Has golf ever lost it's charm to you?

[caniac6]

I hated it today! Can't wait to get after it tomorrow.

[Hawkeye77]

Nope, never!

[NoTalentLefty]

No now , since golf in my area is over. 

[zachillusions]

Yeah, when I lose reason to improve I lose the desire to play. I played all my life, took a hiatus in college, and started again shortly after graduating. At the time I didn't have many friends who played or those that did were still in college and away from me, because of that I stopped playing for a couple years. Playing tournaments or playing with friends gave me desire to improve and made me look forward to golf, every round was a challenge, every range session a chance to improve before the next challenge. Without that, it just got boring.

 

Fast forward to today, I love golf because I can play solo, and for those other competitive/social reasons. But still, after awhile of not playing in any kind of competition or without friends, it can get meh again.

[AngryGilmore]

3.6 handicap?   Can I have half your problem?

[buckrogers71]

I'm kinda there right now. I have a 1240 tee time today and I am debating about canceling it. Just meh. Not that I am playing badly (fighting the driver) but just dont want to. One of the guys that I normally play with just hasnt been fun. It's just a chore to play with him. 

I have other "non-pressing" things to do (like clean the bathroom, hang christmas lights) that normally wouldnt enter into the equation when golf is mentioned, but now they are in the forefront

Edited November 24, 2021 by buckrogers71

[nitram]

Like what Stu said much earlier in this thread, I was playing and gambling in some large money games and actually lived for it. I played or practiced everyday. Father time caught up with me and over a year saw my game decline to where I was totally lost. I'd gone away from what I did rather well and began chasing distance and trust me, it's a death spiral in golf.

 

After a season of self-loathing and pity I began to embrace my "new golf game" and began to build the best game I could with the knowledge and swing speed I had and with reduced expectations. It didn't happen overnight but I began to take solace in building a better putting stroke and routine, better course management and green reading skills, and learning to "trust it" again.

 

So yeah, it lost it's charm for what it was to me but after some severe introspection I realized there was another 'fun' aspect to the game and now it's more charming than it's ever been.

[seis]

Live in Northern climes and take 3 months off minimum due to cold and snow. That will take care of lack of enthusiasm for the game when March rolls around.

[BIG STU]

3 minutes ago, nitram said:

Like what Stu said much earlier in this thread, I was playing and gambling in some large money games and actually lived for it. I played or practiced everyday. Father time caught up with me and over a year saw my game decline to where I was totally lost. I'd gone away from what I did rather well and began chasing distance and trust me, it's a death spiral in golf.

 

After a season of self-loathing and pity I began to embrace my "new golf game" and began to build the best game I could with the knowledge and swing speed I had and with reduced expectations. It didn't happen overnight but I began to take solace in building a better putting stroke and routine, better course management and green reading skills, and learning to "trust it" again.

 

So yeah, it lost it's charm for what it was to me but after some severe introspection I realized there was another 'fun' aspect to the game and now it's more charming than it's ever been.

You will like this--- Back in Charlotte when I was in town I played in a weekly game--- Everyone in that game was either a lawyer judge or LEO. And this was before caddy shack was ever made. We had a semi retired 70 year old Superior Court Judge that had just taken up the game so what ever match he got and on team matches he got understandably 2 shots a hole. One day he hit a worm burner 3 wood shot on a par 5 that went into the hole for a natural eagle. Of course he had the honor for the next tee he did not understand and we told him he was up first and had the honors for that tee. One of the lawyers piped up Your Honor Your Honor. Everyone cracked up and he understood.  Usually low stakes matches on face with the cops etc but messing with the lawyers you could get some serious side bets right up my alley.

[cbrwn425]

Usually happens a couple times a round but no matter how bad I play I'm always excited to get back out the next time and see how much worse things can get.

[dropkicked]

TBH, in the past 2 years I've learned that I truly do love this game.. Pandemic lock downs during our limited season of play really drove the point home for me.

Those with the privilege of being able to tee it up year-round, should feel truly blessed.

[Loki]

Yeah, every early September, I lose ALL interest to play. I pray every year that we don't get any rainouts in league so it doesn't go past Labour Day. Been this way since HS.

 

I played in the Golfweek Amateur Tour Championship and a hurricane came through and delayed it a month until November. OMG, it was so annoying.

