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Are you a golfer? | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 11 19:05 | ||||||||
| So do you play golf? Are you just a putt-putt golfer? Have no patience for the game in any form? An avid video gamer but never played it in real life?
I liked putt-putt but have played in a few years now. Honestly I can't stand the game in just about any form. TOO SLOW!!! It puts me to sleep if I watch it on tv at all. SNOOZER!!! How about you? (addedendum - I do however have fond memories of the old dos LINKS 386 game, the bird chips on the pc speaker - the internal speaker remember,). | ||||||||
| thecoalman posted 2008 Jul 11 19:30 | ||||||||
| I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on. | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 11 19:31 | ||||||||
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| gadgetguy posted 2008 Jul 11 19:39 | ||||||||
| When I was young I used to play almost every day and was on the high school golf team, (usually as an alternate). I had to give it up for several years due to lack of funds and when I picked it up again it was like I had never played before, my scores were so bad. After a couple years on a league and playing a couple times a week my scores wouldn't improve and it just wasn't fun anymore. So I gave it up and haven't played for 3 or 4 years.
"Not any more" wasn't an option so I voted "other" | ||||||||
| Nelson37 posted 2008 Jul 11 19:46 | ||||||||
| Something I have learned down here in Florida is that golf is basically an old fart's game. As excercise and a competitive sport, it's one of very few older folks can still be good at.
Myself, I just ain't old enough yet. Though in my younger days I did once get a 17 on 18 holes of putt-putt. There was a bell for a minus stroke. | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 11 19:49 | ||||||||
Did have a bullseye on the last hole for 3.00 off or something if you got the ball into one of the holes? The one closest to me to does. Not sure how to explain it but you might know what I mean. | ||||||||
| thecoalman posted 2008 Jul 11 20:41 | ||||||||
Well I think I'd rather have someone pour sulfuric acid into my eyes than have to listen to Barney. :lol: | ||||||||
| NoBuddy posted 2008 Jul 11 20:46 | ||||||||
| Yep, VW Golf GTi 16V - 10 years old... | ||||||||
| LOWTECH posted 2008 Jul 11 21:30 | ||||||||
| Like many sports its ok in small amounts...but sport in general now has gone into massive all year overkill and looses its appeal and impact as many look to other interests.
Most sporting events are motivated money making machines with overpaid sports people on a gravy train paid for by the public, who are prepared to pay such high ticket prices....at least in the UK. We are not called RIP OFF UK FOR NOTHING..........We even have petrol at nearly £6 a gallon...... $12 a gallon in USA terms..........You are lucky in the USA only paying $4 plus a gallon. | ||||||||
| Noahtuck posted 2008 Jul 11 21:54 | ||||||||
| OH GOD NO!!!!!!!
When i was WAY younger many, many years ago, my dad played on leagues my whole life growing up and i would go with him all the time all over, even during the summer when i had vacation and could sleep in, just so i could drive his golf cart all over :lol: He had his own and we would trailer it wherever he was playing.... Otherwise i hated golf and even when i got older and a lot of my friends would play at courses around my home i would be like, you're kidding right ?? BORING!!!!!!!! If i had to watch a tournament on tv i'd kill myself :lol: :lol: Frisbee golf for me :P
:lol: :lol: Miniature golf used to be fun to bring the chicks to!!!! :lol: But i have not even done that in years!!!! That just gave me an idea for my next date :P | ||||||||
| usually_quiet posted 2008 Jul 11 22:03 | ||||||||
| Initially, the cost kept me away, plus nobody in the family played, so I was never exposed at a young age. Now, I have a bad back and I'd never take the chance of aggravating it by taking up golf. | ||||||||
| edDV posted 2008 Jul 11 23:06 | ||||||||
| When living in Georgia as a kid we got up at 5am to get in 18 by 9am about the time water boiled. You quickly solved the slice or hook because gators and snakes lived in the rough. This provides motivation. Forget about working water traps. Just take the point. | ||||||||
| Conquest10 posted 2008 Jul 11 23:38 | ||||||||
Same here. | ||||||||
| edDV posted 2008 Jul 11 23:59 | ||||||||
The exercise excuse ended with powered golf cart requirement to speed play.  | ||||||||
| hech54 posted 2008 Jul 12 02:18 | ||||||||
| ....and Golf is NOT a sport....it is an activity. | ||||||||
| bmwracer posted 2008 Jul 12 02:31 | ||||||||
| Not a golfer at all... But if Tiger's playing, I'll always watch. :) | ||||||||
| edDV posted 2008 Jul 12 02:56 | ||||||||
Same goes for playing golf. It is a personal challenge an can be humbling. Why do people need to watch others playing games? They have just given up? I just don't understand Fat Ass sports nuts. | ||||||||
| thecoalman posted 2008 Jul 12 06:40 | ||||||||
That's debatable, it certainly requires athletic skill and strength to be good at it. Walking 2 or 3 miles with a 50lb. bag is no picnic either.
