Golf- the game we love.

[craig3383]

What is it about the game? Why do you love golf? Is it the heritage, the great players of the past, the history, or just the art of playing??

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

[Lonnie96]

I sucked at all the other sports.And more I think about it,I suck at this one as well

[SuperDave]

Well as hard as the game of golf is, it's the easiest to play. You can play by yourself. Don't have to have a team, you don't have to sign up. Except for making a tee time. Equipment on one side is fairly inexpensive. Balls cost the most in the long run.

I myself like to play because I find it enjoyable, even though I'm not very good. Some of my friends play which makes it more fun. The bad shots can be laughed off (sometimes). As long as you haven't been shooting bad shots all day.

I hope to get better as the years go by, but if I don't I'm OK with it, maybe.

And last I'm hoping to learn to build clubs and enjoy the game from another direction. You don't see many other sports where you can build your own equipment.

Sorry for rambling on. Thanks for reading.

"Power to the Player"

 

Sent from my SM-G920V using MyGolfSpy mobile app

[Liberty Ball Markers]

I like the integrity that is built into the game.

 

I really enjoy shaping shots in my mind, then making it happen.

 

I get a lot of enjoyment out of refurbing putters and fitting/working on my own clubs.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

[ole gray]

I always loved sports and played them all through my younger years. As I got older I had to change gears.   My Dad asked me out with him and his buddy one day as he knew I loved sports and that was it.  I got hooked and been playing ever since. 

[fozcycle]

Let me see,  My Grandfather recruited me at age 8 to caddy for him in 1959, pulling his BagBoy cart around Juniper Hills Golf Course in central Kentucky..  So I learned the game at an early age, with my first set of clubs being hickory shafts.  I grew up learning  from my Grandfather.  Now, there isn't a day that goes by when I am on the golf course that I don't have fond memories of my Grandfather.  I giess that is why I love this game of golf.

[TheWahoo]

At my age, golf is the only physical game that will not kill me.   It does not require one to run.   I never played tennis because I just was not attracted to a game that calls it love when you don't score.

[Golfspy_CG2]

No real short answer to this for me.  But I'll try.

 

It's a sport that combines both a competive and social aspect to it for most of us.  A chance to play and see different areas of the country and enjoy the scenery, if you're playing basketball, for the most part there is no difference in the court from San Diego, CA to Dallas TX.  But what a difference is courses from the two areas. 

 

Also every new round is an opportunity to do something, I've never done before, whether it's a personal best, a Hole In One or beat a playing partner.   

 

To me this commercial sums it up pretty well!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN9d2qpFw3g

[Kenny B]

My family was very poor when I grew up in the '50s and '60's.  There was only one golf course in town and it was like Bushwood.  I played all the other sports, but was pretty average at them all with baseball, softball, and volleyball lasting the longest, until my mid-40's.  I had to finally give them up when the soreness didn't go away before the next game.

 

@CarolinaGolfer2 sums up my feelings on it because I do travel to play.  I like to play different courses which is ironic because this past year I joined a club where I now play most of my golf.  Each course is different; each shot is different.  Even if you hit a bad shot, you now have the opportunity to try to recover from that shot.  It's a game that can be played for a lifetime, and I just wish that I could have started playing back when men were men, and hickory was king!

[fozcycle]

 

To me this commercial sums it up pretty well!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN9d2qpFw3g

 

 

Great answer cg2, I love this game!

[Golfspy_CG2]

My family was very poor when I grew up in the '50s and '60's.  There was only one golf course in town and it was like Bushwood.  I played all the other sports, but was pretty average at them all with baseball, softball, and volleyball lasting the longest, until my mid-40's.  I had to finally give them up when the soreness didn't go away before the next game.

 

@CarolinaGolfer2 sums up my feelings on it because I do travel to play.  I like to play different courses which is ironic because this past year I joined a club where I now play most of my golf.  Each course is different; each shot is different.  Even if you hit a bad shot, you now have the opportunity to try to recover from that shot.  It's a game that can be played for a lifetime, and I just wish that I could have started playing back when men were men, and hickory was king!

Kenny...Interesting point you bring up about joining a club but yet travelling to play as well.   it's a bit similar to me.

 

I started working at my current course actually 1 year ago this week. It was a career change for me that I was and still am so excited about.  So with the convenience of working at a course and the ability to play free, I of course consider this my home course and as a result I played probably 25 rounds here in 2016.   That may not seem like a lot, but consider I had probably played 26 rounds combined the previous 3 or 4 years.     

 

But the interesting part is I played 15 away rounds as well this year.   Some of that were tournaments or outings played out of the area.   But a large part were just local rounds on the weekends when I wasn't playing at my home course or work related rounds during the week at other courses.   

 

So I came to this job thinking I might only be playing the two onsite courses where I work and not get out much anywhere else, but it was really anything but.   As a result it was my most enjoyable year of golf in many many years.

 

I'm looking to make 2017 even better. 

[Kenny B]

Kenny...Interesting point you bring up about joining a club but yet travelling to play as well.   it's a bit similar to me.

 

I started working at my current course actually 1 year ago this week. It was a career change for me that I was and still am so excited about.  So with the convenience of working at a course and the ability to play free, I of course consider this my home course and as a result I played probably 25 rounds here in 2016.   That may not seem like a lot, but consider I had probably played 26 rounds combined the previous 3 or 4 years.     

 

But the interesting part is I played 15 away rounds as well this year.   Some of that were tournaments or outings played out of the area.   But a large part were just local rounds on the weekends when I wasn't playing at my home course or work related rounds during the week at other courses.   