[huskydawg]

On 11/23/2021 at 6:22 AM, SUPERG said:

3. I've tried for months to shorten my swing and reduce wrist hinge so I can make the turn and not slide and throw my hands but to know avail, I've paid for countless lessons and nothing works

I'm a scrub fwiw, but I think hinging the wrist is a good thing.  You're winding up or cupping the trail hand and then unwinding it through impact, like throwing a baseball.

 

However, rolling or twisting your wrists out of neutral relative to your body turn is bad, because you have to manipulate it during a fast downswing replicate your address, which is nearly impossible to do consistently. 

 

If I'm way off base, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[SUPERG]

30 minutes ago, huskydawg said:

I'm a scrub fwiw, but I think hinging the wrist is a good thing.  You're winding up or cupping the trail hand and then unwinding it through impact, like throwing a baseball.

 

However, rolling or twisting your wrists out of neutral relative to your body turn is bad, because you have to manipulate it during a fast downswing replicate your address, which is nearly impossible to do consistently. 

 

If I'm way off base, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

You’re exactly right! I’d have no problem with the wrist hinge (long like Phil and Boom Boom) if I could get it to match up with my turn, but all it does is get stuck behind me and lead to the flip. I have also considered speeding up the arms lately, with some success!

[bobfoster]

On 11/23/2021 at 2:53 PM, miamistomp said:

Je me souviens on a car means " i can't drive " 

 

 

 

 

Ha! But if you're in Miami, it means they'll fit right in. No one there can drive. Florida highways are a laugh a minute. Caravans of drug couriers driving really fast in the right lane (in case they need to do a quick off-ramp due to LEO concerns), and 85 year olds inexplicably driving really slowly in the far left lane, with their turn signals seemingly permanently on. (Not certain why this is, probably mostly just a Florida tradition hahahahaha.) 

 

The Québecois actually fit right in. 

 

Edited November 26, 2021 by bobfoster

[miamistomp]

 What decade are you in ? Watching Crockett and Tubbs ?

  As a former federal officer-people haven't moved drugs through the streets here since the 80's

  Roads are too slow with no real side street by ways

  You wanna move drugs by land you go through Tejas and Arizona

 

 And old people don't move here anymore - Too expensive

 West coast of Fl or the Villages are the hot spots

 

I guess their French might help in Little Haiti but,no golf courses I know of there ( good dirty rice , fried fish  and rum tho )

Edited November 25, 2021 by miamistomp

[Warrick]

Blasphemy 

[cardoustie]

If I do a run of 10 rounds in 14 days in the heat of the summer I get burnt out .. but only for about a week

 

I am happy playing 2 or 3 rounds a week with 2 or 3 range sessions tossed in

 

I could not play 18 every day like some, too sore, too much of a grind, too repetitive 

 

I like to mix in some fishing, jogging, lifting, Reno work etc etc

[bobfoster]

18 hours ago, miamistomp said:

 What decade are you in ? Watching Crockett and Tubbs ?

  As a former federal officer-people haven't moved drugs through the streets here since the 80's

  Roads are too slow with no real side street by ways

  You wanna move drugs by land you go through Tejas and Arizona

 

 And old people don't move here anymore - Too expensive

 West coast of Fl or the Villages are the hot spots

 

I guess their French might help in Little Haiti but,no golf courses I know of there ( good dirty rice , fried fish  and rum tho )

You're probably correct. Lived there 2004/2005, not exactly Crockett and Tubbs but still almost two decades ago. I imagine things are different ... drug dealers are nothing if not perpetually adaptable (One of the things my company offered for a while was anti-money laundering consulting to banks - in fact, I had an ACAMS certification, pretty certain you know what that is.)

[Carl Spackler3]

Slow golf has really gotten to me. COVID has courses packed even during the week. We live in such a soft world now no one educates new golfers as it appears condescending or aggressive rather than helpful. Under 40 generation is me me me, couldn’t be bothered with courteous or conscientious golf. Courses don’t care once register gets filled. 

[ZAP]

I feel like you have to play a variety of styles of golf if you play a lot.  

I play a few different types of rounds.

