Rant: Golf

[jim]

Golf, to me, is like a slightly more active video game. In order to be good at it, you have to devote such a ridiculous amount of time to it - you essentially spend so much time with other people with that goal that you have to sacrifice being a kind of normal social person to be good at it.

Or you could just be athletic and coordinated.

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I can't tell you the last time I practiced.

But, doc's right about some people. I think this guy I work with goes out every night after works and beats balls to death, takes lessons, etc. and has maybe gone from shooting high 90s/low 100s to mid 90s. I don't know how he does it.

The guys that crack me up are the ones that are practicing their swing in odd places, like the grocery story parking lot and what not. Or the guys at the health club who are doing golf specific lifting programs in their Ping hats.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Golf, to me, is like a slightly more active video game. In order to be good at it, you have to devote such a ridiculous amount of time to it - you essentially spend so much time with other people with that goal that you have to sacrifice being a kind of normal social person to be good at it.

Or you could just be athletic and coordinated.

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I can't tell you the last time I practiced.

But, doc's right about some people. I think this guy I work with goes out every night after works and beats balls to death, takes lessons, etc. and has maybe gone from shooting high 90s/low 100s to mid 90s. I don't know how he does it.

The guys that crack me up are the ones that are practicing their swing in odd places, like the grocery story parking lot and what not. Or the guys at the health club who are doing golf specific lifting programs in their Ping hats.

This.

I never practice but I love going out and playing once or twice a month.

[tlombard]

I thought golf was just something young guys did at bachelor parties before heading to strip clubs.

the last time I played was at a bachelor party. Arrived hammered in an RV stocked with booze, wrecked a cart, and the marshall told us that they received numerous complaints about our group. I wore plaid pants and stopped actually playing after 7 holes. It was a great time.

Was this bachelor party in Memphis by chance? I have a very similar story about golf and a bachelor party. I can't remember if the guy I was teamed up with was wearing plaid or not but we quit by the end of the front 9 and just drove around delivering beer to the other idiots for awhile and then just found a spot at the bar while the others finished.

That entire weekend was nuts. 10 of us piled on an RV in St. Louis and by the time we got to Memphis we had killed two bottles of Jager and 4.5 30 packs of beer at least (the driver didn't drink so 9 of us did that damage). We practically fell off of the RV, checked into the hotel and hit Beale Street for the evening. Then we started boozing it up again first thing the next morning and hit the golf course.

[JackofDiamonds]

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[Faceman]

Athletic? Piffle

Coordination and practice.

18 holes of golf - 4+ hours? Expensive equipment and pay to play every time? Spend most of your day frustrated? No thanks.

[Freed Roger]

I thought golf was just something young guys did at bachelor parties before heading to strip clubs.

the last time I played was at a bachelor party. Arrived hammered in an RV stocked with booze, wrecked a cart, and the marshall told us that they received numerous complaints about our group. I wore plaid pants and stopped actually playing after 7 holes. It was a great time.

Was this bachelor party in Memphis by chance? I have a very similar story about golf and a bachelor party. I can't remember if the guy I was teamed up with was wearing plaid or not but we quit by the end of the front 9 and just drove around delivering beer to the other idiots for awhile and then just found a spot at the bar while the others finished.

That entire weekend was nuts. 10 of us piled on an RV in St. Louis and by the time we got to Memphis we had killed two bottles of Jager and 4.5 30 packs of beer at least (the driver didn't drink so 9 of us did that damage). We practically fell off of the RV, checked into the hotel and hit Beale Street for the evening. Then we started boozing it up again first thing the next morning and hit the golf course.

tlombard's world bachelor party tour continues.

[stlouie_lipp]

Athletic? Piffle

Coordination and practice.

18 holes of golf - 4+ hours? Expensive equipment and pay to play every time? Spend most of your day frustrated? No thanks.

Precise hand-eye coordination isn't indicative of athletic ability?

[jim]

I'm a club thrower. That was what did me in. I'll bet I never made it threw a round without giving the ol' heeve hoe to one of my clubs. I simply could not accept that I was not that good, and had the bar set far too high for myself.

I even threw a putter in putt-putt once. Also I drove a green ball with a $10 putter about 300 yards once thanks to the roll I got on the asphalt parking lot.

[Freed Roger]

Surprise! College football coaches like golf

[Transmogrified Tiger]

If you are retired or have failing joints and Golf is your only real recreation option? Sure, knock yourself out. For the life of me I don't understand why people who can play an actual sport would bother with it. You mean I can spend a ton of money, get little exercise for a lot of time spent outside, AND play one of the most aggravating games possible? Sign me up!