I was all set to go off and a rant about something or other and then I heard this topic on the radio yesterday and I said, “Yes, yes, I agree 100%. I must tell the world!” What could that be that instilled so much passion on a Sunday afternoon? Golf. More specifically, my intense dislike for golf.
I’m sorry, but yes, I hate golf. I think I’ve played one complete round of golf in my life. My long life. I’m sure I played one round only because I rarely give up on anything. I may not like it but if I signed up for it, I’ll give it my best try. I tried. It didn’t.
Especially now with opportunities to do almost nothing, golf courses are apparently doing a booming business. I just don’t get the point. It seems so random to me but if a billion and a half people want to wander around in the hot sun wearing carrying 3,090 pounds of equipment on their backs and none of it can be used to bake a good cookie, well I say to each his own. But not my own.
But here’s the thing I get even less, professional golf. They claim it’s a sport but come on now. Where are the fans, real fans, with hats and jerseys and tailgating in the country club parking lot before the tournament? “Tournament” is pushing it. When was the last time there was an office pool with golfer brackets? And a real sport would have walk up music blaring from the PA system when a golfer approaches the tee. Those few fans you do see following along don’t seem terribly fanatic. No wild cheers when a particularly well hit ball goes where its supposed to go (assuming you can actually see where the ball goes), no boos for the referee when a ball is called out of bounds, no jeers for the golfer who plunks a shot into a water or sand hazard. While I’m on the topic of crowd noises, what’s with the TV announcers and all that whispering? They’re hanging out a mile away from the action inside an air conditioned control room yet they speak barely loud enough for the sound engineer to recognize human speech while they do all they can not to distract the professional. Really?
So, no, I don’t like golf. Sorry if I’ve offended you. I understand how polarizing this topic may be but I feel it’s important to be able to exercise my freedom of speech. But I refuse to exercise it on the links.
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Not a fan of the pseudo sport either. Both my parents played. I’ve never seen the value of hitting a tiny ball really far and chasing after it to put it in a small hole. You’re right–pointless.
Absolutely pointless! If I am going to chase anything around for an entire afternoon it better either turn out to be something really good for dinner or someone looking really good at dinner!! 😄
I so enjoy your humor!
Thankl you very much. I appreciated that.
Golf is to sport what Roy Rogers is to hockey. cheers
Ha! 🏒
Golf is so pretentious … snobby. I cheered so loudly when Tiger Woods got his green jacket. Take that, you plaid pants wearing racists!
A green jacket? It wasn’t ripe yet? Aren’t they yellow? No, wait, those are the people who sell houses. Oh dear. Clearly I don’t golf!
Hahaha! No, that means that he won some really big competition. AND it was at a site where blacks had always been banned from playing. See, I know just enough about golf to be dangerous.