2017 Masters (golf)

[Tricycle Rider]

Golf fight!
I'm afraid I have to take issue with those who claim golf is not a sport and is just a game meant for felines.
(Total aside, but can we stop with the pussy as a pejorative comments? Thanks in advance)
That said, golf is an incredibly difficult sport to be good at, never mind master.
It takes years of intense practice to become a decent player. It takes even more practice and a robotic-like mental discipline to dial it in and break par on tournament-grade golf courses.
I'm not a fan of most golfers because they're too stuffy and probably vote republican, but man oh man, they are amazing at what they do. Maybe it takes a certain understanding about the inherent difficulty in playing golf, but the Masters/US and British Open is compelling to watch.
As for TR's comments above, I grew up in a small town in Manitoba and played golf all day long in the summer and hockey in the winter. There was nothing else to do, hence the reason why so many hockey players play golf.

There's absolutely no need for you having to justify why you play/played golf as far as I'm concerned. Lots of NHL players still play it, even though they have access to all other kinds of physical activities.

Sport vs. game - that's an age-old question. I perhaps shouldn't even say seeing as I never played true golf.


(The furthest and closest I ever got to playing golf was with this virtual mini-golf game... don't really know Japanese characters, at least I think they're Japanese. But at any rate, I think the game is cute. http://www.flashgamesplayer.com/free/pooh-golf/play.html)

 

[the delgados]

Ha!
I just realized that a separate conversation about the same subject was going on elsewhere.
I should get out of the clinic more often.
It's never too late to take up the game (unless you're 98 yrs old and spitting drool in a cup, in which case, gawd help you).

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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Ha!
I just realized that a separate conversation about the same subject was going on elsewhere.
I should get out of the clinic more often.
It's never too late to take up the game (unless you're 98 yrs old and spitting drool in a cup, in which case, gawd help you).

No worries, defending golf as a sport is par for the course on virtually every sports forum I know of.

Btw., if you guys ever play that virtual mini-golf game I had posted a link to - hole 7 is a ***! (Think the par is 4, my best so far has been more like 34.)

 

[TeflonDub]

Looking at those weights Rory is lifting, they look way above and beyond what is required for golf. Yoga and a decent cardio routine to get you through a 7-mile walk in humid conditions without losing your form would be more than enough. I would guess the buff look and lifting the big numbers are more to do with psychological rewards than the physical demands of the game. Big muscles don't necessarily make the ball go further, generating clubhead speed has a lot more to do with technique and torque. You could make an argument that big upper body muscles may even be an impediment. Anyway, the big money is not determined by whether your average drive is 295 yards or 325 yards. That's one shot. Missing a four-footer and then tapping a six-inch putt in counts for two shots, just like hitting 475 yard with your drive and approach counts for two shots. Beta-blockers that help with the nerves when putting would probably have a greater impact from a PED perspective than getting big.

 

[Dan2016]

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And Golf is for pussies.

Say that to a professional ice hockey player and he'll probably knock your teeth out. I would take it as a compliment, with hockey players losing a few teeth is a rite of passage.

But seriously...

I'm always a bit surprised at the kind of people who play golf... you have rappers, basketball players (Michael Jordan comes to mind), and lots of hockey players. With hockey players it makes sense, though, seeing as hockey and golf require a similar skill set. (Well, violence aside, give a stick and a roundish object to a hockey player and he'll just have to aim it at something.)

Hokey players? Pfft...they're a bunch of puss...I mean wusses too (per Delgados very polite request)

Golf is mostly for the rich isn't it? And people who like chinos...and argyle?

Never played it myself...way too tough for that nonsense.

Joking aside it does look a good game, if you can get good enough to enjoy playing it.
And doping will be going on, no doubt - including for concentration etc, like snooker and the like. Just not the batshit crazy cocktail going on in cycling, with all the blood bags and suchly.

Cheers.

 

[GraftPunk]

I'd also assume beta-blockers as PEDs might be helpful as a pro-golfer...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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I'd also assume beta-blockers as PEDs might be helpful as a pro-golfer...

If nothing else I can definitely see beta-blockers coming in handy in activities such as golf where calmness and concentration are everything.

