Simple Question, but I'm sure a Thousand Different Answers.
Where do you stand?
Happy with your game? Happy with the Tour(s)? Equipment issues? Local course/club issues? Equipment too pricey?
Just your Overall feelings about the game.
Here's your chance to comment, vent, b*tch or let it all out. (Keep in mind this is only your opinion, don't get personal with someone else).
Fire Away!!!
Love it even when I hate it. A productive waste of $5k or so a year, that otherwise I'd waste on something even more ridiculous. Love the opportunity to be away from things and alone with my thoughts for 4-5 hours. The more remote and empty the course the better. 1 birdie makes up for 5 bogeys, emotionally.
If golf was a dog then I'd be the fire hydrant
Golf is that tempting ex-lover that was soooo good to enjoy, but then such a miserable, money draining, always contentious, miserable bitch, that I still fantasize about having back.
Golf is my go to once a week unwind. Playing 47 years and getting better believe it or not. Spend too much money on clubs and hence own too many. Watch PGA on Sunday afternoons. Love the British Open and the Masters. Prefer to walk and play minimalist with 7 clubs when I can. Some of my best friends and I still golf together 40+ years later. Need I say more.
Still love it, although sometimes just for being outside with friends and nature as much as the game itself.
Absolutely no interest in the Tour. Haven't watched any TV golf since the last major. I'll continue to watch at least a little of the majors. Everybody in pro golf is pretty boring, imo.
Love playing different courses and really enjoy a scenic course more than a challenging one.
Equipment doesn't interest me much anymore, I know it won't help.
I'd love to get some quality lessons but don't know where I can find them. Lots of mediocre to bad guys out there, though.
LOVE the game . I play with a great group of guys every Saturday. My HC is down to a 6 I just wish my GIR number didn’t suck .
100% what UnholyDefenestrator said.
It has been a part of my life for so long I can't imagine life without it. I, too, am perfectly content to play alone, although I don't mind playing with others. I enjoy the good shots a lot more than I dislike the bad ones, so it's almost always a win.
As for the pros, it might be interesting if they did a better job of televising the tournaments. Why do we have to watch somebody eat a sandwich for five minutes, or watch some guy try to plan a par three tee shot for six minutes? Is there nobody else playing the game? Why do they have to narrow the focus to four guys on Sunday? I would rather see an approach shot or a tee shot from somebody who is six or seven shots back than watch some guy throw grass into the air ten times or eat a protein bar.
I much prefer the LPGA. Not only is the game more relatable, but I feel like the coverage is better, too.
I love golf. There's always that awesome round out there waiting to be had. It's a great way to enjoy camaraderie, the outdoors, and hobbying around with the equipment is another never-ending opportunity.
My relationship with golf conflicts somewhat with my major relationships (family, work). I don't play/practice enough to retain the nuggets I learn over time and have to re-learn them over and over. As a result, my game, particularly the short game, is extremely inconsistent from round to round. I have accepted those as my own faults and still look forward to every round. I feel good when I play average (bogey) or better, and defeated when I don't.
johnnydoom I don't play/practice enough to retain the nuggets I learn over time and have to re-learn them over and over
That is the truism - “ golf wouldn’t be so hard if you didn’t have to learn it every time you play”.
Love/hate relationship like many. I know I'm not going to play very well unless I practice or get to play more, but that hasn't been possible for about the last 10 years with work and family.
No matter how I play I need golf for that escape. Even just 9 holes and a beer on the patio recharges me.
This season should be interesting. Every year I debate joining the club because the price is now high enough that I can't play enough golf to really justify it. Soon one kid graduates HS while the other gets her Masters. The wife is getting foot surgery that will leave her useless for a # of weeks. There are also weddings and my parents have hit that age where they need my help. I'm guessing I will not be able to get out even as much as last year, but I joined because I'll be able to play more and enjoy it more than if I didn't.
Even though I played baseball all through high school, I've been crazy about golf since I was about 12 years old.
I probably have 100 or so books on golf, its history, how-to, etc. I worked at one course or another for 25 years
(summer break from teaching school), have taken a Maltby's school in repair and building clubs, and coached my
high school team for 20 years. Since I retired, I play twice a week with a great collection of guys (or by myself,
occasionally), and love every minute of it. Luckily, I'm in pretty good health, and am planning to play and walk well into my 80's (which are getting closer every day!).
johnnydoom I don't play/practice enough to retain the nuggets I learn over time and have to re-learn them over and over.
Eguller “ golf wouldn’t be so hard if you didn’t have to learn it every time you play”
I'm sitting here reading this in a place where there is never any golf to play from (approx.) mid November to (approx.) Late March/early April (at best).
And I shall laugh at you again 
....while crying, just a bit. 
The only thing I have to 'learn' every year comes during the 1st round of the season. Which club do I now use for 'this' shot, due to the loss of distance taken away by aging/laziness/etc. . The score is not going to change much though.
Par4QC I am very happy that you don't require any re-work on your game. Suffice to say, some folks are wired differently than others are. Anything that requires consistency from me also requires extreme repetitiveness from me. I once was a deadly shooter of the basketball, but now (or at least the last time I tried) couldn't come close. Same with bowling. I lack a sense of feel and can only gain that feel through extreme repetition. Things that don't require so much feel I'm still very good at - last time I tried baseball I was still hitting better than anyone on the field. My long game (
) in golf is better than most golfers my age that I encounter once I hit the point in the year where I remember to deliberately inhibit the start of my downswing. However, the short game requires me to practice relentlessly to get a feel for the length of the backswing required for each distance.
johnnydoom iirc, you say you do not watch golf, or hardly any. In our winters here, it is the only golf in town. I watch the players, all that they show anyway, and look at what they do on each shot. Then try to mentally file away anything noteworthy. Kind of like mental/visual practice for 4-5 months. Even now, at my age, I've picked up a couple things this winter, from both PGA & LPGA. Costs me nothing, and able to do this while working on something in my basement. I know that will never work for everyone, but it seems to help me be prepared for that 1st round. May sound odd, but hey, that's me. 
Par4QC I don't watch a lot. I caught a few hours of the TPC last week, including most of Sheffler wrecking the field on Sunday. Most weeks I don't watch any. I do try to catch what I can of the LPGA.
Golf is problematic for me as I can suffer from paralysis by analysis if I think too much, but if I don't think I will leave out something fundamental (like consistent setup). Generally if I'm relaxed I'm not thinking, and if I'm thinking I'm not relaxed. Through repetition I don't have to think, but without it, I start thinking and get bound up. It would probably help my short game if I thought only about setup and forget about distance. However, when I start getting consistently good contact, my focus naturally shifts to distance control....and then I lose setup.
