Why Do You Like Golf?

stockdam

For me it's the surroundings and craic.

I also love playing when it's quiet and nobody about but me.

It's a game that you can play with all levels and still have a good game.

Every time I play it's different and a new challenge.

But above all, nothing gives the same buzz as watching a well struck drive rise into the distance splitting the fairway.

copacetic

it's difficult.

Blunder

The way you can be playing pants for 14 holes and on 15 you sink a monster for birdie and for one moment you are the man.
Also the feeling of knocking it close when you actually had planned to.
The feeling of a late spring/early summer morning with the sun coming up and dew on the fairway. That does it for me!

fatherbuzcagney

1st the buzz of been in contention with 3/4 holes to play and finishing the job.


2nd-watching mates choke comming down da stretch:eek:{squeakybumtime}

jaycen

The ping!

Fairly new to the game really, only playing a year but I love the tech of it all, the challenge of the shot itself nevermind another player.

Mister Sifter

Hard to nail it down but I think it's the buzz of hitting good golf shots. There's no better feeling than standing over your second shot on 18 with the nerves jangling like hell, knowing that you're on the verge of winning...

ShriekingSheet

copacetic wrote: »

it's difficult.

ditto

Fatswaldo

Always played sport. Love the thrill of hitting a ball and watching it work the way I wanted (sometimes anyway)
The contrast between smacking a drive off the tee and seeing it soar, a 100m pitch, stuck to the pin and a delicate chip just rolling up to within a few inches.
Playing against the toughest opponent of all - yourself!
But most of all.. when you take a gamble and it comes off and for that few seconds you are as good as Tiger!!!

Sionnachster

For that moment where the whole thing just felt right - the swing, the finish, the trajectory, the shape and the result... It's the addiction to this potential that drives me both mad and wildly excitable!!

No matter how rare it happens....

jph100

yeah when u hit a shot pretty much exactly how u intended to hit it, thats what does it for me.

or anytime i get a birdie, i feel like tiger!

callaway92

I like the way...
1 Minute you love the game & the next minute you want to quit..
Its the way it messes with your emotions which makes it exciting

arg

For me its primarily the challenge it presents. There's so many aspects to the game, from both a physical and mental perspective, that you'll always have something to work on. And given that you're effectively competing against your own best score you're always going to be tested and have something to aim towards.


I've played a lot of sports over the years and there's no other that has sinked its hook into me the way golf has. I even enjoy seeing my playing partner/competitor sink a 20 foot putt! (this may not be the case if ever get to a match-play final:)) Can't say I ever appreciated a point scored by my opponent when playing hurling.

bigtimecharlie

It's the fun side of it that I like but what's gets me out once a week is the trill of the straight drive that splits the fairway even when raining.

shanks8

Signing your card after a great round in singles strokes...ie holding it together on the last few holes knowing you were in contention....a very satisfiying feeling