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MADem
(135,425 posts)All I can say is... "Zos shorts are for a younger person...wouldn't you say?"
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Mini golf is fun, but mostly because kids participate. Full course golf is a cult community. It isn't about the "sport" (if you can call it that) but more about the conformity to the "club" attitude.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I did a long tour overseas where I and three others did a LOT of golfing. We enjoyed the hell out of it, because we used the time to do a little business, a little networking, a little "gossiping" (yes, indeedy), and a little bit of exchanging jokes, trash talking and acting the fool.
The three of us, though, shared a rather dire secret--the secret was that we ALL SUCKED AT GOLF. We sucked so bad that we didn't keep score. We sucked so bad that we liberally used the "hand wedge" or the "foot wedge" to keep the game moving. We sucked so bad that we'd freely play "best ball" on holes that were just too damn hard to slog through.
Here's the thing, though...we'd turn up in the clubhouse after doing eighteen, laughing, joking, slapping one another on the back, and praising one another's "good" shots (even the worst golfer will have the occasional lucky hit). We'd have a few beverages, every one of us in a GREAT mood, and as a consequence, we would be approached, over and over again, by other (serious, competitive) golfers who knew us, with a plea that if one of us couldn't make it on our regular outings, would we consider calling them to fill out our foursome? "Oh, sure" we'd say, and then we'd cough "Bullshit" to ourselves.
We had a great thing going, and that's because we didn't allow the outing to be a "good walk spoiled." We walked around, we hit the ball and took out our frustrations on it, we laughed and talked, we got up to speed on who's who in the zoo in our respective workcenters...it was a great time. Of course, golf purists would insist that what we were playing wasn't actually golf, but our view of that was "Fuck 'em--we're having fun!" And we did have fun...! Even without the "Now watch this drive!" boasts!
The trick to enjoying golf is this--find three others who suck as bad as you do, and who know how to keep a secret!
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)n/t
Cheers.
MADem
(135,425 posts)because they suck like I do!
They're out there--the trick is to find them and have fun!
Be sure to follow course etiquette (replace divots, let speedy groups play through, stuff like that) and people will think you really know your stuff!
tclambert
(11,087 posts)If you want to get good, you have to go to the driving range and hit 10,000 shots with your pitching wedge. Driving's not so important. Get that short club to work. A little putt-putt to hone your skill on the green and pretty soon Tiger Woods will fear you.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)It can be hilarious. "Why are you guys playing from a sand trap when it's best ball?" "The other three are in the water."
MADem
(135,425 posts)In a foursome, over eighteen holes, EVERYONE gets to be a hero.
It's very empowering!
Sure you weren't part of my foursome? That sounds like us!
jillan
(39,451 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)would preclude someone from ever playing golf. Twisting of the back and all.
That doesn't look like some warmongering chickenhawk golfer who whined himself out of the Navy after only 6 weeks complaining of a sore back, with an Honorable Discharge no less........but it is. Wimp....
MADem
(135,425 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)So stop saying that
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)totally compliments his toned physique...
MADem
(135,425 posts)LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)anybody remember that guy. All white clothes.
what a dork.
TBF
(32,092 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)GreenTea
(5,154 posts)Complete & total narcissistic sociopaths!!
crunch60
(1,412 posts)ain't so pretty. (Belly over Belt) I wonder if his golf swing is any better that his action on jobs? Na, probably had a few martini's before this game.
magic59
(429 posts)in those prissy little outfits, meet some of the locals, squeal like a pig.
Rambis
(7,774 posts)I can't afford it because it costs to much. Seeing Boner at leisure while the country suffers makes me want to smack the fake tan shithouse with a lob wedge.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Doc Holliday
(719 posts)from Tin Cup, Costner to Russo: "Golf is like sex...you don't have to be good at it to enjoy it."
The only golf I'm good at is PS2 golf. Hot Shots 3, anyone?
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)where are the fucking jobs asshole? Have you created even 1 yet? Nope. Always know the answer to your question before you ask, and I'm no lawyer.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)On a guy.....
enough to make you cry.
or vomit.
With a lot of money.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)He's built like my mother-in-law. Who knew?
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Might want to give the golf critiques a pass, folks.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Obama,+golf&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADRA_enUS432&prmd=imvnsu&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=pR3UT43bAajA2gX2zKSRDw&ved=0CG4QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=548
Just sayin'...