anyone here Golf?

[kingdom warrior]

same here, some guy told me i was swinging like a baseball bat

That's cause you're a latino and we instincly use it as a weapon.....

I actually have a Golf Club......it sits right next to my Door I don't use it for Golf......if you know what I mean...

[Megospidey]

Been playing for around 15 years. Shoot in the low-mid 80's.

Baseball/softball players have a difficult time keeping both feet on the ground during the swing

I can drive the ball consistently 250-275 yards, sometimes 300 with some wind behind my back and a hard fairway.

[starsky]

always wanted to but never got around to it.

[toys2cool]

Like Random Axe, I'm also a former baseball player, but a baseball swing is pretty similar to a golf swing, you're just bent over instead of upright. In baseball, there's a tendency to "over-swing" to make solid contact (think about pulling the ball to left field if you're a right handed batter). In golf, if you over-swing in the same way, you'll go wildly off-course. I always try to use the same swing for driving the ball up the middle in baseball and it tends to work for me.

I'm not saying I'm good by any stretch of the imagination. I play only a handful of times in a year. But, if I put in the practice strokes at the range and the par 3 courses, I find myself shooting high-80s, low-90s on a regular basis on regular courses which is good enough to make me feel hopeful that I might not be a complete moron at the sport.

It is addicting. Unfortunately, my bank account can't keep up with my addiction, so that's why I don't play very often.

toys2cool, if you want to get better at the game, I'd recommend spending a lot of time at the par-3 chip-and-putt courses. Driving 220 yards is a good start, but it's not the drives that lower your scores, it's the way you play around the greens. Early on, when I was still shooting around 100 or so, I spent a summer playing the par-3 course once a week. Cut 10 strokes off my score, easily. Being able to chip the ball to a point where you have a make-able putt is way better than just trying to get it anywhere on the green and 3-putting just about everything. Drive for show, putt for dough.

All right, seeing this is getting me in the mood to start practicing. Game on!

cool bro i'll try that, funny how you say it would go left when you over swing cause that's what kept happening to me

[toys2cool]

I play...badly. I may be the second or third worst golfer alive.

I'm a former baseball player, so my swing has that kind of element. I look like Happy Gillmore out there, or maybe Conan. Now, when I make sweet contact, and that's a rarity, I can drive it 250 plus, but it's in the wrong direction. When I play I stick to par 3 courses. Haven't played in years, but I can only imagine I've gotten worse.

Scott

same here, some guy told me i was swinging like a baseball bat

[Riffster]

I wouldn't call what i do golf per se'
i pay money to hit this white thing towards a hole but invariably all I do is spend time in sand or woods and never really get on anything green...

[Donkey Hoatie]

Like Random Axe, I'm also a former baseball player, but a baseball swing is pretty similar to a golf swing, you're just bent over instead of upright. In baseball, there's a tendency to "over-swing" to make solid contact (think about pulling the ball to left field if you're a right handed batter). In golf, if you over-swing in the same way, you'll go wildly off-course. I always try to use the same swing for driving the ball up the middle in baseball and it tends to work for me.

I'm not saying I'm good by any stretch of the imagination. I play only a handful of times in a year. But, if I put in the practice strokes at the range and the par 3 courses, I find myself shooting high-80s, low-90s on a regular basis on regular courses which is good enough to make me feel hopeful that I might not be a complete moron at the sport.

It is addicting. Unfortunately, my bank account can't keep up with my addiction, so that's why I don't play very often.

toys2cool, if you want to get better at the game, I'd recommend spending a lot of time at the par-3 chip-and-putt courses. Driving 220 yards is a good start, but it's not the drives that lower your scores, it's the way you play around the greens. Early on, when I was still shooting around 100 or so, I spent a summer playing the par-3 course once a week. Cut 10 strokes off my score, easily. Being able to chip the ball to a point where you have a make-able putt is way better than just trying to get it anywhere on the green and 3-putting just about everything. Drive for show, putt for dough.

All right, seeing this is getting me in the mood to start practicing. Game on!

[wolfie]

I played for about 30 years and was off a 6 handicap. It was all very serious competition stuff.

One day warming up for a competition a sharp pain went straight through my wrist and i ended up in hospital. I have never hit a golf ball since.

Funny how your whole world can come to an end in one split second.

[bobws]

I only got to play once and shot a 78 of course that was only for 9 holes
i always wanted to learn when a couple of friends played with they're dads back when we were teens and they never brought me along. so about 7 years ago a friend took me to a driving range for a cuople tries and then a year later that one 9 hole try.
i enjoyed it but have only just tried a driving range with my nephew once since then.

[jwyblejr]

I use to. I was about as good as the Three Stooges.

[WannabeMego]

I play...badly. I may be the second or third worst golfer alive.

So you're the guy that's behind me...LOL

I honestly go out there to have fun and I laugh my *** off every time I screw up a major shot.

I love it and I hope I never take it too seriously...but...my short game has improved the more i get used to my clubs and swing.

Don't ask me my avg though...it's probably Tiger's times 2.5

[Random Axe]

I play...badly. I may be the second or third worst golfer alive.

I'm a former baseball player, so my swing has that kind of element. I look like Happy Gillmore out there, or maybe Conan. Now, when I make sweet contact, and that's a rarity, I can drive it 250 plus, but it's in the wrong direction. When I play I stick to par 3 courses. Haven't played in years, but I can only imagine I've gotten worse.

Scott

[Mikey]

I play mini golf sometimes and once in a while go to the local driving range.

[vulcan2074]

Just Minature Golf. I'm really good at it. My friends play Golf and say I should try it.
Sammy

[Nostalgiabuff]

I started playing for a couple years but found the more I played the worse I got so I swore off it until I could take lessons. that was 3-4 years ago and I have not played again. it is a lot of fun though