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Maxmosbey

Maxmosbey

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I need to get serious.
Yesterday I played a golf tournament, Eighteen holes. It took the entire afternoon. After the last hole, while riding in the cart back to the club house, I told myself this is it. Five years ago I retired and decided to play golf. I took lessons. I took more lessons. I developed every bad habit that can be developed. I spent a fortune buying clubs that are supposed to cure those bad habits. I loose balls. I have been playing golf every Wednesday all summer, and I have been getting worse instead of better. Golf is a stupid game. I just don't need the stress. I have been trying to lower the stress in my life, and golf just adds to it. Golf is time consuming, expensive, and I don't need it. I quit.
 
Never have played. It is a stupid game, a total waste of time.


I would rather be cutting the grass or flying.
 
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Go fly instead! I always thought golf is an interruption of a nice afternoon walk...
 
I play the occasional round, in tournaments at which I sponsor a hole or something, but it is all about humor when I swing the club. If I can manage two strokes the foursome can use in a round, it's a triumph.

My "clubs" are a constant source of amusement.
 
Don't know about stupid, but it sure can be expen$$ive, too. Just like flying.
 
bbchien said:
Don't know about stupid, but it sure can be expen$$ive, too. Just like flying.
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I challenge my friends, committed golfers who criticize my flying as an "expensive hobby," to show me how they spend less on theirs. Generally speaking, they cannot.
 
Maxmosbey said:
Yesterday I played a golf tournament, Eighteen holes. It took the entire afternoon. After the last hole, while riding in the cart back to the club house, I told myself this is it. Five years ago I retired and decided to play golf. I took lessons. I took more lessons. I developed every bad habit that can be developed. I spent a fortune buying clubs that are supposed to cure those bad habits. I loose balls. I have been playing golf every Wednesday all summer, and I have been getting worse instead of better. Golf is a stupid game. I just don't need the stress. I have been trying to lower the stress in my life, and golf just adds to it. Golf is time consuming, expensive, and I don't need it. I quit.
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That's exactly why I quit that game!!!!! Glad I'm not the only one. My clubs have been in a storage locker for the last 3 years and I've just pulled them out to sell them since I have had no desire to "try again."
 
I tried it when I was in the army. I was too young and had way to short of a fuse. I actually got myself expelled permanently from the Fort Campbell, KY golf course and club. I've never tried it since.

I think to be a successful golfer, you have to be one of those few people who have the uncanny ability to never let anything bother you.

I've mellowed out considerably over the years, I think it is something I might be capable of being fairly good at now, but I've never had any interest whatsoever since my time in the military. Flying is a much better way to throw away your money.

John
 
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I've played golf twice.

Didn't like it.

I get bored by the 6th hole of minigolf at the beach.

When people ask me if I play, I tell them, "I'm not old enough to wear Ban-lon or play golf."
 
I am naturally good at some sports. Golf is not one of them. I can whack a baseball, but for some reason I cannot get a golf club to reliably contact a golf ball. I say if you suck at it, focus on something else you're good at.
 
I have not played in about 30 years. I tried to play every weekend when I lived in Texas as there was not a whole heck of lot else to do in the San Angelo area, heck even drinking was a challenge in Tom Green County! I never broke 100 on 18 holes and after a few months I really decided that I could not see the attraction, it was just plain boring to me. I have never played again. But at least I never bought clubs. My roommate was an avid golfer and he had really nice clubs that I would borrow. He could not play because he had gotten a girl pregnant and he had to be a dad on weekends. At least he did know that he should get off of the course to do that much. I guess he had a little sense.
 
The very few times I have gone golfing I had a great time. I suck at it, and I revel in sucking at it. It's a nice way to spend time with a few friends, golf courses are usually pretty, and you can drink afterwards (and maybe during too, right? It's been a long time since I went golfing).

As long as you don't give a crap whether or not you had to hit the ball 20 times each time, you can have fun with it.
 
