Lmao. [emoji12] We all know that's not really a sport. [emoji42]
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LOveWerks
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Before my disabilities, I was a so-so golfer - many of the people that I met on the golf course were pretentious, usually well-off men who cared more about their net worth than they cared about humanity itself.
They would be libidinous, drunken fools when they were at 'the 19th hole', a bar in close proximity to the golf course. Of course, there was a club adjacent to the bar.
The band I performed with played at that club, and many more like it in the Deep South (USA). The same social happenings occurred at ALL of those clubs. Husbands cheated on their wives; their wives did the same, with many of the band members...
I wasn't one of them. Far from perfect, I was... but, married women weren't my thing. I learned early in my lessons of debauchery: "One does not defecate in the kitchen."
It's kind of funny, picturing Bob Seger in a La-Z-Boy - falling asleep watching PGA golf. Like he did, I performed music - though, I never reached his popularity.
Loved his music, though.
Yet, I experienced things that really opened my eyes, as a musician/performer. It's kind of sad, really. I wanted the Musical Dream. I still do, in fact. In more of a songwriting, sit-down performance style - as my mobility is limited.
I lost interest in the game of golf. The people that I met (aside from my late father, who taught me how to hold the club, swing, and play the game) were not of my ken. So, let's remember someone else falling asleep to a televised golf game.
I know that Bob would appreciate it (lmao)...
LW
They would be libidinous, drunken fools when they were at 'the 19th hole', a bar in close proximity to the golf course. Of course, there was a club adjacent to the bar.
The band I performed with played at that club, and many more like it in the Deep South (USA). The same social happenings occurred at ALL of those clubs. Husbands cheated on their wives; their wives did the same, with many of the band members...
I wasn't one of them. Far from perfect, I was... but, married women weren't my thing. I learned early in my lessons of debauchery: "One does not defecate in the kitchen."
It's kind of funny, picturing Bob Seger in a La-Z-Boy - falling asleep watching PGA golf. Like he did, I performed music - though, I never reached his popularity.
Loved his music, though.
Yet, I experienced things that really opened my eyes, as a musician/performer. It's kind of sad, really. I wanted the Musical Dream. I still do, in fact. In more of a songwriting, sit-down performance style - as my mobility is limited.
I lost interest in the game of golf. The people that I met (aside from my late father, who taught me how to hold the club, swing, and play the game) were not of my ken. So, let's remember someone else falling asleep to a televised golf game.
I know that Bob would appreciate it (lmao)...
LW
Well I never did care much for the "sport", and certainly don't want anything to do with it here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/w...on-targets-golf-a-sport-for-millionaires.html
"...sport for millionaires" - Mao Zedong
And FWIW it's about $200 USD for one round of 18 holes at the local club.
"Bank of Beijing Golf Club" is right next to a rather busy airport, so it's not exactly peaceful and quiet on the fairways.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/w...on-targets-golf-a-sport-for-millionaires.html
"...sport for millionaires" - Mao Zedong
And FWIW it's about $200 USD for one round of 18 holes at the local club.
"Bank of Beijing Golf Club" is right next to a rather busy airport, so it's not exactly peaceful and quiet on the fairways.
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Even the Android golf games in this country are very much city/urban bound. Whatever happened to "Tiger Woods: PGA Tour"?
Worse location for a golf course I ever saw was in Zhuhai, right next to one of the largest oil and gas terminals I've ever seen in my life. Huge towers with gas burning, overlooking the course. And on the other side was some massive factory, that stank of ammonia. And they still charged stupid amounts of money just to play there.
Worse location for a golf course I ever saw was in Zhuhai, right next to one of the largest oil and gas terminals I've ever seen in my life. Huge towers with gas burning, overlooking the course. And on the other side was some massive factory, that stank of ammonia. And they still charged stupid amounts of money just to play there.
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UK has a lot of municipal courses as well, that are reasonably priced, and no PGA handicap certificate required either.
LOveWerks
Android Expert
Well I never did care much for the "sport", and certainly don't want anything to do with it here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/w...on-targets-golf-a-sport-for-millionaires.html
"...sport for millionaires" - Mao Zedong
And FWIW it's about $200 USD for one round of 18 holes at the local club.
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Golf wasn't cheap Stateside, in the '80s and '90s. Between greens fees, a golf cart rental and golf balls - not to mention a few drinks after 18 holes - it was easily $200 back then, even more if you played as a foursome.
