Not quite advice but more of an opinion on Golf
An old person once told me:

"Golf: It spoils a good walk."

And they were absolutely right!
(Miggyman, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:22, 12 replies)

I wouldn't object to golf
if the courses didn't take up so much goddamn space. I do remember a walking holiday round Dorset where I was amazed by how many bloody golf courses I had to cross. Though it was satisfying to see the golfer's frustrated faces as yet another group of walkers marched across the line of their shot.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:24, closed)

P.G. Wodehouse said something along the lines of
The playing of golf spoils a perfectly good walk or similar.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:44, closed)

^^
It was Mark Twain that said that.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:48, closed)

I stand corrected
thanks!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:50, closed)

You're welcome
Random trivia FTW!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:06, closed)

...
Wodehouse was quite the golf fan, IIRC...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:10, closed)

The thing that annoys me about golf
isn't the game itself, or indeed many of the people who play it, it's just the arsiness of the whole thing.

You know, the snobbery, the Pringle shirts, no women allowed in certain parts of the clubhouse, businessmen playing golf because they think it's the thing to do, etc.

Sod that. If you want to play the game, fine. It's skilful and requires dedication. Just don't let it take over your life.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:14, closed)

@K2k6
That's a good point actually - how did golf become so closely intertwined with business? It now seems to be standard networking practice to play golf with somebody, and I can't understand this notion...obviously it's less likely to damage business relations than a game of rugby, but why not take them to the pub? Or get them to play D&D? Or Strip Poker?

/considers Business-Class Strip Poker
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:17, closed)

golf
Is just the biggest pile of wank imaginable, in my view. The most pointless 'sport' to be televised, it's even more pointless when you get coverage on the bloody radio. I swear this is true, years ago I had a work colleague who asked if he could change channels on the radio 'so he could listen to the golf'.

He got told, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off.

I agree with k2k6's summation that it's not so much the game as the general arseyness of the traditions built up around it. But it's still shite.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:20, closed)

@Enzyme
then why would he compare the necessity of eradicating it early to that of measles?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 12:34, closed)

About that "no women" rule...
I recall sometime back hearing about a bunch of feminists protesting at a golf course.

They were joined by the bravest man in the world:


( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 24 Jun 2008, 13:34, closed)

It's a shame.
'Cos I really like golf. Playing and occasionally watching on TV (but I don't have any fancy-pants sports channels so I miss out on that and televised poker which is also fantastic)
( gareth_alien will be human again at, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 13:37, closed)