I dunno but wto 350 lb guys slamming against each other is pretty impressive. Maybe because if nearly anyone of us went out there and tried it we'd be coming off the field on a stretcher? That's what they need for golf, it should be made full contact. Then I'd watch. :lol: | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 12 08:57 | ||||||||
What was that adam sadler movie where he was a hockey player who picked up golf?? :D :D Too bad there weren't more body checks in it :D :D EDIT - HAPPY GILMORE! I just remembered and no I didn't need to use the net to search for it. And the odd thing is I am not fand of Adam Sadler. :D | ||||||||
| Number Six posted 2008 Jul 12 09:49 | ||||||||
I concur with that, but you would still be able to HEAR Barney :x ! The sulfuric acid would have to be poured in your ears too :) | ||||||||
| crazy14muzic posted 2008 Jul 12 10:51 | ||||||||
| does wii golf count?! :lol: | ||||||||
| hech54 posted 2008 Jul 12 11:39 | ||||||||
Maybe...
Now you just made it NOT debatable. When was the last time you saw Tiger Woods or ANYONE else out there playing with/against him carrying his or her own clubs? You should have quit while you were ahead. ACTIVITY....not a sport. | ||||||||
| Midzuki posted 2008 Jul 12 11:51 | ||||||||
| I clicked on the "Heck no! The game is boring!" choice. :P
No offense intended here, just mentioning a fact: many people do think/say that Golf is for the ultra-rich snobbish gays. :) | ||||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Jul 12 12:18 | ||||||||
Yep I got a putt-putt or video game option up there :) | ||||||||
| DVD_NDN posted 2008 Jul 12 12:29 | ||||||||
| I had not played golf before a few weeks ago. I was invited to a tournament because of my involvement in community activities (through a board I sit on). It was not what I expected. I learned I swing right... (yes I am that new to golf) and that I dont have a slice like my teammates that day.
Since that tournament almost two months ago, I've played two more times... will be investing in custom clubs (given I am so tall - I'm 6'2") and intend to make a good go of it next year. That been said, for the time being I am still not a great player... would consider myself a hobbyist at best. For anyone curious, I cant tell my score as frankly I was impressed that the drinks are brought to you by a pretty lady in a golf cart - and she and I visited each other often. I can share though that I was not in the bottom three players that day. so... good for me. I also wasnt much better than the bottom three. lol. | ||||||||
| tekkieman posted 2008 Jul 12 14:35 | ||||||||
| I took it up 8 years ago because many of my professional peers/clients played and was immediately hooked. I think the reason (and the reason so many others bad-mouth it) is because it is a game you cannot win. No matter how well you play, it will never be perfect. I also got my wife interested about the same time, and we have played together ever since. We joined a country club and joined the couples golf league. It is something we can do together for a nice walk and time for conversation.
