| Golf 09:20 - Jun 24 with 5871 views | homer_123 |
A good walk ruined or a challenging and sometimes rewarding outdoor pastime.
Anyone else have a love/hate relationship with said game? |  |
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| Golf on 09:24 - Jun 24 with 2394 views | JakeITFC |
I love it, and am playing every other day atm.
Frustrating as hell but worth it when it all comes together. |  | | |
| Golf on 09:40 - Jun 24 with 2345 views | Ace_High1 |
Trying to play and get into it but with every game I actually get worse. Can't work out what I am doing so wrong!
Any tips? |  | | |
| Golf on 09:50 - Jun 24 with 2329 views | artsbossbeard |
| Golf on 09:40 - Jun 24 by Ace_High1 |
Trying to play and get into it but with every game I actually get worse. Can't work out what I am doing so wrong!
Any tips? |
Have lessons. Honestly, it's the only way. |  |
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| Golf on 10:32 - Jun 24 with 2290 views | EdwardStone |
I won't play anymore since my former golfing partner completely spoiled it for me
He dropped dead on the 4th....completely ruined my game
Play a shot, drag the body, play a shot, drag the body |  | | |
| Golf on 10:33 - Jun 24 with 2282 views | linhdi |
| Golf on 09:50 - Jun 24 by artsbossbeard |
Have lessons. Honestly, it's the only way. |
I tried. I failed. Took a series of lessons on two separate occasions, but it requires some kind of coordination that I just don't have.
Strange, since, as a teenager, I was pretty good around a pitch-and-putt course. But it didn't translate!
Luckily, I'm still pretty good at Crazy Golf. Mostly due to a highly misspent summer or three in Skegness in the early 80s. |  | | |
| Golf on 11:09 - Jun 24 with 2243 views | Swansea_Blue |
Man wakes up in hospital with a broken nose, two black eyes and a golf club wrapped around his neck.
Doc asks - you look like you've been in the wars, what's gone here then?
Man looks confused and replies - 'I'm not really sure Doc. I was teeing off the ninth with my wife when she sliced the ball into an adjacent field full of cows. I went over to help her look for it and after a lot of searching I saw what looked like a ball amazingly wedged in a cow's backside. The last thing I remember was pointing to the ball in the cow's arse and saying to the wife 'hey dear, look over here, this one looks like yours'. |  |
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| Golf on 12:19 - Jun 24 with 2185 views | BlueBadger |
Golf is the Nigel Farage of sport. |  |
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| Golf on 12:25 - Jun 24 with 2182 views | Keno |
| Golf on 09:40 - Jun 24 by Ace_High1 |
Trying to play and get into it but with every game I actually get worse. Can't work out what I am doing so wrong!
Any tips? |
I am reminded of a reply to fan by Lee Trevino = "yes I am take 8 shots off your next round, dont play the 9th and 10th holes" |  |
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| Golf on 12:26 - Jun 24 with 2175 views | Oldsmoker |
| Golf on 09:40 - Jun 24 by Ace_High1 |
Trying to play and get into it but with every game I actually get worse. Can't work out what I am doing so wrong!
Any tips? |
Look up the word 'mulligan'. |  |
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| Golf on 13:10 - Jun 24 with 2128 views | Illinoisblue |
Play with Junior at least once a week. He loves it. Great bonding time and an opportunity to talk about life. |  |
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| Golf on 13:28 - Jun 24 with 2109 views | Herbivore |
I've never been able to get into it. Didn't mind pitch and putt as a kid but it's just not for me. A lot of men who golf seem to be 'lads' and I find that off-putting as well.
I'm glad you've referred to it as a passtime and a game, it makes me chuckle when people call it a sport. |  |
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| Golf on 13:34 - Jun 24 with 2092 views | jeera |
It's supposed to be relaxing isn't it?
I only played once and it was far from relaxing for me or the people with me.
I mostly complained and swore all the way round. |  |
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| Golf on 14:18 - Jun 24 with 2048 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Golf on 13:28 - Jun 24 by Herbivore |
I've never been able to get into it. Didn't mind pitch and putt as a kid but it's just not for me. A lot of men who golf seem to be 'lads' and I find that off-putting as well.
I'm glad you've referred to it as a passtime and a game, it makes me chuckle when people call it a sport. |
How is it not a sport? At professional level fitness is extremely important in golf. That's not to mention the level of skill required to play the game well [Post edited 24 Jun 2020 14:19]
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| Golf on 14:30 - Jun 24 with 2029 views | Herbivore |
| Golf on 14:18 - Jun 24 by Enigma_Blue |
How is it not a sport? At professional level fitness is extremely important in golf. That's not to mention the level of skill required to play the game well [Post edited 24 Jun 2020 14:19]
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Guys in their 40s and 50s can compete at the top level. Fitness isn't all that important. It's really a game or a passtime, like outdoor darts. | |
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| Golf on 14:42 - Jun 24 with 2012 views | Terry_Nutkins |
| Golf on 14:30 - Jun 24 by Herbivore |
Guys in their 40s and 50s can compete at the top level. Fitness isn't all that important. It's really a game or a passtime, like outdoor darts. |
Guys in there 50s really can't perform at the top level. Very very few other than the absolute fittest/physical specimens win much in their 40s.
