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[Keerock]

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At least once a month, weather permitting.

 

[Keerock]

Not a regular golfer here. Play maybe 3 times per year whether I need to or not.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

My first thought was yes. I started playing at like 12 and consider myself a golfer... but lately I've been lucky to play 6 times a year. That's less than once a month. So according to this poll, I'm not a golfer.

 

[Hastur]

Miniature golf or Golden Tee. That's it.

 

[Angry Beavers]

Golf addicted - when I can be. Played a lot this last 6 months but living NE Ohio... tomorrow may be the last round until April.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

3 times a week with some range time sprinkled in as well

 

[SWC]

i would not call what i do playing golf more like i walk around courses and insult the game of golf but long story short i pay money sometimes and get my moneys worth on golf courses with some buddies from time to time take that to the bank brohans

 

[AAABatteries]

Used to be but not anymore - I think I've played like 2 times in the last 6-7 years.

 

[dutch]

Big fat No for me. Tried a few times in my teens and after going Happy Gilmore on the course for three hours figured I may not have the temperament for the pastime. Stoopid ball going to the left instead of right or never getting more than a foot off the ground or especially the ball not going to its home where it belongs!!!!

 

[Bogart]

Ball Golf. Not anymore.

Disc Golf. Yes. Not as much as I like, but hoping to get out more.

 

[Jayrod]

I originally voted yes until I saw the description. Changed vote to no.

I love golf, played a year on my HS golf team and have had times in my life when I played 1-2x per week.

Now with 2 teenagers, a FT job and a part-time hobby/job, I only play like 2x per year.

Once the kids are out of the house I'll become a regular golfer again and my wife even said she'd join me. She'll look good in those short skirt/tank top outfits.

 

[MTskibum]

Growing up in Wyoming golf was really cheap. My membership in junior high was 75 dollars for the year. The course was crappy, but that is what 75 dollars for the year gets you. I had a membership most years from 12 years to 25 years old, then i played a few times a year until 30 and now play once a year at most.

Golf in Houston sucks compared to Wyoming, the courses are crowded and expensive. I hate having groups in front of and behind me. I guess I was spoiled growing up being able to always play at my own pace.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Yes.

But boy do I wish I'd never met this harsh mistress.

 

[Manster]

I have golf clubs, and I enjoy it, but I haven't golfed in a couple years cuz when I have free time I'm either on the river, or in the woods.

 

[Zow]

Just cracked the good side of single digit.

 

[Keerock]

Just cracked the good side of single digit.

Scores or handicap?

 

[TLEF316]

Yes, a lot. I'll probably finish up with around 90 rounds for the year.

Unmarried, no kids and I have a problem.

 

[urbanhack]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

 

[Phil Elliott]

2-3 times per week.

 

[Zow]

Just cracked the good side of single digit.

Scores or handicap?

Both!

 

[Zow]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Yes, and I'm really good at timing the windmill

 

[Zow]

Yes, a lot. I'll probably finish up with around 90 rounds for the year.

Unmarried, no kids and I have a problem.

I'm gonna have similar numbers probably.

Married, with kids and I have a problem.

 

[-OZ-]

Disc, mini and top - yes

Voted no

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Nope. I played at one point because it was free.(major industry connections) I’ve played some of the best courses in SoCal and the phx area. I was always a hack. Once the freebies dried up, there was no way I was dropping $300+ for a round of golf. And since I had only played really nice courses, the muni, didn’t hold the same appeal.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

 

[Keerock]

Yes, and I'm really good at timing the windmill

I am addicted to PuttPuttTok... watching a bunch of randos play each other in puttputt rounds/tournaments/majors. I'm fully invested

 

[Keerock]

Disc, mini and top - yes

Voted no

Someone understood the assignment

Oh, and I refuse to call it "ball golf", unless I'm talking to my wife.

 

[Nugget]

Highly recommend joining a men’s league next season. It moved me from 2-3 times a year to every Thursday afternoon March-September. I just walk 9 holes, but I really enjoy it. Having a fixed schedule is the only way I have been able to make the time.

 

[Drunken knight]

not my thing.

My father and brother play. my father was into golf and skiing. i loved skiing, my brother gravitated towards golf (he belongs to the Olympic club). I have played many wonderful courses as most vacations growing up focused on golf destinations.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

This is actually a reason I don’t care for golf. The serious golfers, tend to take golf, themselves and most everything else a wee bit too seriously. No offense woz. You’re good peeps

I always loved the looks I’d get using my dads 30 year old clubs. They we’re still in his Original bag, that was falling apart. The people at pelican hill, greyhawk or wherever were aghast. . the head pro at greyhawk saw them and said “Jesus christ, how do you even hold on to those things? The grips are like a polished saddle.“. He took them from me and put new grips on them for free. Good egg that one.

