Glad someone got that … I took a chance… 
You made me get out my VHS tape.
Tripler , a couple of points, if I may.
I really don’t want to get serious about this. I made that point earlier. Its just a
game. However, anyone with even a passing interest in sports and an open mind
cannot deny what the game and the tour means to charity. I don’t have to cite
a negative to prove that, its out there for all to see. The Tour donates millions
every year and the good they do is evident in every city they visit.
As to it being stupid, yeah, it is. 
But really, what sport isn’t. I’ve played most of
them (hockey, football,basketball, baseball) etc, all at an organized level and if
you dissect them with a jaundiced eye, they’re all pretty stupid. But none of them,
in my experience, presented the degree of difficulty found in golf. For me, thats
what makes it unique. No teammates to help you,no shot clock, no referee(except
your conscience), Just you and that little fucking ball. If you fail, it isn’t because
someone else didn’t do their job. And the pros play for pay. No performance, no
pay. No salary negotations, no agents, no 30 day injured list. And mulligans, yeah
you can cheat if you want, I won’t say anything, but it will tell me more about you
than simply the level of your golf game.
OK, now that I’ve shot my mouth off, I feel better. This has actually been an
interesting thread and I hope its not over. I seem to have a strange facility for
killing them. Oh, as this prick you’re talking about, he’s an asshole, dismiss him! 
I’m don’t want to get too serious over this either, but the claim that golf raises millions of dollars for charity every year is pretty much a wash. I can say the same thing for the NFL supporting the United Way, or the MLB supporting muscular dystrophy and such. I wasn’t trying to poke you in the eye, but I did want to mention that this arguement could be made about any of 'em.
But I see where you and I disagree: there is no shot clock, there is no opponent, and that’s why I’m scratching my head saying, “Where the hell is the real challenge?” I would think differently if you had to drive it to the hole, and had to kick it into the goal past the goalie like soccer.
I’d still rather have a double root canal than a round of golf–and you can hold the anesthesia.
One of 'em is my boss, so I’ll go have a word or two with him, about him.
Tripler
3rd Lieutenant
Tripler , Point taken. I really wasn’t aware of MLB and the NFL. Good on them!
I think where we are on different ground is team sport vs individual sport. The degree of difficulty I’ve experienced playing golf is much more than any other game I have played and I guess this difficulty is exacerbated even more because it appears to be so benign. Just hit the ball into the hole.
So, no way I can talk you into 18 holes, $1 a hole? :dubious:
Are you kidding me? The course is the opponent! And if your in a tournament, then the other golfers and the course are your opponents…all of them…not just one!
And the first thing I would try to do IS Drive It To The Hole!
I thank you for the offer, but hell no.
Unless you’re talking about donut holes, and even then, that’s a little expensive for glazed Dunkin’ Donuts.
Tripler
Mmmmmm . . . donuts.
In the words of George Carlin:
“Golf is an elitist sport played by elitist people. Think of all that wasted land. You want to do some good? Take it all and turn it into low cost housing.”
I love that idea.
I am SO getting smacked for this post later…
Glad to see the in your response. I love the game and I love joking about it.
The way it should be. BTW, up here in Gods country they’re called Timbits!
Oneself.
By the way, what do you do for clubs since you’ve obviously no vested interest in the game, and you’re obligated to partake of it on occasion?