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Played with two newbies yesterday. They were brothers in their 30s. One was playing for a few months and the other’s first time was that day. They shanked the ball all over. It wasn’t pretty. Thankfully the whole course was backed up so it didn’t matter.

They were nice and respectful. Them being new, I asked if it was okay if I gave them advice and they said yes. I didn’t overload them I just gave each person one tip and left it at that. Then later on they asked me a few more questions which was cool. Ftr, it was also cool having someone be impressed with my 220 yard drives. It made my day.

I brought some home made jerky to share and was teaching them etiquette as they were asking. I emphasized that nobody cares if you stink. There’s just a rule that if you are bad then you need to be fast, which they really listened to.

They thanked me and my friend for being so cool and patient. I replied with, “hopefully you’ll get to be like that with other first timers in a couple years”.

I’m just happy I got to be kind to people. I wasnt always paired with the nicest people and am glad I got to be the change.

I have done this a number of times and always seems to work.

A playing partner hits a bad shot, gets angry after a poor shot and throws a club. My reponse... pull out a club from my own bag and throw it up the fairway. Works every time! It is either met with laughter or serious confusion.

One time I was in a tournament with a friend as my partner. He knew about this technique. One of the others in our group threw a club. We both proceeded to throw a club down the fairway, then caps, then even a shirt. The intial angry dude was dumbfounded lol. He didn't do it again though.

My daughter was playing in a First Tee tournament today. I pointed out this guy and said, “Look, that guy looks just like Micah Morris.” My daughter said, “Yeah, I could see it.”

About 4 holes in, someone in our group said, “Why is there such a big crowd following that group?” Another caddy said, “Oh, that’s the Micah Morris group.” I laughed and said, “I said the same thing. He looks just like him.” The other caddy said, “No, it’s actually him. I saw him sign in.” “Oh. Cool.” I guess he has a relative in the boys 12 under group he caddies for.”

Anyway, my daughter had 6 three-putts and still managed to shoot a 78. She took 2nd place and 1st place in season points.