Golf Forums - Who's the best golfer you've played with?

I was sat at home thinking about the people I've played golf with and how good they were.

So who is the best golfer you've ever played with?

And what was their handicap?

I've played with two golfers who were playing off a handicap of six.

Not once have I ever played with a professional golfer (pro-am, etc).

So who have you played a round of golf with and what was their handicap (if it's a professional then don't bother with the handicap, just name names!!!).

Russ

I played with a work friend in hampshire who played off 1 and made the game look like a sickly easy,oh he shot a 4under just to add insult,but watching him play made me play better has i was taking tips and just watching what he was doing.

 A couple of years ago, I was back home in the San Francisco Bay Area for a visit - went out to play a round with my best friend and a friend of his.  The friend of his brought along his father-in-law, who was 67 years old ... he asked us if we wanted to have a little wager.  We felt bad about maybe beating up on an old man, so we tried to keep the bet low - but he insisted, so we went along.

Not sure what his handicap was, but he kicked our ass up the front-9, and again down the back-9, and took all our money.  I can only hope to play that well when I'm his age.  

He did invite us back to his house for dinner, where his wife cooked us a really nice meal.  But I won't be betting with him anytime again soon!

Nice story David.

You can just imagine this guy in a morning saying to his wife, "I'm just going to go upto the golf club and boost our pension money".

Probably plays three or four days a week doing the same thing, old guy who everyone feels sorry for when betting against him, and him walking away with all the cash and a big smile on his face.

Russ

Played a round of golf with a PGA pro at Landon Hills at a Pro am last year, scratch golfer, nice young guy John Woolley (worthwhile remembering his name) and he played effortless golf, making birdie/par for every hole except 1 (where I managed to outscore him using all of my shots).  For the first 9 holes it was relatively close and our SSS scores were just about the same (give or take 2), but he just continued to play consistent easy stuff - making his putts and keeping in the short grass..

I had a bit of a poor back nine and he turned in a score of 38 points (in difficult conditions) for the round... and he was a little disapointed to not par one hole...

Good to watch and not sure if I learnt anything other than he was much better than me... or maybe I was just a little unlucky on some holes...   Perhaps I began to learn to play within my own capabilities and not to compete with someone so much better than me... must have been very distracting for him to play with me...

But he never complained in person.