Just got back from the driving range and...

[The Kraken]

Golf creates a vacuum !!!

Nice euphamism, no ????

Actually, I do enjoy it. But, by God, it is frustrating !!!!

That's why I don't take it seriously. Besides, nowadays, it costs more than diving.

the greens K-eeper

 

[freediver]

It feels SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD when I do hear that smack off the tee and get a 125 yard drive !!!

the K-addy

Heh, my best drives are to the clubhouse afterwards.

 

[Stu S.]

President Taft once said that "When you play golf, you can think of nothing else". That is a lot like diving.

 

[nolatom]

I took up both at around the same time (around age 50).

Both are fun. The main difference is, if you stink at golf, it's funny (if you have the right attitude and don't beat yourself up about it), and harmless.

If you stink at diving, it's neither of the above things.

 

[Hank49]

President Taft once said that "When you play golf, you can think of nothing else". That is a lot like diving.

Some other famous world leader once said, "golf is a nice walk spoiled" or something like that.

 

[letsgodiving]

Golf is harder than SCUBA diving. Really....

Under statement of the year.

 

[georoc01]

nolatom had my thoughts exactly. If I am having a bad round of golf or an equipment failure its no big deal. Having a bad dive or equipment failure in diving can be fatal.

The only problem I haven't figured out is how to take both the dive gear and the clubs on the same vacation. I'm thinking for Thanksgiving of shipping the clubs and carrying the dive gear.

Although I managed to take the dive gear and ski gear on a trip last year to the Homestead Crater to Midway, UT.

 

[Bubble Junky]

Golf is harder than SCUBA diving

Yeah, but you get to wear these........

 

[boulderjohn]

Some other famous world leader once said, "golf is a nice walk spoiled" or something like that.

Actually, it was Mark Twain, but close enough.

The difference between golf and scuba is the predictability factor. In scuba, if you are properly trained and do the things you are taught to do the way you are taught to do it, you should get the results you expect.

With golf....

A week ago I was on a golf outing with my wife and our friends, playing a couple of courses over the weekend. Because I have not been playing much for the past year, and because we were playing very challenging Colorado mountain courses, I was even worse than normal, and normal can be ugly. I stood on the tee of a 159 yard par three, beset by gusty winds, and had no idea what to do. I selected an 8-iron, lofted it into the winds, and watched as it dropped near the hole and rolled slowly in.

So I finally have my first hole-in-one, and I have to display a card that shows a 1 surrounded by ugliness.

Unpredictable.

 

[SNorman]

Maybe golf & SCUBA go together well because that way you can always retrieve your clubs, no matter *where* you might throw them??