A Day at the Masters

5/1/2009 | econjack

[econjack]

A day at the Masters.

[Free America52]

I’ve gone to the Masters twice, and then have made two other trips to Augusta National on business trips. I thought one year I was actually going to play the course. Oh well . . . If you have never been, you cannot imagine how beautiful it is.

[HospiceNurse]

There can be no single stupider thing than adults spending hundreds of dollars to put a small ball in a hole. As long as one child doesn’t have enough food, God must put golfers in a special kind of hell.

[dawn53]

Are you against all sports, or just golf?

[Travis T. OJustice]

I've started watching more tennis lately because of Simona Halep.

[bray]

I am jealous.

Pray for America

[econjack]

...you cannot imagine how beautiful it is.

TV does not do justice to the beauty of the course, its undulations, both in fairways and greens, or the condition of the course. On TV, for example, the 6th green appears to have some mild undulations. Actually, I think they buried an adult elephant on the right side of the green.

During my walks, I could not find ONE weed anywhere, including the spectator walkways. The price of food and drink is dirt cheap: a buck for a soft drink, $2.50 for a ham-and-cheese sandwich. It was an amazing experience.

[Daffynition]

That’s one of the reasons why it is called a “Gentleman’s Game.” Etiquette is a large part of the sport.

[jtal]

DNFTT :-)

[econjack]

Oh my...

[Travis T. OJustice]

There can be no single stupider thing than adults spending hundreds of dollars to put a small ball in a hole. As long as one child doesn’t have enough food, God must put golfers in a special kind of hell.

That's certainly not the stupidest thing ever posted to FR, but it's right up there.

[BOBTHENAILER]

As long as one child doesn’t have enough food, God must put golfers in a special kind of hell.

Those who think they know what God is thinking and spew their wisdom accordingly, really have a special place in hell.

[dawn53]

We live on a golf course and occasionally have spectators walking the course during a tournament.

The difference between golf fans/spectators, and other sports fans (i.e. football, hockey, baseball)...the golf fans are sober. They’re walking the course instead of sitting in a stadium consuming copius amounts of alcohol and acting like “jerks.”

My son used to go to his college football games but told me he quit attending. He’d take his girlfriend with him and he said the behavior at the games was so bad he didn’t want her in that atmosphere.

Sobriety makes for a more polite group of onlookers.

[Travis T. OJustice]

That’s one of the reasons why it is called a “Gentleman’s Game.” Etiquette is a large part of the sport.

Clearly, you don't play with the same crowd i golf with! LMAO! They are certainly polite when others are around, but DAMN! Who knew tackling was commonplace in golf?

[bcsco]

As long as one child doesn’t have enough food, God must put golfers in a special kind of hell.

Then there must also be places for restaurant diners, computer owners...

Get my drift?

[econjack]

There can be no single stupider thing than adults spending hundreds of dollars to put a small ball in a hole. As long as one child doesn’t have enough food, God must put golfers in a special kind of hell.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, no matter how idiotic it is.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Thanks for sharing-—I always set aside the time to watch as much of the Masters as I can. To be there in person? Sublime.

[alarm rider]

I suggest you disconnect your computer service, and give the money to the poor.

I will be out on the course, in the beauty of nature that God made, thanking Him for people like you.

Have a nice day!

[Travis T. OJustice]

Lucky dog, i'd love to see the course, never mind play it! Looks beautiful, fun and TOUGH!

[dawn53]

I had considered that, I just thought it was an ornery poster.