I don't get it....

No, not that...



Golf...I can understand playing it. Its mildly entertaining...Slicing a little white ball into the trees and searching for it..Have a beer while looking then end up in the sand trap. Go to the 19th hole and have more beer. Yes..Good Times.


But now people (and media) lose their minds for it here in NY. For the out-of-towners, the US Open is on Long Island out in the Hamptons this weekend. Shinnecock is the town. Now I like saying the word Shinnecock as much as the next person, but all networks have on-site sports casters---traffic is jammed up all day everyday, and 30 minute specials on the US open.

And the topper? People drive in traffic to get there, then stand in the sun and watch people hit a white ball? Pay $19 for a visor (im not exagerrating on that one), probably $7 for a hot dog---and then yesterday, have a monsoon shorten play...

Yeah...sounds like a delightful day...Ill be at the pool....

I agree, Scott. I mean, I have a blast playing myself (right Erin/Katie/Hilary/Hol?), but I don't understand the concept of watching it. And I *hate* that the US Open is out in the Hamptons. My eye doctor is in Southampton, and I had surgery at Southampton Hospital last month, and drove through Shinnecock almost every week. And the traffic caused by the construction? Oh my GOD, it was hell. I was almost late for my own damn surgery because of the traffic.

My mom's boyfriend is working the US Open, though, and says that Tiger Woods is a huuuuuge bastard, which makes me laugh for some reason.



~lori~

Golf is for the elderly, doctors, and the difficult-to-bore. And I say that solely based on the fact that I suck at it.

Stupid golf...

Yea, i agree. I tried caddying last summer, and even the great money couldn't keep me from quitting. It is just so boring.



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Love playing it. Can watch it if it's live. But on TV, I'd sooner tear my eyes out.

-Mike





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i never will understand the appeal of golf...really it's beyond me



Rock on...
Kevin

I wanna be with you forever, and tomorrows not too late...

"Beware the fury of a patient man" ~John Dryden

pre-nd show golfing is the best. and the h sisters are far too good to have never gone driving before

shinnecock hills is an awesome course...ive never played real golf, and i absolutely hate watching it, but that golf course is quite entertaining in the middle of the night...



*~katie~*

ya, driving ranges are fun sometimes but golf is a snooze



Rock on...
Kevin

I wanna be with you forever, and tomorrows not too late...

"Beware the fury of a patient man" ~John Dryden

Considering the fact that I've lived next door to a golf course since I was two years old, I can see the appeal in golf.

It's not a spectator sport really though, in my opinion. But like nearly any physical activity that can win one lots of money, it's fun to keep statistics and track of it, which is why the sportscasters are going nuts.

Golf is rad. Don't knock it until you've tried it.

I don't get it either... how people can watch it. I really don't know about playing it though, I've never really done it. I have done mini golf though. I think I'd find that more enjoyable than the real thing.



"It's not always rainbows and butterflies it's compromise that moves us along"

haha, mini golf owns. my short game is superb with roller coasters, skyscrapers, crazy clown faces, and castles being taken into consideration as terrain. I'm a little weak at the water jumps, but other than that.....

ya, i'm really not that obsessive over mini golf but i do enjoy playing it. we have this really cool indoor one that is "glow-in-the-dark" which is pretty cool then another outdoor one like literally within sight of it down the road. this is all like 5 minutes from my house, so we keep ourselves entertained on the weekends.

wow, that turned into a longer post than i intended...on mini-golf nonetheless



Rock on...
Kevin

I wanna be with you forever, and tomorrows not too late...

"Beware the fury of a patient man" ~John Dryden

Random crap that I know: Golf started because ages and ages ago shepards used to get bored, so they would take their crooks and try to hit stones and rabbit holes. Don't ask me how I know that. Not entirely sure. Anyway, how the hell do you expect to create an interesting game from that??

Until I was about 8 I used to get dragged round golf courses with my family all summer because all my family play except me. I find it funny how I've only played it once and I beat my mum who'd been playing for 3 years. But yeh, hate it.

On the other hand, crazy golf/mini golf/whatever you like to call it is great! Like the clowns in particular.



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."

my grandpa was on the semi-pro circut in new england for a number of years, but the genes must have skipped me....my dad doesn't really golf either



Rock on...
Kevin

I wanna be with you forever, and tomorrows not too late...

"Beware the fury of a patient man" ~John Dryden

Be glad. Be very very glad. It turns people crazy and boring.



~ Sofi ~

"And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."