Who else hates golf but does it because they have to?
 

Everyone golfs at my office and its the only way to get invited to participate in events away from the office. Personally I think golf is not a sport and the players are not athletes. In fact, calling them athletes is an insult to real athletes where conditioning, aerobic capacity, athleting ability, and strength are factors in competition. Golf is a competitive leisure activity, not a sport.

Anyway, I've taken up this leisure activity and suck thoroughly but will practice until I'm respectable and don't embarrass myself.
Anyone feel the same?

count me in that list........ Hate it but "its business".

How about someone that hates golf, and yet is inexplicably drawn to it like a bug to the zapper? With that said, off to the driving range.........

Total Waste of good real estate.

K.T.

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I have never swung a club in my life. Never will. Ironic since I live within 1/4 mile of one golf course to the west and 1/2 mile from another to the east.

My colleagues use it as an excuse to stand around in obscene 100+ temperatures, get drunk, and drive their carts like idiots (or so I hear).

Golf just ruins a good walk.

I love golf and play alot, but no it's not a sport. I forget who said it, but anything that you can do while drinking beer is not a sport:)

i went on a corporate skeet shoot once. informal job interview right out of college. they got nervous when i brought two over/unders. i held back tho. thank god it wasnt golf. now if i could shoot the golf balls.

Yeah--golfed in 2 tournaments through work. I am glad that 2 others in here golf regularly, so they can attend the majority of these events. I suck at the golf.

We counter the golf outings through sporting clays. Here in SW PA, this is big, and usually draws just as many or more than the golf outings. I have been on the committee for the United Cerebral Palsy Spoting Clays Classic for the past 11 years--the great thing about the event is that we promote it for anyone--beginners through experts can enjoy a run through the course--which is stunning(The Shooting Academy at Nemacolin).

So, I would say that half of the corporate events our company is involved with are golf-related, while the other half is sporting-clay related.

I just played in a tournament on monday at Lakeside Country Club in Toluca Lake. The only time I golf anymore is in tournaments for work, which are usually put on by television shows. I wish there were sporting clays tournaments to go to, but these Hollywood liberals would never hear of it.

I took up golf at age 45 at the request of my son. I am hopelessly and shamelessly addicted. My other addictions are SCUBA and flyfishing, but they require time and planning and travel. I can be on the golf course in 10 minutes. It's outside, beautiful and I spend the afternoon watching deer, geese and red tailed hawks. It's wonderful.

The ultimate goal in golf is to hit the ball as few times as possible. So my question is, why do it at all?

:) :) :)

I fall into the 'golf only for work' catagory. Wow, shooting - I don't think I could pull that one off, but I've just about got a carting event put together.

I agree with a lot here... Golf is not a sport, it's a game. I do enjoy playing, somewhat. I haven't played in a couple years, and I usually suck.

When it comes to the range, I'd rather go to the rifle range than the driving range.

I'm sure you've all heard this quote before:

"Race car driving, mountain climbing and sky diving are the only real sports. Everything else is just a game."

Nah. I don't think mountain climbing and skydiving could be sports. I don't see the direct competition there.

I see a sport as something physical, competitive, that has some sort of scoring system. Basketball, football, baseball, soccer, fencing...

Things like skydiving, surfing, gymnastics, etc can't be directly 'scored' like the above sports.

Golf has it charms.

I have only played a few times, and made one or two good shots - and was like "ahh, that was nice.." You can see how it is so addictive.

If I had the time, and no real hobbies, I might do it more.. But otherwise, life is too short to chase that little while ball.

The quote was E. Hemingways.
There are only three real sports: bull fighting, car racing, and mountain climbing. All others are mere games. - Hemingway

The sport/ competition comes between you and the Bull :eek:

usually the people who complain about golf not being a sport are those that suck at it. I remember an ex girl friend asking me about golf saying it was easy ("the ball doesn't even move") so I offered to take her to the range and show her the basics. Needless to say she never went back.

I used to play a lot and was down in single digit handicap territory for awhile. It actually is a lot like driving at the track. The venue is the same, but the details change from day to day. And there is more than one way to get around the course.

Golf spellec backwards: Flog.....

I used to golf a lot. And I was good at it. Then I grew up.....

Golf is a game in which two balls are involved...One is 1 1/2 inches in diameter, the other 8,000 miles in diameter. The object is to hit the little one without hitting the big one.

As George Carlin says, "Watching golf is like watching files f--k."

tc-sacto beat me to it.

I get invited to golf outings with customers. I used to go to network and talk business. I suck at golf and have tried to improve but I just don't have the passion for it. I now send my employees who LIKE to golf and throw in some gifts. We try to sponser a hole for the bigger clients. The last outing my guys went to they took second place and won 250.00!

From an avid golfer, this thread hurts. And by the way I'm in a tournament tomorrow so I'll be sure to take some pictures and post them for you guys!! LOL.

Obviously not a strenous activity (unless one walks the course briskly), but certainly a sport. From dictionary.com:

1. a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
1. b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Golf ain't for everyone, but spending 5 hours outdoors in a beautiful setting works for me. Hitting a little white ball 250 yards down a fairway is satisfying. Watching a little white ball fly up and out 170 yards and land on the green 4 feet from the pin has its charms. As does tapping in a 30' putt with a nice break in it. Yeah, golf sucks... ;)

Steve touched on it.

It relates to why I like launching lead at paper targets 100+ yards away, trying to get the smallest group possible.

Accuracy.

Putting a small ball into a hole hundreds of yards away, and lobbing lead at a target hundreds of yards away relate to man's almost innate fascination with affecting things that are beyond our physical reach.

We particularly like to make games out of it.

What kills me about golf is the amount of time & money it takes. I drive by the golf courses and see loads of people and I can't help but wonder how they can justify so much personal time away from their spouses/kids. Sure a 3-5 hour game each week is fine, but how many golfers really play one game a week? And then there's the driving range. Seriously I know guys who play 2 games on the work week and then all day Saturday and also visit the driving range. :rolleyes:

Oh and Todd might be right, I've played golf 3 times (not including the miniture variety) and hated every moment of it. I suck at golf but also have zero interest in trying to improve.

How can you hate golf? My favorite holes are the ones with dinosaurs. The windmills always kick my butt.

the anthill. the ****ing anthill. i hate that hole...

I really like golf. I don't have the time to dedicate to it though so I suck badly. And, yes, it's something I should be doing for work (I'm in medical sales) but I have other hobbies that are just as enjoyable. A few of my big customers do golf regularly but some are into cycling or into sports cars. There's always something to build a realtionship around besides golf.

i think more business relationships are generated around strippers, and free food and alcohol. (in no particular order)

Lol. Not in my industry. Food yes, strippers and alcohol no. Most of my customers are women.