My brother-in-law and I took up golf about a year ago. We both suck but we have fun. We play almost every weekend together. We rarely play for money. But it bothers me that he doesn't keep track of his score. I'm very meticulous ... I take my penalty strokes, I call out what I'm "hitting" before each shot, etc.
If he plays a hole well, he'll keep track. But if he duffs one or loses a ball or hits it in the drink, he stops counting and just makes up a number after he holes out. He takes several Mulligans during a round (as long as there's no group behind us.)
I don't like having to keep track of his score (and what does it really matter if we're not playing for money?) but it just bugs me that he doesn't keep an accurate score. He knows he doesn't keep track and he laughs about it. But then he claims he shot a certain score at the end of the round and we both know that he shot way more than that.
On the rare occassion that we DO play for money ($1 a hole), I have to pay extra attention to his game -- which takes away from my game. He's not trying to cheat --- he just doesn't take care to keep track. (We laugh that we'll buy each other a $20 lunch ... but when we play for money, we want that dollar!)
I've spoken to him about it ... we're like best buds ... and he says that he wants to get better at keeping score, but he just doesn't do it.
I'm not sure what I'm asking of everyone ... I guess I just want to get this off my chest!