Are you a golfer?

[yoda313]

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]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

[yoda313]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Ouch! You might as well have BARNEY the dinosaur playing in the background too with that torcher level you described

[gadgetguy]

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]

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]

I did once get a 17 on 18 holes of putt-putt. There was a bell for a minus stroke.

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]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Ouch! You might as well have BARNEY the dinosaur playing in the background too with that torcher level you described

Well I think I'd rather have someone pour sulfuric acid into my eyes than have to listen to Barney.

[NoBuddy]

Yep, VW Golf GTi 16V - 10 years old...

[LOWTECH]

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]

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 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

Frisbee golf for me :P

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Miniature golf used to be fun to bring the chicks to!!!!

But i have not even done that in years!!!!
That just gave me an idea for my next date :P

[usually_quiet]

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]

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]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Same here.

[edDV]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Same here.

The exercise excuse ended with powered golf cart requirement to speed play.

[hech54]

....and Golf is NOT a sport....it is an activity.

[bmwracer]

Not a golfer at all... But if Tiger's playing, I'll always watch.

[edDV]

Not a golfer at all... But if Tiger's playing, I'll always watch.

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]

....and Golf is NOT a sport....it is an activity.

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.

Why do people need to watch others playing games?

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.

[yoda313]

That's what they need for golf, it should be made full contact. Then I'd watch.

What was that adam sadler movie where he was a hockey player who picked up golf?? Too bad there weren't more body checks in it

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.

[Number Six]

I'd rather watch paint dry, in a day care full of sick kids with the 24/7 Britney spears channel on.

Ouch! You might as well have BARNEY the dinosaur playing in the background too with that torcher level you described

Well I think I'd rather have someone pour sulfuric acid into my eyes than have to listen to Barney.

I concur with that, but you would still be able to HEAR Barney ! The sulfuric acid would have to be poured in your ears too

[crazy14muzic]

does wii golf count?!

[hech54]

....and Golf is NOT a sport....it is an activity.

That's debatable

Maybe...

....and Golf is NOT a sport....it is an activity.

Walking 2 or 3 miles with a 50lb. bag is no picnic either.

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]

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]

does wii golf count?!

Yep I got a putt-putt or video game option up there

[DVD_NDN]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Walking 2 or 3 miles with a 50lb. bag is no picnic either.

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.

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]

So Coalman, tell us how you really feel.

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.