I feel the same way about Taekwondo... it's more about the personal journey, and doing things you never thought you could..
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: For Tony ... well, since im not your typical anything, i like snowboarding more than coding, i like graphic design more than coding, i like golf more than anything, i dont wear a pocket protector but i can lay a smackdown on most of the ones that did in high school now, and im not REALLY into gaming, but i love my wii and play more sports than i do anything else... i can prolly help you get it. golf is a journey through your self. its the one game in this world, where its truly YOU vs. everyone and everything else. its you vs. your mind. its you versus the sand, the wind, the everything. ok, its a battle... kinda like chess cause you have to think about future moves, but not, in the sense that you have to focus on the moment you are in. its competitive as fnck, there is more to think about than you can imagine however, the best shots are hit when you are thinking about ONLY that shot. it is potentially the most frustrating sport in the world, and at the same time the most rewarding. trust me, ive hit homeruns, scored many hat-tricks (in soccer), made many 3 pointers, but nothing comes close to the feeling of a purely hit ball, nothing. not even sex. the only thing close is a purely struck hit to deep right field. you get to absolutely obliterate the ball off the tee, then hit it with feathery touch around the green, and YOU are the only one who can control it... just you. you can blame noone for mistakes. its a series of ups and downs (no pun intended) highs and lows, you can go from elation to frustration in the matter of 1 shot. as ben hogan put it, and im not exact on this... he would be happy if he hit 1 pure shot per round... and id bet tiger would say the same. you can play a hole on a course you've never played before, and see it completely differently the next time you play it. as if you never played before. you can play that hole and score an eagle and know that NOONE else in the world could do any better than you on that one hole. and thats satisfaction. you really need to give it a shot. i didnt until i was 24. 'cause to me, it was a fag sport. something only the sissies did in high school and damn if i was gonna be one of THEM. i was a soccer and baseball guy and didnt want to even think about golf. heh. was i wrong. look at all the pro sports athletes who play AFTER they play their games. its astounding. shit, trent dilfer is like a scratch golfer i hear. then there is charles barkely... dont emulate him! anyway, go for it. you'll thank me later, i trust that. and for clubs, get a set from a used sports good store. irons that is. get urself a fairly decent driver/putter/sand wedge, and then a used set of IRONS to fill the gap. tw On Jan 29, 2008 11:04 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Understand that this question is coming from an adrenaline junkie - > x-games type person and I am not trying to bad mouth the game or anything. > > I hear all this talk about how wonderful golf is, but I don't get it. My > little brother took me to a driving range once, and after a few hooks > and slices I managed to pretty consistently place the ball where he > would tell me to. He says I am a natural but I doubt it. There was > nothing exciting about it. Just smacking the shit out of a ball. Now I > never set foot on an actual course (except during winter exercises in > Germany where we set up our maintenance area on a golf course) so I have > no idea of the actual mechanics involved in the putt, chip shots, sand > traps etc... I suppose there is a great deal of skill involved in > getting these pieces of the game down. All I know is a bunch of > terminology like what a eagle, birdie, bogie(sp) and what not is. > > So anyway, again I just don't get the appeal. Seems quite boring to me. > So what is it that makes people want to spend a day on the course? What > is the appeal? Is there some sort of calming effect that it has on you? > Again I am not badmouthing the game, just trying to understand the > appeal. Since my little brother is moving in with me today I might go > out on the course with him and see what the big deal is. > On that note, assuming that I do want to try golf, would you golfers > suggest an inexpensive set of clubs from a pawn shop or Target to start > off with? I am not one to invest a lot of $$ into something until I know > I like it. > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > -- > Throttle Jockey - > Why golf courses should be motocross tracks > > > Tony wrote: > > btw, congrats on the win :) > > > > golf winnings are fun. > > cause you get to win, and then win > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
