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San Mateo County Times Rant
THuckaby2:
I'll give you an amen on that, Brother Shivas.
And our similarities continue... I too played freshman football at a powerhouse Catholic high school (well, off and on powerhouse anyway)... only not to get away from the geekiness of golf, but more because I always had played the game and it seemed normal to continue. As I'm sure it was/is at your school, football is basically year round. So after the season ends, and it's OK but dammit a lot more work than fun... January comes and they're gearing up for off-season weight training, and I see that golf tryouts are happening... well I love that game also, so I figure what the hell... By absolute luck I made the team, and then said goodbye to football forever. In fact my deal was the FOOTBALL coach coming to me asking where the hell I was and why I missed the first two days of weight training... I still relish to this day my reply... "I'm playing a varsity sport instead."
But anyway, that diversion aside... I concur with you. I've never understood why I should want or need golf to grow. Give me a few non-packed courses - as they were when I was a kid - and I'd be damned happy.
All this being said, Gib's article was great and summed up our situation here well. And to George P. I'd say this: talk to me in January. The good does outweigh the bad here.
;)
Darren_Kilfara:
Gib - excellent article. Just watch out for the inevitable firebombing of your house by the "irrational minions"...
Shivas - my advice? Move (or retire) to Scotland or Ireland, where the demand is high but the supply is greater, and pretty much all of the rest of your conditions are met. I'll happily propose you for membership at Machrihanish! Can't offer much in terms of the weather conditions in January, but if you're still trying to prove that golf isn't a "pussy sport", that's certainly a good place to start... ;)
Cheers,
Darren
Scott_Burroughs:
I was waiting for Huck to say that his when his football coach found out he wanted to play golf instead, he shouted "Yeah, Baby! ...er....I mean, oh, sorry to hear that." ;D
On the other topic, I've thought the same thing, why can't it be like it was? Well, for one thing, if I still lived in Corning, NY, where I grew up, golf would still be dirt cheap on a bunch of modest daily-fee courses. Probably hasn't been a new course built in that area in 30 years. One private club in town, and I likely could afford to join. Heck, I'd get to go play hidden gem munis/df's Mark Twain and Soaring Eagles that probably cost less than $20 to play. Granted the season would be short vs. the virtually year-round golf I get now.
But that's not the case. I lived in a mid-sized (in the 40's in the country in size) metro area with 0 (that's ZERO!) municipal courses in the area. Too many courses rely on cart revenue, even though it likely doesn't make them as much money as they think. Private clubs are expensive, though much cheaper to join than in places like NYC area or metro CA areas.
Hard to say what's worth what today.
THuckaby2:
Glory days.....
Shivas man, you are way too caught up in this dork thing. But I know how this goes... golf was seen as very dorky at our school as well. That is until they saw our perks... . participation in selection of cheerleaders (all seniors and varsity lettermen got that honor - pretty cool to be in that as a freshman)....getting out of school early A LOT...
Funny how a bunch of my football-playing friends all tried out for golf senior year.
;D
Scott, the football coach was genuinely surprised and disappointed. I did start at CB most of the freshman season... no mean feat where there are 80+ kids on the total roster. ;)
BUT... I saw the writing on the wall... the shelf life of a short, not very fast CB is not a long one.
Thank God for golf.
THuckaby2:
Gotcha man, I figured as much.
And that is one HELL of a team. Holey moley... 6 under losing a match... wow.
Glory days.....
;D ;D ;D
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