23 Day to Day problems on the golf course facing every golfer.

Written by Mel Sole on May 27, 2015. Posted in Golf Misc.

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Every golfer has had something weird happen to them at least once, and the more you play, the more likely you are to come across these day to day problems on the golf course.

The weirdest one for me was in the very first PGA tournament I played in back in 1966. I hit my drive off the first tee playing a Dunlop #4. When I got to my ball, next was another brand new Dunlop #4.

Because I had put no identifying marks on my ball, I had to declare my ball lost and head back to the tee to play my 3rd shot. 2 stroke penalty on my very first swing as a PGA professional! Talk about bad luck.

Here are 23 more problems brought to us by Tanner Ringerud of buzzfeed.com

Jack Nicklaus once said “the game of golf is 90% mental and 10% physical.” What he meant to say was “the game of golf is 90% mental and 10% mental.”

1. You’ll hit a 30-yard wide fairway 20% of the time. You’ll hit a 3-inch wide branch 80% of the time.

2. When there is a big hold-up with the group in front of you.

3. Trying to find your ball, and finding this marker instead:

4. Always getting this close to a hole-in-one.