When you see someone cheating in golf

[Anonymous]

Spouse took kid to a junior golf tournament and they saw a player on another hole cheat. Didn't count a stroke; duffed it when no one else in his group could see it and hit the shot again like the duff never happened. What do you do in this instance? Spouse wants to confront player and report. I say leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

define tournament.

Is this at your country club, are they on tour?

Everybody take mulligans, etc.

[Anonymous]

Was yyour son competing? I'd have told the judge if yes. If they were just watching I'd have talked about integrity with DS for 30 seconds and then moved on.

[Anonymous]

Son competing. Not a country club event; a ranked junior golf tour event.

[Anonymous]

Assuming it was a tournament, are the competitors keeping score? If so, this should have been handling walking off the green. The kid that duffed the ball says “I had a four.” The other should say, “no. I had you as a five. You missed that one.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Son competing. Not a country club event; a ranked junior golf tour event.

It is a tournament. There is an argument you are doing the cheater no favors by not reporting it. The stakes only get higher as the players move up.

[Anonymous]

My Dad had a country club friend that was a stellar player but could not stop cheating. Turns out he was doing this his entire life and no one stepped in to stop him. Eventually was kicked out of their club, landed at another out of state and proceeded to get banned from there as well. Some people are cheats. Call this kid out now and hopefully he can get it together.

[Anonymous]

Single session tournament that is not tracked elsewhere, let it go. A rated junior tournament where the results affect qualification or standings elsewhere, then report it.

[Anonymous]

I just read a YA novel that included a subplot about an underdog's encounter with a persistently cheating junior golfer- it was called "The Golfer" by Joanne Slazyk. She also wrote a gymnastics-focused YA novel which I enjoyed. Neither are fine literature but they were satisfying reads and without spoiling the ending, I think your kid might enjoy the plot of the Golfer after what they experienced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Son competing. Not a country club event; a ranked junior golf tour event.

It is a tournament. There is an argument you are doing the cheater no favors by not reporting it. The stakes only get higher as the players move up.

And most of them cheat. At younger ages the cheating is pushed by the parents, which is why as they get older parents are no longer allowed on the course.

Depending on the age, I’d call the kid and parent out.

But truly, most of them cheat

[Anonymous]

I, and most in my group, “cheated” at golf. We were all pretty bad. If we didn’t “cheat” scores would have been over 120 and the backup behind us would have been a mile long. I retired from golf.

[Anonymous]

this is a he said he said situation. good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse took kid to a junior golf tournament and they saw a player on another hole cheat. Didn't count a stroke; duffed it when no one else in his group could see it and hit the shot again like the duff never happened. What do you do in this instance? Spouse wants to confront player and report. I say leave it alone.

Don't confront the player but you could report it. ANd perhaps should. It will not change the outcome there but if tournament officials keep getting "reports" about Johnny, well....