Anyone hit the golf course regularly?

Sorry, I'm of the "long walk spoiled by the small white ball" persuasion. But I'll gladly join anyone who wants to have a couple of adult beverages and head over to the nearest putt-putt golf course to laugh ourselves silly!

 

i used to play all the time, then life got in the way. then i started again when my kids were old enough.
now i play once in awhile with my son, but since rotator cuff surgery last year, i'm still waiting for the go ahead.
i think you'll find there aren't many sports fans of any kind here in geekville.

 

Nope.
I already know how to cuss, drink, and spend lots of money on useless gadgets and since one of my retirement goals was to maintain USN physical fitness norms, I do not need to invent silly reasons to get exercise outdoors.

I'm, after all, a US Navy Chief......properly Initiated albeit recently retired.

I would hasten to add that I no longer drink and my cursing is pretty much limited to the occasional muttering....however (comma!!!) I think I'd rather take up soccer or try to figure out cricket.

I actually know people who admit to watching other people play golf on TV, which means that I owe the DWTS devotees a sincere and heartfelt apology......if you know what I mean.

 

a lot of military bases do have golf courses though. and yes, i watch whenever tiger woods is playing. got hooked during the 1997 masters, never saw anything like it in my life.

 

hopefully next winter in florida. i had several massive tears, and a full year recovery forecast. but i missed a couple months of rehab due to a few unforeseen circumstances, so i'm behind.
it's coming along nicely, but you can't rush it.
i'm going to save your club selection, long and straight would be something new for me.
i've got an old set of pings that definitely need replacing.

 

my doc told me if i did any work overhead, i should look for a new job, it will kill the repair in no time.
fortunately, at 63, i'm retired, and my wife likes painting ceilings. i feel bad for your buddy, i hope they take care of him. this is where unions should excel.

 

If you count racing over a fairway in a pickup.....it was a stupid boyfriend in high school, that became an "ex-". afterward.

I understand the need for speed, danger and all those other things that seem to attract many males -- and some females. I enjoy motorcycles, rock climbing, surfing and mountain biking.

It's the need to destroy that has always escaped me....

I always felt guilty about that night....though I insisted he not do it...

 

I play but it is best out of the sight of people. When I walk in the mornings, I walk by the golf course and find 5 to 10 balls everyday...and in places where balls should not be. Maybe there are worse golfers than myself.

 

it is impossible to be the worst golfer in the world.

 

I don't know. Sometimes I think could throw the ball around the course and have a better score.

I had a friend once who told me my problem with my swing was that I was too close to the ball after hitting it.

 

I took up the game after I retired as a way to meet friends. I live a good wedge away from a course. Now I play 3 times a week. My clubs...eBay every one. My balls ... all found. My garage has over 60 dozen in old egg cartons sorted by brand, model and grade. When we host a bunch of kids for a camp each summer, I give then a couple of hundred scuffed balls I've collected and they love hitting them deliberately into the lake.

My resolution this year was not one curse. So far ... zero.

 

i made a par on the first hole at pebble, highlight of my career.

 

Does disc golf count? I'm no fan of smacking a little ball with a stick, but angling a frisbee towards a basket is kinda fun.

And driving on the greens is perfectly fine, as long as it's in Winter, with a snowmobile.

 

Only played golf 2 times in my life, a friend of mine is a fan of it so I accompanied him. Not my sports at all to be honest, prefer another games.

 

I had a roommate who was a scratch player, and I have an uncle who is within a stroke or two of being able to golf his age.
GOD played a particularly cruel trick also on my brother, who took up golf and discovered that he has a natural talent for it - AND a job that allowed him to indulge in this habit....at least before he got married and started punching out kids.

Cruelest sport I know!
I will not even touch a club, because my theory is that heroin is slightly less addictive, and one helluva lot cheaper.

In greek mythology Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of rolling a ginormous rock up a loooong steep hill...all day long, only to see it it roll back down again, which reminds me of almost every golfer I know who is constantly searching for a better course......craftier putter.....longer drive.....better score.