The 18 Worst Things in Golf

1. Finding your ball like this…

2. … or like this…

3. … or like this.

4. Hitting yourself in the face – with your own divot.

5. Unwittingly catching a golf ball with your head, like this…

6. Doing this…

7. Having the birds turn on you, like this…

8. Having a two-time major winning (and former world No.1) father – and shooting this score…

9. Qualifying to play in the Ryder Cup… and then being made to wear a jumper like this…

10. Holing the most important putt of your career – whilst dressed like this…

11. Hitting yourself in the, ahem, special area, like this…

12. Getting tickets to go to the Ryder Cup, then spending your day there like this…

13. Missing the world’s widest fairway.

14. Trying to skim your ball across a lake towards a green. And failing miserably.

15. Going to this guy for lessons.

16. Having a putt for a round of 59 miss by this much…

17. White belts.

18. “Mashed potato!”

Are there worse things?

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Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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