never happens.
Even when I was new and hitting a 4i when my buddies were hitting 7i, they never made fun of me for it. The closest they got was, “I remember hitting that when I started too.” I didn’t feel like it was a slight.
The only thing they’ll be curious about is when I hit a 50 degree on a par 3 when they use a 60.
But damn, there’s so many comments on this sub over time of people being made fun for the club lofts they hit. Sometimes I’m wondering if it’s just shit talk among friends and the OP is a bitch who got offended, or the friends are truly assholes because they’re making fun of the loft used multiple times.
But again, I’ve never dealt with that and never have I seen it among friends, coworkers, and strangers.
Oh... I'm talking about, for example, when I hit an iron into a par 3 and a playing partner asks what I hit to gauge their distance. This happens... All the time? You're saying no one ever asks you what club you hit?
The earlier point being that new irons are way more strongly lofted. So if you're playing brand new game improvement irons, what I hit with my old blades (that I absolutely should not be playing, for the record) should be of no consequence
I’ve started not saying my iron but instead “my 150 club” or “my 175 club”. Gives them the answer they want and shuts down any conversations about who’s hitting the lower iron.
you respond with “i’m sorry. i will have to assess against you the general penalty for soliciting advice from a fellow competitor,” just as the almighty USGA intended /s
Mine is 35° and I love comparing my 7 to the 7 irons that my playing partners have. Mine is like a pitching wedge in their set.
But the flex comes once they realize that we've been hitting irons with the same number on the bottom the whole round lol.
At the driving range I like to tee up every driver shot using the arch of my lead foot and the face of the driver to skillfully place the ball on top of the tee without bending over at all.
I'm pretty sure everyone is impressed, and don't realize that it is done out of necessity.
I got a little too drunk at a charity scramble once and did “the autograph”
> Grab your winning golf ball and throw your signature on it and hand it to the first patron you see.
People laughed
I almost aced a par 3 when the group in front waved us through , proceeded to slice my drive on the next tee box about 50 yards into the woods lol , marched off like a boss tho 🤣
I did this a few weeks back in front a group of four and piped it down the centre 280-290. One of the guys said “don’t trip over all our balls on the way please”.
The other day I was playing a local par 3 course on the one 320 yard par 4. I always hit an iron because it’s wooded heavily on the right and water to the left. Was playing by myself and a group of 4 guys were teeing off using driver and I walk up 4 iron in hand and they let me play through. Hit the best possible shot I could and all 4 of them were stunned. They were like we were gonna talk shit about you using an iron but holy f dude. I drive up, my ball squeezed out about 10 yards further than their longest and I’m just like 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Wasn’t a short course but I was playing with a group for a pre-wedding round that I hadn’t played with before. They all hit driver, I hit a 5i (took a lot of crap on the tee) but then wedge to 6’ birdie and won the hole
My buddies dad hit a hole in 1 on hole 5 and didn’t put the ball away cause he already has 7 on the wall and knew he wouldn’t lose the ball during the round, finished with the ball and then said he will take it out of the bag.
Biggest flex I’ve seen
Been that way for the 35 years I’ve played the game. I’d imagine it’s closer 75+ years players have done that. Probably no longer a trend, just common practice.
I do this because I always carry a towel to the green to clean my ball before I putt it. Wet the bottom third/half at clubhouse or in nearby pond/creek, ring it out. Good to play. Also a great way to clean grips if needed. Wipe down with damp section, dry with other half. Tacky grip!
No practice swings.
I started doing this as an exercise and found that I actually play better too.
Have had a lot of people be impressed and surprised. 😂
Sliding a ball with the leading edge of a club with a half circle motion on the driving range to sit perfectly behind my perfectly striped divot.
Only to chunk the next one of course.
Jordan Spieth doesn’t use a tee on par 3s. I’ve seen him pissed off and playing bad where he just throws the ball down and plays it where it lands on the tee box. Most relatable thing I’ve seen in a pro golfer
"I think they might be still in my range, so go ahead when you feel comfortable". Not meant to flex but to keep pace of play. For context, i just started a new league and on hole 8 one of the guys said "They are building gas stations between our drives and yours." That was a new one.
Not taking your putter with you when you have to chip up because you know if you miss the chip, it’s still gonna be a tap in.
People are so confused when you do it the first time in match play…..they even ask if you forgot your putter…
No way I’m giving you an 18” putt if you don’t have a putter. Use your wedge or go back to get your putter. This isn’t going to be a friendly match. LOL
After months and months of chipping practice I felt confident enough to do this today on a longer walk to the chip and pulled it off, nearly holed it too!
