Zendude
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The good thing about shooting and golf is that they are activities you can generally enjoy for a lifetime.
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luzyfuerza
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Early in my golfing life, I used to say that I was under par if I found more golf balls than I lost. Now, if I bring home more brass than I shot, it is a good day.
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I can still clearly remember when a good hole was a single digit on the card. LOL
P5 Guy
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Imagine if 2 out of 10 golf courses were built into rifle ranges.
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Both require an investment in time to be any good at it.
If you could make your own balls and cut your scores in half I might still be playing golf
If you could make your own balls and cut your scores in half I might still be playing golf
Anybody got any comments on the potential practical use of baseball, football, basketball or hockey? How about ping pong or bowling? The only two sports that have real potential practical use are MMA and track. MMA to force your will on your underlings, and track to get your underling self away from Mister MMA.
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Boattale said:
I think a basketball would be easier to hit than a baseball, especially at range. I'd be careful about shooting a bowling ball for fear of ricochet. Bowling pins are always fun.
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Actually, Sporting Clays has been called golf with a shotgun; the similarities are more in sync with each other. No two golf courses are the same; neither are any Sporting Clay courses. Golf has 18 holes; most Sporting Clay courses have 14-16 stations where each presentation is different........both cost about the same poer round; in fact, when sporting first took off here, club owners priced it at the same price as the local golf course.......
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If you think golf and shooting have nothing in common, Jack Nicklaus said, it isn't about how good you are, whoever makes the least mistakes wins.
This thread has gotten way too entertaining for me, golf will drive a person crazy if you take it too seriously!!! If you have to play.....I recommend a couple of beers to lesson the strain.
Happy shootin' (or that other thing)
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This thread has gotten way too entertaining for me, golf will drive a person crazy if you take it too seriously!!! If you have to play.....I recommend a couple of beers to lesson the strain.
Happy shootin' (or that other thing)
JD
Sorry, but this is a flawed comparison between golf and shooting. It's not an either/or situation. I play both and have never considered comparing them until this thread. I say do whatever floats your boat and don't run down other peoples' games. At least I've never encountered a waiting period or NICS check to buy a new driver. Though I've won several shooting matches, all I've won are cheap trophies and turkeys. In golf, I've won cash on numerous occasions, especially playing "skins', but it's not the reason to play. It's a social experience and I liked drawing for teams in Senior skins games. I've played in a few other tournaments, but didn't get into any State Championships.
I've also won lots of small shooting trophies, few of which I display and many have been thrown out. They're not the reason I shot competitively. It was a self-test to give me an idea as to how my shooting compared with that of others. When I won, it was great, but still had fun when I didn't. I've shot Gallery Pistol, both rimfire and centerfire Handgun Metallic Silhouette, centerfire/rimfire turkey shoots, Running Deer, Police Combat, and both Centerfire and Rimfire Benchrest.
BTW: It's NEVER okay to drink before shooting. Shooting requires 100% of your concentration...no excuses! It's criminal to shoot within hours of drinking and if there were an accident, the drinker is automatically GUILTY! That's not necessarily so when playing golf, but I never found a player who scored better after drinking. I've never had a drink for hours after shooting, but often had a beer after a round of golf...but just one!
Any shooter who laughs at people playing golf doesn't know the joy of playing the game well. One of the best feelings in my sporting life I ever had was sinking my second shot from 125 yards to make an Eagle on the last hole, a Par 4, to help the team win a Skins Game.
I've also won lots of small shooting trophies, few of which I display and many have been thrown out. They're not the reason I shot competitively. It was a self-test to give me an idea as to how my shooting compared with that of others. When I won, it was great, but still had fun when I didn't. I've shot Gallery Pistol, both rimfire and centerfire Handgun Metallic Silhouette, centerfire/rimfire turkey shoots, Running Deer, Police Combat, and both Centerfire and Rimfire Benchrest.
BTW: It's NEVER okay to drink before shooting. Shooting requires 100% of your concentration...no excuses! It's criminal to shoot within hours of drinking and if there were an accident, the drinker is automatically GUILTY! That's not necessarily so when playing golf, but I never found a player who scored better after drinking. I've never had a drink for hours after shooting, but often had a beer after a round of golf...but just one!
Any shooter who laughs at people playing golf doesn't know the joy of playing the game well. One of the best feelings in my sporting life I ever had was sinking my second shot from 125 yards to make an Eagle on the last hole, a Par 4, to help the team win a Skins Game.
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I recall an anecdote that came out of the Korean War... the guy was telling about an engagement where they were pinned down and another guy in his squad... a pro baseball player... had to throw a grenade. It was a long way to the enemy. The grenade had so much hang time it airbursted over the trench. The teller said because of seeing how his buddy could throw, he'd never make fun off baseball players again.
I think a basketball would be easier to hit than a baseball, especially at range. I'd be careful about shooting a bowling ball for fear of ricochet. Bowling pins are always fun.
Use the bowling ball in the BP mortar. I hear bowling pins charge when they're wounded.
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At least in the beginning, shooting was thought to be more important.
The first documented mention of golf in Scotland appears in a 1457 Act of the Scottish Parliament, an edict issued by King James II of Scotland prohibiting the playing of the games of gowf and futball as these were a distraction from archery practice for military purposes. Bans were again imposed in Acts of 1471 and 1491, with golf being described as "an unprofitable sport".
The first documented mention of golf in Scotland appears in a 1457 Act of the Scottish Parliament, an edict issued by King James II of Scotland prohibiting the playing of the games of gowf and futball as these were a distraction from archery practice for military purposes. Bans were again imposed in Acts of 1471 and 1491, with golf being described as "an unprofitable sport".
I think I'm quoting this correctly, "it was said that Americans love golf because we are neurotic". Probably a lot of truth in that. I don't think of anyone that loves the shooting sports as neurotic or obsessed because it just a lot of fun.
I played golf for about 20 years, had never touched a club until I was mid 30's. Had to give it up when I got so stiff it was hard to turn. Also a huge reason I put the club's away was I really sucked. Started shooting BB guns at age 10, still shoot regularly today. Maybe if I had started golf earlier I would have been a better player. My son started playing around age 10 and he is a good golfer. He player 4 years on his high school team, it was a lot of enjoyment watching him play.
Between shooting and golf, golf is a lot harder to master. If you study and practice the fundamentals of both, you can become a better than average shot, but still suck at golf.
Between shooting and golf, golf is a lot harder to master. If you study and practice the fundamentals of both, you can become a better than average shot, but still suck at golf.
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I can relate to all of this.
And I couldn't agree more with the idea that the average golfer can practice their whole lives, and still basically suck. It is not an intuitive game at all and the golf swing is anything but a natural movement.
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That's what I think of soccer fields.
Golf courses could be put to good use training retrievers and holding field trials.
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Meanwhile, the typical American borders on morbidly obese. LOL
Well, sometimes bullets blow into the group instead of out, but you have to be close for either.
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Golf reminds me of pool with lots of walking. To each his own.
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