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Golf Sucks

gunluv280gunluv280 Member Posts: 178 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
You heard me,golf sucks.What good ever came from this foolish game?Acres and acres of Florida woods cut down, to to grow grass.This grass requires tons of fertilizer and pesticides,which run off into ponds,which are tied into canals and rivers,leading to estuaries,where small fish grow up.It kills and/or contaminates everything these tiny fish eat,so instead of growing up to be big fish in the Gulf of Mexico,they die instead.Then there are these *,who call themselves sportsmen,who read magazines about saltwater fishing off the Florida coast.From what I`ve gathered,these same sportsmen,golf when they are not fishing,not many of them are into hunting or shooting.Some of the cloathes they wear while fishing,would look at home on the golf course.Anyway,these sportsmen(well to do bussinesmen,who fish and golf) with the backing of these publications,or visa/versa,with thereinfluence/propaganda,pass laws to put small time native comercial fishermen out of work,blaming him for the damage that they themselves cause. ~.218~
Will the last reb to leave flarda,please bring the flag?
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  • gunluv280gunluv280 Member Posts: 178 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just trying to start some controversy.....Anybody out there hate golf besides me? Seems like a hell of a waste of good land that could be put to better use, like hunting or shooting......not to mention it takes up valuable TV time that could be devoted to auto-racing or football or something else that is ENJOYABLE to watch! It might be fun to take a 12ga out to the local course see if I could hit those damned golf balls though.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Deja vu..all over again!.218
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Been 1 time & I hated it, had lots of fun driving the little cart and handing out cool ones!
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep keeping late hrs. again how have ya been?
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hated golf until I started working as a caddy at the age of 12. I got to meet a lot of great people and make decent money for a 12-year-old. I was able to golf for free at a Country Club on Mondays to top it all off. I managed to get a job caddying in an LPGA Pro-Am tournament and that was a blast. Now I could sit back and watch it all Sunday afternoon in the recliner. Problem is, I don't watch TV anymore. Then again, I've found that not to be much of a problem.
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It sucks! Now if we could find a way to play it with pistols or rifles instead of clubs. Then we may find it to have redeeming qualities.WOODS
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  • Ms. BeastMs. Beast Member Posts: 496 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It really stinks when you are in the yard pulling weeds from the flower bed and have a golf ball fly past your head! We live across from the first tee and some people still hit them in our yard.....I then walk to the fence and look to see who hit it and they won't even look over here, chickens! I then put the golf ball in my pocket to give to the kids. If they say sorry, I *may* give it back!!
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Stupid ball! Why won't you go straight?!
    If you can't fix it with a hammer, take it to a mechanic. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    When I was little,I cut a golf ball open,took some of the rubber banding,tied it to the tail of one of my sisters kittens,the dark tabby one.The tail dried up,and fell off later..that cat had a bobtail..and with it`s colors,looked kinda like a bobcat!It was not intentional!!.218
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  • Bushy ARBushy AR Member Posts: 564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like golf balls! If you smack one with a Louisville Slugger it will go out of sight!
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I play 9 holes about every five years to re-enforce my hatred of the game. What a waste of grass.Clouder..
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  • gunluv280gunluv280 Member Posts: 178 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gee,I feel like I've found the home I've been looking for all these years...........
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  • burn1bobburn1bob Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..you know why gun haters don't play golf?...they don't know their * from a hole in the ground!!!...
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't find myself getting too excited about it. In fact, I got a set of wilson clubs a couple of years ago for free and they're still in the closet with the plastic on them.[This message has been edited by GreenLantern (edited 02-17-2002).]
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    While I appreciate that it takes a great deal of skill to play the game well, and have played it poorly a few times, the idea of spending my time trying to put a small ball in a series of holes in a pasture leaves me awfullly cold. Much raather go fishing or hunting . . . .
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  • hunter280manhunter280man Member Posts: 705 ✭
    edited November -1
    Just saw a little skit on tv yesterday, I believe it was on outdoor wisconsin, anyway, they where golfing on a frozen lake using tennis balls. The clubs where mostly regular but some used hockey sticks for putters, they colored the ice with die around the holes and shoveled it off to make a putting-green. I wouldn't mind givin that a try!
