Been there, done that. Haven't played in over 30 years and never broke a 100. It's a social game for duffers like me. Drink a little or a lot of beer and enjoy time with your good friends. Same for bowling.
I come from basically a blue collar family. But my dad played golf on Sundays with a few friends, some of who were farmers, and a VP of personnel at Teledyne Continental. The place that made military tanks, etc. The farmer retired, and they made his farm into a real, functional golf course. It exists today. When I was young, my parents would drop me and my twin brother off in the morning at the course, and we would play all day, until my dad got out of work,and would pick us up on his way back home. I broke 70 one time. I could never do it anymore,with my damaged joints and torn up back. But for a kid, it sure beat being bored in the summers. The other kid we used to go with is still golfing today, and is a scratch golfer. He hits the best courses here in Michigan, and we have a lot of very good golf courses. The pros you see on TV, they would kill the courses that guys like me play on. The pro level courses have greens set up that make it hard to putt on, so that you almost have to hit to the perfect place on the green,or you have a hard time putting with all of the hills and undulations on the green. The saying we always had was, Drive for show, putt for dough.
I've never understood why anyone would engage in a sport, in which you hit a ball, and then have to chase after it.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Clemons once described the game of golf as "A good walk ruined."
DeleteNo matter...I could stand there and watch her swing that club for hours.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead an laugh dude. You ain't getting any at the 19th Hole Motor Lodge later today.
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done that. Haven't played in over 30 years and never broke a 100. It's a social game for duffers like me. Drink a little or a lot of beer and enjoy time with your good friends. Same for bowling.
ReplyDeleteI come from basically a blue collar family. But my dad played golf on Sundays with a few friends, some of who were farmers, and a VP of personnel at Teledyne Continental. The place that made military tanks, etc. The farmer retired, and they made his farm into a real, functional golf course. It exists today. When I was young, my parents would drop me and my twin brother off in the morning at the course, and we would play all day, until my dad got out of work,and would pick us up on his way back home.
ReplyDeleteI broke 70 one time. I could never do it anymore,with my damaged joints and torn up back. But for a kid, it sure beat being bored in the summers. The other kid we used to go with is still golfing today, and is a scratch golfer. He hits the best courses here in Michigan, and we have a lot of very good golf courses.
The pros you see on TV, they would kill the courses that guys like me play on. The pro level courses have greens set up that make it hard to putt on, so that you almost have to hit to the perfect place on the green,or you have a hard time putting with all of the hills and undulations on the green. The saying we always had was, Drive for show, putt for dough.
pigpen51
She might resemble Paige, but definitely doesn't hit like her.
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