Do you guys still think Tiger Woods is going to break Jack Nicklaus'
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I think Tiger's caddy needs a part time job. Because his ten percent isn't a heck of a lot this season.
I hope so. Tiger is the most talented golfer of all time and has gotten to where he is with pure grit and determination in a sport deeply entrenched in cultural biases and arcane traditions that worked against him. In many ways, he's a modern-day Jackie Robinson. A true professional, his records should reflect his standing as the unquestioned greatest golfer of all time and a revolutionary force for the sport.
He's still got a chance. He has the same number Jack had at the same age. But I wouldn't put money on it.
Overruled. Golf is amazing. My favorite thing to do currently outside of banging hot young trim.
It's fun to play. Watching or talking about it... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yes I should have made this clarification. I do enjoy actually being out on the course. We also have Top Golf down here in Austin which gives a pretty cool twist on the driving range experience. Watching golf, about 97.3% of the time is about as entertaining as watching paint dry.
I shot worse than that Saturday when I posted a 46-50 for a 96. Believe it or not, I had an 8 on a par 3 hole and a 10 on the last hole (par 5).
I don't want to make excuses, but our course is playing incredible tough right now. The greens are super firm and will not hold an approach shot. It also is difficult to keep your ball on the green if you have a putt from above the hole.
It also didn't help that I made a last-minute decision to show up at the course without a tee time Saturday morning because it looked like it would rain in the afternoon. The pro matched me up with a Cummins executive from Mexico (nice guy) and two Japanese guys who spoke little--if any--English. All three golfers were nice guys, but it was difficult to communicate with them from a language standpoint.
Had I waited and played with my regular noon group, I would have gotten in 18 holes even though the weather forecast said it would start raining around 1:00. We had a few drops of rain around 1:00, but it only lasted a minute or two.
I'll bet they spoke perfect English. They just rapidly sized you up and determined that they'd have a more pleasant round by pretending they they didn't.
It's not racist. It merely is difficult to socialize with people when you can't understand each other. The Latino and I could understand each other, but neither of us could communicate with the two Japanese gentlemen.
No, racist was the inevitable point where you, exasperated beyond all comprehension, pointed at one of them and said, "Rake-a the Bunker-a, Hiroki-san!"
The two Japanese had good etiquette. The only time I saw them have an etiquette breach was when they took their riding cart off the cart path on a par 3 hole. It is cart paths only on par 3 holes at our course. As for the gentleman from Mexico, he wasn't well-versed on etiquette. However, he's only been in the United States for a year.
Your course must have the dreaded "staff infection" or you don't care for your golf group. It's usually one or both of those reasons when an individual loses interest in playing golf.
Why do you need to interact with your playing partners at all to play well? Unless they're doing something specifically to distract you, why would they have any impact whatsoever on how well you play? Pros don't poke and giggle with their playing partners every round. They play golf.
Why do you suck so bad at golf if you play all of the time? I suck at golf, but I only play a handful of times every year and sometimes not even that much, and I still only shoot about 8 strokes worse than you have lately.
Why do you suck so bad at golf if you play all of the time? I suck at golf, but I only play a handful of times every year and sometimes not even that much, and I still only shoot about 8 strokes worse than you have lately.
I quit playing golf because it is expensive and with a demanding real job I couldn't justify to myself spending half a Saturday playing golf instead of spending time with my family. I don't miss it even a little bit.
This is basically why I don't get on the course anymore as well. I think it's been close to 5 years since I've played a full round of golf.
Yeah, me too. The time investment required to even play a mediocre round is just too great. If I could play twice a year and shoot in the 90's I'd do that, but playing twice a year means that those two rounds are going to be nothing but frustration for me and irritation for my playing partners. Its probably been 5 years since I've played as well.
I've got buddies who play every weekend, and it consumes nearly a full day for them when you add in the obligatory time drinking afterwards. I just have too many other things I'd like to do.
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