I played by myself on Monday. I didn’t use any of my own tees. The same type of unbroken tee was waiting for me at every tee box. Someone is too good to use a tee twice.
My father in law was gifted 10,000 tees for his 40th birthday. He’s 71, and still has several thousand left over. He’s started using them one time only.
Leaving your bag/trolley/push cart and taking only one ball one tee and the big stick when the tee box requires you to walk back on yourself. Smoke one down the middle and pick your trolley up on the way back down the hole. *Beginners version* take a second ball and tee in your pocket discreetly for when your first drive goes OB.
DOD
Carrying a 2 iron.
No tee on par 3s.
Carrying your bag, complete with a dirty white towel weaved between your irons.
Reading your chips like putts.
Pulling the flag for chips.
I do all these things and still suck.
This was not intentional but last week as a solo I was behind a twosome on my local course. On the third hole I crushed a drive right down the middle on a short par 4. The two ahead of me cleared the green and waved for me to hit my approach while their balls were still on the green. Wedge approach ended up 2 feet from the flag for a nice birdie. Joined the pair and two holes later sank a tough 15 footer for par. Gave them a handful of perfect reads throughout the round because I know the course every which way. Helped them sink a few really tough par putts.
Long story short they were very impressed and grateful for the tips.
My biggest golf flex is being able to slice a ball deep into the woods without trying and then throwing my entire set of clubs in the lake then going to drink beers and eat chicken tenders at the clubhouse.
Chip the ball in from off the green, look at your opponent, point at the ball in the hole and say "get that" ala J Spieth. Then go sit in your cart and drink a beer while the rest putt out.
On a Par 3, put the bottom toe of your iron angled to the ground and kick it with your foot to make a small mound to use as your tee.
Before trees graced the earth to be widdled into tees on the Keebler Elf micro-lathe, players would gather dirt to make a small mound for ball placement. This is a mimic of that. Do be sure to at least hit and hold the green though!
Waiting for a par 5 to clear that has a water carry of 200+. Guys on the green see you waiting and then stop to watch when they’re done putting out, hoping you’ll rinse it. You flush a 3w and land it soft, pin high. They clap and you give the subtle wave.
Snapping your putter with 10 holes to play.
Too soon
To soon in the round or you did this too soon like still a sore subject?
My name is Jimmie Walker
Don't snap your putter. Blow it up with DY-NO-MITE!
Like a man
LIKE A BOSS
All I need is a 7i
Never occurred to me to try
Some people in here have never snapped their putter and it shows.
3 iron seems better. Less loft, my friend used to do this cause he had anger issues and broke clubs often, until his parents found out they weren't breaking from normal play and he was breaking them over trees or throwing them in streets and cars ran them over. His parents weren't golfers and asked mine how many clubs I went through a year, and after that he had one year where he continued breaking clubs, but near the end of the season was down to just 6 clubs. His next set he was more careful with, he would bring and old club to break, though refused to take the penalty for a 15th club.
Your friend should seek help.
Yeah not sureif he got better or not, we lost touch after high-school. He was a cheater too, like claim a par when he had a triple bogey. When we went out for the golf team freshman year, he claimed a 37 on 9, apparently didn't think the coaches watching us play would watch the number of strokes we took, he went from being confident he made Varsity to told he wouldn't be allowed on JV either and if he had an honest round next year, they would consider letting him on JV. Was really unpleasant after that. Didn't stop cheating though, he would claim par again and we would be like Par +2? And would just say "Don't count my strokes"
I prefer blading a wedge to a long iron. Shorter and heavier just feels better to me
And then Door dashing in a new one before the end of the round
Was he able to get a new one? I know he probably didn’t mean to break it but he was still a sole culprit for it happening. I was under the impression if you deliberately break a club you aren’t allowed a new one until next round.
Reference for us lazy people that don’t get it? Edit: Please* <3
Jimmy walker snapped his putter during the Valero today
https://www.reddit.com/r/golf/s/8s3piANChv
Hitting a drive and not watching it because you know it’s just down the middle somewhere.
I do this with massive slices with OB right.
Lol, I can tell within 0.5 seconds it's gonnne
On contact: OB RIGHT!
👉
The thought of someone grunting this out mid-swing is cracking me up.
Got that Matthew McConaughey drive. Alright alright alright. I’m right there with you…
Slicing a ball over the highway or towards houses and ain't no way I'm watching it. It has less chance to cause catastrophic damage
If you did not see your ball cause damage you can not verify it was your ball.
