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Post by millring on Sept 2, 2014 8:56:01 GMT -5
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Post by PaulKay on Sept 2, 2014 10:36:18 GMT -5
Getting seriously desperate to find anything that will bring people back to the game. No way in hell would I get on one. But I ain't one of the youngin's they are trying to appeal to.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 2, 2014 11:01:47 GMT -5
I'm not young. But I think it's cool. I'd love to try one.
The whole cart thing in golf is a pain. 2 guys. Balls going in different directions. All over the place. And if it has rained in the last few days the golf course says "Cart Path Only" which is a worse pain.
Of course you can walk. Which I do about 1/2 the time. But that slows things down somewhat. I'd love to try some personal vehicle.
Might be fun to take out your next club and see if you can hit the ball while still rolling up to it. Sort of polo-golf. I'd probably score about the same.
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Post by dradtke on Sept 2, 2014 11:17:30 GMT -5
Looks like fun. Now just take the golf part out and you've got it.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 2, 2014 11:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lonnie on Sept 2, 2014 11:38:54 GMT -5
I believe this is the perfect thread for those immortal words, "Get off my lawn!"
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Post by TKennedy on Sept 2, 2014 11:42:15 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be cool to see those in the US Open? I can see all sorts of Orthopaedic revenue coming from them. Probably a long time before the Royal and Ancient sanctions them for use at St. Andrews.
An aside--
My dad was an avid golfer and had a place in Sun City. there was an 18 hole course right there. Every old guy had his own cart. They had a shotgun start every morning around 9AM. All the guys would gather in front of the clubhouse and when signaled, head for their assigned tees. Two foursomes per tee. That would make +/- 144 carts in front of the clubhouse.
I was there for a start one day. It was mass carnage as 144 old guys with cataracts, bad hearing, and slow reflexes headed out. When the smoke cleared there was a considerable amount of debris on the pavement. Sunglasses, clubs, balls, hats, etc.
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Post by PaulKay on Sept 2, 2014 13:06:17 GMT -5
They could just replace golf carts with Segways that have golf bag holders. Be a lot safer and their liability insurance would be a whole lot less.   |
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Post by Marshall on Sept 2, 2014 13:17:02 GMT -5
When Sue and I were hiking in Vail, there were some guys playing a round of Frisbee Golf. There's a real marked course through the mountain slopes. |
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Post by Dub on Sept 2, 2014 16:44:25 GMT -5
Mark Twain is often quoted as saying “Golf is a good walk, spoiled.” It looks as though that may not be true much longer. No walking involved.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 17:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by coachdoc on Sept 2, 2014 17:53:50 GMT -5
We have wooded frisbee golf in central NH. Fun, yet taxing trudging up and down the mountain.
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Post by Dub on Sept 2, 2014 19:56:49 GMT -5
James, I don't know what to say. Reading that blog post I was suddenly overcome by emotion and memories. I left Mr. Jodell a response. It will be interesting to see if he takes interest. Thanks for that. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Sept 2, 2014 20:20:55 GMT -5
I thought this was a thread about not having to play eighteen holes with somebody named Deborah.
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Post by david on Sept 2, 2014 20:28:40 GMT -5
The redeeming factor I found in golf was that I got a little exercise. This board eliminates that as well.
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Post by Dub on Sept 2, 2014 20:33:46 GMT -5
I also remember Evan Esar (Comic Dictionary) defining a golf ball as "a small object that remains on a tee while a perspiring citizen fans it vigorously with a long club."
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Post by RickW on Sept 2, 2014 21:36:01 GMT -5
I have always enjoyed golf, but it's gotten stupidly expensive. Kids can't play, because they can't afford it. Also, when I was playing in my 20s, it was more relaxed. You could wear sandals, a t-shirt, shorts. Then they started to bring in dress codes. I don't know a lot of 20 somethings interested in wearing something snazzy for the sporting recreation.
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Post by brucemacneill on Sept 3, 2014 5:29:15 GMT -5
Back when we were 16 or so my friends and I had early skateboards which we rode downhills until the bearings wore out, which didn't take long. I sent them the link to this video since we're old golfers now. My wife's comment was that all she could picture was old hair teeth and eyeballs all over the course. My old friends objected to the $5200 price tag. Golf's expensive enough already I guess.
Rick, you can always move down here. $300/mo for unlimited golf at my country club. They do have a dress code but being a red-neck country club some members stretch it quite a bit in the Summer.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 3, 2014 8:47:16 GMT -5
That guy sure new how to tell a joke. ha, ha, ha. |
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Post by patrick on Sept 3, 2014 9:40:04 GMT -5
I know how to make golf less boring. Leave the bag, clubs and balls at the clubhouse and just ride those things around the course.
That looks like fun.
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