I am BAD at playing golf,, but enjoy the challange of not hitting other golfers with my 'slices, hooks, etc. On one of my first times on a course I made the HUGE mistake to go with some wanna be golf pros.. They played by the book,,, so much so they demanded that eveyone within 100 yards had to be completely silent during their shots.... When we got to the 3rd hole my wife and I politely said. " you guys just play ahead, there is no fun in your style". By the middle of the back nine and few beers later we were aiming for the ducks on the fairways, and having a great time... Thank god for the beverage carts .:yesnod::yesnod::yesnod::goofy:
The way I keep score is if I come home with more golfballs then I started with then it was a great day on the links.... Kinda like a grown up easter egg hunt.:lol::lol::yikes:

Ben.
 
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I just love to fly my golfer buddies to Lopez Island,Wa to golf. It is a cow pasture course, and I play whack-a-ball. I carry two balls & play the better one or the one I can find. My name NEVER appears on the score card. and if the ball is with in a yard of the hole I call it a Gimme. Then they buy my lunch(they paid my green fee too), at Friday Harbor. I even bought my own driver & a putter(we rent the rest), and for Fathers Day I got some balls with pink ribbons(go for it). Respectfully I will not call what I do 'golf', but we do have a lot of fun!!!Dave
 
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Yesterday I played a golf tournament, Eighteen holes. It took the entire afternoon. After the last hole, while riding in the cart back to the club house, I told myself this is it. Five years ago I retired and decided to play golf. I took lessons. I took more lessons. I developed every bad habit that can be developed. I spent a fortune buying clubs that are supposed to cure those bad habits. I loose balls. I have been playing golf every Wednesday all summer, and I have been getting worse instead of better. Golf is a stupid game. I just don't need the stress. I have been trying to lower the stress in my life, and golf just adds to it. Golf is time consuming, expensive, and I don't need it. I quit.
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Did you take up golf to relax, or did you take it up to be the next tiger woods?

I play golf. I suck at it like you wouldn't believe. I still have fun sucking at it.

Not once have I been stressed by it -- it's just a walk outdoors. I don't think the sport is your problem. :D It sounds like you'd get mad taking up crossword puzzles or crochet.
 
I enjoy golf and play frequently. My goal is to shoot my age, which hasn't happened yet but might at some point.

I missed it by a stroke when I was 68, and keep thinking it should be easier now that the numbers are bigger. Unfortunately, that has not proven to be true.
 
After growing up in a construction company and 9 years in the Navy, I already know how to swear. I don't need to take up golf. :D
 
schmookeeg said:
Did you take up golf to relax, or did you take it up to be the next tiger woods?

I play golf. I suck at it like you wouldn't believe. I still have fun sucking at it.

Not once have I been stressed by it -- it's just a walk outdoors. I don't think the sport is your problem. :D It sounds like you'd get mad taking up crossword puzzles or crochet.
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Interesting that you have that opinion of me based on the fact that I have decided that golf is not for me. I took it up so that I could play in a charity tournament. Actually I'm pretty laid back, and I never wanted to be like Tiger Woods. I don't have to be good at something to enjoy it. I just don't like doing something that I am so pathetic at, with no hope of getting better. I think the crossword puzzles or crochet would be more fun than playing golf. As far as walking outdoors, I can do that quite well without firing white balls into the woods and streams.
 
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I have played golf three times. I do remember the first time out I shot a 72... on the front 9. Overall I didn't suck as badly as I thought I would, but was still pretty bad. My biggest problems with golf? First, it's expensive as hell (and I'd rather spend the money on just about anything else). Second, you better plan on devoting at least half a day at a time to it (and I'd rather spend that time doing just about anything else). Third, you have to spend time around golfers. While I would never paint all golfers as complete twits, it does seem there's a high percentage that fit the bill. Or maybe I just don't have the personality for it, I don't know... but while I do have a knack for finding expensive, time consuming hobbies, golf has just not been one of them.
 
