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2019 GOLF
Jun 18, 2019 17:39:09 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 18, 2019 17:39:09 GMT -5
Okay, I checked the golf book shelf and found three by Mark Frost. The one on the Ouimet/Vardon/Ray, the one called "The Match" that I mentioned above, and one called "The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the Story of Golf." All are excellent books.
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 18, 2019 18:27:28 GMT -5
Okay, I checked the golf book shelf and found three by Mark Frost. The one on the Ouimet/Vardon/Ray, the one called "The Match" that I mentioned above, and one called "The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the Story of Golf." All are excellent books. I’ve read two of those, with exception of The Match. I’ll definitely pick up that book soon. Just read that Francis Ouimet’s former caddie Eddie Lowery was the one who instigated the challenge! Very cool! |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 18, 2019 18:39:35 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 18, 2019 18:39:35 GMT -5
Okay, I checked the golf book shelf and found three by Mark Frost. The one on the Ouimet/Vardon/Ray, the one called "The Match" that I mentioned above, and one called "The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the Story of Golf." All are excellent books. I’ve read two of those, with exception of The Match. I’ll definitely pick up that book soon. Just read that Francis Ouimet’s former caddie Eddie Lowery was the one who instigated the challenge! Very cool! You'll love it. Eddie Lowery deserves his own biography. Definitely a hustler from the day he was born. There is a rather touching film clip of Eddie and Francis back at Brookline 50 years after the event. They both did well in life, but followed very different paths. |
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Post by domeplease on Jun 24, 2019 11:45:54 GMT -5
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-golf-course-dispute-sparks-shooting-fire-5-dead/ar-AADiUx8?li=BBnb7Kz
ONLY IN AMERICA WITH THEIR GUN FREAK CULTURE.
Do Me To CADDY: " Give me my 3-wood please for my drive..."
CADDY: Nah. You need your AR-15 Military Assault Semi-Auto with Extended Capacity Clip to take out that Freaking Slow Four-Some in front of us.
HEY!!! I might have invented something here, that will make Golf the most Popular Sport in America = GOLF HUNT.
You play golf but whenever you see other humans besides your foursome you get to shoot them and they will shoot back= 18 holes of Fire Fights.
FORE will have an entire NEW MEANING.
Whoever finishes 18-holes without being shot or DEAD and the lowest score, WINS. |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 12:00:11 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Jun 24, 2019 12:00:11 GMT -5
Sounds like this has very little, if anything to do with golf. What it has to do with is a whole lot of crazy that’s been burning for a lot of years inside the heads of some senior citizens.
Frankly, Dome...I don’t see the sport catching on. If you were thinking about adding a golf resort to your villa, I’d hold off...
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Jun 24, 2019 15:26:18 GMT -5
Viktor Hovland, reigning US Am champ and stud from this year's incredible Oklahoma State team, is looking like the real deal thus far. Like his whole demeanor. Matt Wolff too but the jury is still out on that unique swing.
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Post by noetsi on Jun 24, 2019 15:47:49 GMT -5
I have never been able to develop an interest in golf. Maybe if a crocodile grabbed a golfer as he came down to the water hole or a bear chased people across the greens it would be more different  |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 16:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 24, 2019 16:23:52 GMT -5
Viktor Hovland, reigning US Am champ and stud from this year's incredible Oklahoma State team, is looking like the real deal thus far. Like his whole demeanor. Matt Wolff too but the jury is still out on that unique swing. Oh yeah, I was thinking the same thing about Hovland. He definitely inspires confidence. I miss the days when last week's tournament was the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. What is up with Spieth? Just when it looked like he was starting to get it back together. Can't wait for the Open from Northern Ireland. A beautiful course. |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 16:41:59 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 24, 2019 16:41:59 GMT -5
I have never been able to develop an interest in golf. Maybe if a crocodile grabbed a golfer as he came down to the water hole or a bear chased people across the greens it would be more different You are in the majority on this forum, Noetsi. I think it's a matter of familiarizing yourself with the players so that you have a rooting interest. The complaints I hear about golf are almost identical to the complaints I hear about baseball. Too slow, the players aren't really athletes, only old guys care about it, etc. It's no more true about golf than baseball. In both sports, it can be slow and leisurely for awhile, but in both sports the competition builds to a nerve-wracking climax in the best cases. Both are heavily based on strategy, and both fall into the category of thinking person's sports. By far the best sports literature involves baseball and golf. I'm sure not trying to proselytize for golf -- there are probably a billion people on the planet who love it, so it doesn't need my feeble efforts -- but I think if you get involved with it with someone who is an enthuiast, it becomes irresistible. Not to mention that it is always a nice day on the golf course. Always. |
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Post by inger on Jun 24, 2019 17:55:58 GMT -5
