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less old people?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | February 21, 2008 8:48 AM
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Some of the hottest dudes I've met play golf. And that's all they talk about.

Posted by Mr. Poe | February 21, 2008 8:51 AM
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Golfing is hella fun once you get the hang of it. beer carts, a little bit of physical activity, nicely manicured lawns. Golf rocks.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | February 21, 2008 8:57 AM
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I'd like to think there's a connection.

Golf rocks? Please. Why pay a bunch of money to drink beer and watch grass grow when I can do that for free at the park down the block?

Posted by Hernandez | February 21, 2008 9:08 AM
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What about the article on increased suicides among the middle-aged?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/19suicide.html

Posted by Chip | February 21, 2008 9:14 AM
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On public courses, we should have walking times or periods where one need not spoil it all by having to play golf. (Apol. to M. Twain.)

Walkers should adopt the innovation of carts w/ drinks, too.

Posted by unPC | February 21, 2008 9:18 AM
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Golf is an ecological catastrophe.

Posted by Fnarf | February 21, 2008 9:25 AM
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Well, golf CAN drive you a little crazy. I'm all for fewer golfers. Fewer crowds and easier tee times. Now maybe I can finish a round in under 4 hours on the weekend.

Posted by heywhatsit | February 21, 2008 9:28 AM
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because hitting a ball into a tiny hole is fun?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | February 21, 2008 9:52 AM
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@9 - OK, I'll give you that.

Posted by Hernandez | February 21, 2008 10:01 AM
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Has more to do with heart health, actually. Sitting in those golf carts is not healthy.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 21, 2008 10:12 AM
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@11: Real golfers walk and carry their clubs. Still keeps your hands free for beer.

Posted by bigyaz | February 21, 2008 10:25 AM
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Next time you meet a golfer, call them an ecoterrorist.

Posted by Astin | February 21, 2008 10:26 AM
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I came to this comment thread to state that golf is horrible for the environment, only to find that Fnarf had beaten me to it. DAMN YOU FNARF!

Seriously though, the pesticide and fertilizer runoff from golf courses account for huge percentages of municipal water pollution, not to mention the water waste from irrigating the damned things (3000 cubic meters of water a day, enough for 15000 people).

Arsenic pollution from golf course pesticides:
http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/70/1/71

Do a Google search for 'golf course runoff' and you'll get pages of hits to various studies.


Posted by NaFun | February 21, 2008 11:13 AM
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Potential new friends who start mentioning their love of golf or urging me to join them at a casino, are very quickly dropped.

Posted by michael strangeways | February 21, 2008 11:16 AM
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I agree with Fnarf. Golf courses are ecological disaster areas. The average suburban lawn gets about 1/4 lb. of fertilizer per square yard every year. I read somewhere that typically one square yard of golf course sees 300 lbs. of fertilizer in a year. And of course, all that nitrogen and weed killer goes right into the river when it rains.

I agree with George Carlin, too, who says golf is elitist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbSRCjG-VLk

What I object to maybe even more is being in the business world and having to pretend that I give the tiniest rat's ass what's up with Tiger Woods.

Posted by Bauhaus | February 21, 2008 12:26 PM
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Staying physically active (such as playing golf) or mentally active (such as more complicated things like bridge, cribbage, or doing the crossword) all significantly decrease your odds/postpone developement of dementia.

Shame on you for discrediting one of the best ways for the elderly to stay physically and socially active.

Posted by Mr. Joshua | February 21, 2008 2:14 PM
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So there's no way for old folks to stay physically and mentally active that doesn't require millions of acres of flourescent grass, billions of gallons of oil, and trillions of gallons of polluted water?

Posted by Fnarf | February 21, 2008 4:04 PM

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