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"The Most Annoying Golf Partners\nThe only thing worse than playing with one of these guys is BEING one of these guys\nRelated Video: The 18 Most Annoying Golf Partners Pt. 1\nDefining characteristics: Knows exactly how to fix your swing even though you didn&amp;#39;t ask. Employs a vast array of swing jargon that only confuses you further.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Wait, try this!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Thinks he is honoring spirit of the game by never picking up. Not in the spirit of the game: dragging his foursome through a three-and-a-half hour front nine.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Put me down for a 10.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Considers golf course an extension of his office, home, therapist&amp;#39;s couch, etc. Has perfected the balancing-phone-on-the-shoulder wedge shot.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;You guys hit. I gotta take this.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Convinced he&amp;#39;s got a shot with the cart girl. Would be crushed to learn she offered the same flirty laugh and bag of nuts to foursome of geeks up ahead.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;We&amp;#39;ll take four beers and one more smile, darlin&amp;#39;.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Color-coordinated outfit, matching logos and oversized tour bag suggest he&amp;#39;s played professionally. Topped drive off the first tee suggests otherwise.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;These are the same shoes Tiger wears. &amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Can&amp;#39;t remember his score without reliving every shot in detail.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;One in the pond, two drop, three back in the pond. Four I had that funky lie in the bunker and left it in the bunker ... &amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Unable to fathom a round of golf without a steady stream of adult beverages. Idea of restraint is to hold off drinking ... until the second hole.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;A few beers will loosen up that swing!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: The easiest golfer to locate on the course thanks to waft of smoke trailing behind him. Oblivious to playing partners struggling for air -- and the ash droppings on his belly.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Straight from Havana, baby!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: The 15 handicap who is somehow playing &amp;quot;much better&amp;quot; than he has in years. Feigns apology when he drops bunker shot within inches of cup, then kicks sand off his shoes like a tour pro.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;I guess it&amp;#39;s just one of those days...&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Never passes a water hazard without his trusty scoop at the ready. Last bought a new sleeve of balls in the late 80s.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Whoa! A ProV1!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: So preoccupied with his own game never looks for anyone else&amp;#39;s ball. When driving a cart, always blows past your ball and heads directly to his.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;But enough about me. What do YOU think of my swing?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Has unique ability to allow even the most pleasant days to be soured by any bad swing, bounce, or lie. Relies on Ball Retriever Guy to occasionally fetch clubs out of lake.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;[Not printable]&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Forces group to wait on every par 5 because he&amp;#39;s convinced he can get home in two. Usually gets there in four.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;If I really catch it, I can get there.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Liberally allows himself another whack even when first shot is findable.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Wait, wait, wait. I gotta try another.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: The only guy in the group not to notice the foursome behind yelling from the fairway as he lines up his putt for double from every angle imaginable.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Son of a gun, I actually think it goes both ways!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Has to walk off every blade of grass before hitting. After contemplating whether a shot is 176 yards or 178, ends up hitting it 150.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#39;t decide if it&amp;#39;s a hard 7 or a soft 6.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: A sympathetic figure when he pushes his tee shot deep into the woods. Not as sympathetic: When he announces his ball somehow stayed in bounds -- with a clear shot to the green!\nFavorite expression:&amp;quot;Better to be lucky than good!\nDefining characteristics: Treats every holed three footer as if just won the Masters. Has sent multiple playing partners home early thanks to overzealous chest bumping.\nFavorite expression: &amp;quot;Yes SIR!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: The absent-minded member of your group who leaves an assortment of wedges, towels, and clubhead covers scattered throughout the course.\u00A0 Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Doggone it, where did I leave my 56?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Doggedly searches for lost balls as if they&amp;#39;re encrusted in diamonds. Thinks the rest of the group cares as much as him. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;I saw it hooking by the far tree, so if we all just walk slowly on this line. . .&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Always in the midst of a swing overhaul, is awash in new thoughts after a half hour with the assistant pro. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Bear with me guys. Randy has me working on a few new things.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Wants to introduce his young son to the joys of golf, even if it means six hours of misery for everyone else. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;I hope you don&amp;#39;t mind. Justin here is new to the game.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Self-proclaimed &amp;quot;12&amp;quot; who has trouble breaking 100.\u00A0 Favorite expression: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t know WHAT&amp;#39;s going on with my swing!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Reverts to his inner 13-year-old as soon as he gets behind the wheel of a cart. Has never met a &amp;quot;Cart Path Only&amp;quot; sign that pertains to him. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Man, if only this thing didn&amp;#39;t have a governor!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Shamelessly gives himself any putt within earshot of the cup, regardless of what&amp;#39;s on the line.\u00A0 Favorite expression: &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll just get this out of the way. . .&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Incapable of letting a moment pass without trying to capture the perfect photo, whether it&amp;#39;s of a person, hole, or squirrel. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Hold on guys, let&amp;#39;s get one here with the ball washer in the background.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Overly reliant on his yardage device, to the extent that he can&amp;#39;t fathom anyone navigating a course without it. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Wait! I&amp;#39;ll give you the exact number.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Even on the most beautiful days, a series of bad swings causes him to withdraw into his own cloud of misery. Will go holes on end without communicating with the rest of the group. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;(Inaudible mumbling to self).&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Combination of long-sleeve shirt, bucket hat and 90 SPF makes you feel your own sun protection efforts are woefully insufficient. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Do me a solid -- can you get the back of my legs?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Only catches fragments of conversations because he&amp;#39;s endlessly B lining into woods. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Wow, guess I had too much iced tea!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Usually in the early stages of a relationship, thinks she actually cares that he&amp;#39;s hit three straight fairways. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;You are such a natural. Are you SURE this is your first time?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Has perfected the art of the Roger Maltbie audible whisper. Likes to narrate your three-footer for double as if the Ryder Cup is at stake. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;There&amp;#39;s really not a lot to this putt, Johnny, but he&amp;#39;s got to make sure he gets it to the hole.&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Only slumming at your course because &amp;quot;they&amp;#39;re punching the greens at the club.&amp;quot; Unfamiliar with the concept of changing shoes in the parking lot.\u00A0 Favorite expression: &amp;quot;It looks like our line is . . . is that an above-ground pool?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Picks the most inopportune moments for ripping velcro of his glove, opening a bag of potato chips, or trying to jam his irons back into his bag. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;My bad. Did that bother you?&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Thinks he&amp;#39;s being nice by telling you this is the best he&amp;#39;s seen you play. Only introduces the notion that it can&amp;#39;t last. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;Somebody is going to break 80 for the first time!&amp;quot;\nDefining characteristics: Will call out innocuous violations even in friendly games. Thinks he&amp;#39;s doing you a favor by pointing out you&amp;#39;re carrying 15 clubs. Favorite expression: &amp;quot;No, no. Three in the water, four out, five back in the water. . .&amp;quot; Look back at the first series of Most Annoying Golfer Partners \u21D2"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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