I have never been able to develop an interest in golf. Maybe if a crocodile grabbed a golfer as he came down to the water hole or a bear chased people across the greens it would be more different You are in the majority on this forum, Noetsi. I think it's a matter of familiarizing yourself with the players so that you have a rooting interest. The complaints I hear about golf are almost identical to the complaints I hear about baseball. Too slow, the players aren't really athletes, only old guys care about it, etc. It's no more true about golf than baseball. In both sports, it can be slow and leisurely for awhile, but in both sports the competition builds to a nerve-wracking climax in the best cases. Both are heavily based on strategy, and both fall into the category of thinking person's sports. By far the best sports literature involves baseball and golf. I'm sure not trying to proselytize for golf -- there are probably a billion people on the planet who love it, so it doesn't need my feeble efforts -- but I think if you get involved with it with someone who is an enthuiast, it becomes irresistible. Not to mention that it is always a nice day on the golf course. Always. [ I’ve played in bright sun, under dark clouds. In blistering heat, and freezing cold. In the mud and the blood and the beer. I’ve played when the ball wound bounce over icy ponds, and ricochet off frozen greens. In snow and hail much less driving rain. I’ve played when it was perfectly calm and with wind gusting near 70 MPH. It was always a nice day though. Like life, golf is what you make it...Also, for noetsi, I have hit off a tee where I was kept company by a 6 foot bull snake, have played while a herd of antelope scampered up the fairway. Have retrieved my ball from a stream next to s large snapping turtle and once when we were able to watch a fox run on the green and steal my playing partner’s ball. I’m sure on some courses alligators come into play, as well as bears. I’ve also seen signs warning players not to retrieve their ball from the hazards because of the presence of poisonous snakes. You’re a bit like my wife on a mountain drive. She complains because we didn’t see any wild animals, but she wouldn’t walk a hiking trail to save her. There’s a lot of life you only get to see if you get up and see it...The animals seldom stand by the road tempting death... |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 18:05:45 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 24, 2019 18:05:45 GMT -5
Well put, Inger. You've captured the essence of the game.
In line with your wildlife stories -- and at the risk of Kaybli dredging up the Dos Equis guy -- the first kangaroos I ever saw were at a golf course outside of Sydney. The Aussies hated them -- they would take naps on the greens, got in the way of tee shots -- the golfers literally attacked them with nine irons, cursing their existence -- as much of a pest as a squirrel in the attic.
Golf involves us more with nature than any other sport. For better or for worse, just like the sport of marriage.
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 18:25:49 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Jun 24, 2019 18:25:49 GMT -5
Well put, Inger. You've captured the essence of the game. In line with your wildlife stories -- and at the risk of Kaybli dredging up the Dos Equis guy -- the first kangaroos I ever saw were at a golf course outside of Sydney. The Aussies hated them -- they would take naps on the greens, got in the way of tee shots -- the golfers literally attacked them with nine irons, cursing their existence -- as much of a pest as a squirrel in the attic. Golf involves us more with nature than any other sport. For better or for worse, just like the sport of marriage. I find that most people who truly despise the game have either never tried it, or tried one time, blaming the game for the feeling of inadequacy that overcame them, OR... the final category, tried it but were too proud or too cheap to ever take a lesson... To add in a bit more nature, the are the squirrels romping around, the ducks or geese in the ponds, and the unfortunate goose poop and torn out grass from the geese grazing. Flowers usually abound, with their insects. Burrowing animal holes and being entertained by the fish in a pond or stream while waiting your turn. Birds chirp. Sometimes you happen to be near a farm with livestock doing what they do. |
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Post by noetsi on Jun 24, 2019 21:35:38 GMT -5
I have never been able to develop an interest in golf. Maybe if a crocodile grabbed a golfer as he came down to the water hole or a bear chased people across the greens it would be more different You are in the majority on this forum, Noetsi. I think it's a matter of familiarizing yourself with the players so that you have a rooting interest. The complaints I hear about golf are almost identical to the complaints I hear about baseball. Too slow, the players aren't really athletes, only old guys care about it, etc. It's no more true about golf than baseball. In both sports, it can be slow and leisurely for awhile, but in both sports the competition builds to a nerve-wracking climax in the best cases. Both are heavily based on strategy, and both fall into the category of thinking person's sports. By far the best sports literature involves baseball and golf. I'm sure not trying to proselytize for golf -- there are probably a billion people on the planet who love it, so it doesn't need my feeble efforts -- but I think if you get involved with it with someone who is an enthuiast, it becomes irresistible. Not to mention that it is always a nice day on the golf course. Always. I think its that it is not a team sport and I prefer those. |
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2019 GOLF
Jun 24, 2019 21:56:50 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Jun 24, 2019 21:56:50 GMT -5
It can be played as teams, and usually by the weekend golfer. There are plenty of ways to get your lame ass carried in golf. Teams. Best ball matches. Handicaps. But, I’m guessing you’ve never tried...
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Post by noetsi on Jun 24, 2019 22:01:14 GMT -5
true inger but the golf that people follow on tv is rarely a team sport (there is the Ryder Cup and I think is an Olympic sport now).
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