On a completely unrelated note, seeing as I don't know where else to put this - I've been called in by my employer for a "random" drug test either this week or next... how the frick is this even remotely random when they are giving me a heads-up? I feel like such a pro athlete, have to call a few on how to get all those opioids out of my system so I can pass the piss test. (Have been eating way too many poppy seed bagels lately... sorry, just an old Seinfeld reference. :lol: )

Okay, back to PED use in golf talk now.

 

[GraftPunk]

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I'd also assume beta-blockers as PEDs might be helpful as a pro-golfer...

If nothing else I can definitely see beta-blockers coming in handy in activities such as golf where calmness and concentration are everything.

On a completely unrelated note, seeing as I don't know where else to put this - I've been called in by my employer for a "random" drug test either this week or next... how the frick is this even remotely random when they are giving me a heads-up? I feel like such a pro athlete, have to call a few on how to get all those opioids out of my system so I can pass the piss test. (Have been eating way too many poppy seed bagels lately... sorry, just an old Seinfeld reference. :lol: )

Okay, back to PED use in golf talk now.

Now is the time for your panic room!

 

[Dan2016]

Re: Re:

I'd also assume beta-blockers as PEDs might be helpful as a pro-golfer...

If nothing else I can definitely see beta-blockers coming in handy in activities such as golf where calmness and concentration are everything.

On a completely unrelated note, seeing as I don't know where else to put this - I've been called in by my employer for a "random" drug test either this week or next... how the frick is this even remotely random when they are giving me a heads-up? I feel like such a pro athlete, have to call a few on how to get all those opioids out of my system so I can pass the piss test. (Have been eating way too many poppy seed bagels lately... sorry, just an old Seinfeld reference. :lol: )

Okay, back to PED use in golf talk now.

That made me think actually...there are synthetic pee solutions on the market for passing employment drug tests. I wondered if any pro sports-people could be using them - this had never occurred to me before - and sure enough some have been (no idea how many).

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/06/finding_fake_urine_a_real_chal.html

I think they are mostly used within the industries carrying out ''random'' drug tests on a regular basis, failing of which means an instant sacking. ''Poppy seeds'' stay in one's system for weeks, so cheating the test is the only option. I've read about the soap-under-the-finger-nail trick for cheating the test in sport, but it appears synthetic pee could be another trick too.

 

[the delgados]

Golf fight!
I'm afraid I have to take issue with those who claim golf is not a sport and is just a game meant for felines.
(Total aside, but can we stop with the pussy as a pejorative comments? Thanks in advance)
That said, golf is an incredibly difficult sport to be good at, never mind master.
It takes years of intense practice to become a decent player. It takes even more practice and a robotic-like mental discipline to dial it in and break par on tournament-grade golf courses.
I'm not a fan of most golfers because they're too stuffy and probably vote republican, but man oh man, they are amazing at what they do. Maybe it takes a certain understanding about the inherent difficulty in playing golf, but the Masters/US and British Open is compelling to watch.
As for TR's comments above, I grew up in a small town in Manitoba and played golf all day long in the summer and hockey in the winter. There was nothing else to do, hence the reason why so many hockey players play golf.

There's absolutely no need for you having to justify why you play/played golf as far as I'm concerned. Lots of NHL players still play it, even though they have access to all other kinds of physical activities.

Sport vs. game - that's an age-old question. I perhaps shouldn't even say seeing as I never played true golf.


(The furthest and closest I ever got to playing golf was with this virtual mini-golf game... don't really know Japanese characters, at least I think they're Japanese. But at any rate, I think the game is cute. http://www.flashgamesplayer.com/free/pooh-golf/play.html)

I tried playing but the random player I chose (Tony the Tiger) keeps driving the ball into his balls. So far we are teeing off on a par 3 and Im already 8 over par. Advice needed.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I tried playing but the random player I chose (Tony the Tiger) keeps driving the ball into his balls. So far we are teeing off on a par 3 and Im already 8 over par. Advice needed.

I don't think it matters which type of "Disney" characters you're teeing off with (I've tried them all), concentration and memory is all that is required in this game.

I'm still *** it up on hole 7, btw.

 

[blackcat]

Re: Re:

I'd also assume beta-blockers as PEDs might be helpful as a pro-golfer...

If nothing else I can definitely see beta-blockers coming in handy in activities such as golf where calmness and concentration are everything.

