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Old 06-16-2008, 04:13 AM
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Golf - I think I'm hooked!

I went a played 9 holes of Golf with two friends on Saturday evening and have decided I don't agree with Mark Twain when he described golf as "a good walk ruined".

It's at least 25 years since I picked up a golf club and while my first hole was a disaster things did improve and I actually managed to par a few holes. I know the company I had helped a great deal and I'm sure that Golf purists would probably take us and shoot us, but we had fun.

I was so pleased with myself that I was able to play the 9 holes, never out of breath and could have handled another 9 if we had had time. There's no way I could have done this 6 months ago .

The thing is, I think I'm hooked I hate walking as an exercise, it's not the physical activity that bothers me, it's the boredom, even when I'm listening to music. Where as I really enjoyed the golf, had fun and got exercise. One of my friends that was with me, wants to lose weight and is on for a couple of games a week, which is great, what's even better is that we have a local course and a round of 9 holes only costs €10 (US$15).

If I had not been diagnosed with Diabetes, I would not have lost weight and would not be able to do this, so thought I'd share some of the silver lining to the grey cloud of Diabetes.
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Old 06-16-2008, 05:16 AM
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"Golf - I think I'm hooked! "

that's the nature of the beast david give in to it & have a great time
I've not played in years & I just might take it up again . Thank You
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Old 06-16-2008, 05:22 AM
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I'm getting the itch again too. We'll see what happens with kid #2 first. If he ends up costing me as little as #1 so far has, I think it's somethng I will go for.
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Old 06-16-2008, 06:24 AM
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Some thoughts:

* Golfers who claim they don't cheat, also lie.
* The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.
* A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponent's luck.
* Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
* There are two kinds of bounces: unfair bounces, and bounces just the way you meant to play it.
* You can hit a 2-acre fairway 10% of the time, and a 2-inch branch 90% of the time.
* In primitive society, when native tribes beat the ground with clubs and yelled, it was called witchcraft; today, in civilized society, it is called golf.
* The man who takes up golf to get his mind off his work soon takes up work to get his mind off golf.
* Golf was once a rich man's sport, but now it has millions of poor players!
* Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.
* The secret of good golf is to hit the ball hard, straight and not too often.
* There are three ways to improve your golf game: take lessons, practice constantly ... or start cheating.
* An amateur golfer is one who addresses the ball twice ... once before swinging, and once again, after swinging.
* Many a golfer prefers a golf cart to a caddy because it cannot count, criticize or laugh.
* Golf is a game in which the slowest people in the world are those in front of you, and the fastest are those behind.
* Golf: A five mile walk punctuated with frequent disappointments.
* There's no game like golf: you go out with three friends, play eighteen holes, and return with three enemies.
* Golf got its name because all of the other four letter words were taken.

Enjoy your new hobby Dave!
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Old 06-16-2008, 07:40 AM
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Dave, It's great that you rediscovered golf and that it's easy for you to get some fun exercise with your mates! My guess is that Mark Twain had a wicked slice and would blame the concept of golf for his own lack of technique. Too bad for him.

I had a lot of fun watching the US Open this weekend (playoff later today!!!). I also like golf movies:

Happy Gilmore
Caddy Shack
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
Tin Cup
Armageddon
(did I forget any?)
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Old 06-16-2008, 07:44 AM
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Dave, It's great that you rediscovered golf and that it's easy for you to get some fun exercise with your mates! My guess is that Mark Twain had a wicked slice and would blame the concept of golf for his own lack of technique. Too bad for him.

I had a lot of fun watching the US Open this weekend (playoff later today!!!). I also like golf movies:

Happy Gilmore
Caddy Shack
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
Tin Cup
Armageddon
(did I forget any?)
Keith
Caddyshack II - not great but a golf movie for sure.
The was a Bob Hope golf movie (maybe more than one) and a Three Stooges short too.
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:09 AM
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Good on you David !!!!!!!!!!!
You have persuaded me to take it up again. I used to play 9 holes once a week but stopped. Time to start back up, me thinks.
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:14 AM
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Keith
Caddyshack II - not great but a golf movie for sure.
The was a Bob Hope golf movie (maybe more than one) and a Three Stooges short too.
Mike
There was a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis golf movie too: The Caddy (1953)
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