Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 10, 2020

“…that I could be spending with the love of my life, my third wife, and our two, or is it three, children…”

I actually LIKE spending time with Spouse. And (apparently) vice versa.

Mostly.

Golf is a dumb game. Supposedly, people play it because they enjoy hitting a ball around. But the whole idea is to hit it as few times as possible.

A golf course is an ecological disaster.

I always figured it was an old version of Kick The Can. Played as people traveled the boring marshlands. Or a different version of challenging to make ridiculous shots against each other!

I’ve always looked at golf as an excuse to go for a walk in nice weather

If you play the holes in reverse order does that mean your having a round of FLOG?

I played a round today with my 38-year-old son, and the only reason my granddaughter and grandson didn’t play was that they had school Zoom meetings to attend. I agree, it’s a silly game played in ecological disaster zones with deer, geese, turkeys, elk, and an occasional bear roaming around. I suppose I should see if the grandkids would rather play a pick up game of basketball or football with me and my senior citizen friends. In any event, please pass on to your friends that it’s a foolish endeavor. So foolish that it’s getting tough to book a tee time because a bunch of losers who should be watching reality tv or shopping at the malls are roaming the courses instead.

I’ve heard it said that “golf is a good walk spoiled”.;-D

I would think their families are pretty pleased about it too!

Personally, I learned to golf from my dad and played with my cousins and grandfather. That’s quality time. Wished I’d gotten my daughter into the game but all I managed was a couple trips to the driving range.

Oh man, you gotta try this, read a story by P G Wodehouse about cross country golfing. Played with a friend across an entire army base, fewest strokes finishing by putting into the post library book return won.

Sounds like those of go fishing I’ve know – I am sure it is just an excuse to spend time on river/lake bank away from spouse and have a few drinks

In addition to the wonderful golf stories of PG Wodehouse there are a couple songs by Frank Crumit (who was known to take Groucho Marx out to the links).

Oh! The dirty little pill went rolling down the hill

And rolled right into a bunker

From there to the green I took thirteen

And there by gosh I sunk ’er.

Sometimes it’s all about the 19th Hole .

Nope! Not gonna make any snarky trump golf lines, like he COULD be spending the time actually DOING SOMETHING PRESIDENTIAL, but I won’t.

Best explanation of golf – by Robin Williams. FYI- profanity laced – but that’s SOP with Robin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnFbCCgTo4

@Masterskrain

The more time he spends playing golf the safer we are.

I would rather spend the day on a walk with my wife. Although I did go frisbee golfing with my wife, our son, and his girlfriend. We walked the whole course. It was fun.

Trump always cheats at golf, even when he plays by himself. When he does play in a foursome, they are always sycophants who ignore all his cheating and praise him when he “wins”

Don’t forget the 19th hole!

If you want a little more exercise, try disc golf.

I will never play a game that gets you “tee’d off” before you even start. Guess that is PAR for the COURSE, what IRONy.

Always interested to hear comments on golfing. Those who love it and those who don’t seldom understand the others point of view. Like leftists and conservatives. BTW I have loved golf for 60 years.

Old Vaudeville routine:

Wife: “Dear, where have you been? You were supposed to be back from golfing at 2 o’clock, and it’s almost 6!”

Husband: “Oh, it was awful! On the third hole, my best friend in the world, Harold, dropped dead from a heart attack.”

Wife: “Oh, my, that must have been terrible.”

Husband: “It was. All day long it was hit the ball, drag Harold, hit the ball, drag Harold…”

Engaged couple. He says to his fiancee: “Before we get married, there’s something you should know about be. I’m a golfer.”

She says, “Oh. Well, there’s something you should know about me. I’m a hooker.”

He says, “Well, that not a big problem. If you just adjust your right hand and your shoulders…”

Man, golfing with friends, sees a funeral procession going by and stops & takes off his cap. “Mighty decent of you,” says his friends. “Well,” says the man, “we were married for 30 years.”

I play golf with my wife (in fact, that’s the reason I started). So it is spending time with my family, since my children have now moved out.

I think that one of the reasons for the success of our marriage is that my wife and I don’t do everything together. We each have very active and separate lives.

It makes the time we do have together all the more special and it’s fun “catching up” with what each other is doing.

Even now, with both of us working from home, we hardly ever get to see each other. However, I do like hearing her in her office and just knowing she’s there.

Know the man that quit stopping for a drink with the boys after work and GOLF when he got married. They have 11 children

I’ve never swung a golf club in my life or had any desire to, but have often run trails that circumnavigate golf courses. And upon occasion, I’ve contemplated what might possibly be the appeal of this popular recreational pastime, and reached the conclusion that, for many enthusiasts, it must be more about spending time in these man-made, lushly landscaped and highly manicured physical environments than it is so much the golfing itself. Some courses are really quite remarkable. There’s one — I think it’s in America’s mid-West, or maybe Australia — that’s constructed around gorgeous natural geological strata that pierce through the fairways at steep angles. It’s dramatic and inviting … makes you want to take up the game just so you can be there.

I suppose even in the “hunter/gatherer” societies the hunters didn’t always come home with meat. They still spent the day away from the tribe though.

When I lived in Arizona, there was a group of us who regularly played cowboy golf on horseback. There were several courses around the state to chose from.

Rules were pretty simple ( some we made up as we went along ) and the game was never boring. The greens were either artificial turf or outdoor carpet.

And, beer. Don’t forget beer.

Am I in the minority? I enjoyed time with my honey and the kids.

And I am reminded, trump loves golf. So there you are, at the 2 polar ends of philosophy.

Golf is an excuse for day drinking.

As a PE requirement in college, I took a semester of golf. I actually enjoyed the game because it was me against the course, not me against a team. The game is too expensive as a hobby so I’ve never played again, though.

Golf is just flog spelled backwards.

it involves more thought and less sweat than most other physical endeavors. …using a cart is cheating, btw

Sounds like the consensus here is that most men play golf to get time away from their families. Very sad when a parent alienates their family.

After my buddy and I graduated college and got married we decided we would take up golf. He always beat me. One morning after our tee shot I happened to be lying a couple of feet short of his ball. He took out a tee stuck it in the fairway. I gasped, and asked why he teed up, his reply, “it’s easier to hit”. We didn’t play much after that.

It’s the same reason people go ice fishing in the winter. To get away from the wife! I mean, it’s freezing cold, you’r not even moving much to keep warm…

Hardly any exercise? You are supposed to walk that course, not drive in little cars.

There ya go!

What an attitude; should be ashamed of himself (just sayin’).