BS: Is Golf Rubbish?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Raptor
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 08:18 PM

Golf takes a terrible role on the environment with pestisides, fertillizers, and water waste not to mention habitat loss and severing green corridors! All so people with too much money can take a little ball, hit it with a stick as far away from them as they can, only to follow it to do it again
It's a screwed world!

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Peace
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 08:32 PM

Time for a golf joke, but I only know seven hundred and thirty-two, and they have all been posted on the 'cat in years past. Anyone got some new ones?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 08:49 PM

"instead of hitting the balls with them sticks, why don't they throw them, be a lot easier for them surely"

Well, that is more or less how the Irish sport of Road Bowling works. Except that it's played along the road, and the "ball" is a lot bigger and heavier than a golf ball, being a sort of cannon-ball.

I believe it's a bit more organised these days. It can be a bit hairy driving along and coming across a game, especially when the bowler is cutting a corner on thr road with the throw.

Then there's the version we've all played as kids, kicking a can or a stone along the road going home from school or whatever.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 10:36 PM

Actually, I like golf courses. They're wonderful open spaces with lots of grass and trees and little ponds and stuff. Cities need more green space. E'en though I don't play, I like golf courses.

Now, I used to play. Last time I played, back in '78 or so, I shot a 72 and figured I'd never do better than that, so I quit. I mean, a 72? On the first hole? Actually, I caddied when I younger and I would carry solid leather golf bags containing every club from a driver to a mashie to a 1 iron to a niblick to four different kinds of sand wedges for 18 goddamn holes. For this, I was paid the noble sum of less than USD 5.00 -- and that includes the tip, if any.

I haven't heard of a caddy in years.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Apr 04 - 04:02 AM

A friend of mine had played golf each week for about a year and asked me to have a round with him, which I did, mainly to humour him. However, I went round the course in two less strokes than he did and put it down to begunners luck.....He never asked me to go again and I would not go of my own volition.BUT..If you want to play golf,,that is your choice..Enjoy whatever makes you happy and hopefully a little fitter.
Oh and Les....Sorry to hear you have a handicap..Playing without balls must be difficult.
By the way..I have some golfing socks..Got a "hole in one"
Be Blessed

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 25 Apr 04 - 06:45 AM

Not just rubbish but expensive rubbish. The land is being wasted in the worst way, and the obscene use of water to keep it's greens green in Hawaii, to be used by the Japanese tourists who are the only ones who can even afford the fees, is beyond belief. This is one subject I get pretty livid about..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: 42
Date: 25 Apr 04 - 07:46 AM

Much of the property surrounding my father's farm was purchased several years ago and made into a private golf course.

His land is situated on the Niagara Escarpment near Georgian Bay and is protected (theoretically) from building. For example no new construction is allowed. How the hell did they think a golf course would be less damaging to the environment than a four bedroom backsplit? (even with a pool)

j

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Peace
Date: 25 Apr 04 - 11:32 AM

Rapper: You shot a 72? How'd ya do on the back nine?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 04:44 AM

A man is ship wrecked alone on an island and only just manages to survive for ten years when one day while sitting on the beach a figure in a wet suit emerges from the water.
It approaches him and takes off the face mask revealing a beautiful woman in the very tight wet suit.

"When was the last time you had a shot of whisky" she asks in a husky voice.

"Ten years ago" he replies.

She reaches into her very tight fitting suit and pulls out a bottle of single malt and a glass and pours him a large measure.

"When was the last time you smoked a cigar" She asks sexily.

"Ten years ago" He replies.

Once again she reaches into her wetsuit and this time pulls out a fine hand rolled cuban cigar which she lights for him.

The man is is heaven puffing away at the cigar and sipping his whisky.
She sits down beside him and moves in close.
"When was the last time you played around" she asks teasingly.

"My God you dont have a set of clubs in there as well do you !"

