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ForumSorry for Being Insensitive and Dangerous…
OK, I stirred up a little controversy yesterday.
I got several emails and a blog post with objections to what I said in yesterday’s email… so,
I have a couple of apologies to make (I’ll probably offend somebody else in the process). If you want to join the conversation, you can do so here:
http://clubhouse.swingbyswing.com/blog/5-unwritten-golf-rules/
FIRST apology
Yep, it was totally inappropriate to say “does your husband play golf”. This is the stupid mindless chatter of over-stressed, under-xxxed, small-richard, machisimo males on the golf course.
(There, now I’ve equally offended everybody!)
I would never say something like that on the course when a female was around. I shouldn’t have said it in a public forum like my emails.
SECOND apology
I never throw my clubs. It was said totally toungue-in-cheek.
Yes, it’s quite dangerous. Yes, it’s completely irresponsible and childish. I DO have a deep respect for this game – it’s history – it’s ritual – it’s etiquette. I am myself offended when other golfers act like jerks.
However, I also like to have fun on the course. I am not above a dirty joke or a few beers (when in the appropriate company).
And you know what?
It’s not fun to hang on the course with some jerk who is mad enough to be throwing clubs around…
After all, golf is about having fun. Getting on the course and shedding the problems of the world for a few hours. It’s nice to beat the heck out of your buddies, too. (For some lucky golfers, it’s also about high performance and making money – but that’s a major minority!)
If you’re an average Joe, and you take golf too seriously… you’re defeating the purpose. (Which is – to have FUN)
Perhaps the greatest thing about golf is that it is what each individual golfer wants it to be…
That is also the greatest thing about the upcoming Swing by Swing PRO membership. You’ll be able to cater your golf game to YOUR style. You’ll be able to get in-depth information about YOUR golf game, and YOUR courses.
You get to make golf YOURS. In your way.
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To sum everything up – please don’t be a jerk! And, please don’t take everything I say too seriously… I’m just here to have some fun!
Travis
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8 comments »
Travis-
if anyone was really that offended by what you said, I certainly don’t want to play a round with them. I thought it was self explanatory that it was a joke. Even Arnold Palmer referenced throwing his clubs in his article in golf Digest (http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/arniesrules). The fact is what you said applies (either wholly or in part) to 90%+ of the golfers out there.
Keep swinging away, and I look forward to more of your emails in the near future!
Justin
PS- If I leave a putt short, and don’t have someone in my group say “Does your husband also play”, or “Hold on, let me call my wife to hit the next one for you”- I’m walking off the course!
LOL – thanks Justin. Love your outlook!
Seriously, the apology should bother folks more than the joke. I know why you did it but these stiffs need to loosen up.
Come on people. All that tension can’t be helping your swing!
Sounds like some people are a little too sensitive. I didn’t see anything wrong with the original article, I actually rather enjoyed it. I hope this isn’t the beginning of watered down, overly PC articles. That would be get pretty boring. Real men play golf and they poke fun at eachother, nothing wrong with that. Maybe you should warn all girly men and over sensitive women at the beginning of potentially offensive article so that they may avert theirs eyes from the offensive sight.
I am new subscriber to these articles and so far it has been one of the few mailing lists that I am glad to be on. Keep up the good work.
People are WAY to sensitive, let me repeat. PEOPLE ARE WAY THE SENSITIVE. There’s much more important things to get in a twist over then some words in a golfing email.
Not offended in Fargo
I used to work at the local golf course by where I live. Three out of the normal foursome were sitting in the clubhouse drinking a cold one. I was listening in on their conversation, and they were recalling the missing fourth and his mis-fortune on hole 5 and the way he handled himself. After chunking two balls into the water, he was so furious with his performance that he broke every club in his bag on the electrical box several yards behind the tee box. The only club he did not break was a Scotty Cameron putter that was not his. After reading about the unwritten rules this is the first thing that came to mind.
people are stupid “OH NO YOU THROW YOUR CLUBS YOU’RE GOING TO HELL FOR THAT DISRESPECT” like shut the fuck up (pardon my language) its just that I have played with so many people who find EVERYTHING offensive its bullshit and they’e usually the snob guys who think they’re crazy but can’t even play a respectable round. instead of wasting all your time bitching at others about etiquette that only you care about go and try to improve your game to play to those “offensive” peoples caliber.
besides ITS A JOKE, people take stuff way too seriously, as if they were on the PGA tour, but play a level of golf comparible to a 1 round a season person. and the physical characterisitcs of human anatomy show that males are generally larger than females (duh) so its not rude its factual to say that the average male can achieve greater distance than the average female simply because of the size differential. so if people cant take a joke this poster shoudnt have to apoligize