I could rip the hell out the 2 iron that was there though.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

played a few events on Hogan / Nike Tour (original Korn Ferry Tour). Along with some some other mini tours. Shooting 68s and making $50 an event is a tough way to make a living. Gave it up pretty quickly but still play.

 

[Zow]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

Right. Golf was. You know, the sport where one hits a small, usually white ball really far into a small hole. That's golf.

Disc golf, while also really fun, is... disc golf (or frisbee golf). There's no need to specify "ball golf" because that's just golf.

 

[BoltNlava]

Top Golf-Good Times.
Answer: Nope.

 

[Zow]

played a few events on Hogan / Nike Tour (original Korn Ferry Tour). Along with some some other mini tours. Shooting 68s and making $50 an event is a tough way to make a living. Gave it up pretty quickly but still play.

Eesh. That's awesome and impressive, but I'm hopefully gonna make more than $50 by playing in a cash game this weekend by shooting 78.

My wife's ex before me (which is also my brother in law's brother so I'll see him occasionally and have golfed with him before) played on the now Korn Ferry tour and other mini tours and said a very similar thing. While a rec player like me sees the sponsorship swag and the cool courses, apparently the actual revenue is like nothing and it's at the point where a lot of hopefuls need backing from other sources and their best source of actual, cash incomes is getting into the more lucrative cash games and trying to ensure the games are either pure gross or less than 100% handicap.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

It started snowing today so yesterday was probably my last round until spring

 

[Zow]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

This is actually a reason I don’t care for golf. The serious golfers, tend to take golf, themselves and most everything else a wee bit too seriously. No offense woz. You’re good peeps

I'm not taking it too seriously it's just basic English.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

Right. Golf was. You know, the sport where one hits a small, usually white ball really far into a small hole. That's golf.

Disc golf, while also really fun, is... disc golf (or frisbee golf). There's no need to specify "ball golf" because that's just golf.

Your reaction justifies, no necessitates, calling it ball golf.

 

[TLEF316]

played a few events on Hogan / Nike Tour (original Korn Ferry Tour). Along with some some other mini tours. Shooting 68s and making $50 an event is a tough way to make a living. Gave it up pretty quickly but still play.

Eesh. That's awesome and impressive, but I'm hopefully gonna make more than $50 by playing in a cash game this weekend and shooting 78.

My wife's ex before me (which is also my brother in law's brother so I'll see him occasionally and have golfed with him before) played on the now Korn Ferry tour and other mini tours and said a very similar thing. While a rec player like me sees the sponsorship swag and the cool courses, apparently the actual revenue is like nothing and it's at the point where a lot of hopefuls need backing from other sources and their best source of actual, cash incomes is getting into the more lucrative cash games and trying to ensure the games are either pure gross or less than 100% handicap.

Yeah, its just not an easy life until you get your card (if ever)

Guy at my club (technically not a member, but his dad is so they let him use it as a home base) was the #1 golfer at a Big Ten school for 3 years and an all-conference performer. He's like 25 now and has been knocking on the door of some PGA tour appearances (lost a Monday qualifier for the Travelers in a playoff, lost at US Open sectionals by like 2 strokes this summer, qualified for a year-long exemption on the PGA Latin america tour)

But as good as he is....the reality is that there's a million guys like him. He can go 68-69-70-68 on the Canada tour and not even crack the top 20. So I'm sure he made very little $$. That's a tough break.

He has a great degree to fall back on and he'll likely be fine when/if he gives up the dream. But its gotta be tough to be a 25 year old +5 index and still nowhere near the highest level.

 

[nirad3]

When I moved back to SoCal in 2014 and subsequently got back into the real estate development industry, I thought it was a good time to learn. So I bought a fancy bag and a co-worker buddy had an old set of clubs that he either gave to me or sold to me for cheap (I forget). I "used" them ONCE (went to a driving range in Palm Springs as part of a buddy's bachelor party).

I CANNOT use a driver. I don't know what it is. I can chip fairly well and putting is no problem, just can't tee off.

So I just gave up. I guess I could go take lessons but meh. All I'd want to do is slam watery beers all day.

 

[Drunken knight]

I CANNOT use a driver. I don't know what it is. I can chip fairly well and putting is no problem, just can't tee off.

So I just gave up. I guess I could go take lessons but meh. All I'd want to do is slam watery beers all day.