    The older I get, The better I was!!!
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Quit playing golf years ago. The last time I played, I broke my arm........I fell off the ball washer!!!
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    I've been trying to get a Permit to Carry Golf Clubs here in NJ for years........no luck. -Charlie
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelNRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com [This message has been edited by njretcop (edited 02-17-2002).]
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You mean there's really a ball involved? I thought play golf was old code for "take a walk and drink lots of beer". Wow.
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All that land being used for a golf course also prevents Mini-malls and shopping centers from going up. Todays courses are built around the natuaral surroundings so as not to upset tye Eco-system. They are also a wildlife Preserve. Some courses up north Moose and Elk have the right away. Down here in Florida almost every course has gators. It also is a place to do business and you really get to know the person you are dealing with because their emotions come out(anger,honesty,integrity).And it is very good cardiovascular excersise for Senior Citizens. The ponds and lakes are full of Bass which some courses will let you fish for if you are not in Danger of getting hit by a wayward ball.A course not maintaned will very quickly revert to its natural origin. Oh, by the way, I Golf, or try to.
    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • WEASEL-88WEASEL-88 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gave it up, too much trouble with that windmill.
    Too Old To Fight,Too Lazy To Run!
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A proper golf swing involves the most awkward set of motions my joints can be asked to do.There are too many other ways to spend a nice day outdoors. It's too inactive a sport.Last summer while in St Andrews Scotland, the Valhalla of golfers, We didnt waste time to see the golf course .
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  • Mr. LoboMr. Lobo Member Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I enjoy golf...I hate golf...I found that it was less expensive and more fun to spend time at the range with my boys rather then on the golf course. Haven't played for several months but find time for the range about once a week. I guess that tells the "hole" story.
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  • jdb123jdb123 Member Posts: 471 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yea golf sucks but NASCAR.........whewww thers a "sport"! i hope you can detect sarcasim.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Green Lantern--How much do you want for the clubs?
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NASCAR is to rigorous a "sport" for me. My butt and neck just can't take sitting and watching those cars go round and round in a circle (Oval).By the way the average golf course is over 3 1/2 miles if you walk it.Plus carrying your golf clubs. But I guess it's that far from the parking lot to the racetrack carrying your beer coolers.
    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually I think golf courses are kinda pretty, but you can have golf. To each his own, but as a young man I used to shoot wild on the few games I played: If anything will put you off a sport, it's 14 shots to make a par 3. Even then, it was a lot of walking, and the little electric carts were for the country clubbers, as far as I was concerned.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ... of course, in those days, if I'd caught on about the beers thing I'd probably have been motivated to play more, but drunk my scores would have been even worse, I assume. And yes, I do appreciate the high level of wit applied to all the threads on this board. Thanks for not being a buncha dumb rednecks, like they say about us....!
    "The 2nd Amendment is about defense, not hunting. Long live the gun shows, and reasonable access to FFLs. Join the NRA -- I'm a Life Member."
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    14 on a Par 3? Have you tried Bowling?
    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    idsman75 ~ Probably not going to sell them yet since they were a gift from mom and dad. And I do go about once every couple of years but if I don't know ahead of time I usually end up renting clubs. Will let you know though if I change my mind.
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  • oldfriendsoldfriends Member Posts: 167 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have never had any use for golf myself. As an army officer I have seen many appearances of favoritism derive from golf. Hell, in my building, if I took up golf and smoking, I would not have to be at my dest most of the time. I live not too far from Pinehurst, NC, the golf capital of the country (their words). The Pinehurst Country Club used to have a great trap, skeet and sporting clays range. A lot of history here. Annie Oakly used to shoot here. Well, they decided they needed another golf course so they closed the shotgun ranges and built another golf course. Just what this area needs. Like taking your own coal to Newcastle. I have no use for golf and do not expect to.
