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A few tips from an old golfer?

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Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.

Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks

Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.

If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.

Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.

The term 'mulligan' is really a contraction of the phrase 'maul it again.'

A 'gimme' can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers ... neither of whom can putt very well.

An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.

Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.

If your best shots are the practice swing and the 'gimme putt', you might wish to reconsider this game.

Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.

Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too seriously it won't work , and both are expensive.

The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.

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  1. Oh I am sure GB that you have had many holes in one.

    Hey have you moved to America and not told me.


  2. great, its always good to know other secrets *wink*

    Got any Harry Vardon secrets as well?

  3. Right on brother - it's addicting too. I put my self in all different

    positions - in hopes of finding the secret swing. I've injured the

    same knee twice. You wd think I wd have stopped after the first time. I don't even care about the score. I just want to experience a solid full swing ( not 2 in a row by accident )

  4. great tips no really trtyed them on the course today really worked

  5. You are probably American but as a golfer in England I can identify with everything you have said. I do all those things but I particularly related to the stanza about playing in all weathers. Over this winter I have often played, starting at 8am in temperatures between -8C and zero. The hands are so cold that they hurt but still I and my friends played on to do the 18. We play in gales, rainstorms and even once this year in snow. I used a yellow ball for this. I count it all as practise ready for the greater warmth of summer where I still do all of those things but in the sun.

  6. Hi,

    Not sure if you even like the game - or just get deeply frustrated during your round. Either way just ask questions in the future - you never know you might receive some really helpful/constructive answers.

    Bye

    http://www.golfersmate.net

  7. Very funny!!  I'll have to remember some of these lines the next time I pay a $95 greensfee, lose 3 new Pro-V1s in the water, and have a $5 hot dog for lunch!

  8. Ha ha ha.!!!

    Good list there Greybeard.!!!

    10/10.!!!

    I see the trolls are about.!!!

    Cheers.!!

  9. SO what was your question?

  10. That's funny Ive heard terms like ''Golf what a weird game cant figure it out'' Well I have you hit the ball and then hit it again and try to knock it in a hole in the ground eventually. You said some things that make sense though like don't take yourself to seriously and your life is in trouble if you play in the snow, I play in the rain sometimes and my life is ok. All of what you said should be on a plaque somewhere in a countryclub locker room very intriguing old golfer!

  11. God, you are so boring

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