 

So I came to this job thinking I might only be playing the two onsite courses where I work and not get out much anywhere else, but it was really anything but.   As a result it was my most enjoyable year of golf in many many years.

 

I'm looking to make 2017 even better. 

You are very fortunate.  I have talked to some of the guys who work at my course, and they hardly ever get out to play.  Years ago, I thought about retiring from my job and working at a course, but it seemed like people who worked at a course didn't play much.  I couldn't stand that!!  

 

Similarly, I could never live on a golf course that I was not a member.  I had thought about buying a house on our local CC course, but the fees are just to high.  

[The Dansome]

I like grass

 

- sent from space

[Kenny B]

I like grass

 

- sent from space

And it's legal here in Washington!  

[Sschaffer24]

I love golf because it brings me back to the things that matter in life. It takes me away from my phone, gets me outdoors to spend quality time with people I care about, and ultimately gets me some exercise. It just fits me. I'll be able to play for the rest of my life and I love the idea of playing this with generations. There's simply nothing like it.

[TheWahoo]

I love golf because it brings me back to the things that matter in life. It takes me away from my phone, gets me outdoors to spend quality time with people I care about, and ultimately gets me some exercise. It just fits me. I'll be able to play for the rest of my life and I love the idea of playing this with generations. There's simply nothing like it.

I think its great that you like to play with generations.   So if you are ever in the Baltimore/DC area we should get a round in.   That way you can play with my generation before we are gone.;

[ole gray]

I think its great that you like to play with generations. So if you are ever in the Baltimore/DC area we should get a round in. That way you can play with my generation before we are gone.;

 

Tell em old man .

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

[Golfspy_CG2]

You are very fortunate.  I have talked to some of the guys who work at my course, and they hardly ever get out to play.  Years ago, I thought about retiring from my job and working at a course, but it seemed like people who worked at a course didn't play much.  I couldn't stand that!!  

 

Similarly, I could never live on a golf course that I was not a member.  I had thought about buying a house on our local CC course, but the fees are just to high.

 

Yeah. I had heard the same stories. I think a lot depends on the course, the GM and your job. My job is primarily 8 to 4 type house. Sure I work a bit longer in the summer.

 

But we have a fantastic GM. He encourages us all to play when time allows. He has no problem if I am getting my job (sales) done and decide to go out one day at 2:00 and play. Or go off at 7:30 am and be back in my office by 11:00 or so and still do what I need to do.

 

But yes I know some in the biz that work 60 hours a week and can't stand the site of the course when they aren't working. Fortunately we don't have that type of environment.

[EthanSterlingPrice]

Honestly for me I just really enjoy the game in general but its also been therapeutic in a sense for me. I started at 13 years old and my Tourette's syndrome was really giving me a hard time with vocal and motor ticks and whenever I was on the golf course or even the range It was the only time my ticks didn't flare really bad for some reason, so golf has been a great blessing for me in many ways and I hope to continue for years to come.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

[revkev]

 

 

My congregation threw a birthday party for me. It was golf themed because they have me the gift of another year at Bayou. It got cancelled because of hurricane Matthew.

 

It was rescheduled for last night. Many of the pictures were of me playing golf with friends, lots of friends. This picture was photo shopped. The face is current the body was mine 20 years ago. The driver was an old Titleist 904D.

 

I love golf for all of the friends that it's brought into my life including several people here.

 

Sent from my VS986 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

[craig3383]

Thank you all so much for the replies. I feel like it's good to get back to the "game" sometimes. With all the tinkering we do with our swings clubs and so on. I'm not sure a whole lot beats a warm summer morning first off on the tee and the dew racing behind the ball when you putt. I feel like golf is a game you can love like no other game in the world.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

[revkev]

Thank you all so much for the replies. I feel like it's good to get back to the "game" sometimes. With all the tinkering we do with our swings clubs and so on. I'm not sure a whole lot beats a warm summer morning first off on the tee and the dew racing behind the ball when you putt. I feel like golf is a game you can love like no other game in the world.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I prefer a late summer afternoon with the sun setting but yes I agree.

 

Sent from my VS986 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

[TheWahoo]

I prefer a late summer afternoon with the sun setting but yes I agree.

 

Sent from my VS986 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

 

Given that your avatar shows you are our chaplain, given your screen name includes Rev., given that you mentioned your congregation, I assume that you are a "man of the cloth"- what I know as a Minister and my wife knows as a Priest.   Not so much the game, but rather its venue can only supplement and support your efforts or, for a lack of a better term, mission.  If one has been on an ocean course or a mountain course, standing on an elevated tee over looking the course seeing the beauty of the world in which we play, one must ask: how can such beauty be nothing more than just an accident.  How can that possibly be.

 

Also, on a typical Sunday morning, when the wife heads to Mass and I head to the golf course, I tell her I will probably hear and see more people praying.

[ole gray]

Besides my immediate family and a few childhood friends, all my current friends came from meeting people through a forum like GPS or on the golf course.  I've met some lifetime friends through the game of golf.  It's an amazing game that brings us so many good things in life. The best part of the game imo is the awesome folks I have met through the years.

[revkev]

@Wahoo - funny and yes, true!  But don't discount the beauty of a Florida sunset or the wild life that we find on our courses down here either. 

[TheWahoo]

@Wahoo - funny and yes, true!  But don't discount the beauty of a Florida sunset or the wild life that we find on our courses down here either. 

 

Believe me, it was not my intent to discount the beauty of Florida or any other locale.   Being raised in the Virginia foothills of the Skyline Drive, permit me to quote Mr. Kristofferson:   "I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies".