Some POWER SWIRLING Going On

[Javelin]

They both got very beautiful wives. People can say what they want to about Tiger, Tiger Woods is the Michael Jordan of golf, a pure phenom.

 

[nobledruali]

They both got very beautiful wives. People can say what they want to about Tiger, Tiger Woods is the Michael Jordan of golf, a pure phenom.

:smt045

 

[gladiator423]

While you are entitled to your opinion, golf is known as a "gentleman's game" for very good reasons. A lot of very valuable life lessions can be learned or further engrained by learning how to play well; patience, etiquette, honesty, courtesy, tradition, respect for others. I volunteer teach golf to underpriveleged kids every other weekend and the game allows me to introduce concepts of agriculture, horticulture, basic arithmetic (adding up your score for the little ones) basic geometry, (degrees of loft, angles, wind calculations for the older ones), ect.

Its all personal preference, but to me golf is one of the greatest games there is, and Tiger's record to date is nothing short of remarkable and wondrous.

Learning to play chess well, how to handle a pool stick at the pool table, etc. Those can teach some of the same things also. Here in the states, its been very difficult for a black man to get into those country clubs where you can play on those elaborate golf courses. Until about 10 years ago, I lived behind one of those courses that had a standing rule about letting blacks in the CLUB. Didn't matter how much money or what kind of influence you had.

Never respected anyone who didn't respect me.

Not taking anything from Tiger and his accomplishments but never did care too much for the sport to FORCE some of those clubs to allow me to play. When I graduated college with my graduate degrees the reason some of my white colleagues would play at a certain golf courses was so I would be able to play. This was going on 15 years ago, in my mid-twenties.

Well, lets just say, I don't like many of the people that golf attracts.

 

[Canelle]

Seal`s Shirt is so ugly.

 

[Loki]

Learning to play chess well, how to handle a pool stick at the pool table, etc. Those can teach some of the same things also. Here in the states, its been very difficult for a black man to get into those country clubs where you can play on those elaborate golf courses. Until about 10 years ago, I lived behind one of those courses that had a standing rule about letting blacks in the CLUB. Didn't matter how much money or what kind of influence you had.

Never respected anyone who didn't respect me.

Not taking anything from Tiger and his accomplishments but never did care too much for the sport to FORCE some of those clubs to allow me to play. When I graduated college with my graduate degrees the reason some of my white colleagues would play at a certain golf courses was so I would be able to play. This was going on 15 years ago, in my mid-twenties.

Well, lets just say, I don't like many of the people that golf attracts.

Sorry to hear you had those experiences with golf. It is true that while just about every sport here in the U.S. discriminated against us at some point, golf has been slower than most to catch up to racial equality. We are about the same age and I have played my whole life (learned at age 6) and I can say that the good people I have came accross in the game FAR outweigh the pitiful few that still cling to such racists ideas. While racism clearly still exists, I have been fortunate to play some of the best courses all over the world and have never had a problem. African Americans have a long and storied history in the game, from John Shippen, to Teddy Rhodes, to Charlie Sifford, to Calvin Peete, all the way up to Tiger, don't let the few bad apples spoil the sport for you.