Masters Golf...
10 April 2011, 02:14 PM
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Lots of golf courses do use paint (actually a coloured fertiliser) on the greens because they have to open all year round and can't afford as many groundskeepers as Augusta National.
10 April 2011, 02:21 PM
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They do use coloured elements, for example of the teeboxes they use green mix to fill in the divots otherwise the beige/brown on green looks poor. I think it enhances the look of the place.
As I said before, cricket??? a field full of men dressed in white? that used to be an activity reserved for the men in the deep south of the US.
10 April 2011, 03:39 PM
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Loving the Masters coverage on the telly. Each to their own that's what I say. I took up golf as an excuse to get a day away from the wife 
Separated now so don't play as much. It's a good day out with mates and we usually have a few beers in the golf bag to have on the way round 
Separated now so don't play as much. It's a good day out with mates and we usually have a few beers in the golf bag to have on the way round
11 April 2011, 11:06 AM
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I must be most disliked on SN (aside from being a mod 
) - I went to the Grand National on Saturday and watched the Masters on Sunday 
Was great to watch and even better when Luke Donald won me £70.
) - I went to the Grand National on Saturday and watched the Masters on Sunday Was great to watch and even better when Luke Donald won me £70.
11 April 2011, 11:19 AM
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Funnily enough, despite all your erudite revelations, I still very much enjoyed watching the championship. Just for the sake of the match really!
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11 April 2011, 07:08 PM
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I love golf playing and watching, I play a minimum twice a week but have been known to play 36 holes in a day at different courses. I still manage to be rubbish at it. Golfers are generally more honest, intelligent and sophisticated than non golfers hence some being very smug. I also went to Aintree this week and managed to go to the Heiniken Cup quarter final sunday so for those that have an issue with the completely false impression about certain sports being elitist I am your perfect target.
11 April 2011, 07:28 PM
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Ive been playing golf for a few years now and love getting a round in when I can 
It gets you away from the world for a few hours, has some fantastic views & landscaped greenery. I'm no Tiger Woods but know cares, as long as you abide with the etiquette of the game 99% of people are really friendly
Great way to de-stress and forget about the daily grind (having said that its really annoying at times when you spoon a drive into the next county!).
Not everyone cup of tea, but each to their own
It gets you away from the world for a few hours, has some fantastic views & landscaped greenery. I'm no Tiger Woods but know cares, as long as you abide with the etiquette of the game 99% of people are really friendly
Great way to de-stress and forget about the daily grind (having said that its really annoying at times when you spoon a drive into the next county!).
Not everyone cup of tea, but each to their own
12 April 2011, 11:36 AM
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When I was an Alarm engineer we used to do alot of golf club pro shops and club houses around Berkshire and Surrey. It was great wandering round the pro shop and club house aswell as having lunch in the members bar in dirty overalls and looking at all the snobby toffs looking down their noses at us. Was told by a toff once that I was not supposed to be in the bar as I was not a member, think he was the club captain. Didn't make any difference, Just told him I was installing the alarm system and if he didn't like it then he could go and speak to the club manager or whatever dumb title they have.
He didn't like us parking pur van in his parking space either
He didn't like us parking pur van in his parking space either
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12 April 2011, 01:35 PM
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12 April 2011, 02:31 PM
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Another huge golf fan here! It's a great tournament to watch regardless if you are a golfer or not!
When I was 19 I was playing off 3, about to turn pro, 7 years later I'm a seasoned insurance broker who plays weekend golf......go figure!!
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When I was 19 I was playing off 3, about to turn pro, 7 years later I'm a seasoned insurance broker who plays weekend golf......go figure!!
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15 April 2011, 02:38 PM
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i can understand why people like golf but i just can't take to it myself. but i wouldn't complain that its on telly when theres plenty of other shows that are a damn site worse.