On a completely unrelated note, seeing as I don't know where else to put this - I've been called in by my employer for a "random" drug test either this week or next... how the frick is this even remotely random when they are giving me a heads-up? I feel like such a pro athlete, have to call a few on how to get all those opioids out of my system so I can pass the piss test. (Have been eating way too many poppy seed bagels lately... sorry, just an old Seinfeld reference. :lol: )

Okay, back to PED use in golf talk now.

That made me think actually...there are synthetic pee solutions on the market for passing employment drug tests. I wondered if any pro sports-people could be using them - this had never occurred to me before - and sure enough some have been (no idea how many).

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/06/finding_fake_urine_a_real_chal.html

I think they are mostly used within the industries carrying out ''random'' drug tests on a regular basis, failing of which means an instant sacking. ''Poppy seeds'' stay in one's system for weeks, so cheating the test is the only option. I've read about the soap-under-the-finger-nail trick for cheating the test in sport, but it appears synthetic pee could be another trick too.

protease

just stick your big finger in a cardboard container of Omo, then p!$$ your big finger when taking the ur!ne test

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Yay, I passed me pee test! (Had no reason to be nervous, but still was, seeing as I'm not keen on becoming unemployed.) They check for amphetamine, methamphetamine, opioids, cocaine, and THC, and the results are pretty much instant. I'd hate it if I had to wait a whole week to find out the results!

Anyhoo, back to doping in golf talk, or, at least, the virtual golf game I've been playing lately...

You getting any better, the delgados? (I'm still stinking it up on hole 7, am shanking it into that bubbly mud stuff, or whatever it's supposed to be.)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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Yay, I passed me pee test! (Had no reason to be nervous, but still was, seeing as I'm not keen on becoming unemployed.) They check for amphetamine, methamphetamine, opioids, cocaine, and THC, and the results are pretty much instant. I'd hate it if I had to wait a whole week to find out the results!

Anyhoo, back to doping in golf talk, or, at least, the virtual golf game I've been playing lately...

You getting any better, the delgados? (I'm still stinking it up on hole 7, am shanking it into that bubbly mud stuff, or whatever it's supposed to be.)

Better of going to an exec course and hack the hell out of it..... Good fun if the weather plays along.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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Better of going to an exec course and hack the hell out of it..... Good fun if the weather plays along.

If I can get ahold of some clubs, and can actually afford to play/practice golf (even on a public course), you and me - we're on!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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Better of going to an exec course and hack the hell out of it..... Good fun if the weather plays along.

If I can get ahold of some clubs, and can actually afford to play/practice golf (even on a public course), you and me - we're on!

All it takes is a putter and seven. Public courses are just fine. Game on....

 

[the delgados]

I tried playing but the random player I chose (Tony the Tiger) keeps driving the ball into his balls. So far we are teeing off on a par 3 and Im already 8 over par. Advice needed.

I don't think it matters which type of "Disney" characters you're teeing off with (I've tried them all), concentration and memory is all that is required in this game.

I'm still **** it up on hole 7, btw.

tony the tiger is playing ten off the par 3 first tee. i haven't made it out of the tee box.

 

[blackcat]

its not even a game

but here is an anecdote

long before tiger got caught with pitching wedges in cocktail waitresses, is that acceptable irondan? 7th iron?

so Greg Norman is hosting Bubba Clinton after he retired, at his Florida estate. Clinton does his achilles on the steps on his paved outdoor.

So Greg repays Bubba, by giving Bubba Greg's Australian hook-up, her number, to Bubba, when Bubba is coming out here, who does he phone up and host after his million dollar speaking gig? why, Naomi freekin Robson,

how cool is that, powerful golfers passing around their mistresses to one another, a golf swing qua swinging.

chasing birdies.

so many puns and puts

 

[Tricycle Rider]

tony the tiger is playing ten off the par 3 first tee. i haven't made it out of the tee box.

I just nearly eagled the second hole. Gosh darn dammit, I almost HAD it!

Ah well, I'll take all the birdies I can get, seeing as that dreaded hole 7 is still coming up.

I like hole 5, btw., if you hit the bats in their arses they start flying. (Not good for your overall score this is, though.)

And then when you get the angle all wrong on hole 6 the bees will come after you!

Did pretty well on hole 7 this time, actually, was only something like 8+.

Yay, even though this is to be a par 31 I got 61 this time, this is such a huge step for me!


EDIT: Winnie the Pooh seems to be doing so much better for me - latest score with him was 39. (*** yeah!)