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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
I can appreciate your perspective, but many wrongs (speaking specifically in terms of exclusionary, bigoted bullshit) have been upheld in the sport in the name of tradition. Thus, I cannot separate the two.
Note: I realize that one can, as you would argue as strongly as anyone against any of the concepts that I placed in parentheses.
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I love golf as a game. I hate golf as a social institution.
I agree with your parenthetical, and that's also why I usually play alone.
I played with my uncle and some of his friends last year and we were on 15 and he asked me, "Why aren't you drinking?"
I told him, "I don't play golf to socialize."
He told me I was no fun, and I responded that I don't play to have fun, I play to hone my craft.
Earlier this week I went to the course to practice and saw a gaggle of about ten carts around a tree with a bunch of guys bullshitting, squawking about politics, and drinking. It disgusted me because I felt like they were using the game for the purposes you outlined in parentheses.