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  • jcjrsmith
    Established Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 354
    • Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #1

    observations on golf

    GOLF EXPLAINED

    Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.

    Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing.

    When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

    If you're afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there..

    The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing.

    No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse..

    The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate
    for all of your many other errors

    Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot.

    A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents'
    luck.

    It is surprisingly easy to hole a fifty foot putt ... For a 10 on that hole.

    Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.

    Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts

    It's not a gimme if you're still away.

    The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

    You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and a two inch branch 90% of the time.

    If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age..

    Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

    When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again.

    Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.

    If you want to hit a 7 iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to lay up just short of a water hazard.

    To calculate the speed of a player's downswing, multiply the speed of his back-swing by his handicap; i.e., back swing 20 mph, handicap 15, down swing = 300 mph.

    There are two things you can learn by stopping your back swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

    Hazards attract; fairways repel.

    A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.

    If there is a ball on the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint.

    It's easier to get up at 6:00 AM to play golf than at 10:00 to mow the yard.

    A good drive on the 18th hole has stopped many a golfer from giving up the game.

    Golf is the perfect thing to do on Sunday because you always end up having to pray a lot.

    A good golf partner is one who's always slightly worse than you are....that's why I get so many calls to play with friends.

    If there's a storm rolling in, you'll be having the game of your life.

    Golf balls are like eggs. They're white. They're sold by the dozen. And you need to buy fresh ones each week.

    It's amazing how a golfer who never helps out around the house will replace his divots, repair his ball marks, and rake his sand traps.

    If your opponent has trouble remembering whether he shot a six or a seven, he probably shot an eight (or worse).

    It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and fart if you are performing brain surgery !!!!
    Jerry in PA
    ...Can't sleep, clown will eat me...
    http://home.comcast.net/~jcjrsmith2
  • BerniePA
    Established Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 377
    • San Tan Valley, AZ
    • Grizzly 0575

    #2
    Most of those are the reasons I gave up playing years ago!!
    Bernie

    Owww -- That spinnin' thang hurt!!

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    • crokett
      The Full Monte
      • Jan 2003
      • 10627
      • Mebane, NC, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3000

      #3
      Those are all reasons I now play once or twice a year, and then I am more interested in the beer.
      David

      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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      • Uncle Cracker
        The Full Monte
        • May 2007
        • 7091
        • Sunshine State
        • BT3000

        #4
        I agree will all but this one:
        Originally posted by jcjrsmith
        Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.
        For me, bad shots come in groups of, oh, about low 90's...

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        • germdoc
          Veteran Member
          • Nov 2003
          • 3567
          • Omaha, NE
          • BT3000--the gray ghost

          #5
          Originally posted by jcjrsmith
          It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and fart if you are performing brain surgery
          You've obviously never been around brain surgeons, have you??

          Years ago I played golf enough to get competent at it. Then I fell and broke my wrist. I thought it was God's way of telling me I shouldn't play golf. That and the fact that He gave me 4 kids and a wife who hated golf.

          Now that I got rid of the wife, my kids are now leaving the house, and my wrist is completely healed, maybe I should take it up again...and watch out for lightning...
          Jeff


          “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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          • germdoc
            Veteran Member
            • Nov 2003
            • 3567
            • Omaha, NE
            • BT3000--the gray ghost

            #6
            Originally posted by jcjrsmith
            It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and fart if you are performing brain surgery
            You've obviously never been around brain surgeons, have you??

            Years ago I played golf enough to get competent at it. Then I fell and broke my wrist. I thought it was God's way of telling me I shouldn't play golf. That and the fact that He gave me 4 kids and a wife who hated golf.

            Now that I got rid of the wife, my kids are now leaving the house, and my wrist is completely healed, maybe I should take it up again...and watch out for lightning...
            Jeff


            “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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            • milanuk
              Established Member
              • Aug 2003
              • 287
              • Wenatchee, WA, USA.

              #7
              Years ago one of my favorite shop teachers was the wrestling coach and golf coach (very small school). I got him a little plaque that read:

              "Ancient man used to scream and beat on the ground with sticks.
              They called it witchcraft.
              Modern man still screams and beats on the ground with sticks.
              Now we call it 'golf'."

              All right, breaks over. Back on your heads!

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              • Uncle Cracker
                The Full Monte
                • May 2007
                • 7091
                • Sunshine State
                • BT3000

                #8
                “Golf is a game in which you yell "Fore!", shoot six, and write down five” --Paul Harvey, R.I.P.

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                • sparkeyjames
                  Veteran Member
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 1087
                  • Redford MI.
                  • Craftsman 21829

                  #9
                  I used to play golf like crazy sometimes 36 holes for a weekend and another 9 sometime during the week. Did I improve? Yes. I went from shooting 100+ to the high mid 80's. Did it empty my wallet? Yes.
                  I was even playing a set of Golfsmith clubs I built. My best till this point was an 82 then I had my round of rounds and I shot a 73 on a par 71 course. I would have shot par but the cup on hole 16 was placed so as to be next to impossible. At that point I gave up the game. I have only played one or two rounds since then. This was back in 98. In 15 years of playing I never had a hole in one but I did have an eagle on a par 4 hole (2 shots).
                  Last edited by sparkeyjames; 03-16-2009, 08:37 PM.

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                  • messmaker
                    Veteran Member
                    • May 2004
                    • 1495
                    • RICHMOND, KY, USA.
                    • Ridgid 2424

                    #10
                    The list is a classic. It is going in my golf bag for inspiration.
                    Last edited by messmaker; 03-17-2009, 10:43 AM.
                    spellling champion Lexington region 1982

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                    • gsmittle
                      Veteran Member
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 2790
                      • St. Louis, MO, USA.
                      • BT 3100

                      #11
                      I tried playing golf once. Kept losing my ball in a hole in the ground...

                      g.
                      Smit

                      "Be excellent to each other."
                      Bill & Ted

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                      • Shep
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 710
                        • Columbus, OH
                        • Hitachi C10FL

                        #12
                        I don't think I would be half bad if I...

                        Practiced more (ie, spend more money away from my wife)
                        Found a better grip (ie, don't throw my new clubs in the lake)
                        Read the green better (ie, get glasses) and
                        Relax and have more fun (ie, quit golf)

                        -Justin


                        shepardwoodworking.webs.com


                        ...you can thank me later.

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