    Life is Tough!It's Tougher if You're Stupid
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I HAVE A SON WHO WAS A GOLF PRO[CLUB NOT TOURING] AND EVEN HE GOT TURNED OFF AFTER A FEW YEARS. NATURALY I HAVE PLAYED SOME BUT NEVER DID REALLY ENJOY IT. IT WAS MORE OF A BUSINES THIN THAN AN EJOYMENT. I EXPRESSED MY SENTIMENTS AT A TOASMASTERS MEETING ONE EVENING AND YOU SHOULD OF HEARD THE FLACK I RECIEVED. WHAT A WASTE OF A COW PASTURE. carl
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I HAVE A SON WHO WAS A GOLF PRO[CLUB NOT TOURING] AND EVEN HE GOT TURNED OFF AFTER A FEW YEARS. NATURALY I HAVE PLAYED SOME BUT NEVER DID REALLY ENJOY IT. IT WAS MORE OF A BUSINES THIN THAN AN EJOYMENT. I EXPRESSED MY SENTIMENTS AT A TOASMASTERS MEETING ONE EVENING AND YOU SHOULD OF HEARD THE FLACK I RECIEVED. WHAT A WASTE OF A COW PASTURE. carl
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  • mbrookmbrook Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As an avid shooter and golfer, I think that golf and the shooting sports have a lot in common. Hand eye coordination, similar levels of concentration, breathing pattens, practice to get better, improvement of your technique, your good days and bad days, improving technology, social aspects etc. It's all about improving ones score and being outside. You know most golfers feel that the shooting sports are a waste of time and real estate. I try to show them how similar the two sports are. A good summer weekend for me is Sporting Clays or a trip to the range on Saturday morning and golf on Sunday. I also don't have to worry about the "correct" way to brake in my new golf clubs!![This message has been edited by mbrook (edited 02-17-2002).]
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  • Hans GrueberHans Grueber Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Golf is only fun if you play drunk, and with alot of other drunk people. The Chinese version of the game is fun too, preferably with a beer buzz though.
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    Some thoughts on GOLF: Played a couple of times on a course in S.W.VA to scout for deer as this course was situated in a super deer hunting county. Some "Bulls of the Woods" lived there and would routinely venture out into the course. An xp100 fits in a golf bag and roads generally run somewhere clse enough to the cours that you could drag the deer while looking for your lost golf balls. Really adds to the thrill of the game. Now as for the little white balls, they make great reactive targets for a Buckmark pistol. Shoot it and it flies a few feet, get on it and shoot it again. Takes several hits before its useless.
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  • bhayes420bhayes420 Member Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I for one love golf. Can't play anymore on doctors orders after my 3rd back surgery. My son is picking up golf now, and is not too bad. 8 years old and can hit his driver 90+ yards on a rope. Might have to try and keep his interest up so I can retire in about 15 years on his PGA winnings! LOL! Several years ago, when I was working nights, would play at least 3 times a week with some co-workers. Not many people on the course at 7:00 AM. We always walked, and I was probably in the best shape of my life from doing that. So, it does have its good points.
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like spectator sports and other canned entertainments. It keeps a lot of our burgeoning population out of the woods and off the fishing waters.
    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • Miss. CreantMiss. Creant Member Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Golf sucks and is a wanna be sport for fairies.You couldn't pay me enough to play it.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't play nearly as much golf as I used to. I get out for 9 or 18 holes a year. However, the driving range is an EXCELLENT manner in which to unleash unbridled frustration. I get out the Big Bertha and knock the heck out of it. When I was a team leader I had a soldier who lost the ability to speak after a motorcycle accident at a very young age. He shouldn't have been on a motorcycle. His dad bought him a set of golf clubs and a membership at a golf course in California. The mental concentration required to golf well translated into the concentration he needed to re-learn how to speak. He talked to himself while he golfed and soon regained his ability to speak. He was one of the top high school golfers in the state of California and was offered a full-ride golfing scholarship to a few major universities. He turned them down and enlisted and is now an outstanding asset to the U.S. Army. He could be living the good life as a member of the All-Army golfing team but has chosen a more difficult path to success and is doing a damn fine job of it.
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