I was at a 4 handicap when I was playing three days a week. Plan on getting back down below that next year.
 
I always thought of golf as a way to meet people. My slice is so bad that I am always playing in someone else's fairway!!!
 
The only reason it takes so long is because you're so poor at it. Decent golfers can easily play a round in two hours.

DaleB said:
I have played golf three times. I do remember the first time out I shot a 72... on the front 9. Overall I didn't suck as badly as I thought I would, but was still pretty bad. My biggest problems with golf? First, it's expensive as hell (and I'd rather spend the money on just about anything else). Second, you better plan on devoting at least half a day at a time to it (and I'd rather spend that time doing just about anything else). Third, you have to spend time around golfers. While I would never paint all golfers as complete twits, it does seem there's a high percentage that fit the bill. Or maybe I just don't have the personality for it, I don't know... but while I do have a knack for finding expensive, time consuming hobbies, golf has just not been one of them.
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wabower said:
The only reason it takes so long is because you're so poor at it. Decent golfers can easily play a round in two hours.
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Not totally true. I used to be a "decent" golfer when I played a lot. You can wait because a course is over crowded or there are slow players in front of you. If I see one more guy line up a put for five minutes, like its the friggin Masters then my head will explode. I got tired of rounds of golf taking over five hours. Standing at each tee box waiting, waiting, and waiting is not my ideas of fun or relaxation.

I no longer waste countless days on the golf course like I used to.
 
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I always thought of golf as a way to meet people. My slice is so bad that I am always playing in someone else's fairway!!!
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Two years ago a friend and I were going to play golf after he got off work, with his son and his grandson. My friend called me up and said that he was getting off a little early, and to meet him for a beer before we went out. Well, he had a cart out there, and when we got there, we went out and got the cart. Then we were sitting there drinking a beer, and we saw his son and grandson pull up where he usually kept his cart. They had planned to get there early and take the cart, leaving us either on foot, or renting a cart. They were upset that we had beat them to the punch. So they refused to play with us, and elected to follow us. On the second hole my friend and I were on the tee box and his son and grandson were on the first hole but playing in our fairway. My friend was yelling at his grandson to get out of our fairway, and I was getting ready to tee off. The son hit the ball, toed it off the club, and the ball hit me in the head, knocking me to the ground.I got up and I was up on the tee box staggering around holding my head, and my friend's son thought that I was messing with him. When they finally realized that I was bleeding all over, they loaded me up in the cart, and my friend took me to the ER where I got an MRI or something, and nine stitches. We were yucking it up and laughing at the doctor, who looked to be sixteen years old. That two hours in the ER is the funnest two hours I have ever had golfing. :D
 
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In my 30's I was an 8. Quit for about 15 years during a couple of start-ups I got buried inside and took it up again about 10 years ago when my son wanted to start playing. It took me about a year to get back down to a 10.6 but I did it an entirely different way - I just don't have the flexibility and strength I had back when I was a flat belly. Maybe this approach is for you if you're frustrated with losing balls and looking pathetic.

Your problem is a management and expectation problem. If you hit a decent shot, let's say 2 out of 10 times and you're P.O'd about that you're just in denial that you suck. Just surrender to the fact that you suck and that's where the management solution comes into play. Use the club and aim it in a way that 8 times out of 10 won't lose the ball or break a window. Forget aiming where you'd want it when you hit it that 2 out of 10 times. If you just forget trying to hit good golf shots and manage your game the way I suggest, you'll drop at least a stroke a hole off your score.

All of that is advice for someone who thinks they'd enjoy playing but thinks that it should be easier than it is. Ted Williams, the great baseball player used to get snot slinging mad on the golf course because he couldn't play a lick. Lot's a great athletes with amazing control over their bodies can't play for poo. It's just a different game that requires a different mind set.

Or, just quit and spend the money on aviation...
 