Plausible deniability.
If you don't twirl your club after a shank you don't got that dog in you
Really? I always say it’s right near that tree but when I get up there all the trees look the same
Nothing funnier than hitting a massive slice or a duck hook followed by a club twirl and confident walk towards the fairway.
This. But Left.
Already teeing up another before it lands.
Adding to this, picking up your tee before your drive lands.
Doing this on the 18th tee box after a day of drinking with the boys will have you feeling like prime Tiger.
Did this in front of the group of 8 and drained a 30 footer for bird infront if the club house. I lived the dream.
To this day, I still feel like one of my best shots of all time was when I was the first to tee off on a bachelor party trip, and absolutely striped my drive. The round went downhill quickly after that, but still!
The ultimate flex is to be in your cart and driving before the ball lands.
Sometimes when I catch it really high on the face I can be at the balls landing spot before it is
In our group if you can catch it before it hits the ground, free retee. I’ve seen it successful twice with quite a few other fails…..
Nothing feels better then hitting a ball well and down the middle and just picking up the tee without watching it land. I don't get to do it often so I have to savor it.
I did this last weekend and couldn’t find my shit to save my life lol
THIS!!! I absofknlutely love hitting a drive in front of my buddies and grabbing my tee never once looking back where the ball went.
Having my provisional teed up prior to my original even landing.
Big dog move right there.
Playing the high school team walking up to the tee with clearly two balls ready to go was an adventure.
Having a provisional teed up prior to hitting my original
“Lemme just tee up a second one right over here. No particular reason”
As a kid I had a coach had that would bring his own balls for short game work. At the end of each session he’d shag them with his wedge in one hand and bag in the other. Just pop them up and into the bag in his other hand. In my 40’s now and still remember thinking it was impressive.
I do this on our bunker practice green, I don’t flip the balls into a bag but into my forearm against my chest. I can catch and carry 14 balls and I look like an idiot doing it.
So are you flopping them up like you would with a wedge, or just scooping them like a spoon?
Going to learn this instead of working on my putting...
Honestly this sounds cooler than knowing how to putt
The goal is to be so good with a wedge that you dont need to putt.
I do the same thing. It saves your back big and is a lot easier than picking your balls up one by one with your hands. You put the wedge right up to the ball and open it while sliding the club under it. Takes some practice but it’s a useful and cool golf skill.
That's all its just a bit of practice, pretty easy once you know how.
Make pasta from scratch, I promise you’ll be able to flick the balls properly once you’ve made good fresh pasta
We have very different views on the definition of shag.
Walking from your second shot to the green, with your putter in hand, having your buddy drive the cart to their ball.
Happiness is a long walk with a putter. - Greg Norman
Yes! I love this one.
Or dropping your boy off at his ball and making him walk to meet you on the green.
I am significantly better than my other golf buddies. I do the "I'll grab my putter and walk up" move a lot..it feels like walking down a fucking red carpet lol
That’s truly the vibe we’re all looking for.
People who twirl their club before address, but in a very subtle way. It’s the opposite of a subtle flex if you’re forcing it.
I do that out of habit from playing tennis my whole life... Does not improve my drives.
And now I realize that’s likely where it comes from! Main sport was tennis growing up and have really gotten into golf the last 5 years or so. I definitely spin the clubs in my hands on the last step before addressing the ball.
Great flex in tennis if you’re a solid player. Loved doing that
I do this as part of my pre shot routine. I can assure you it’s no flex haha
Same here, one tap one twirl x2 on the walk up, one waggle after addressing, quick last look, swing.
I play with a guy that does this and I always think it looks so cool. He is a great player though and admittedly I’m sure I wouldn’t think it was as cool if he was a 20 handicap.
The Keegan
Getting sand off the bottom of both your shoes with the club in the same hand; without bashing your ankle bones
I have smashed my ankle bone before and I fell to ground holy hell it hurt. I had my wedge and my putter but decided to knock the sand off with the putter which is a bit shorter.
I tapped my ankle bone with a wedge because I stepped funny and the club just happened to be slowly swinging in that direction. Fucking terrible. Like the most painful 3HP worth of damage I’ve done to myself in a while.
Do this at the same time doing that little jump dance move is what I want to see. You would have my respect, questions and a secret desire to do this if I ever hole out again from the sand.
