Very interesting Mankh. Not being a golfer I have always thought golf courses were a scar on the natural land, and deplored the chemicals and water used, the trees disappeared. However I know it is a beloved past time by many. Hope your weaning yourself away was replaced with a new found joy and pleasure.
Thanks, Sabrina, actually the recent biggest weaning opened up more of a direct line of emotion/communication with my dad having realized the golf was a kind of a substitute for that. And from what little i know of the origins of golf in Scotland and some of the current British course, it's the opposite of American manicured, like a wide open field with a hole.
Thanks for putting what I know in my heart into words. I hadn't noticed how symbolic golf was of colonization, and now I'll never forget. In the Sonoran Desert, those golf courses look like green scars on the desert, built over what previously had been among the most beautiful and biodiverse places.
Thanks, Susan! Someone else who didn't know much about golf mentioned scars, too. And that is sad about the biodiversity aka a variety of living beings. Speaking of deserts, a while ago i saw on TV some tournament in Abu Dhabi and along with the strangeness of the course in that locale, some of it was surrounded by buildings and iirc skyscrapers, surreal!
I tried to play golf exactly once. Couldn’t see any reward for the huge frustration. I love outdoors. No reason to limit myself to manicured walkways. Skill I never acquired.
Thanks for putting this in historical perspective!
Yeah, Peter, it takes a while of practicing to get even halfway decent and i remember how if i played lousy for most of the day, a few good shots on the last hole had me excited for another day; seems something to do with the 'magical' ability to make a ball fly that far. More to your liking, there's a quote attributed to Mark Twain, "“Golf is a good walk spoiled." Thx for appreciating.
Very interesting Mankh. Not being a golfer I have always thought golf courses were a scar on the natural land, and deplored the chemicals and water used, the trees disappeared. However I know it is a beloved past time by many. Hope your weaning yourself away was replaced with a new found joy and pleasure.
Thanks, Sabrina, actually the recent biggest weaning opened up more of a direct line of emotion/communication with my dad having realized the golf was a kind of a substitute for that. And from what little i know of the origins of golf in Scotland and some of the current British course, it's the opposite of American manicured, like a wide open field with a hole.
That was a great development with your Dad. And yay for less manicured landscape.
Thanks for putting what I know in my heart into words. I hadn't noticed how symbolic golf was of colonization, and now I'll never forget. In the Sonoran Desert, those golf courses look like green scars on the desert, built over what previously had been among the most beautiful and biodiverse places.
Thanks, Susan! Someone else who didn't know much about golf mentioned scars, too. And that is sad about the biodiversity aka a variety of living beings. Speaking of deserts, a while ago i saw on TV some tournament in Abu Dhabi and along with the strangeness of the course in that locale, some of it was surrounded by buildings and iirc skyscrapers, surreal!
I tried to play golf exactly once. Couldn’t see any reward for the huge frustration. I love outdoors. No reason to limit myself to manicured walkways. Skill I never acquired.
Thanks for putting this in historical perspective!
Yeah, Peter, it takes a while of practicing to get even halfway decent and i remember how if i played lousy for most of the day, a few good shots on the last hole had me excited for another day; seems something to do with the 'magical' ability to make a ball fly that far. More to your liking, there's a quote attributed to Mark Twain, "“Golf is a good walk spoiled." Thx for appreciating.
good line: “Golf is a good walk spoiled." 😂
A classic, glad you like :). And in modern parlance, a rush hour highway is a good drive spoiled.