1.  For score

2. For enjoyment of the opportunity.

3.  Go for everything.

4.  Miss every green on purpose to work on short game

5.  Creative shots on everything.

6.  As enthusiastic as possible on every shot.

[Soloman1]

I played in some pretty hefty money games for a couple of years in Ft. Lauderdale in the early 80’s with some pretty famous people - Tour pros, soon to be tour pros, musicians, Hollywood movie stars, NFL quarterbacks, hustlers and mobsters. It was a time that I look back on with great nostalgia and one of the best times of my life. It was actually a job. We played weekdays at noon.

 

I was +3 and didn’t touch a club for about 14 years when life took me on different path. Good enough to make money, but not good enough to play anything but mini-tours and Monday qualifying once in a while. I got bored with it. I always made money in PGA sectional events, but I just couldn’t get over the hump to the next level. I was a lousy putter.

 

I guess I didn’t have the right nutritionist, mental coach, trainer, caddie and swing guru. 🙂

 

Eventually I picked up a club again, but golf doesn’t have the same pizzaz or motivation anymore. I thrived on pressure, but now playing for “fun” doesn’t cut it.

 

So yes, golf did lose its charm. I guess it depends on your definition of charm

[Justsomeguy]

I sometimes get bummed playing alone, but the opportunities are fewer these days w career and kids, so it's hard to plan w others.

Also get bummed when I'm in a squirrelly shot rut - my miss is a little spinny thing off to the right. More than a couple drivers like that in a round that eat 40 yards off my distance and I'm pressing.

 

[shoot4par]

Yeah I think most people go through periods of heightened or decreased interest in the game. Not to be armchair shrink but if you don't worry about the result and enjoy being in nature, it always seems to make me appreciate it. Quiet is hard to find in this world. As a society over stimulation seems to be a problem at times and golf is much more focused.

Edited November 29, 2021 by shoot4par

[Motoboss]

No, never!

 

I’d play 7 days a week if I could afford it and my body could take it.

[ChipNRun]

On 11/23/2021 at 3:50 PM, againstthegrain said:

Golf is fine, some of the people around the game are not.  It's a subset of club membership that truly need to GTFO of the game.

 

Ah, the people. One golfer I've encountered in amateur circuit tournaments is a repeat offender.

 

2018: Day two of senior tournament. Heavy rain at end of round 1. Round 2 gets delayed twice for tee off.  Our threesome starts, including The Guy. At turn, I try to buy a GatorAde, and the clerk misplaces my credit card. After 10 minute delay, me and cart partner reach No. 10 tee. The Guy is on the tee, fuming and ready to hit. He snap-hooks his tee shot deep into a hazard. Us other two get tee shots into fairway, and The Guy loads up and repeats the snaphook. He yells at me for ruining his game, and withdraws from tournament. (Us two survivors get to our tee balls, and have to wait five minutes to hit due to lost ball by group up at green.)

 

2020 same tourney: In Round 1, again I get paired with The Guy! All is well until 18th hole. He hits a tee shot along OB and loses ball. A hazard is near OB, and he's furious it's not a 1-stroke drop, assuming ball went into hazard. Rules guy sends him back to the tee, and hits a booming drive that catches edge of hill and rolls to bottom, 160 yards out on a par 5. He has chance to recover, but is furious and proceeds to take a 9 on the hole.  He then withdraws from the tournament and gets into an argument with the scorer. (He's also upset with me that I didn't warn him about the OB right.)

 

Another golfer told me not to take it personally. He said The Guy storms out of at least one event a year. I informed the organization that never again would they pair me with The Guy.

 

This year, I skipped the tourney. Didn't want to tempt fate.

 

Bad thing about stormy withdrawals is it creates a scoring problem. I have to retrieve my scorecard, swap it out to another player etc. Extra trash  in an already tense situation. 

[bobfoster]

I've never stopped loving golf. 

[TwistedSister]

The only time golf lost its mojo for me was when I started being the "temper" guy.  Throwing clubs and swearing if the shot was not perfect.  I quit playing for about three or four years because I did not like what I had devolved into.  When I started playing again I promised myself I would play as long I I did not revert back to the "ogre".  So far 8 years later I am ok.  But my game is starting to get to the point where I do not enjoy it as much as I once did Hopefully, I can take the game for what it should be at my age.  Exercise and a fun little battle with my BGB.  After all the money only goes to my best pal..Right?

[againstthegrain]

dhack....way to step up!

 

 

[DavePelz4]

Without golf, I'd have no reason to drink other than Mrs. Pelz and her Mother's upcoming Holiday visit of terror love.