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The ending 😂. This was very encouraging. As a new golfer myself, I’m learning. I took the lessons, very expensive!. But, it did help with a foundation swing. But, I’m struggling with my irons and driver, regarding distance and height. But, I still go to the range an practice, even by myself. I don’t want to quiet, I want to get better. Your right it’s hard when I don’t see progress. But, I’m gonna stick with it and keep watching your videos.
Thank you !
My clubs…..2013 Callaway X Hot Combo irons, X Hot 4 wood, Ray Cook putter.
I’m new to the game I don’t see myself quitting anytime soon but I am horrible. My concern is if I’m needing new clubs because I am playing some old ping a red that I don’t know if they are good enough to learn with with the condition.
baby boomers getting old
Shoot +100? Play a 2 man scramble!
I think about quitting again from time to time. My last round I shot a 50 on the front nine and questioned my sanity in playing this game. I shot a 40 on the back nine and am going out again tomorrow. The game is maddening.
I think you alluded to it but for many the reason they quit golf is because to get decent at it requires an investment that many simply cannot do. I know about this first hand. I played a lot of golf in high school and for a year or so afterwards while in college. But, to be good at the game, to consistently break 85 without 'fudging' the numbers you have to invest time in the game and a lot of people just don't have it.
I trailed off and eventually quit playing altogether about 30ish years ago simply because I didn't have the time to go to the course, or even the driving range. Being in the military meant often spending one or two weeks out in the field training, going to military schools where you don't may or may not have a day or two off to play and the very real deployments that put you places where golf is the last thing on your mind. Add time and a family and the need to advance your career, improve your education and getting time with the spouse and you can see why many sets of clubs end up collecting dust in the garage. That happened to me. Simply put, four hours a week wouldn't fly with the wife, especially since I spent almost half my time while married to her away on deployments or to military schools.
I think COVID created an artificial condition where people who had no time to devote to playing suddenly had time on their hands. They went out, realized they enjoyed golf and started to get into it. Then real life came back and slapped them upside the head. When you are working 8-4 five days a week you have a Saturday or Sunday at best to play and even then justifying five hours away from your spouse, who you barely see during the week is very had to do. I started taking the game up in my 50s after my kids grew up and I had more spare time to do what I wanted to do. When I was 25 I didn't have that option.
I'd say that ball prices are one one of the most impressive spends in Golf. You accidentally lose 5 balls in a round and you've just added $30 dollars to your round. They are way more expensive than clubs.
George Pepper wrote a great article years ago about using golf to teach his children sportsmanship and ethics. It was a very long but interesting article that ended with, "… and if I didn't tell my wife this, she'd never let me play."
@MrShortGame, are you gonna try out for the Senior Tour?
I got my irons from Craig's List. And I only got them have options at the driving range. lol
I also want to play by myself or at least with just me and my son…unless I'm stuck in a bunker and he's laughing at me. My son asked if he could go with me, first few times he spectate and now he putts.
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Solo golf is great for learning… those who want to learn can play multiple balls on a hole, as long as they are keeping pace… you can take triple the shots and practice around the green, excellent way to shoot a high volume of shots while practicing around the whole course
1. Boring 2. Old Man's game 3. Lotta stuffy and smarmy people 4. Too expsensive 5. Kinda effeminate compared to other active sports, when you get down to it. There's your list.
With all due respect, I would welcome a notable thinning of the herd. I've been playing for 25 years, and I've never seen public golf this slow and inconsiderate. There is no amount of tee marker chipping that makes a 5-1/2 hour round of golf acceptable (much less enjoyable), and that only helps when you're on the tee box, not waiting for greens to clear on your approach shots. Most courses I've played in the last 3-4 years, you're behind schedule already 2 holes in, three holes tops. The overall pace of golf has become painful at public courses. Having to book tee times a week and a half, or two weeks, in advance in the first 15 minutes they're available in order to even get on the golf course on a weekend is ridiculous.
golfers who quit maybe because thet got a golf simulator at home. its too hot to go outside, blahblahblah. or they got laid off recently.
I wish more people would quit to free up some time slots at my local courses
6 hour guy is probably being sarcastic, but there are public courses in CA where it can take a solid 3 hours to play a front nine during twilight on a Sunday when the price drops at 3pm. That three hours includes wait time on the 1st tee. Usually the back nine goes way quicker. Some course layouts are flawed leading to way too much backed up play.
Concerning tees. Some courses don’t have more accommodating tees than the blue, white, red that are hastily spaced 10 yards apart. I’m usually less concerned about somebody playing improper tees than someone straight up playing an improper course. Learn about Course Rating/Slope before choosing a course unless your options are truly limited. What looks like wimpy 5,000 yard tees can still be a long day on a tight, tough course
9 hole early bird or super twilight rounds, executive courses and par 3 tracks can be a fun time even if you think you are too good for that stuff.
I’ve played with “I’ve been an 8 handicap since high school” who can’t break 90 so many golfers of all handicap ranges can act like they are pros. Dude, the course record went out the window after the par 5 6th you quit on. Relax and let’s just smash driver and maybe pull off enough shots to make this worth the $$$.
Prices have exploded in Maryland. Can't keep up with cost of golf equipment, and last of all time commitment
I wanted to quit in the middle of the club championship, my god I was playing bad
I was thinking about quitting because there are too many people playing golf…this could be a good thing.