Outbursts!!!

Anyone who has teed it up before knows there's a bit of swearing on the course. Outbursts are quite common when there are errent shots. But listen, if you suck, you have no right to get mad. This game is way too hard for amateurs like us to get mad. I only mention this because it happens a lot with guys who think they're way better than they really are.

Sometimes the shots aren't even that bad and guys are dropping f-bombs all over the place. Look dude, you're lucky you didn't lay the sod over the ball. You're a 25 handicapper thinking you're a 10.

I absolutely refuse to torture myself for 4 hours with someone like that. That's my time to relax and if you take that away from me, you will be blackballed from my foursome.

I began to think what made people like that play golf. I wondered where the outbursts and piss poor etiquette came from. Nothing good comes out of it. If you need to get mad at yourself, do it quietly or occasionally, but not every damn shot.

I might catch a bit of flack for this but I think it might start from the tour. I liked rooting for Woody Austin, especially after his super clutch play at last years President's Cup, but his antics are growing old. He was known mostly for smashing his putter over his head and bending it, and not for his golf. He was offended by that and he had a right to be but it wasn't as if he was setting the world on fire due to his play.

So after battling Tiger at the PGA last year he became a fan favorite due to his fiery spirit and competetiveness. I didn't even have a problem with him saying he outplayed Tiger yet lost by 6 strokes on the round because he seemed like a straight shooter and not too delusional. So far this year he has done nothing but scream, rant, yell, blow up, and be delusional. He's crossing the line between competing and whining and I'm not certain if he's already lost his fan base he developed last year because no one can decide if he's fiery or a dick.

Another thing I'm already sick of is screaming at your ball on every single shot. I don't mind a 'sit!', or 'go!', or 'be the stick!'. But you don't have to scream on top of your lungs on every shot Sergio. Yep, I'm bitching about our favorite majorless player, Sergio Garcia. Hey don't get me wrong, he played awesome at the TPC at Sawgrass and congrats but man he's an annoying bastard. He hit the ball on the screws every day, even made a few putts, yet was still screaming at his ball on every shot. Nothing terribly bad but every shot was "SIT...SIT....SIT.....SIT....SIT...SIT!!!!!!!!!!" Or it was "GO......GO.........GO.........GO......GO!!!!!!!"
Or it was 'Bite' 7 times, or 'Cut' 7 times. No matter what he wanted the ball to do, he screamed it a minimum of 5 times.

Yo Sergio, once is ok. Even twice is almost understandable, but there's no need to scream the same thing over and over again every shot. And this is coming from a loudmouth like me. If I'm noticing you're too annoying you've got some serious problems. Not to mention he believes that the entire world is out to get him. A gust of wind, a missed putt, any bad break and he blames the entire universe. Dude, it happens to everyone, quit being a chump.

Which brings me to my current b/f, Tiger Woods. Stop swearing so loud. Hey, we all do it but there's a way to do it quietly and still get the word out. There's cameras all over the place dude, they're gonna pick it up.

I can't stand when the commentators almost praise him for it. He'll belt out a few adult words and the announcer says, yeah that's just Tiger being a fierce competitor. Does that mean everyone else who manages to swear under their breath isn't a competitor. Sometimes these people are just in a magic, fantasy world of flowers and balloons.

I can swear like a trucker on the course but if I shoot 100 I'm still gonna enjoy those 4 hours on the course.