I Don't Understand Golf

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  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    symo wrote:
    Golf is a good walk ruined.

    It really is boring, played a few times as it's the 'corporate' thing to do, but it is so boring, and the people who play it are so dull.

    :roll: .....are we fishing for a response or serious?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Nowt like a good generalisation - golfers are dull, everyone driving a BMW / white van is an arse, all cyclist jump red lights etc.

    Greasedscotsman, I agree with you to some extent as there are clubs like that and they pretty much all have the spaces for captain / pro etc. but I'm genuinely surprised if you found the Celtic like that. I'm not a member there but I find the place as a whole very casual for a 5 star hotel and golf resort. My 12 yo daughter stayed over there on enight with our friends and their daughter. The 2 kids went and ate on their own in the bar in their pyjamas without any comments and were well looked after by the staff. Sounds like you caught them on an off day or experienced one of the few jobsworths.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Pross wrote:
    Nowt like a good generalisation - golfers are dull, everyone driving a BMW / white van is an ars*, all cyclist jump red lights etc.

    Greasedscotsman, I agree with you to some extent as there are clubs like that and they pretty much all have the spaces for captain / pro etc. but I'm genuinely surprised if you found the Celtic like that. I'm not a member there but I find the place as a whole very casual for a 5 star hotel and golf resort. My 12 yo daughter stayed over there on enight with our friends and their daughter. The 2 kids went and ate on their own in the bar in their pyjamas without any comments and were well looked after by the staff. Sounds like you caught them on an off day or experienced one of the few jobsworths.

    It was a shame, everything else was great. I think they did two national champs there followed by a women's World Cup and I went to all of them. Actually, didn't they have a stage of the Tour of Britain finish there one year? Went to that as well. Not sure why they aren't putting any more events on there, suppose there was probably someone there who was keen on bike racing and they are not there anymore.

    Still, I'm not one for unnecessary rules in sport. If you take the whole dress code thing. what difference does it make if I turn up for a round in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt? If someone wants to turn up in similar gear for a club run then there's no rule against it. They might not be very comfortable at the end of the ride and may get a few "clever" comments, but nobody is going to stop them doing it.

    Sport should be inclusive, not exclusive.
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Pross wrote:
    Nowt like a good generalisation - golfers are dull, everyone driving a BMW / white van is an ars*, all cyclist jump red lights etc.

    I know but in my experience it is true, likewise in my experience van drivers are only trying to make a living and BMW drivers are in hurry because they are 'so' important. ;)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Nowt like a good generalisation - golfers are dull, everyone driving a BMW / white van is an ars*, all cyclist jump red lights etc.

    Greasedscotsman, I agree with you to some extent as there are clubs like that and they pretty much all have the spaces for captain / pro etc. but I'm genuinely surprised if you found the Celtic like that. I'm not a member there but I find the place as a whole very casual for a 5 star hotel and golf resort. My 12 yo daughter stayed over there on enight with our friends and their daughter. The 2 kids went and ate on their own in the bar in their pyjamas without any comments and were well looked after by the staff. Sounds like you caught them on an off day or experienced one of the few jobsworths.

    It was a shame, everything else was great. I think they did two national champs there followed by a women's World Cup and I went to all of them. Actually, didn't they have a stage of the Tour of Britain finish there one year? Went to that as well. Not sure why they aren't putting any more events on there, suppose there was probably someone there who was keen on bike racing and they are not there anymore.

    Still, I'm not one for unnecessary rules in sport. If you take the whole dress code thing. what difference does it make if I turn up for a round in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt? If someone wants to turn up in similar gear for a club run then there's no rule against it. They might not be very comfortable at the end of the ride and may get a few "clever" comments, but nobody is going to stop them doing it.

    Sport should be inclusive, not exclusive.

    I don't think they've had that many races there but could be wrong. I watched the one Nationals on Belmont Hill just down the road from the hotel and I know they did a womans race there as by strange coincidence I'd emailed Mike Rushton suggesting he contact them and he'd just done so! I believe they have been letting the local club hold youth events on the internal roads. It's a great venue and you could get a challenging closed road circuit around all their internal tracks if they'd just stop the damned golfers for one day :x :wink:
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Pross wrote:
    ...if they'd just stop the damned golfers for one day :x :wink:

    I seem to remember the golfists still playing when there were events on? But you are right, it's a terrific course round there. More events at Celtic Manor please :D
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    I used to love golf until 2 weeks ago.... then I got pulled to 14 and its a damn sight harder now :lol: 8)
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    glauciaregina9 wrote:
    1. Hit a ball

    2. DRIVE to where it landed

    3. SOMEBODY ELSE carries your kit for you


    That's like Wiggins riding the first 5 miles of a race stage, being driven the next 150k or so, then cycling the last 500 yards over the line...


    Golfists are soooo lazy

    :wink:
    Heh


    Is pro cycling not based on entirely the same strategies.

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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.

    Hole in one?
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.

    Hole in one?

    :lol:


    < and something about a pair of balls, a few strokes and a nice stiff shaft - giggitty>
  • bill57
    bill57 Posts: 454
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    to paraphrase Oscar Wilde

    the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.

    The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable - Wilde on foxhunting

    Golf is a good walk ruined - Mark Twain on, well, golf.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    bill57 wrote:
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    to paraphrase Oscar Wilde

    the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.

    The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable - Wilde on foxhunting

    Golf is a good walk ruined - Mark Twain on, well, golf.

    You can't eat a golf ball.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.

    I hope you raked the bunker afterwards, you'd need more than a niblick to get out of your buttock crevice*





    *points for who gets the quote
  • Tail end Charlie
    Tail end Charlie Posts: 352
    I don't understand golf either. In every other sport which involves hitting something with a racquet/ club I can think of, the better you get the longer the game goes on (i.e. the rallies get longer) whereas with golf the better you get, the fewer shots you play and hence you spend less time doing what you like. Bonkers. :roll:
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    northernneil wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.

    I hope you raked the bunker afterwards, you'd need more than a niblick to get out of your buttock crevice*





    *points for who gets the quote

    Rimmer to Lister, Red Dwarf, series 3 Marooned episode. Now, how many points do I get and what can I use them to buy?
  • bill57
    bill57 Posts: 454
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    bill57 wrote:
    shouldbeinbed wrote:
    to paraphrase Oscar Wilde

    the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.

    The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable - Wilde on foxhunting

    Golf is a good walk ruined - Mark Twain on, well, golf.

    You can't eat a golf ball.

    True, but Wilde was referring (accurately in most people's opinions) to foxhunters as the unspeakable. I'm sure even he would have felt the term a bit strong for golfers!
  • JLM74
    JLM74 Posts: 108
    Ben6899 wrote:
    So I've got a ball. And I've got to get it into a hole (not much bigger than the ball) 400yds away. I have to do this using a club which has a face, again, not much bigger than the ball which will only work if I bend my knees, keep my week arm straight and bend my strong arm but only at the right moment.

    That's the appeal. It's very hard to master. :)
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    johnfinch wrote:
    northernneil wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.

    I hope you raked the bunker afterwards, you'd need more than a niblick to get out of your buttock crevice*





    *points for who gets the quote

    Rimmer to Lister, Red Dwarf, series 3 Marooned episode. Now, how many points do I get and what can I use them to buy?

    correct !!! £1000 gift voucher but only for wiggle am afraid
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    Porgy wrote:
    Closest I ever got to playing golf was me and the wife sneaking onto one of our local courses and having a moonlit shag one night.
    haha bloody classic mate! :D 8)
    Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
    north west of england.
  • Firecrakka
    Firecrakka Posts: 81
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