[Reafnartefs]

Just because I'm bored on a Friday afternoon and can't get to a course / range. I beg your forgiveness if you think it a stupid topic.

When you're playing with someone that's playing as Charles Barkley would say, "tuuribble," how do you handle it? What do you say when they leave their 3rd-straight shot in the bunker? Do you still try to be encouraging? Do you just stand in awkward silence? Do you try to offer advice? Head for the cart and retrieve them (and yourself) a beer?

Disclaimer: friends don't count. We all know we laugh our asses off when our friends are hacking it up, just in an effort to make their lives as miserable as possible.

As for myself, I typically try to find them an excuse for the bad shot, "Oh, that was a tough lie" or some such, but I don't go over the top with it. I do try to spend more effort congratulating them on their good shots.

Or, in a similar vein, if you're playing like steaming dog-doo, how do you prefer people handle it? Try to encourage you, or just shut the @## up?