I am no expert....you might get some ribbing, but you could tee off with an iron or 3 wood

 

[Da Guru]

Play in a 9 hole league that lasts 20 weeks.

Then play 18 about once a month or so. Used to play a lot more but really do not want to spend 5 hours on a weekend any more. Strange thing is I am playing better now playing less that i did when I was playing all the time.

 

[Judge Smails]

Should not be a poll. Everyone knows all FBG’s are scratch

 

[ChiefD]

I CANNOT use a driver. I don't know what it is. I can chip fairly well and putting is no problem, just can't tee off.

So I just gave up. I guess I could go take lessons but meh. All I'd want to do is slam watery beers all day.

I am no expert....you might get some ribbing, but you could tee off with an iron or 3 wood

I have these old Taylor Made metal woods I bought like 30 years ago. I still use them today. The driver head is about the same size as a 5 wood these days. Everytime I pull these things out I get roasted mercilessly on the tee.

Up until the time I stripe 'em right down the middle 250 yards. Over and over again.

I'm always first man up in a scramble because I play old man golf. The other boys then get to grip it and rip it.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

When I moved back to SoCal in 2014 and subsequently got back into the real estate development industry, I thought it was a good time to learn. So I bought a fancy bag and a co-worker buddy had an old set of clubs that he either gave to me or sold to me for cheap (I forget). I "used" them ONCE (went to a driving range in Palm Springs as part of a buddy's bachelor party).

I CANNOT use a driver. I don't know what it is. I can chip fairly well and putting is no problem, just can't tee off.

So I just gave up. I guess I could go take lessons but meh. All I'd want to do is slam watery beers all day.

time does not exist at airports and golf courses; it's 1000% acceptable to have a drink on the first tee box at 0630 am

 

[Zow]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

Right. Golf was. You know, the sport where one hits a small, usually white ball really far into a small hole. That's golf.

Disc golf, while also really fun, is... disc golf (or frisbee golf). There's no need to specify "ball golf" because that's just golf.

Your reaction justifies, no necessitates, calling it ball golf.

No, your opening insistence on calling it ball golf, suggests that you needed to be called out for trying to equate the two games.

 

[urbanhack]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

Right. Golf was. You know, the sport where one hits a small, usually white ball really far into a small hole. That's golf.

Disc golf, while also really fun, is... disc golf (or frisbee golf). There's no need to specify "ball golf" because that's just golf.

Your reaction justifies, no necessitates, calling it ball golf.

No, your opening insistence on calling it ball golf, suggests that you needed to be called out for trying to equate the two games.

Huh? Why does this bother you so much?

It's an undisputed fact the the game of golf has been shrinking for more than a decade. Conversely, disc golf has been growing in popularity. While there are stark contrasts between many areas of the games a lot of people like to play both sports and recognize the similarities and differences.

 

[Al Czervik]

Oops, voted yes and then saw your parameters. I'm really a no, golfing 2-3 times per year. Please adjust the scientific study accordingly.

 

[Zow]

Disc Golf - Yes...at least 2 to 3 times per week. I switched to disc golf from ball golf about 5 years ago.

I spent 30 years working in the golf industry and playing golf. It's just too much time and $$ to play golf. Disc golf is much more relaxed, you get more exercise, but still has the same concepts as golf. Putting, driving, scrambling, OB, hazards, etc. However, it has more dynamic options for shaping shots and being creative with different discs and different types of shots (forehand and backhand).

I really want to try and play golf again, but I just can't find the time to put enough practice in to feel comfortable getting back on the course. Maybe some day.

Stop this.

Ball golf only was not specified in the question.

Right. Golf was. You know, the sport where one hits a small, usually white ball really far into a small hole. That's golf.

Disc golf, while also really fun, is... disc golf (or frisbee golf). There's no need to specify "ball golf" because that's just golf.

Your reaction justifies, no necessitates, calling it ball golf.

No, your opening insistence on calling it ball golf, suggests that you needed to be called out for trying to equate the two games.

Huh? Why does this bother you so much?

It's an undisputed fact the the game of golf has been shrinking for more than a decade. Conversely, disc golf has been growing in popularity. While there are stark contrasts between many areas of the games a lot of people like to play both sports and recognize the similarities and differences.

It bothers me (which, to be clear, is not a major bother to me) in the same sense that Trump's unnecessary capitalization of words in his tweets bothers me. It's just incorrect English and therefore reads stupid to me and causes me to give less credit to the writer/speaker.

 

[Zow]

Oops, voted yes and then saw your parameters. I'm really a no, golfing 2-3 times per year. Please adjust the scientific study accordingly.

Is that because your arm is still messed up?