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With the 2013 golf season getting closer here in Chicago, the subject of golf has become the daily conversation between the guys I play golf with.One of the topics that has come up is the yrs. we have played together.We figured that our regular 4 some has been together playing for 19 yrs now. Chris for 19yrs. Ray for 21yrs. and Bob and myself for 25yrs. Bob and I have figured that we have averaged right around 40 rounds per yr. This would be the yr. that we have played over 1000 rounds together. How about your groups or people you have played with. I don't know if Jack and Arnie come close to this. Bob and I know each others game as well as we know are own.
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| # 16 1/27/2013 3:04:26 PM |
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Outstanding Mike. Glad to hear there are others that have similar golf stories. I think I disagree with golf season getting closer in Chi Town, since I was just witness first hand to your first major snowfall the past 3-4 days. :) Don't depress the guy. They start ticking off the days months before they can play. It's a pain management technique. The depression will start on this end when Mike is enjoying the most perfect golfing weather over the summer and I am playing in 100% humidity. My travel pulls me to Chicago in Dec and Jan and probably Las Vegas and Houston in the summer for 115 degrees. Talk about depression?! |
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| # 17 1/27/2013 3:10:19 PM |
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Jay, I've played some lovely summer days in Las Vegas & Scottsdale. There's good reason why you see a lot of wide-brimmed hats out there.
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| # 18 1/27/2013 6:06:44 PM |
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Outstanding Mike. Glad to hear there are others that have similar golf stories. I think I disagree with golf season getting closer in Chi Town, since I was just witness first hand to your first major snowfall the past 3-4 days. :) Don't depress the guy. They start ticking off the days months before they can play. It's a pain management technique. The depression will start on this end when Mike is enjoying the most perfect golfing weather over the summer and I am playing in 100% humidity. My travel pulls me to Chicago in Dec and Jan and probably Las Vegas and Houston in the summer for 115 degrees. Talk about depression?! Yeah, why is it that business trips always work out that way? |
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| # 19 1/27/2013 6:46:47 PM |
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Outstanding Mike. Glad to hear there are others that have similar golf stories. I think I disagree with golf season getting closer in Chi Town, since I was just witness first hand to your first major snowfall the past 3-4 days. :) Don't depress the guy. They start ticking off the days months before they can play. It's a pain management technique. The depression will start on this end when Mike is enjoying the most perfect golfing weather over the summer and I am playing in 100% humidity. My travel pulls me to Chicago in Dec and Jan and probably Las Vegas and Houston in the summer for 115 degrees. Talk about depression?! Yeah, why is it that business trips always work out that way? You would think they would know that business takes a back seat when there's a round of golf to be had. Plan trips accordingly. |
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| # 20 1/28/2013 12:12:04 PM |
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I hunt with the same guys all the time we do about 70 hunts together each year. So when it comes to golf I try and play with myself as much as I can. lol ( i know that sounds bad) But I enjoy not looking for others golf balls, hearing them cry about a poor shot, and as they take their time with their shot or putt or hitting 5 balls. I'm looking back to see if we holding up the next group.
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| # 21 2/27/2013 7:00:47 PM |
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For those NOT located in a northern band from the Dakotas through the New England states, here is what 'off-season' is like for those who are. Somewhere around the end of September all the leaves fall off the trees and we start seeing more grey days. There is still golf to be played, but we know our days are numbered. Somewhere around the second half of November first half of December the clubs go into moth balls. Days below freezing (not just nights), grey days, and snow (how much varies by location) are expected as constant companions for the next several months. We cheer ourselves up with the coming of the Christmas and New Years holidays. For the golfer, this is an opportunity to dream about golf and put golf related items on the Christmas list, plus trips to places like Dick's or Golfsmith to come up with a good list (at least that is our excuse). January is one of the toughest months. We're depressed. Christmast and New Years are gone and any golf gear we got can't be taken out to the course. Frustrating. If we're real lucky, maybe we get a short indian summer, defined in our terms as anything over 40 degrees during the day where we can get in a trip to the practice range. We temporarily subdue our depression by talking about golf with our golf buddies, thinking about golf, making plans for the coming year and counting the days (though they are many) when golf on the course will begin again. Around February or March, we've reached our limit. Full out depression has set in. It's too much to bear. Everything is grey, even the snow. This is the time when northerners flock to places like Myrtle Beach, Florida and all points between. Whether for one week or more, we HAVE to get out. We return to our grey existance for the final push, resume counting the days when golf will return. Somehow we make it, though we're never sure we will. When golf returns, it is a glorious day. Spoken like a guy who spent many winters in Michigan. |
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| # 22 2/27/2013 7:41:47 PM |
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But I enjoy not looking for others golf balls, hearing them cry about a poor shot I have a friend who I play golf with every week. And just like you said, he whines after seemingly every shot. It gets old. It has been old for 2 years now. Good friend, known him and worked with him for almost 30 years. But come on! Same mistakes and same complaints. Someone told me once that everyone complains from time to time. But if someone doesn't do anything to change their game, and they repeatedly make the same mistakes, then they have no right to complain. They are just hoping for the best with every attempted shot. This is my buddy. But I keep playing with him because it still beats showing up at a course as a single and taking whomever they group me with. Maybe I'll join a golf league and meet new people. |
