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  • #32
    talla10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭talla10


    I always thought is was very boring game but then i began playing pitch and putt and got into golf. Still early days,only learning basics but is an addictive game and when you hit a nice shot you just keep coming back!


  • #33
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Dundalk crazy golfing champion 2005 :cool:



    ..please ladies, one at a time!

    Did you beat pighead in a play off?


  • #34
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Can't watch it, utterly boring to me.

    I did like playing it when I was younger and wouldn't say no to a game if I was asked to come along. My rusty clubs are hanging around somewhere.


  • #35
    D'Agger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    I'm after getting bitten by the bug - went to the driving range twice last weekend and played a few holes too - can't wait to play again this weekend.


  • #36
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Love Golf, happiest days of my life were playing Pitch & Putt on the old ALSAA course that was about as close to the airport runway as you could get. Malahide have a great Par 3 golf course also which I used to enjoy playing. Driving ranges are a great stress buster too.


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  • #37
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I love this craic about business deals being struck on the golf course, like we're all part of some zany 80s American soap opera with shoulder pads and bureau drawers full of oak-aged Scotch.

    I'd love to play a bit but it's completely unaffordable over here and nobody I knows plays. Irish golfers don't know how good tehy have it.


  • #38
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    If dressing up like a nerd and walking around after a ball is your bag OP all I can say is, wasted life.

    You can pretty much reduce most sports/games to this level if you want. Off hand, I cant think of a sport you don't dress up for.

    Footballers dress up and run around a pitch after a ball.

    Snooker players dress up and hit a ball on a table with a stick.

    Tennis players dress up and run around hitting a ball over a net.....etc..etc.

    I think golf is boring to watch but I know a few people who play and they love it. I hit a few baskets of balls off the driving range once, which I enjoyed. Some muscles were a bit sore in places the next day though.

    I used to play pitch and putt a little and found it good fun.


  • #39
    Gillington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Gillington


    I like playing it but golf clubs have been known to fly if I'm having a particularly shítty game!


  • #40
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Love Golf, happiest days of my life were playing Pitch & Putt on the old ALSAA course that was about as close to the airport runway as you could get. Malahide have a great Par 3 golf course also which I used to enjoy playing. Driving ranges are a great stress buster too.

    Trying to hit the lorry yoke that collects the golf balls provides hours of enjoyment


  • #41
    Orando Broom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,351 ✭✭✭Orando Broom


    Thrill wrote: »

    I used to play pitch and putt a little and found it good fun.

    Dressing up like a civilian and gambolling round a smallish field after a lake ball. Phfffft!


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  • #42
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Did you beat pighead in a play off?

    Yes, he ran off after seeing the mascot was a cow and i won by default.


  • #43
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Like it (never played)
    Hate it (never played)
    Like it (have played)
    Hate it (never played)
    What's your beef? I couldn't care less...

    Nice poll options :mad:


  • #44
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    GrizzlyMan wrote: »
    not too sure but my Handicap is pretty bad after a few jagermisters:(

    Howaya Mister


  • #45
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Could be worse, could be cricket.


  • #46
    hal9000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭hal9000


    Golf.....nice car


  • #47
    Cybercubed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭Cybercubed


    Great sport. Play it once a week.


  • #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Have played it, don't like it.

    However, it's been used excellently as a way of keeping land in a semi-natural state. I live in Howth and AFAIK the two golf courses here are largely responsible for why we've been able to keep so much land away from developers.

    I think the Bull Island course serves a similar purpose.


  • #49
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    I'm left-handed and always found it awkward swinging a golf club or hurley, so never really played it.


  • #50
    Azureus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭Azureus


    Driving range = ultimate stress relief :D

    Like golf...
    Prefer crazy golf.

    Hate watching it though-its like darts that way


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