The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Golf outside is lame. I rather play inside blasting the ball at a screen then plopping back down on a stool and eating wings.

lol, terrible take. Golf into a screen is only acceptable because it’s winter. Get outside!

Originally Posted by btimbit

I LOVE golfing in the rain or when it's a tad chilly, all the weak and old people clear out and you have the course to yourself.

It's like none of these people own a jacket. So weird to me

I just don’t love golfing in a jacket. I do like the more comfortable 15-20 temperatures, but I swing better with no jacket on.

[Locke]

I love the rain.

"A little water never hurt anyone!"

- Residents of Sunnyside and Fukushima

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Locke

I love the rain.

"A little water never hurt anyone!"

- Residents of Sunnyside and Fukushima

That's what they said when they discovered the first Mogwai, too.

[The Fisher Account]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Golf outside is lame. I rather play inside blasting the ball at a screen then plopping back down on a stool and eating wings.

100% this.

I hate waiting for the group in front of me. I hate trying to find my ball. I hate ridiculous green fees.

I love crushing balls and having a computer tell me where it went. Being in a climate controlled environment beats crumby Calgary weather every time.

Having more LaunchPad's and less giant golf courses would be an environmental win for everyone.

[nik-]

They could just add a few treadmills beside the shot area to simulate the walking to your ball.

[Locke]

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. "Golf needs a Goalie."

If you want to be a sport there needs to be defence!

https://i.imgur.com/wRI6Oy6.mp4

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Locke

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. "Golf needs a Goalie."

If you want to be a sport there needs to be defence!

https://i.imgur.com/wRI6Oy6.mp4

Clearly you’ve never played golf. It might be the only sport where you simultaneously play offence and defence… against yourself.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Clearly you’ve never played golf. It might be the only sport where you simultaneously play offence and defence… against yourself.

I just think that having a cat goalie would be hilarious.

Kind of like having to putt between Lincoln's legs or through the windmill.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. "Golf needs a Goalie."

If you want to be a sport there needs to be defence!

https://i.imgur.com/wRI6Oy6.mp4

Gold would be better if:

1 - you had to run, if you score was calculated by both what you shoot and by how quickly you play the round.

2 - you need to carry your own clubs.

3 - there was contact. contact on the tie box is in play.

4 - remove the mulligan, and replace with the rabid weasel. You get one rabid weasel to throw at one of your foursome at a time of you choosing

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Golf outside is lame. I rather play inside blasting the ball at a screen then plopping back down on a stool and eating wings.

Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

100% this.

I hate waiting for the group in front of me. I hate trying to find my ball. I hate ridiculous green fees.

I love crushing balls and having a computer tell me where it went. Being in a climate controlled environment beats crumby Calgary weather every time.

Having more LaunchPad's and less giant golf courses would be an environmental win for everyone.

Sounds like fun, now get rid of the golf part and I am in.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Slava

I just don’t love golfing in a jacket. I do like the more comfortable 15-20 temperatures, but I swing better with no jacket on.

I swing better with no pants on

[Sliver]

I don't know if it's bad eyes, fkd up depth perception or what, but I lose my ball basically every second swing. Even if it's on the fairway. I'll misjudge where it landed by 50 feet. There needs to be beacons in them or something. Wandering around a field filled with guys dressed like dorks looking for a ball is the least fun thing on planet earth.

I mean, I still do it, but I'm always so happy when the game is done and we can move onto something way more fun. By about hole 12 I'm so fkn done. It's so boring I start getting sleepy.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Yeah, my late 30s and all the years staring at computer screens all day have definitely manifested themselves in me having trouble tracking my ball off the tee. It's worse when I'm wearing a hat (which is often) and worse when there are clouds. I just ask someone to watch for me.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I don't know if it's bad eyes, fkd up depth perception or what, but I lose my ball basically every second swing. Even if it's on the fairway. I'll misjudge where it landed by 50 feet. There needs to be beacons in them or something. Wandering around a field filled with guys dressed like dorks looking for a ball is the least fun thing on planet earth.

I mean, I still do it, but I'm always so happy when the game is done and we can move onto something way more fun. By about hole 12 I'm so fkn done. It's so boring I start getting sleepy.

This is 100% me, both in terms of how many balls I lose, and the exact hole I start getting bored by. Love being on a golf course, but 4.5-5+ hrs is WAY too long of an activity. Plus the impatient weekend warriors up your butt all round, while you're stuck behind the slow group in front of you..it's annoying. And my score isn't good enough to stay locked in, so I get bored.

