So europe has won the ryder cup and glenegales will host the next ryder cup


Bunch of old men in bad jumpers knocking about a plastic ball on a bit of grass trying to put in in a hole

Do you play golf if you do tell me...............why is it fun , is it really a sport ........

1 word... actually 2 words and maybe a sentence...

HAPPY GILMORE

The only way to golf... throw clubs and start fights

dawnbreak wrote: I've played a bit of golf, and I've had a hole in one before, but I'm not a big fan of the game, certainly not of watching it.

But there's a very simple reason why it's popular. It's a sport you can play if you're in no kind of physical shape to play any other sport. That's why golf is so much more popular than tennis in America.

I don't understand it either, so I try to avoid it. Me and Mr P ended up having a last minute weekend break to the New Forest and the only place we could book was an expensive golfing hotel. It was well poncy!

Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden.

Never played.

And they "earn" squillions.

My springer spaniel, Ruby-dog, finds golf balls. I've got about 5 to 6 THOUSAND of the things out in the shed. Really.

cantata wrote: Tiger Woods signed contracts worth $60 million with Nike and Titleist before he'd made a single professional golf shot.

To be fair, he did do quite well for them later on.

when I was working in banking .........I was encouraged to 'play' golf as most deals where made on green . The fact I was a female and lefthanded were obviuosly overlooked

Is tiger Woods still going wubs?

I know , from media, he was a child prodigey (I think discovered some american mogule.....)

Then became good at golf then cheated on his wife and beat her up?

Woods is busy using his wood to whack any... balls... he comes across (sorry lol)

dawnbreak wrote: Yeah you can pretty much play golf professionally until you're a pensioner. Tom Watson nearly won the British Open the other year (arguably the world's biggest golf tournament) at the age of 60. AFAIK, Tiger is still the world's highest earning sportsman. This is one of my favourite statistics to quote:

johnpilger.com/videos/the-new-rulers-of-the-world

My step father recently took up golf, he's 63 and never played in his life, he wished he done it sooner. He's roped my mum into giving it a bash too lol They watch it on tv which is beyond me, half my family are big on golf always have been we have a but n Ben from the 60's up the east coast of Scotland, it was bought to be near st andrews, oh a butnben is a very small holiday home. My mum owns it so I'll get it next, but I'm really not into golf, maybe I'll take it up when I'm a pensioner lol

dawnbreak wrote:
I don't play it, but I know a few fanatics, but probably one of the main reasons I never got into golf was because you cook here on a golf course, most of the time when golfing is best, not my idea of fun

Well, you scotts did invent the game Dawney

I've played quite a bit in my time. The family home was on the edge of a golf course and we used to regularly hop over the fence for a quick round of 7 holes for some exercise after tea...weather permitting, which was quite a lot in those days

I suppose that's why I'm classified as a fairweather played! Mind you Mark Twain did say about the game "A good walk ruined"

It's one of those sports that until you try it, you can't see the point. There's a lot more to it than an oversized game of snooker.

Jane

If it was like this i would watch it more on tv.

i played archery golf before but normal golf is meh..

I have a dog to chase balls.
This plan has saved me a fortune in clubs and membership fees.