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 04:49 AM

TRUE STORY

A man is on the tee par 5 on a golf course and swings at his ball he hits the shot of his life, the balls soars true and lands on the green rolling to within inches of the hole.
A young boy runs out from the bushes ,picks up the ball and waves to the man teasing him. The man driver in hand infuriated races after the boy. when he is half way down the fairway another boy comes out the bushes by the tee and takes his bag of clubs.

Now thats what I call how to treat Golfers.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Betsy
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 10:53 AM

Noddy ,
TRUE STORY - My Arse !!!!!!!! What's your second name - Mitty ?
You obviously haven't a clue about golf.
It's possible, but highly improbable, to reach a green from Tee on a Par 4 in one shot - but it is IMPOSSIBLE on a Par 5.
TRUE STORY ?? - dream on.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Strick
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 10:56 AM

"The land is being wasted in the worst way, and the obscene use of water to keep it's greens green in Hawaii, to be used by the Japanese tourists who are the only ones who can even afford the fees, is beyond belief."

Have you seen the courses in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Palm Springs?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 11:04 AM

ok Betsy I exagerated a bit but it is true. He lost both clubs and ball.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 11:53 AM

No Strick, I haven't..what's your point?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 12:02 PM

I understand that the golf courses in what used to be Rhodesia were the most dangerous in the world. No, not wildlife -- land mines.

I learned last evening that the manager of the golf course behind my house doesn't like people to walk their dogs on the course, but if they do (and he can't stop it anyway) he insists on the use of pooper-scoopers. So much for "play it where it lies."

My neighbors, the ones across the street, have found mishit golf balls in their back yard. Now, that's a bad shot!

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 12:04 PM

Betsy for the record take a look at the Guinness Book of Records for the longest drive and eat your words.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Strick
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 01:00 PM

"No Strick, I haven't..what's your point?"

Sorry, my point would probably be obvious if you had. Some day the water we've wasted keeping those huge areas green in the middle of the desert is going to come back to haunt us. Some people are equally concerned about the environmental impact of the massive water projects necessary to make those courses possible, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 01:04 PM

Hmmm...Strick, the same can be said about most cemeteries. How about if we combine them? The new cemeteries all have markers level with the ground. so that wouldn't be a problem. The only drawback I see is the ease of making a hole in one.

Actually, living next to a well-run cemetery is a Good Deal. The neighbors are quiet, for one thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Strick
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 01:38 PM

Sorry, I'm in favor of cremation. I've been in the way often enough when I was alive. Once I leave this Earth, I'd just as soon be really gone.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Mudlark
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 02:14 PM

I live in an area that gets an average of 7 inches of rain a year. We're in a drought cycle now, getting only half that. Yet there are 2 golf courses within 10 miles of my place, and 3 more planned (plus a water park!) and no matter what I think of the game of golf, it's impossible to condone those acres and acres of obscenely green, green grass in the desert-like landscape on a 110 degree summer day.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 09:28 PM

I'm a crap golfer and my game is rubbish but I still enjoy it.

My wife plays much better and she trades her games of golf for my wanting to go to sessions. So I think it is a wonderfull game. I am a golf widower she is a session widow.

Do you play darts jOhn cos I think that is rubbish, bloody fat men throwing things at boards and swilling pints and they call it a sport.....;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Benjamin
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 02:01 AM

I was playing golf this weekend with some friends of mine. We all teed off on the 7th hole, when a girl driving a cart with a cooler on the back, selling drinks, drove up to us, to maybe sell us drinks if we were thirsty. My friends start making some stupid remarks to here like "you got a license for that thing, I think you need a license." I walked up to her as they were saying these things and said, "Can you give me a ride to my ball?" She said something to the effect of "sure, hop in." So I got in the cart with her and ditched my friends, who caught up to me in about a minute.
Anyways, golf isn't simply an elietist way to pass time. I play on a cheap set of clubs and have no offical golf clothing (except for some shirts which I've owned for a while now and will wear on any given day). I enjoy playing, and many of my friends enjoy playing. As a result, we get a chance to do something together and have that much more time to talk. Just because you don't enjoy something doesn't mean you should put it down (or the people who enjoy it) to your level.
Benjamin

