Hi, It’s Dave Edwards…and It’s Just My Take….3-22-23
For my fellow golf fans, have you noticed how incredibly pokey professional golfers have become? And don’t get me wrong—I love watching golf on TV or in person…but my gosh, you could eat a 3-course meal in between shots by some of these guys lately! Take for instance the final round pairing recently at Riviera of Jon Rahm, Max Homa and the human rain delay, Keith Mitchell.
From getting to the ball, checking the wind, the yardage book and listening to 16 different factors thrown at you by your caddie, then it’s back to the yardage book, pull a club, wait…did I just feel the wind go up 2 mph…heck, that club’s not going to work…then, your caddy says, look, the flag over by the over-priced BBQ tent just twitched slightly out the south instead of the southwest, change clubs…on and on and on…you get the drift…which just moved back to the south!
Then, unless the shot is just amazing, the player stalks to his ball, blaming it on the wind shifting, the earth’s rotation or global warming!
If we, as normal every-day hacks played like this, every one of our playing buddies would quickly become former playing buddies. Not to mention the groups behind us that would like to kick the crap out of us for playing so slowly.
Yes, I get it, you’re playing for a mountain of cash, and I’m playing for 2 bucks. But come on…oh, wait I feel a nap coming on.
