I don't know why the term "rule nazi" would upset you so much but I guess each of us has buttons that we don't like pushed.
In this situation one specific anointed themselves the rules official in the group (and for some weird reason it always happens in this tournament every year and in the rec division). They just went way out of their way to comment all of the time if there was an infraction, subject of discussion or anything they just wanted to impose their will on.
In a few situations that were the most outrageous, final round and I was up by 4 strokes and my drive landed in a bush. I knew I had to get into the bush to establish my lie, once I was in their and setting up my shot they started waving their hands to get my attention to tell me that I was pushing the bush out of my way at that was illegal. Now mind you I was not holding anything out of the way with my hand, nor was I stepping on any branches or sitting on anything I was just establishing my lie with my body and standing straight up. At this point we had already went around the bush (pun intended) on many other situations and I was fed up. I crawled out frustrated and asked what the heck they expected me to do the bush was naturally going to move in some ways since I had to get in their to establish my lie, I eventually crawled back in their and I guess they begrudgingly said it was ok. I went to the TD on the next hole, showed him the bush and explained the situation and he said I was completely ok and I just couldn't step or hold anything out of the way.
The second scenario was with another player. It was a blind shot and we figured it went into the tree. Everyone looked for his disk for a minute or two and finally someone pointed up to the top of this thick tree and said there it is. He marked the lie underneath it and threw. After he walked up the fairway he found his actual disc in another tree. Rule Nazi started spouting every rule in the book, people were in disagreement and everyone was getting animated. We were holding up the group behind us and I walked over and suggested to the player (which was his first tournament) just to take a provisional and play them both out. That of course was argued and everything.
There were other issues in past years with people thinking they knew the rules and tried to enforce them such as trying to tell me I couldn't use my phone to keep score and listen to music... and other "opinion" rules
Hi Jeff, It was great to play with you this weekend. Congratulations on your win.
At first, I thought perhaps you were calling me out as a Rule Nazi, but it seems example number one was the guy on our card for the final round. I agree, he was trying to use the rules to work you. However, he was also trying to work the rest of us as well...he was not just singling you out. I do not like playing the "you are out" game. This guy would walk to his lie, mark it, then do four or five pumps and then stop dead and ask: "Am I out????" My answer is always, if you are ready, you may go. I really don't care who goes first because I play the course. However, I understand that some players are playing other players instead of the course. They think if others go first, it will take some kind of pressure off them.
Just to be fair, it was not just that player that called you on the bush stance: it was the entire group AND the spotter. We all seconded that call and explained the problem to you. You were backing into the bush to hold it out of the way. You were eventually able to insert your leg into the scrawny bush without holding it back. Also, you had a clean lie if you would have put your right foot in the bush instead of the left.
Your second example is obviously about me. I KNEW the proper call and tried to explain it to you with the rule book. Yes, it would take a minute to look it up and PROVE it to you, but that is not a valid reason to call a provisional. Having the kid play two lies did not speed anything up and was confusing.
Again, I am glad you won. I hope it was not too terrible having to play with me and I hope you think I was fair with the rules.
As I recall, no one got stroked or "officially" warned for anything.
803.03G
Types of misplay:
Incorrect Lie. The player has:
Teed off from a teeing area that is not the correct teeing area for the current hole; or,
Thrown from a lie established by a disc other than the thrown disc; or,
Played an out-of-bounds disc as if it were in-bounds; or,
Thrown from a lie established by a previous throw which passed a mandatory on the wrong side.
If no subsequent throws have been made after the misplayed throw, the player shall continue play from the correct lie and be assessed a one-throw penalty for the misplay. If an additional throw or throws have been made after the misplayed throw, the player shall complete the hole being played and be assessed a two-throw penalty for the misplay.