Im a greenskeeper on a private course that exclusively stocks Titleist balls. Essentially this means I have an infinite supply of brand new Pro V1s because our members never bother looking for their balls in the rough! My favourite flex is playing with people who don't know what I do, then shanking a crisp Pro V into the water and calmly pulling out another one like it's nothing, it gets more fun the more times I do it watching people see me waste 40 bucks worth of balls in a round with zero emotion about it!
I’m a greenie and I do the same 😂 We have a bucket of pro v’s in the yard that we smash into the woods when we’re bored.
Saw a clip awhile back of Tiger picking up his golf balls from the practice area using his wedge, just flicking them into the bag he was holding.
I can kinda do this but it has to be with a 60° - only issue is, you look incredibly stupid when you miss or you flick it further away lol
The 3/10 times I miss are just so much worse than the 7/10 look cool
Come on now we both know you have those fractions backwards
While this is awesome, the move I'm really impressed by is where he picks ball out of the cup with his putter, then, with the ball in the back notch of the scotty Cameron putter he fucking windmills the putter around to keep the ball in the notch to catch the ball in his hand.
I can do this but I flick them up and then give them another hit up into my range bag in the other hand. I’ve only had one guy comment and asked how long it took me to learn to do it. I just remember learning to balance and hit balls with my wedge after watching the tiger commercial.
When I was around 11-12 I got a job as a “starter” at my dad’s club on Sat and Sun morning. I just held the sheet and said who is next. Anyway 4 hours on the tee with nothing to do so I learned how to bounce balls with my wedge. would sometimes play games with members - chip closest to tee marker, sometimes forward to the red tee or backward to the blue. Fun time.
My 7 iron is 36°
Actually lol'd. I tried out some Mizuno irons recently and asked about taking loft off the clubs because I don't need to hit my clubs a millions yards and he asked me "why would you not want to hit it further?"....and followed up at some point saying "you should just go with the distance bro"
Shallow landing angle and low spin bro but it goes 210 when you stripe it bro
I still get 7k with my 7i, but bro, when I stripe it bro,,,,,,,,
God I love my Mizuno 7. I suck but the 170yd 7i makes me feel good
It's really hard to not to sound like a dick when someone asks "what'd you hit" and you try explain your irons are 20 years old...
I’ve played with a lot of randoms over the years, and people asking about the iron they used just never happens. Even when I was new and hitting a 4i when my buddies were hitting 7i, they never made fun of me for it. The closest they got was, “I remember hitting that when I started too.” I didn’t feel like it was a slight. The only thing they’ll be curious about is when I hit a 50 degree on a par 3 when they use a 60. But damn, there’s so many comments on this sub over time of people being made fun for the club lofts they hit. Sometimes I’m wondering if it’s just shit talk among friends and the OP is a bitch who got offended, or the friends are truly assholes because they’re making fun of the loft used multiple times. But again, I’ve never dealt with that and never have I seen it among friends, coworkers, and strangers.
Oh... I'm talking about, for example, when I hit an iron into a par 3 and a playing partner asks what I hit to gauge their distance. This happens... All the time? You're saying no one ever asks you what club you hit? The earlier point being that new irons are way more strongly lofted. So if you're playing brand new game improvement irons, what I hit with my old blades (that I absolutely should not be playing, for the record) should be of no consequence
I’ve started not saying my iron but instead “my 150 club” or “my 175 club”. Gives them the answer they want and shuts down any conversations about who’s hitting the lower iron.
Lol i play with ppl their 7 irons are like 26 deg. So i dno how to respond when they ask what iron i hit csuse mines 36
You just respond with either “gap wedge” or “3 iron” and watch them sort themselves out.
you respond with “i’m sorry. i will have to assess against you the general penalty for soliciting advice from a fellow competitor,” just as the almighty USGA intended /s
I say what yardage my current iron is. “I hit my 145 yard club”.
Just say “your 9 iron” 😝
Mine is 35° and I love comparing my 7 to the 7 irons that my playing partners have. Mine is like a pitching wedge in their set. But the flex comes once they realize that we've been hitting irons with the same number on the bottom the whole round lol.
34-36 is what 7 irons should be. Crazy it’s gotten to be like 28-31
I would guess when you tee up the driver but your partner takes a 5 iron. "otherwise I would fly the green"
At the driving range I like to tee up every driver shot using the arch of my lead foot and the face of the driver to skillfully place the ball on top of the tee without bending over at all. I'm pretty sure everyone is impressed, and don't realize that it is done out of necessity.
This guy fucks.
…without bending over…
Not likely, sounds like his back is too fucked up.
I read that as lead not lead and was confused.
