Tricks on getting in your opponent's head?

Question

When playing in a golf tournament, does anyone have any cool tricks that might mess with the opponent's mind? They are fun to know. remember, mind is 50% of the game.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

The best "trick" is to play well, and within the spirit and the rules of golf. Hit good shots, make putts. Play at good pace and with great sportsmanship and honour.



Show me someone looking to do this, and I'll show you the following:

-Someone who can't play and has to use this garbage as a crutch (that you are asking is instructive).

-Someone who probably welches on bets.

-Someone who will probably be willing to cheat.



You don't have much that you can do in medal play. I suppose that you could create a shadow for your opponent...then you'll be flagged as a jackhole. If you and the other player have similar putts, annoy the heck out of him/her and stand right behind them...that always goes over well. Refuse to help your opponent look for their ball (technically legal, but as they say...karma is best not messed with). Maybe walk fast or slow to speed up/slow down your opponent. The course marshals will love you being a slowpoke.



Match play...as bush league as it is, you could always make your opponent putt everything out late in the match (concede a couple putts early). That is your right, but it's in the approach.



Maybe cough in your opponent's backswing, set your mobile phone to go off...hey, that'll be great, eh? Call penalties on your opponent on every hole...just make stuff up. Tell him he's away (lying of course), let him hit, and then because he wasn't away...make him replay the shot.

Answer 4

ohoho i love this. Here are some things to do:



- when they are about to hit, reach into your bag to get something and on their backswing or a little before, slowly zip up the zipper.



- do the tiger stare, fold your arms, and don't talk during the round.



- ...or talk a lot, catch them off guard, make them laugh so they lose concentration



- before the shot, if they ask the yardage, give them the yardage, but then say, for example:



250 yards...no wait maybe 220...actually 200 yah 200.



This will make them nervous which club to choose (they probably can't hit that far but you get the point)



Also, if you know the course, with a combination of the yardage strategy, talk about all of the possible hazards, out of bounds areas, bad lies, stuff like that. If what you're saying doesn't scare them, then you rambling on and on will annoy the crap out of em.



- if they are in a bunker or have a tough lie, say something like "Don't chunk it." This will make them more aware of the possibility and more likely to actually do it, especially if it is one of their weaknesses and they are self conscious.



- Rush them, tell them you are behind and have to hurry (but be subtle, you don't want to come off as a worrywart)



- pull off an amazing shot (this is the best one). Practice a lot for one, but practice putting or some other shot that you use a lot in particular. If you hole one 30 foot putt, it'll make them pee their pants. (not literally of course).



- slurp a drink while they are hitting.



P.S. I do not recommend any of these except the second one, third one, and the second to last one. The best intimidation factor in golf is to be good. Finally, do not talk while your opponent is hitting. It doesn't get into their head it just makes you a jerk. Always say "nice shot" if they hit a good shot.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

A couple off the top of my head from Tiger's book:



After you really kill a drive, act like you mishit it



Hit a hybrid or iron off the tee on a par for so you can hit in to the green first. If you put it on, your opponent will feel pressured to get inside of your ball.



After out driving your opponent, casually walk up to their ball, as if you think it's yours. Then hesitate and continue up to your ball.



Make your opponent putt a kick in, and then concede a questionable three-footer

Answer 7

Sometimes when me and my friends are playing a money game, I say "Ok, everybody gets to yell in someone's backswing 3 times". Of course I get yelled at and I will admit it sometimes effects me. But I never say a word and of course on the last hole when they are expecting it, it never comes and thats when the triple bogeys start happening. Hope this helps. It helps me.

Answer 8

Just play better. People won't think very much of you if you try to annoy your opponent on the course. Just play better then him, hit more fairways then him, sink more putts then him, drive longer hen him etc. That's the best way to get inside his head and throw him off his game.

Answer 9

The way to get into someone else's head on the golf course is to play so well that they can't beat you.



Anything else is gamesmanship, and it has no place on the golf course.

Answer 10

This is a game for gentlemen not hooligans.. You want to mess with some ones mind go on the basketball court. If you want to best the opponent, play with more skill than he does.

Answer 11

when i was in a bowling league for people at my job(i was the best in league, buddies were solid, but we needed edge in the last couple weeks to get title), my buddy mooned opponents, it worked to perfection. you lose dignity, but the win is more important anyway right?

Answer 12

Tiger just folds his arms and stares down the other guy when they are hitting.

Answer 13

Move your feet while the player is half way through a shot, always works for me.

Answer 14

Find their weakness and casually exploit it. Has their wife been cheating on them? Then make casual comments about how much you trust your wife, how faithful she is, and how it must suck to be the bloke whose wife cheated. But remember: be casual.

Answer 15

Take a **** in their golf bag.