Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 07/26/07 04:15

In article <pvsfa3dkikcphn5calbdvfsqn7q7qo3pnj@4ax.com>,
Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:36:24 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> Golf is a fucking joke. Take ANY one shot, do it 100 times, and see
> >> how bad your stats really are.
> >>
> >Take your fat ass out to the course sometime. I'll add golf to the list
> >of things you know little about but are willing to try to impart wisdom
> >about.
>
> I wasn't talking about put shots, dumbfuck. Any idiot can tap a ball
> with a putter fairly consistently.
>
> You couldn't take 100 tee shots and get consistent results very easily
> (even Tiger cannot). The game has little skill, and lots of chaos and
> dumb luck involved.
>
> Billiards, however, is a precision game. I can perform three rail banks
> to the side pocket quite consistently, and banking from an end rail to
> the side pocket is NOT an easy shot. It is one of the hardest in the
> game.

Well, you've got the easy part of golf solved - talking about it.

Sure, it looks simple enough. I mean the ball is just sitting there
waiting for you to smack it. But something happens between the start of
the swing and impact with the ball that causes untoward changes to occur.

I'm not a good golfer, I just enjoy the 4-5 mile walk I do every day
while playing it.

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