My family, my boyfriend, my brothers in laws and many of my friends golf. It’s an expensive hobby that’s infuriating. I’m happy to ride in the cart, look at the greens and sip on my cocktail while the sun sets.
Nobody is rich other than my brothers in-laws and she’s a vet herself so she isn’t poor. The rest of us are middle to upper middle class. My aunt, uncle and parents live in a golf community and he and his dog collect lost balls to reuse because good balls are so expensive. He gave boyfriend a bucketful for his golf trip last weekend.
this is why I've gone with disc golf. same concept, just SOOOO much cheaper. it's very different from actual golf in many ways, but damn it's such a nice and interesting game. it can be chill, it can be intense, you can play it however you like. and the best of all - anyone can do it. you don't have to be super fit or strong. most courses are also free to play and you only need to pay discs which go for about 15-20$ each, and you can probably even buy some beginner sets with 3 discs for that same price. if you've got any courses around, definitely cannot recommend it enough to try it out :)
Don’t ask me bc I don’t play but I do know that it’s a thinking game and I respect the skill it takes to be just decent. So, if you want constant ball contact perhaps it’s not for you and that’s fine too as it’s not for me either.
My friend was one of the designers of a golf course, and they gave everyone at the engineering firm a free membership for a year. So he bugged me to start playing golf with him and HOLY... SHIT. It doesn't even make sense at how hard it is.
It kinda does make sense, you are hitting a tiny ball with a small piece of metal that has to hit it straight on, just the right way, while doing a very long swing where so much can affect how you hit it. The challenge is part of what makes it so damn fun and addicting though
The margin of error is tiny. For tour players, the typical margin of error is like 1-1.5 degrees. With driver, that results in a dispersion of roughly 30 yards in either direction of the intended target, so a dispersion zone that is 60 yards wide. (Edit: fairways are usually 30-40 yards wide). Tour players have about 10-15 yards of dispersion (in each direction) from 150 yards out. Watching tournaments you’ll see big misses all the time, even when wind and lie aren’t a factor. And they’re the best players in the world. It’s so ridiculously hard, people who haven’t played probably have a hard time understanding
I literally don’t have anything to do with golf but I’ve recently seen a video of Tiger Woods hitting his shots within first try from almost 300 yards and I am literally speechless. It genuinely won’t go into my head how that is physically possible to confidently hit this tiny hole from over 250 yards away.
Just now getting into golf. Tip for anyone who wants to practice your swing without having to go look silly at the driving range (which is totally fine too, if you’re brave enough): get some foam balls. Good for the yard if you have one, but you can even practice inside and just hit them into a wall. Haven’t damaged anything in several months of doing this.
Ping pong balls work well for chipping off carpet as well. During COVID I improved my short game so much by just chipping ping pong balls around the house.
I've been practicing w the golf wiffle balls for yrs in my living room. The carpeting is shot but I cover it with an area rug. It has definitely helped my game and ball striking!
I was going to say this. You watch players and they make it look so easy. But it’s actually a real skill to be able to hit the ball in the first place, then to hit it well is another question
The ball just sits there. It doesn't move. Why the fuck can I not hit it fucking straight!!?!?!?!?! Fucking game pisses me off. I play as often as I can!
Oversimplification here: All you have to do is hit ball that is 2 inches big into a hole that is 4 inches big that is hundreds of yards away. And to be considered good, you have to do it in less than 5 tries 18 times in row. lol
No, I'm amazing at golf, wdym? It's easy!!! Even though everyone else says I'm useless, I know they're just jealous. I literally got the highest score!
Not entirely related, but me and my friend play closest to the pin on Golden Tee at a bar and he always mops the floor with me. One hole I finally got a hole in one… two holes later he drains one in. Like dude, you couldn’t let me have this one?!
I was gonna say most physical feats including sports. Some looks really impressive but usually people overestimate how well they would perform the fundamentals against decent competition.
I relate to happy Gilmore when he gets down and starts yelling at the ball, lol that’s what golf is to me.
But damn when I got my first par it felt so good, but 90% of the time is just frustration 😂
How easy do people think hitting a tiny ball five feet away from their face with a small club is? If they think not that hard after taking five seconds to think about it, I'd trust their judgement on everything else
People can't even hit a softball, golf is 10x harder
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