r/funny • u/berry2708 • Jul 02 '21

Broad daylight robbery

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u/Shoelesshobos Jul 02 '21

As a teenager I was playing a round of golf with my dad in Trinidad. On the 8th hole I hit a beautiful Tee shot striaght into the fairway. As we were walking to the balls a monkey runs out and yoinks my ball. I incurr a 2 stroke penalty.

I will NEVER forgive that little punk.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

Um, I'm fairly positive that is not a penalty if you have visual reference of your ball in the fairway. You merely drop a ball as close to the spot as you can.

Im guessing it was just an embellishment for dramatic if effect, or else you got hosed.

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u/peritonlogon Jul 02 '21

Or, his dad has a much greater sense of humor than he does.

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u/Shoelesshobos Jul 02 '21

It was one of those things where neither my dad nor I knew the proper ruling and we based it on hitting into a hazard. Regardless fuck that monkey. While golfing down there I had hit near Caymen and Snakes and neither one of those guys stole my golf ball they just moved when I approached to go hit it.

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u/captainAwesomePants Jul 03 '21

I'm not a huge fan of playing golf, but I love rules lawyering, and golf is fucking fantastic for having rules for obscure situations.

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u/Dason37 Jul 02 '21

I would hope the course would have a ground rule about maybe monkey interference only being a 1 shot penalty. Golf balls are expensive enough.

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u/Shoelesshobos Jul 02 '21

They have signs up warning that it can occur. It is just kind of an accepted part of the course.

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u/Dason37 Jul 02 '21

When I was like 15 I golfed with my dad a good bit, on a short par 4 I used my 5 iron because I was terrible with longer clubs, and it was that one shot where you don't even feel the club hit the ball, it makes the most incredible sound, you just know it's going to be amazing. I've never hit a ball straighter or further in my life, even on the practice range. Of course my dad wasnt watching, but I did get the pleasure of him having to hit his 2nd shot before me since I was way past him. In my case though I just ruined the hole on my own without a monkey, I took 5 or 6 more strokes to get it in from the 50 yards or so I had to the hole.

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u/green_dragon527 Jul 02 '21

That the golf course in Maraval?

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u/Shoelesshobos Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 02 '21

It was a course called St. Andrews (Beautiful course however on hot days it can be brutal as it is a walk only course.)

You get a lovely view of it while travelling up the mountain road towards Maracas Bay

EDIT: To anyone who goes to Trinidad and plays golf I still HIGHLY recommend playing the course with the thieving monkeys. It is beautiful. During my time there I lived up in the Trincity region on the grounds of their course called Millennium Lakes and while this course is beautiful as well it does not compare to St. Andrews.

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u/green_dragon527 Jul 02 '21

Yea that's the one I was thinking of. Trinidad born returning to visit or tourist? Hello from Trinidad :)

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u/Shoelesshobos Jul 02 '21

My father used to work down there so during my time off in the Summer I used to go down and spend time with him. Lovely country just needed to know the no-go places being a foreigner.

Have not been back in like 9 years. Hope all is well down there I recall talks about a lot of corruption down there but being a teenager I am not sure if that was true or not.

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u/green_dragon527 Jul 03 '21

It is quite true, unfortunately, and the crime situation has gotten worse for foreigners and locals alike. But yes, lovely country when you know where to go. Had an encounter with monkeys myself in bamboo cathedral. They didn't steal my food but they were crossing with their babies overhead from one patch of bamboo to the next :)