Rant: Golf

[Gashouse]

In rivers/lakes that have like 90 million gallons of toxic chemicals in them.

Most golf courses are organic.

[HowBoutThemBirds]

I love golf. In fact, its a beautiful day and I've got a free afternoon. See you all later.

[stlouie_lipp]

I love golf. In fact, its a beautiful day and I've got a free afternoon. See you all later.

<---- jealous

[jim]

I have to admit some of my funniest stories come from the golf course. I got into a fight with an old man once where we just kept teeing up balls and hitting them back and forth at each other. Since I had no earthly idea when I hit a ball if it would go 30 yards or 300, I accidently buzzed a guy once when I didn't think I had any chance of doing that and he took exception and hit it back. I teed one up and hit another jewel that ended up in his vicinity, then my foursome walked about 100 yards closer and then all of us started teeing them up and whizzing them by those old [expletive].

Once I hit a ball onto Clear Lake Avenue in Springfield that hit a semi truck going one direction sending the ball bounding down the avenue past me only to hit another semi heading the other direction and causing the ball to be redirected again and ended up 2 steps from where I teed off. I teed her up, hit it, and got it in the fairway like nothing happened.

Several of my friends couldn't contain their frustration and liked to throw clubs which got us in trouble. Actually started a fight once because my friend got pissed and threw his club and it stuck in his hand and whacked another buddy of mine who proceeded to get pissed and took a club out and whipped it back at that guy, which prompted him to take a club and throw it etc.... Within a minute there were clubs all over the course.

I had a friend who just couldn't keep ahold of his club. Constantly slipped out of his hand, and once we were waiting for some guys to tee off of the 1st and he was taking practice swings and I just hear this WOOSH WOOSH woosh woosh woosh sound and then watch David take off like nothing happened fetching his club. Never occurred to him that people were teeing off and he's lucky he wasn't killed, because he walked almost right in front of the guy as he teed up.

The same guy that lost the club all the time was a terrible putter and always blamed the green. He would gouge out huge chunks of earth right next to the hole. Next guys in were sure to be frustrated when there putts wouldn't go it, somehow he delighted in knowing someone else wasn't going to enjoy their putts eithers.

I got kicked off of a golf course in college once for some damn thing and swore I'd never go back, and didn't.

[cardinalkarp]

Jim, I can say while definitely not the most appropriate golf behavior, sometimes its great to get out w/ your buddies & f'ing around on the golf course can be a blast. But, in regards to the buddy who liked to destroy the greens....that's just a complete [expletive] move. Not only is there no reason the destroy the course like that...greens are unbelievably expensive to maintain & when you get a jackass that decides its fun to destroy one, it wouldn't surprise me IF he was caught that the course would try to possibly press charges for destruction of property....at least if I owned a course & saw someone doing that to my greens I sure as hell would.

[jim]

No doubt it was a dick move.

[Radbird]

No objection to golf - played once and was terrible. But I'll watch the PGA and enjoyed the one tournament I went to.

Just not something I want to spend my time and money on (especially since I suck at it).

[Jocephus]

You like fishing, your argument is invalid.

But you can drink beer, fish, and spend a day in truly amazing scenery.

In rivers/lakes that have like 90 million gallons of toxic chemicals in them.

Not the ones I fish in.

Ha. Where do you go again?

http://www.driftlessangler.com/photo-gallery

I tell you what I see when I look out there. I see the undeveloped resources of Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, and Michigan. I see a syndicated development consortium exploiting over a billion and a half dollars in forest products. I see a paper mill and if the strategic metals are there, a mining operation. A greenbelt between the condos on the lake and a waste management facility focusing on the newest rage in toxic waste, medical refuse. Infected bandages, body parts, IV tubing, contaminated glassware, entrails,syringes, fluids, blood, low grade radioactive waste all safely contained sunken in the lake and sealed for centuries. Now I ask you what do you see?

[jim]

Not that.

[Jocephus]

Not that.

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