I love playing doubles. It gives me a chance to work as a team. Sometimes as an intermediate player I feel as though I am making my more experienced randomly draw partner angry because they got shafted with an am and not the another touring pro. This leads to making my game go further in to the toilet because I try too hard.
Usually the doubles rounds I have played are complete random draw. There is no separate am/pro pools. This leads to your super group of two 1000 rated players and then to your 1000 rated played who gets an 850 rated player as a partner. The 1000 rated player then gets resentful they got the shaft and proceeds to act like a jerk every time the 850 rated player doesn't hit that 20 foot putt or throw a perfect drive. So I would rather get paired with another person who has a modest rating and will serve as an encouraging partner than the 1000 rated player. While they might give me a better chance at winning, I care less about taking home $20 then having fun.
Am I the only one who feels this way? Anything you do to combat the jerk partner in doubles from ruining the round?
Usually the doubles rounds I have played are complete random draw. There is no separate am/pro pools. This leads to your super group of two 1000 rated players and then to your 1000 rated played who gets an 850 rated player as a partner. The 1000 rated player then gets resentful they got the shaft and proceeds to act like a jerk every time the 850 rated player doesn't hit that 20 foot putt or throw a perfect drive. So I would rather get paired with another person who has a modest rating and will serve as an encouraging partner than the 1000 rated player. While they might give me a better chance at winning, I care less about taking home $20 then having fun.
Am I the only one who feels this way? Anything you do to combat the jerk partner in doubles from ruining the round?