Golf can be the most frustrating, annoying and downright obnoxious of games. Sure, like a cruel mistress we love it and can't live without it, but when its back is turned we have a good moan about it. Let's blow off some steam...

1. First tee nerves
2. Playing well on the driving range then playing like crap on the course
   
3. Hitting a good tee shot but not being able to find your ball
4. Not being able to find your ball at any time
   
5. When a great putt rims the cup and comes back out
6. Not getting enough time to play or practise
7. Ball-magnetic water hazards. Sploosh!
8. Snobbery of some clubs
   
9. The cost of playing the game
10. Waiting for slow idiots to get on with it or let you through
11. People not raking bunkers properly
    
12. Wind
13. Poorly maintained greens costing you shots
14. Rain
15. Unsympathetic partners
16. Following a great shot up with a duff/slice/shank etc.
17. 3-putting straightforward birdie chances
18. Watching the professionals make it look easy
19. Leaving easy chip shots short of the green
20. Inconsistency
21. Mobiles on the course - especially novelty ringtones. Turn them off!
    
22. Ridiculous clothing
23. Hitting the flag stick and bouncing 10 feet or more away from the cup
24. Hitting a great shot ... then realising it was the wrong ball
25. People lying about how far they can drive the ball
26. Not being able to drive it far enough
27. Leaving a bunker shot in the bunker
28. Never having enough tees
29. A good shot from a bad lie will always be followed by a bad shot from a good lie
30. Slicing it
31. Hitting a perfect fade or draw but not knowing how you did it
    
32. Hooking it
33. Hitting a tree and being further away than when you started
    
34. Thinning it
35. Getting too much backspin at the wrong time and sliding off the green
36. Not being able to get backspin at all
    
37. Fatting it
38. People not fixing their divots
    
39. Shanking it
40. Golf rage
    
41. Duffing it
42. Being lured by new equipment that promises to fix your game
43. Seeing people pay good money for gimmicks
44. The plethora of rules that no-one ever knows or bothers to learn
45. The inaccessibility of golf to the less well-off
46. Loudmouths on the course. Shut up.
47. Cries of "get in the hole"
48. Know-it-alls who try to fix your swing without you asking. Unless you're a pro, shut up and save it for the range
49. Morons standing in your line of site when taking a shot.
    
50. People who take too many practise swings

Do you know any more annoying things about golf? We're willing to bet you do, so add them below using the comments box.