By the final few holes, I just want to whip around on the cart.. I basically just become the chauffeur for my cart partner while I booze and drive them around to their ball.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I don't know if it's bad eyes, fkd up depth perception or what, but I lose my ball basically every second swing. Even if it's on the fairway. I'll misjudge where it landed by 50 feet. There needs to be beacons in them or something. Wandering around a field filled with guys dressed like dorks looking for a ball is the least fun thing on planet earth.

I mean, I still do it, but I'm always so happy when the game is done and we can move onto something way more fun. By about hole 12 I'm so fkn done. It's so boring I start getting sleepy.

Have you ever considered sunglasses with brown, rose, green or yellow colored lenses to help you track the ball? It aids contracts which also helps depth perception.

https://www.drivewear.com/golf.aspx?...%20your%20game.

I haven't worn colored lenses for golf. I just think the world looks really damn cool with different colored lenses and I've been buying different ones to play around with lately. I'm sure you can buy cheap $10-20 aviators on Amazon or whatever for this. I don't think you need special polarized lenses or anything like that, but just be aware that it might not block UV rays which means even if your eyes feel less strain, it's not necessarily great for your eyes if you wear them for a long time outdoors.

Blue for instance amplifies the sky and makes things look a bit whiter/cleaner by downplaying greys and browns. It makes things look less dreary during the winter snow pile months.

Yellow I use for computer glasses because it reduces eye strain. In the world it mutes blues, amplifies greens and fluorescent colors pop out a little more.

[OutOfTheCube]

You know you guys can just... not play golf, right?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Have you ever considered sunglasses with brown, rose, green or yellow colored lenses to help you track the ball? It aids contracts which also helps depth perception.

https://www.drivewear.com/golf.aspx?...%20your%20game.

I haven't worn colored lenses for golf. I just think the world looks really damn cool with different colored lenses and I've been buying different ones to play around with lately. I'm sure you can buy cheap $10-20 aviators on Amazon or whatever for this. I don't think you need special polarized lenses or anything like that, but just be aware that it might not block UV rays which means even if your eyes feel less strain, it's not necessarily great for your eyes if you wear them for a long time outdoors.

Blue for instance amplifies the sky and makes things look a bit whiter/cleaner by downplaying greys and browns. It makes things look less dreary during the winter snow pile months.

Yellow I use for computer glasses because it reduces eye strain. In the world it mutes blues, amplifies greens and fluorescent colors pop out a little more.

I appreciate that, but the mere exercise of finding glasses like that is more effort than I put into golfing. I'm just there to smoke joints and drive a dumb cart. I also have fomo, so if my friends are going golfing I just tag along in case my one buddy shts his pants for the millionth time and another great story emerges.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I appreciate that, but the mere exercise of finding glasses like that is more effort than I put into golfing. I'm just there to smoke joints and drive a dumb cart. I also have fomo, so if my friends are going golfing I just tag along in case my one buddy shts his pants for the millionth time and another great story emerges.

It shouldn't be more difficult than getting some cheap $10-20 "sunglasses with X colored lenses" on Amazon, Aliexpress, Temu etc. but I get where you're coming from. I too just kinda show up to golf without taking it very seriously. Taking the hit and replacing the ball is probably cheaper than sun glasses.

I was thinking something like these:
https://www.amazon.ca/Polarized-Sung...0B71D3Q24&th=1
https://www.amazon.ca/ANDWOOD-Oversi...07ZJVQGL9&th=1

About $15-25 per pair depending if there's a 2 pack for cheap or if you're buying individual colors. Perhaps even cheaper if you go directly to the source (ie: Aliexpress or Temu). I totally get the not putting in a ton of effort to improve at golf though.

TBH, if you didn't think of it purely for golfing reasons, it might make more sense if you do it for a lark. See if it helps at all, or use the wrong colored lenses as a handicap for the guy destroying everyone else. It might be funny to have pics with the guys with different colored lenses in the pic. Pee your pants? Yellow lens. Brown lens? The glasses would also still be useful for concerts, costumes and other general stuff. With the right joint, I wonder if it might offer an interesting effect.

[Fuzz]

I'm suddenly picturing Hunter S(it's for Sliver!) Thompson but with Sliver's fake cigarette, ready to tee off.

[Knut]

Guys.. You probably just need prescription sunglasses. Would probably help with driving as well. Tonnes of tints to pick from as well.