"""Two years ago a friend and I were going to play golf after he got off work, with his son, and his grandson. My friend called me up and said that he was getting off a little early, and to meet him for a beer before we went out. Well, he had a cart out there, and when we got there, we went out and got the cart. Then we were sitting there drinking a beer, and we saw his son and grandson pull up where he usually kept his cart. They had planned to get there early and take the cart, leaving us either on foot, or renting a cart. They were upset that we had beat them to the punch. So they refused to play with us, and elected to follow us. On the second hole my friend and I were on the tee box and his son and grandson were on the first hole but playing in our fairway. My friend was yelling at his grandson to get out of our fairway, and I was getting ready to tee off. The son hit the ball, toed it off the club, and the ball hit me in the head, knocking me to the ground.I got up and I was up on the tee box staggering around holding me head, and my friend's son thought that I was messing with him. When they finally realized that I was bleeding all over, they loaded me up in the cart, and my friend took me to the ER where I got an MRI or something, and nine stitches. We were yucking it up and laughing """

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Now that is FUNNY...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Ya just can't make that stuff up.... I can see a Caddie Shack II coming to a theatre soon...:confused:

Ben.
 
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PittsDriver said:
In my 30's I was an 8. Quit for about 15 years during a couple of start-ups I got buried inside and took it up again about 10 years ago when my son wanted to start playing. It took me about a year to get back down to a 10.6 but I did it an entirely different way - I just don't have the flexibility and strength I had back when I was a flat belly. Maybe this approach is for you if you're frustrated with losing balls and looking pathetic.

Your problem is a management and expectation problem. If you hit a decent shot, let's say 2 out of 10 times and you're P.O'd about that you're just in denial that you suck. Just surrender to the fact that you suck and that's where the management solution comes into play. Use the club and aim it in a way that 8 times out of 10 won't lose the ball or break a window. Forget aiming where you'd want it when you hit it that 2 out of 10 times. If you just forget trying to hit good golf shots and manage your game the way I suggest, you'll drop at least a stroke a hole off your score.

All of that is advice for someone who thinks they'd enjoy playing but thinks that it should be easier than it is. Ted Williams, the great baseball player used to get snot slinging mad on the golf course because he couldn't play a lick. Lot's a great athletes with amazing control over their bodies can't play for poo. It's just a different game that requires a different mind set.

Or, just quit and spend the money on aviation...
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Thanks for the advice, but I think that I'm just going to take your last suggestion and find something else to do.
 
Another case of "gotta be smarter than what you're working with." Numerous strategies are available. Learn to play when the duffs aren't on the course. Play early so nobody is ahead of you. Play as a twosome or threesome at most. Play on courses that are well-marshalled. Don't play with slow players. Play ready golf. Make sure the players in your group maintain a satisfactory pace. It's not rocket surgery.

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Not totally true. I used to be a "decent" golfer when I played a lot. You can wait because a course is over crowded or there are slow players in front of you. If I see one more guy line up a put for five minutes, like its the friggin Masters then my head will explode. I got tired of rounds of golf taking over five hours. Standing at each tee box waiting, waiting, and waiting is not my ideas of fun or relaxation.

I no longer waste countless days on the golf course like I used to.
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Why is everyone saying its expensive?? My clubs were from a sporting goods store $350. I go out and play 2/3 times a week with my sons...we play the twilight special $22 with the cart ! I'm not good, shoot 45 for 9 holes mostly. But being out there with friends or family, what a great time. I love it ! and Serious you'll be back ! lol
 
Lady Churchill had it right. "Golf is a nice walk ruined by a little white ball."

Played with my brother for the first time this summer. I beat him by 4 strokes. Now, before anyone thinks I was excited, just remember that neither of us broke 120. :D Paul's comment was that he keeps his cost per stroke low that way. We had a great time because neither of us takes the game seriously. If I did I'd have to quit because I'd be so frustrated. I was pleased that I played 18 holes with the same ball and tee. Which I promptly left in the bag for the rental clubs, so they're still on Kauai. :D

I'd rather spend my money flying.
 
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