# Morons at golf tournaments

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-golf-tournaments/492977>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 13, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-golf-tournaments/492977 "2009-04-13T20:07:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-golf-tournaments/492977/41 "2009-04-15T14:11:30Z")

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> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> Funny how golfers seem to notice distractons after making poor shots, more frequently than good ones! 😛
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> I’m sure you’ve played with golfers who get bent out of shape over every distraction. Other guys, you cogh or rattle a club during their backswing, and when you apologize they say, “I didn’t notice it.” Similar to the guys in pick-up b-ball games who never mis a shot without having been fouled.
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> If a hoopster can concentrate sufficiently sink a freethrow with the fans behind the basket going nuts, a pro golfer should be able to make a shot over a camera click.

If golfers’ success rates were the same as freethrow shooters’, they wouldn’t be on tour.

It’s a silly comparison anyway. They are two different sports, with two different sets of fan decorum. Comparing one to the other is basically pointless.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-at-golf-tournaments/492977/42 "2009-04-15T16:12:51Z")

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**Morons at golf tournaments**

But then I repeat myself.

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