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Official OGBoards Golf Thread

My FIL is retiring next month, he wants to test out golf to see if he’s into it so I’m lending him my clubs for a few months. He lives ~10mins from Tanglewood. Fingers crossed he likes it so I can have a playing partner, unfortunately his friends aren’t into it so it’s an uphill battle.
 
freakadeac said:
My FIL is retiring next month, he wants to test out golf to see if he’s into it so I’m lending him my clubs for a few months. He lives ~10mins from Tanglewood. Fingers crossed he likes it so I can have a playing partner, unfortunately his friends aren’t into it so it’s an uphill battle.
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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but if he's never played before and is taking up the game at 50-60 years old- seems unlikely he'll enjoy it. I'm extremely grateful I took up the game when I was young. It's too hard and frustrating to learn later in life
 
BacktoBack said:
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but if he's never played before and is taking up the game at 50-60 years old- seems unlikely he'll enjoy it. I'm extremely grateful I took up the game when I was young. It's too hard and frustrating to learn later in life
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Update: I still haven't learned this stupid ass game.
 
BacktoBack said:
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but if he's never played before and is taking up the game at 50-60 years old- seems unlikely he'll enjoy it. I'm extremely grateful I took up the game when I was young. It's too hard and frustrating to learn later in life
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My dad took up golf at 50 and now he plays all the time
 
Think a key to older people getting into it is having people to play with. They need similar skill levels and ages, lifestyles to enjoy it.
 
Liquid Karma said:
Update: I still haven't learned this stupid ass game.
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My father played college baseball and was a really good athlete. But I don’t think he ever got below a 12 handicap. And it used to frustrate the shit out of him. I mean, he loved playing golf and it was something we did together until I left home. But it always bothered him that he wasn’t better at it.

It’s a hard game for most of us.
 
I have played golf (and drank) 5 days in a row. Practice round/dogfight, 3 day member/member, competitive gross charity event. Have not played 5 in a row since high school. I'm a shell of a human right now.
 
tigerswood said:
I have played golf (and drank) 5 days in a row. Practice round/dogfight, 3 day member/member, competitive gross charity event. Have not played 5 in a row since high school. I'm a shell of a human right now.
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Yeah, I went 18 Wednesday, 45 Thursday, 45 Friday, 45 Saturday, 18 Sunday during my member-guest (going out every night). I have consumed 400 oz of water a day since and slept for 15 hours Monday night.
 
deacfan123 said:
Think a key to older people getting into it is having people to play with. They need similar skill levels and ages, lifestyles to enjoy it.
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If anyone in Winston has a recommendation for a golf pro to give lessons (or a group willing to accept a ~40 handicap) let me know!
 
timdunkandthefunk said:
Yeah, I went 18 Wednesday, 45 Thursday, 45 Friday, 45 Saturday, 18 Sunday during my member-guest (going out every night). I have consumed 400 oz of water a day since and slept for 15 hours Monday night.
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How is this possible? This is the longest member guest in history. A 54 hole member/guest is a lot. 45 holes of tournament golf in a day would also take 13+ hours at my club.
 
Shorty said:
My father played college baseball and was a really good athlete. But I don’t think he ever got below a 12 handicap. And it used to frustrate the shit out of him. I mean, he loved playing golf and it was something we did together until I left home. But it always bothered him that he wasn’t better at it.

It’s a hard game for most of us.
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The good thing about knowing you're a shitty golfer is you don't get upset when you play shitty golf.
 
Here's a would you rather...

Would you rather play with a golfer that averages 120, but plays super fast and is a fun hang (will have a few brews and talk a little shit), or play with a golfer that shoots around 75 but is slow and methodical along with having the personality of a square?
 
freakadeac said:
If anyone in Winston has a recommendation for a golf pro to give lessons (or a group willing to accept a ~40 handicap) let me know!
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I'm a huge fan of Rodney Morrow, who was previously at Golf Galaxy in Winston. I've heard he's no longer there, so you may have to track him down. I took lessons from him in middle and high school, he was a fantastic instructor. If he retired, then sorry and please ignore.
 
cheeseheads12 said:
Here's a would you rather...

Would you rather play with a golfer that averages 120, but plays super fast and is a fun hang (will have a few brews and talk a little shit), or play with a golfer that shoots around 75 but is slow and methodical along with having the personality of a square?
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This is easy.
 
cheeseheads12 said:
Here's a would you rather...

Would you rather play with a golfer that averages 120, but plays super fast and is a fun hang (will have a few brews and talk a little shit), or play with a golfer that shoots around 75 but is slow and methodical along with having the personality of a square?
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Easiest question you could ask. 120 all day every day.
 
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