It's a game of tradition in Scotland. Over here in the States, it's a popular game - aside from the fact that for the non-professional golfers out there, it's a game mainly played by the wealthy, and privileged.
To save money, I used to go to a driving range - just to test my accuracy and distance - from a pitching wedge, to a nine iron; from a driver, to 3, 5 or 7-wood.
I had a set of Pings that I bought cheap at a pawnshop. They didn't come in a Ping bag; I remember it being an old, weathered Wilson bag - but, it did have large umbrella. My father was still alive at the time, so we played together.
Between the both of us - we never followed the 14-club maximum per player. We were hackers. Though, my father had a good game - being left-handed, playing with right-hand clubs.
He could amaze you.
We played for the appreciation of the game - until I had my first back surgery in '98. The same year my mother died.
We never played again, after that.
Whenever my father saw golfers on the course who had the expensive attire, and the 'swagger' that came with it, he'd say:
"Posturing @$$holes. Whether they can play or not, they're here to impress their clients, or themselves. What bull****."
I miss you, Pa. You were everything I ever wanted to be.
LW
Of course Scotland is UK, where golf can be played by anyone, rich or poor. The course I know, and have actually played on is this one...Which is a municipal course, and you certainly don't have to be wealthy or privileged
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/sports-clubs-and-centres/warmley-golf-course/
This small course is open for use at anytime during daylight hours. It is unmanned and free to use, just turn up with your own clubs and play (short irons only – no driving clubs or woods). The course is suitable for all ages, particularly those new to golf or those wishing to improve their short game.
And if you wanted something better there was Tracy Park, just down the road, which wasn't too expensive.
http://www.tracypark.co.uk/
A very peaceful place, no airports, no expressways, no oil terminals, no factories, etc.
There's nothing like that at all here.
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/sports-clubs-and-centres/warmley-golf-course/
This small course is open for use at anytime during daylight hours. It is unmanned and free to use, just turn up with your own clubs and play (short irons only – no driving clubs or woods). The course is suitable for all ages, particularly those new to golf or those wishing to improve their short game.
And if you wanted something better there was Tracy Park, just down the road, which wasn't too expensive.
http://www.tracypark.co.uk/
A very peaceful place, no airports, no expressways, no oil terminals, no factories, etc.
There's nothing like that at all here.
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MLSS
Android Expert
I live in southeastern Ohio and we don't have very many "privileged and wealthy" folks around yet lots of people play golf.
Golf is for anyone who wants to play. Their already so many great public courses that are very affordable out their, not to mention that many country clubs have very affordable greens fees these days as well.
Golf is for anyone who wants to play. Their already so many great public courses that are very affordable out their, not to mention that many country clubs have very affordable greens fees these days as well.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I used to play. Read a biography of Sam Snead, the "hillbilly" golfer. He played with no shoes when he was young, and since I don't like shoes, I figured I'd try it. Feels much better. Just to keep the course happy, I wore plain Teva sandals. The Vulcan can't understand how a sandal can be good to walk in. He fussed.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
But it's fun driving the Vulcan crazy with the rules!
What happens if an alligator or a rattlesnake suddenly appears on the green and moves your ball? What happens if a seagull takes a particularly messy dump on your ball?
Are critter feces natural hazards?
What happens if an alligator or a rattlesnake suddenly appears on the green and moves your ball? What happens if a seagull takes a particularly messy dump on your ball?
Are critter feces natural hazards?
kct1975
Android Expert
kct1975
Android Expert
septembersrain
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Hi guys! I'm back!
My new job grinds my gears. No more playing with technology! =(
My new job grinds my gears. No more playing with technology! =(
Boo no tech, but congrats on the new job.
LOveWerks
Android Expert
Due to my physical limitations... I'd be a great golf cart caddy. I'd ride around, look at the ball's lie; check the moisture, grass growth direction and sloping of the greens; its pitch, undulations - you know what I mean...
"George, it's a nearly 565-yard par 5, dogleg right; you have water after the right turn on the left of the fairway, and sand traps on the right. Since the end of the dogleg is an outward left turn, I'd whip out Big Bertha, and knock it over the trees on your right. Could be a birdie..."
Yeah. I'd have fun. I never had the finesse that my father had; he could 'hook' or 'fade' a shot, just enough to make the green. I was a power player; for accurate, long shots - I could at least make par.