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 03:29 AM

Strick, thanks. Now I understand. Yes, I rather expected that to be the case, and even more abhorrent in places that are already diverting such excessive energy to light up cities like Los Vegas (My SECOND biggest complaint). The short-sightedness of the whole thing continues to convince me that we rarily deserve the gifts this world has to offer if our response is to squander it..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 05:52 AM

I feel I would look silly in those clothes.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 07:27 AM

It,s not as stupid as people from Hull

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 08:28 AM

I don't care for golf at all and I am certainly aware of the kind of environmental damage they do. However, I like even less that fake working class crap about it being a game for snobs and the upwardly mobile middle class. When are some of you going to grow up. That kind of sweeping pettyness scare me more than golf does.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: JennyO
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 06:08 AM

Old golfers never die, they just lose their balls.....

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 10:52 AM

Un-identified guests never die, they just smell that way.
eric

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Betsy
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 02:03 PM

Hi, Shanghaiceltic
I knew a woman who didn't like her husband washing his balls why he was watching TV - and he was a darts player.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: dwditty
Date: 30 Apr 04 - 08:42 PM

Golf id Flog spelled backwards.   'nuff said.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Teribus
Date: 03 May 04 - 05:54 AM

Risky Business - 24 Apr 04 - 11:35 AM

"What the heck is golf? Having read a vast amount of golfing history (nothing) I conclude that golf comes from Scotland. I know that land used to be important in Scotland. Maybe golf was a method of controlling land "I'm going to hit this very small ball with this very long and hard club with a knob on the end. Wherever it comes down is 'also' mine."

Maybe you should have read up a bit on it Risky, as should some of the others complaining about the waste of land, water, etc, relating to golf courses.

I believe that in it's original form golf was a winter game played, on ice, in the Netherlands. It was brought back to Scotland by the Calvinists/Scottish merchants/whoever, and adapted to a land based game. Well, Risky, you are right about land being important in Scotland, that is why the term "links" comes to be applied to a certain type of golf course. "Links Land" was regarded back in 15th century Scotland as being literally "useless" and it was just that type of land that was used to play golf on. The game increased in popularity and people inland also wanted to play, they didn't have sand dunes, sparsely covered with grass, so they opted to use "useless" exposed heathland. That takes us on to the clothes, Blackheath Golf Club (One of the oldest in England, if not the oldest) was such a heathland course and other people, non-golfers used to use wander about over it, so the rules of the newly formed golf club stated that those playing golf had to wear red jackets so that other members of the public could easily identify them and be aware that a ball might be headed their way. Been a long time, but I still believe when members paly Blackheath they are still required to wear red pullovers/polo shirts.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: GUEST
Date: 03 May 04 - 06:07 AM

Never knew that. Blackheath is also very high, open and exposed; so a heavy jumper would have been essential. Can't see where they could still play on the heath nowadays though?

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Teribus
Date: 03 May 04 - 07:00 AM

I think at some time in the Club's history they moved location.

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Don Firth
Date: 03 May 04 - 02:59 PM

Golf:   a game in which one places a ball approximately one-and-a-quarter inches in diameter on another ball approximately eight-thousand miles in diameter. The object is to hit the small ball without hitting the large one.

Just thought I'd clarify things a bit. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 May 04 - 03:32 PM

If there were no golf, what would the textile mills do with all those hideous fabrics?

By the way, I firmly believe that one reason golf is so popular among business types is because a game of golf with business associates is often seen as an appropriate substitute for actually working. In the business where I used to work it was not uncommon for the boss to take the afternoon off to play golf with a sales rep or similar type. It is much more acceptable to say "I'm taking the rest of the day off to play golf with the vice president of the bank" than it is to say "I'm taking the rest of the day off to go hang out in a topless bar, drink beer and stick dollar bills in ladies' garter belts."

Subject: RE: BS: Is Golf Rubbish?
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 03 May 04 - 07:40 PM

All those dissatisfied ones have never gotten a hole -in -one. Like me - a year ago this month. I love golf.

Seamus