The Open (Page 2): I will tell you what they do.They have a huge talent not given to us mortals and they excell to give pleasure to people less gifted.I wonder what you do in your...

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Mary Kate wrote:

If I had a lobotomy then perhaps I could sit in front the TV for hours and watch a bunch of people doing......what is it they do???

I will tell you what they do.They have a huge talent not given to us mortals and they excell to give pleasure to people less gifted.I wonder what you do in your spare time apart from writing stupid remarks.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

I enjoy playing golf...
Love to watch good golf being played on television , but yes it can get a bit boring especially with the British (sorry) accents...
Sometimes I wish they would play more like Happy Gilmore.....lol

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

viscountdriver wrote:

I will tell you what they do.They have a huge talent not given to us mortals and they excell to give pleasure to people less gifted.I wonder what you do in your spare time apart from writing stupid remarks.

Reading dumb ass remarks like yours.

wolvesaywe Loc: Hants England

Mary Kate wrote:

My husband had a few of his friends over to watch it. I tried to watch the game and I lasted about 20 minutes. Could it get any more boring?? I called one of the wives of the guys who were at my house. We met for drinks.
I like sports. I like hockey, basketball, and football. I am looking forward to football season. At least there is movement in those venues.

A good old saying " golf spoils a good walk " . Never a truer word spoken

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

after 78 yrs my attention span is very short, however the way they follow the game these days, if things heat up I can stick with it.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Mary Kate wrote:

If I had a lobotomy then perhaps I could sit in front the TV for hours and watch a bunch of people doing......what is it they do???

Ah...now curlin'....there's a sport yah'd really love, Mary Kate!!

No wonder you don't like golf, growing up as yah did in a city that doesn't have a blade of grass to its name!! Ice, though, yah've got plenty of that for curlin'!!

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Never saw anyone put long ones as well. Always seems to have the perfect line & perfect speed.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

wolvesaywe wrote:

A good old saying " golf spoils a good walk " . Never a truer word spoken

That is probably the worst cliché ever made and is trotted out by people who think they are clever.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Tom DePuy wrote:

I enjoy playing golf...
Love to watch good golf being played on television , but yes it can get a bit boring especially with the British (sorry) accents...
Sometimes I wish they would play more like Happy Gilmore.....lol

British accents on a British golf course-how odd. Remember this is links golf, not the tailered courses of the US.Mind you. it doesn't stop your boys coming over and winning. To be honest golf does not lend itself to TV as much as other action sports but to those of us who play golf and love it is wonderful to see those super men in action.

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

SteveR wrote:

Ah...now curlin'....there's a sport yah'd really love, Mary Kate!!

No wonder you don't like golf, growing up as yah did in a city that doesn't have a blade of grass to its name!! Ice, though, yah've got plenty of that for curlin'!!

Did not know you had to grow up in a place that had grass to like golf. Actually, there is a lot of grass in NYC and you can buy as much as you want. There was not a lot of grass around when I was growing up in the Red Hook section of NYC in the late 40's and 50's. I don't like it because it is to me so damn boring. From our condo, we can walk to Central Park. There is grass there. We are now legal residents of NH. A lot of grass here. Golf is yet again boring. Still, have the condo for city fixes. I like hockey, basketball, and football. At least in those sports, there is movement. I have seen a curling event that like golf is boring.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

viscountdriver wrote:

That is probably the worst cliché ever made and is trotted out by people who think they are clever.

A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour by John Feinstein happens to be one of the best reads on the book of Golf written. Not a cliche (can't figure out how to do that domahickey over the e). Anything by John Feinstein is excellent.

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Mary Kate wrote:

Did not know you had to grow up in a place that ha... (show quote)

I am a very old man and still play golf.I could not play the sports you mention

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Mary Kate wrote:

Did not know you had to grow up in a place that ha... (show quote)

Obviously, Mary Kate, you have never enjoyed the frustration of trying to move a golf ball around 3 miles of cow pasture within a number of strokes satisfying to your self-image only to be discouraged to the extent that you were determined to return for more torture just to prove that you were better than a small white ball. Those of us who have can appreciate the drama, especially during the Majors, of the best players in the world experiencing those same frustrations.....and on occasion putting on dazzling displays conquering the insanities of the fates that befall all who play the game. Ah...Mary Kate...ye know not the drama, the excitement behind this boring little game!!!!

From one who can enjoy each pitch of a baseball game, a pitcher's duel, the mano a mano of pitcher vs. hitter, the defensive game....each drive from the tee box and subsequent recovery from the gorse is what the game is all about!!

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

SteveR wrote:

Obviously, Mary Kate, you have never enjoyed the f... (show quote)

If you say so. For me, I have expended more energy on this topic than it has value for me.

Mary Kate Loc: NYC

viscountdriver wrote:

I am a very old man and still play golf.I could not play the sports you mention

I just watch the sports that I mentioned. At 74 my main "play at" sport is walking and some hiking and of course paying attention to the market. I don't trap or skeet as much as I used to.