Pa could get birdies frequently - it'd make my mother mad as hell, because if anyone else was playing - there'd be a few wagers... Pa had a gambling problem, that he struggled with until his demise.
I kept his bad habits to myself. 'Mums the word' had a lot of meaning. He'd stop on the way home - and buy musical gear for my brother and I. When the Pari-Mutuel horse races came with our yearly Fair,
my mother 'caved in', because the bet limit was $5. My grandfather and my father would be up in the stands, cursing in Italian.
Being Pa's first-born was pretty neat. He did love the game of golf.
LW
"George, it's a nearly 565-yard par 5, dogleg right; you have water after the right turn on the left of the fairway, and sand traps on the right. Since the end of the dogleg is an outward left turn, I'd whip out Big Bertha, and knock it over the trees on your right. Could be a birdie..."
Yeah. I'd have fun. I never had the finesse that my father had; he could 'hook' or 'fade' a shot, just enough to make the green. I was a power player; for accurate, long shots - I could at least make par.
Pa could get birdies frequently - it'd make my mother mad as hell, because if anyone else was playing - there'd be a few wagers... Pa had a gambling problem, that he struggled with until his demise.
I kept his bad habits to myself. 'Mums the word' had a lot of meaning. He'd stop on the way home - and buy musical gear for my brother and I. When the Pari-Mutuel horse races came with our yearly Fair,
my mother 'caved in', because the bet limit was $5. My grandfather and my father would be up in the stands, cursing in Italian.
Being Pa's first-born was pretty neat. He did love the game of golf.
LW
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
The Vulcan's father was a golfer. He had the patience of a saint.
One major tournament in the southwest took a picture of the winners cup, with a rattlesnake curled up right along side it. Another had a couple of coyotes wandering around looking for shade and water. I suppose peccaries could wander, too. While not in major tournaments, alligators have appeared on Florida courses. Some of our local courses have foxes who will steal the ball.
One poor golfer in a major in the southwest tangled with jumping Cholla. (He made his shot)
Speaking of snakes:
http://mashable.com/2015/10/12/snake-strikes-gopro/
I have another book by a professional photographer who had a snake strike his Leica (on a tripod) The camera caught the strike.
One major tournament in the southwest took a picture of the winners cup, with a rattlesnake curled up right along side it. Another had a couple of coyotes wandering around looking for shade and water. I suppose peccaries could wander, too. While not in major tournaments, alligators have appeared on Florida courses. Some of our local courses have foxes who will steal the ball.
One poor golfer in a major in the southwest tangled with jumping Cholla. (He made his shot)
Speaking of snakes:
http://mashable.com/2015/10/12/snake-strikes-gopro/
I have another book by a professional photographer who had a snake strike his Leica (on a tripod) The camera caught the strike.
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Haha a rant thread, there's one on every forum.
This probably came up already in the previous 443 pages. But anyway, idiotic driving. I've no problem with people making mistakes when driving, it happens, but dangerous overtakes and such like really annoy me.
This probably came up already in the previous 443 pages. But anyway, idiotic driving. I've no problem with people making mistakes when driving, it happens, but dangerous overtakes and such like really annoy me.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Car full of little old ladies looking for garage sales.
MLSS
Android Expert
For the life of me, I just can't understand why people would want to hide things from their significant other. I had a guy at work yesterday telling me how mad he was that his fiancé was looking through his phone. Then I log in here and find a topic of someone asking about their pin lock because they think their girlfriend looked at something while they were in the bathroom......
Why would you want to hide anything from someone you love. Tiffany Ann can pick up either of my phones whenever she wants and I could do the same to hers.
I just find it very disturbing. Maybe I'm just old fashioned like that lol
Why would you want to hide anything from someone you love. Tiffany Ann can pick up either of my phones whenever she wants and I could do the same to hers.
I just find it very disturbing. Maybe I'm just old fashioned like that lol
bjacks12
Android Expert
I could see if you were trying hide your gift shopping from her, but I somehow doubt that this is what the guy is concerned about.
Regardless, I think both sides are in the wrong. A) Stop trying to hide stuff from your spouse. B) Trust your spouse a little more, don't go through their phone constantly. That's not healthy.
Regardless, I think both sides are in the wrong. A) Stop trying to hide stuff from your spouse. B) Trust your spouse a little more, don't go through their phone constantly. That's not healthy.