Golf!

limerickman

Because Ireland is staging the 2006 Ryder Cup - we're currently being saturated with golf coverage.

Golf coverage was always high here - now it's gone supersonic.

I don't play golf myself - but those people I know who do, tell me that it's the greatest game ever.
They tell me it's addictive and tell mehow the Ryder Cup is this that and t'other.

I start mentioning the ENECO Tour or the Vuelta, all I get is blank expressions of incomprehension and "Veulta, wha'?"


Anyone of you play golf?
Any of you have pro/anti golf opinions?

The sooner this Ryder Cup is out of the way - the better.

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morelike hypocrisy.

Durangodave

Nobody is safe when I play golf.

I'm the best argument in favor of a helmet rule.

Seriously. I try to play a good game, but its best for everyone that I don't golf much.
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Eldrack

My golf experience is this: played crazy golf. Been to a driving range...... once. Played 7 holes on a par 3 course. And from that I would say its a good laugh to play (i'm rubbish by the way), especially since you go round the course with a group of friends. Can talk as you go round, share some jokes etc, bit like a steady paced group ride. I think its a great game.

For some reason I don't mind watching either, on first thoughts it would be a really boring sport to watch but maybe its just the awe factor at how good these guys really are.

However, cycling is still very much my first sport and I wish they would put more live coverage on in GB.

cucamelsmd15

I enjoy the round of golf on a lazy Saturday or Sunday afternoon, when the weather is nice. Something about 3 pals, a nice cool ale, and relative peace and quiet makes it nice.

Although, I hear its alot worse if youre not good at it, i.e. very frustrating. I happen to have the gift, and shoot in the low 80's consistently.

Fritodog

NEVER CARED ABOUT OTHER'S PLEASURES.
MY OPINION OF IT: HATE X 100 to THE 100TH
POWER. And I did try it. Quit by the 3rd hole when
I realized I could be spending a beautiful day doing
something I enjoyed. No offense to golfer's, I do
things many of them hate, but for me GOLF SUCKS!

wolfix

Golf is as big of a passion of mine as cycling is. Playing the game anyway. I have followed the PGA Tour as far as the majors go, but not as close as I have followed Euro pro cycling over the past 30 years.
I am watching the German Bank tournament on the TV as I write this. Tiger is simply kicking ass.....
Golf is more interesting to watch for me then cycling is since the drug affair of this summer that rocked the Tour.
I did give up the game years ago, but I have gave it some thought to take it up again. The great thing about golf is that if you are a competitive person like me, you play against yourself.

To play golf in Ireland/Scotland would be a dream of mine.

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MountainPro

Tiger Woods really seems to have let down the American team in this years rider cup. I watched a bit, he couldn't hit a golf ball into an olympic sized swimming pool.

Too many times he has shined in small tournaments and individual competitions but when it comes to the big stuff he falls to pieces.

I dont think he deserves the title of No1.

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wolfix

Tiger Woods has destroyed everyone in every major tournament in the world. He plays the game better then anyone in the history of the game. The Ryder Cup is a circus show.

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jhuskey

He is good ,I guess.I am not a golfer and have no desire to be. I heard that an Irish tabloid or some form of media in Ireland pissed him off over some things written about his wife and linking her to porn.
Maybe that is why he is off form.

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MountainPro

i think you had better re-phrase that into the past-tense. From what i saw, i could kick his arse at this 'whack a ball with a stick' game...

btw, anyone get to watch the old form game on Saturday....classic game.

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Eldrack

Speaking of the Ryder cup.......

EUROPE WON!!!!!!!!! And not just any old win, a complete thrashing too.

Stick that in your collective pipes and smoke it America.

jhuskey

Imagine how devastated I am. Beaten at golf! How will I live with the shame.
Yawn!!

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wolfix

I think that brings up an interesting subject of how certain great athletes can rise to the occasion when they have to ..and then are mediocre at other times when it really does not matter. Almost everytime this season when it was important, Tiger Woods played way beyond everyone else. Then he falls down in the Ryder cup. Why?
Is the world of sports changing? Are athletes starting to specialize within the sports?

I have a theory on this. I believe that certain athletes, the ones that are in a class of their own [Tiger Woods, Armstrong[TDF], Michael Jordon, ] simply think differently then other athletes. They have something that drives them differently then what the average athlete has. And whatever it is, it cannot be sustained at all times.

Then when they reach the status of a "Nike" athlete, they have other time consuming things in life to focus on other then just the sport. So it is very difficult to concentrate on "sports excellence" at all times when competing. Thus the drop to mediocre. I

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