When our daughter was 2, I was watching a tournament on television, and she left the room, came back in with one of my clubs, and started to mimic the swing of the guys on tv. Shortly after, we bought her wee little clubs and started taking her to one of the little 9 hole municipal courses with us. At three, she was walking the course for the full 9 holes (with me carrying her clubs). Now, I play pretty much every weekend, and my girls join me every other weekend. We are members at the course on the nearby Air Force base. My daughter (now almost 6) tees off on every hole, putts every green, chips around the greens and hits several fairway iron shots over 18 holes. They also let her play for free. On the way home, we stop for dinner. It's great family time. For the last 5 years I've been involved in an annual charity tournament that raises money for the blind. Every year the event gets Mitch Juricich from tv's "Hooked on Golf" to emcee. Catered lunch and dinner, raffle and auction, and a great day of golf for a good cause. This year my team was myself, one of my regular golf buddies, my sister-in-law, and her husband. It was a lot of fun. This year, I have tickets to the U.S. Senior Open in Colorado. I plan on buying a couple of hats, getting as many autographs as I can on it, and donating one as a price for next year's tournament. Last weekend, the kid had a sleepover at grandma's, and my wife and I went for a day of golf with her sister and her husband. It was a free day of golf since I had won it at the charity tournament the year before. *Full disclosure - I have a relative who works for Titleist, and I get my equipment cheap! | ||||||||
| Constant Gardener posted 2008 Jul 12 14:48 | ||||||||
| My ex-boss would take every Tuesday off so he could play golf. With his absence, it was the most productive day of our week. | ||||||||
| j1d10t posted 2008 Jul 12 16:20 | ||||||||
| I've played mini-golf, and video game golf, but have never played "real" golf. I would like to try/learn to play, though. Looks fun. | ||||||||
| thecoalman posted 2008 Jul 12 17:38 | ||||||||
Guess it depends on your definition, for me I'd consider anything that requires physical skill to be a sport. For example I'd consider pool or shooting darts a sport. | ||||||||
| ZAPPER posted 2008 Jul 12 18:18 | ||||||||
| So Coalman, tell us how you really feel. :lol:
I think it was in "Caddy Shack" that Dangerfeild said "Golfcourses and cemetaries, the two biggest waste of real estate." Somewhere I had a link to a Robin Williams story about golfs creation. It is worth tracking down. | ||||||||
| Midzuki posted 2008 Jul 12 18:36 | ||||||||
| An article about golf @www.encyclopediaofstupid.com needs to be written. :lol: | ||||||||
| Conquest10 posted 2008 Jul 12 18:43 | ||||||||
:lol: Its from his Broadway special.
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| starwarrior29 posted 2008 Jul 12 19:54 | ||||||||
| I play the Tiger Woods golf games on the gaming consoles but never played it in real life. | ||||||||
| lordsmurf posted 2008 Jul 13 01:02 | ||||||||
| I think I've played "real" golf maybe 5 times, and Putt Putt maybe 10-15 times. it was fun to do a few times, wouldn't make a habit from it, however. | ||||||||
| j4gg3rr posted 2008 Jul 13 11:54 | ||||||||
Having been club champion at Pool Darts and Golf, I consider all 3 to be activities for the following reason. All 3 require the drinking of beer to make them any fun at all. :) Where as drinking in a true sport would see you come last everytime. :x | ||||||||
| ricky1756 posted 2008 Jul 13 22:18 | ||||||||
| My feelings about golf are the same as Mark Twain's, when he called golf "A nice walk ruined" | ||||||||
| IMoL posted 2008 Jul 15 03:29 | ||||||||
| I am a golfer. I only play 30 or so rounds a year these days, but I have been as high as 200 rounds a year.