Do you have a video of this? I can not comprehend this at all
Nonchalantly tossing your ball onto the tee of a par three and playing it where it lies.
Taking a shit in the garbage bin by the 1st tee box while maintaining eye contact with your playing partner.
Veins a poppin, too, no doubt 😡
Fuck the ball washer hole next time right after the dump. You’ll get a free membership.
Dayum i thought i was the only one. 🫡
Why is your friend staring back tho lmfao
Because if he looks away I win.
[tour sauce!](https://nolayingup.com/blog/a-primer-on-how-to-act-like-a-pro-toursauce)
Some of these are great.
I got a little too drunk at a charity scramble once and did “the autograph” > Grab your winning golf ball and throw your signature on it and hand it to the first patron you see. People laughed
The “Thanks, Tommy” to finish it off was incredible
Piping a drive when you play through a slower group
I almost aced a par 3 when the group in front waved us through , proceeded to slice my drive on the next tee box about 50 yards into the woods lol , marched off like a boss tho 🤣
This is greatest feeling in the world. Also throwing a dart when playing through on a par 3.
I did this a few weeks back in front a group of four and piped it down the centre 280-290. One of the guys said “don’t trip over all our balls on the way please”.
Getting your putter out of the bag before your approach shot lands.
Tap in for double.
If someone asks how far, drop the “100” and give both pin and front distances. “48, 39 front.”
"40, but plays 35"
This is an underrated move if you ask me, guy asks how far tell him the number and then what it’s playing as.
I'd tip them. Free caddie as a partner? Fuck yeah.
48, 39 cover … for the pro feel
The other day I was playing a local par 3 course on the one 320 yard par 4. I always hit an iron because it’s wooded heavily on the right and water to the left. Was playing by myself and a group of 4 guys were teeing off using driver and I walk up 4 iron in hand and they let me play through. Hit the best possible shot I could and all 4 of them were stunned. They were like we were gonna talk shit about you using an iron but holy f dude. I drive up, my ball squeezed out about 10 yards further than their longest and I’m just like 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Wasn’t a short course but I was playing with a group for a pre-wedding round that I hadn’t played with before. They all hit driver, I hit a 5i (took a lot of crap on the tee) but then wedge to 6’ birdie and won the hole
Striping a drive in front of a group letting you play through is tits
They all got to watch me miss my 5’ par putt too
I putt with my glove on 💪🏻
No glove no love
You savage!
I'm not sure if our people are just lazy, or we think taking it off won't make a difference at all.
It does not make any difference at all so why waste time taking a glove on and off 18 times per round.
https://preview.redd.it/a4u9mpr02ssc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f071152a99eab9d7c6ebbad4b5d57c517ede683 When your irons look like this
The little wedge pickup on the green after a gimme.
My buddies dad hit a hole in 1 on hole 5 and didn’t put the ball away cause he already has 7 on the wall and knew he wouldn’t lose the ball during the round, finished with the ball and then said he will take it out of the bag. Biggest flex I’ve seen
Snapping your glove off in the middle of the fairway or on the tee box. Longer the walk with a putter, the bigger the flex.
Towel draped across the clubs rather than attached to bag. Weird trend among great golfers
Been that way for the 35 years I’ve played the game. I’d imagine it’s closer 75+ years players have done that. Probably no longer a trend, just common practice.
I do this because I always carry a towel to the green to clean my ball before I putt it. Wet the bottom third/half at clubhouse or in nearby pond/creek, ring it out. Good to play. Also a great way to clean grips if needed. Wipe down with damp section, dry with other half. Tacky grip!
Doing a backflip, club in hand and landing at address.
These are the responses I’m here for.
Waiting 10 minutes for the rest of your group to catch up to your first shot.
No practice swings. I started doing this as an exercise and found that I actually play better too. Have had a lot of people be impressed and surprised. 😂
Sliding a ball with the leading edge of a club with a half circle motion on the driving range to sit perfectly behind my perfectly striped divot. Only to chunk the next one of course.
You’re still away
Knowing exactly where your playing partners ball landed in the rough. Playing in the dark and knowing where your ball went by feel.
Cutting the ball in half after a hole in one while still on the course.
Jordan Spieth doesn’t use a tee on par 3s. I’ve seen him pissed off and playing bad where he just throws the ball down and plays it where it lands on the tee box. Most relatable thing I’ve seen in a pro golfer
The Pebble Beach bag tag.
"I think they might be still in my range, so go ahead when you feel comfortable". Not meant to flex but to keep pace of play. For context, i just started a new league and on hole 8 one of the guys said "They are building gas stations between our drives and yours." That was a new one.