Not really sure why this would matter anyway in it's definition of 'sport'. It's entirely physical and requires a great deal of skill. It's a complete sport as it challenges physically, cognitively and mentally.
Still play football and golf but golf definitely causes more physical issues. It'a tough on the back, wrists etc if you have decent power and don't swing like and old man. | |
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| Golf on 14:44 - Jun 24 with 2001 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Golf on 14:30 - Jun 24 by Herbivore |
Guys in their 40s and 50s can compete at the top level. Fitness isn't all that important. It's really a game or a passtime, like outdoor darts. |
It's not as important as some sports but it still plays an important role. The amount of miles professional golfers walk week after week they need a good level of fitness so they don't fatigue. Strength & flexibility is important for being able to hit the ball a long way.
As for players being able to compete in their 40s & 50s there are no players in the top 10 who are over the age of 40. No golfer has ever one a major in their 50s. Every now and again a player in their 40s is able to win a tournament or even a major but players in their 40s aren't able to compete week after week due to their declining fitness levels.
I agree with you re darts and snooker is another one that is more of a game than a sport. [Post edited 24 Jun 2020 14:53]
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| Golf on 14:57 - Jun 24 with 1977 views | Herbivore |
| Golf on 14:44 - Jun 24 by Enigma_Blue |
It's not as important as some sports but it still plays an important role. The amount of miles professional golfers walk week after week they need a good level of fitness so they don't fatigue. Strength & flexibility is important for being able to hit the ball a long way.
As for players being able to compete in their 40s & 50s there are no players in the top 10 who are over the age of 40. No golfer has ever one a major in their 50s. Every now and again a player in their 40s is able to win a tournament or even a major but players in their 40s aren't able to compete week after week due to their declining fitness levels.
I agree with you re darts and snooker is another one that is more of a game than a sport. [Post edited 24 Jun 2020 14:53]
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Yeah golf is definitely in the bracket with snooker and darts as a game. When walking is considered one of the key physical attributes required to play I'm just not sure you can argue it requires professional levels of fitness. I mean, I remember Tom Watson coming within a shot of winning a Major when he was nearly 60 and he carried on making the cut in Majors into his 60s. Imagine getting a 60 year old Gary Lineker to play up front for England.
People always get quite sniffy about golf not really being a sport and I don't really understand why. Lots of things that aren't sports are still worthwhile. Golf for me will always be a passtime or a game. | |
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| Golf on 14:58 - Jun 24 with 1964 views | Ryorry |
The only sports I hate are golf & motor racing - which happened to be the only ones my ex really liked.
Hence the divorce. |  |
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| Golf on 15:01 - Jun 24 with 1967 views | Herbivore |
| Golf on 14:58 - Jun 24 by Ryorry |
The only sports I hate are golf & motor racing - which happened to be the only ones my ex really liked.
Hence the divorce. |
Sounds like you made the right call. | |
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| Golf on 15:03 - Jun 24 with 1963 views | clive_baker |
Golf is a bit Marmite like that isn't it? People seem to love it, or have a weird hatred for something absolutely nobody is making anyone do.
Other than for me. I'm pretty ambivalent towards it myself. Played in the past but cant really be arsed with it. Don't get enough enjoyment from it to justify spending hours on it. |  |
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| Golf on 15:15 - Jun 24 with 1944 views | Bluefish |
| Golf on 14:57 - Jun 24 by Herbivore |
Yeah golf is definitely in the bracket with snooker and darts as a game. When walking is considered one of the key physical attributes required to play I'm just not sure you can argue it requires professional levels of fitness. I mean, I remember Tom Watson coming within a shot of winning a Major when he was nearly 60 and he carried on making the cut in Majors into his 60s. Imagine getting a 60 year old Gary Lineker to play up front for England.
People always get quite sniffy about golf not really being a sport and I don't really understand why. Lots of things that aren't sports are still worthwhile. Golf for me will always be a passtime or a game. |
That just doesn't work though does it? He would have been invited as a past winner as opposed to have qualified. Gary Lineker or whoever would need to be picked to the team and take a place in a team game. If he has a bad day he lets the whole team down. An old golfer can just go round for fun and hope to have a good day. Footballers play in one off masters games in their 60s because they are a one off. Osman is still absolutely class and better than many in their 30s but he couldn't do it regularly |  |
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| Golf on 15:49 - Jun 24 with 1885 views | Herbivore |
| Golf on 15:15 - Jun 24 by Bluefish |
That just doesn't work though does it? He would have been invited as a past winner as opposed to have qualified. Gary Lineker or whoever would need to be picked to the team and take a place in a team game. If he has a bad day he lets the whole team down. An old golfer can just go round for fun and hope to have a good day. Footballers play in one off masters games in their 60s because they are a one off. Osman is still absolutely class and better than many in their 30s but he couldn't do it regularly |
"An old golfer can just go round for fun and hope to have a good day" - exactly, because that's what you do when engaging in a passtime. And he only nearly won it as well! | |
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| Golf on 16:16 - Jun 24 with 1863 views | jeera |
| Golf on 15:49 - Jun 24 by Herbivore |
"An old golfer can just go round for fun and hope to have a good day" - exactly, because that's what you do when engaging in a passtime. And he only nearly won it as well! |
I'm with you on this one!
See also fishing, chess... | |
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