Several things spoil a lot of golf for me: 1. Carts. Contrary to popular opinion, carts do NOT speed up play, they actually slow it down. 2. Speed. Particularly in the USA - I don't know why Americans seem to want to take 5+ hours to play a 3 hour game. I currently live in Sweden and we can comfortably play 18 holes, walking and carrying in 3-3.5 hours. Every time. Even on weekends. I suspect this problem is party the fault of 1. above. 3. Idiots who think they are Tiger Woods, but have a golfing ability closer to that of his Tiger headcover. A contribution to 2. above. IMoL | ||||||||
| offline posted 2008 Jul 15 07:32 | ||||||||
| They should legalise golfing. All these underground golfers are a concern. | ||||||||
| Midzuki posted 2008 Jul 15 11:58 | ||||||||
| I didn't know the gays still are illegal in the land of Oz. :lol: | ||||||||
| Bjs posted 2008 Jul 16 11:31 | ||||||||
| Handicap : 16
Golf clubs : Wilson firesticks ... including 1 and 2 iron Favorite : 1 Iron, straight as a die and long Hates : Detest woods, and people that say "your only 2 over after 11 holes" ... you know what happened next, lol, but then I parred the par 4 13th, and its the hardest on the local course... Funny: Whats a bunker, its been years since I landed in one of those things Tiperary tournament : 58 strokes, sand greens Last win : 2002, Southwest slopes, nsw, au, tournament or tournaments champion ... by 1 point over pro Never bet that I can not hit the same knot in a tree 3 times in a row, I won that bet I still practice mid and short range for special events such as ambrose, and the holden scramble, but my days of hitting long screamers are done (infernal neck strain they call it) | ||||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2008 Jul 17 12:14 | ||||||||
| My take on golf is it's like learning to enjoy tobacco: I never did it enough to learn to enjoy it (thankfully), and the process of getting there was too miserable to make it worthwhile.
Unfortunately most of my in-laws' men folk love to golf which has made for some awkward and miserable situations (for me) during family outings. | ||||||||
| Midzuki posted 2008 Jul 17 12:43 | ||||||||
| Golf is not that bad, after all. Golf irons can be useful when you need to
:smash: or :uglylol: someone. :lol: | ||||||||
| impmon2 posted 2008 Jul 17 19:11 | ||||||||
| I'm ore of a putt-putt player. The only one time I played golf, I clipped the ball and it somehow went about 100 yard backward and landed in the parking lot after denting a few cars.
I don't watch gold anyhow. not much fun when waiting about 5 minutes between each putt. NASCAR now that's more like it! :D | ||||||||
| dadrab posted 2008 Jul 21 10:45 | ||||||||
| I'm late getting in on this one. Sorry. Been away.
Watching golf isn't so bad if you're watching great players. I've been to the Masters 16 times. Augusta National's a beautiful course manicured to perfection. You'll never see anything like it. I started playing golf at age 12. My oldest friend in this world lived across the street from the country club in my small home town. He and I played every day after we finished mowing grass (we did it to earn money). As we got older and got real after-school jobs, we still found time to play several times a week. Older still, and we had real jobs during the summers - yep, every day. We even played 2-3 times a week through most of the winter months although February play could be damn cold (even in South Carolina). Off to college, so no more golf for a few years, but I got sucked back in by friends in the professional world who live for it. So, I played seriously at it for a few more years. Finally, I got to the point were I knew I'd never get any better, so I stopped. Man, the money I saved. 8) Still, I can take my old sticks and post a mid to high 80s score if the occasion arises. That's OK with me and most of the people I'd play with. I can even humble a few folks who fancy themselves "good." Make no mistake. Golf IS a sport. The skills required to consistantly hit the ball well put it squarely in good company with many other sports, although not as physically taxing as basketball or football. Golf is easily as good an excersize as baseball (except for the catcher or pitcher positions); more than bowling or shooting pool or several others. Being a good golfer requires more practice than most folks will ever put into it. It can be a maddening game and the more pissed off you become, the worse you hit the ball. That's the funny part about it - and I mean damned humorous. There's nothing like watching a normally nice guy turn into a stark-raving lunatic over the course of 18 holes of golf. :lol: So, all you golf ney-sayers out there, just go play a round. It won't take but one. You'll gain a whole new respect for the game. You may not like it still, and that's OK. I can certainly understand that. It's not for everybody. | ||||||||
| rogerbromen posted 2009 Apr 18 13:52 | ||||||||
| Can you tell me an online source to acquire, purchase, or just download golf video clips in .avi format that might show the complete golfers swing from various positions--preferably for PGA tour or other professional players? |
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