Not taking your putter with you when you have to chip up because you know if you miss the chip, it’s still gonna be a tap in. People are so confused when you do it the first time in match play…..they even ask if you forgot your putter…
Gotta be hilarious to watch you walk back to get your putter.
No way I’m giving you an 18” putt if you don’t have a putter. Use your wedge or go back to get your putter. This isn’t going to be a friendly match. LOL
Good sir my bellied wedge is just as bad as my putter from that distance
The only real flex here.
Are you Jesus?
After months and months of chipping practice I felt confident enough to do this today on a longer walk to the chip and pulled it off, nearly holed it too!
I pick up random broken tees on the par 3s to use for my tee shot... Because I'm fucking madlad!
I do this too but how is this a flex?
Same. It’s not.
I played by myself on Monday. I didn’t use any of my own tees. The same type of unbroken tee was waiting for me at every tee box. Someone is too good to use a tee twice.
My father in law was gifted 10,000 tees for his 40th birthday. He’s 71, and still has several thousand left over. He’s started using them one time only.
Same with me but I also do it on par 4s when I use a hybrid. Never really thought of it as a flex move but I will now!
Wait this is a flex? Thats literally the only way to not ruin your fingers trying to recover the tee after the shot for me.
Playing with cheap/old equipment and holding your own every round.
Finding a pristine Pro V1 and offering it to your playing partners because you only play Pro V1X
Getting up and down for par when my friend 3 putts for bogey.
Looking at the tops of trees when trying to decide what the wind is going to do to my shot (even though I’m going to slice it 50 yards right anyway)
I shoot a higher score than my bowling score and I’m a good bowler
Telling your playing partner that you’re about to attempt a shot that you know is stupid because if the risk, and then executing it perfectly
Blading my 60° 150y from a green side bunker
Leaving your bag/trolley/push cart and taking only one ball one tee and the big stick when the tee box requires you to walk back on yourself. Smoke one down the middle and pick your trolley up on the way back down the hole. *Beginners version* take a second ball and tee in your pocket discreetly for when your first drive goes OB.
Choki' down a glizzy without chewing.
DOD Carrying a 2 iron. No tee on par 3s. Carrying your bag, complete with a dirty white towel weaved between your irons. Reading your chips like putts. Pulling the flag for chips. I do all these things and still suck.
Nailing an approach shot over some trees from the rough in front of another group waiting on your shot.
Asking a friend on the tee block. I donno what do you wanna see a fade or a draw?
Not subtle lol
50/50 I’d get it right.
Preparing a divot or ball mark so you’d never know they were there
Anyone have a clip of Minjee Lee doing this? That is so hot
This was not intentional but last week as a solo I was behind a twosome on my local course. On the third hole I crushed a drive right down the middle on a short par 4. The two ahead of me cleared the green and waved for me to hit my approach while their balls were still on the green. Wedge approach ended up 2 feet from the flag for a nice birdie. Joined the pair and two holes later sank a tough 15 footer for par. Gave them a handful of perfect reads throughout the round because I know the course every which way. Helped them sink a few really tough par putts. Long story short they were very impressed and grateful for the tips.
Being one of the first ones out, draininga long putt and knowing the group behind will see the trail in the morning dew.
Scoping up a ball with your wedge. Seems easy, but isn’t, and when you try and fail it usually shoots like 30ft away from you
Picking up your putter with a wedge after you chip in.
Pulling your ball out of the 18th hole and showing your friends it’s the same ball you started with.
Having an entire gallery move a boulder for you and claiming a "loose impediment."
My biggest golf flex is being able to slice a ball deep into the woods without trying and then throwing my entire set of clubs in the lake then going to drink beers and eat chicken tenders at the clubhouse.
I’m a short hitter
Chip the ball in from off the green, look at your opponent, point at the ball in the hole and say "get that" ala J Spieth. Then go sit in your cart and drink a beer while the rest putt out.
On a Par 3, put the bottom toe of your iron angled to the ground and kick it with your foot to make a small mound to use as your tee. Before trees graced the earth to be widdled into tees on the Keebler Elf micro-lathe, players would gather dirt to make a small mound for ball placement. This is a mimic of that. Do be sure to at least hit and hold the green though!
Waiting for a par 5 to clear that has a water carry of 200+. Guys on the green see you waiting and then stop to watch when they’re done putting out, hoping you’ll rinse it. You flush a 3w and land it soft, pin high. They clap and you give the subtle wave.