Golf Bad Luck Excuses
Some shots need a story about fate rather than mechanics. These bad-luck golf excuses give the ball, the bounce and the universe their share of responsibility. Use one when the round feels too strange for an ordinary explanation.
32 rulings
Choose an excuse for your round
- #151Rolled back into the bunker.
- #152Unlucky bounce.
- #153Bounces weren't going my way.
- #154Was this OB last week?
- #155Who planted that tree?
- #156Who puts a bunker there?
- #157Bunker lip was way higher.
- #158Golf Gods hate me.
- #159Ball mark changed the break.
- #160Ball aimed for the water.
- #161Found water with no hazard.
- #162Course swallowed it.
- #163Trees jumped out.
- #164Hole rejected me.
- #165Bad luck.
- #166Perfect if that tree wasn't there.
- #167Ball had other plans.
- #212Ball just disagreed.
- #217Ball usually listens.
- #220Got hit by a car.
- #224Standing too close to the course.
- #226Pick up for a double?
- #228Earth's rotation.
- #231Stepped on the rake.
- #233Yelled fore, ball didn't listen.
- #234One under a tree, bush, and water.
- #236Mostly moved earth.
- #238Mulligan on each hole.
- #245Spacetime bends left around my driver.
- #248Earth rotated under it.
- #254Gravity was unusually strong today
- #267I didn't account for the Coriolis effect.