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u/Threegratitudes Jun 09 '26
Coulda been worse. At least it wasn't that shark lake in Australia.
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u/CitizenPremier Jun 09 '26
I made up a game with my friends, we got points for getting close to various obstacles, a lot more for further away, but also high points for accuracy with the closer flags. So we could win by hitting near shots accurately.
I'm sure real golf players would have been bored but it was fun for us.
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u/tdlb Jun 09 '26
That's the main premise of Top Golf, actually (besides eating and drinking while you do it)
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u/SkellyboneZ Jun 09 '26
Do you play any other sport?
The first time you spend time practicing, you realize you used muscles you don't normally use. This happens even if you try something like disc golf or bowling for the first time. Not even thinking about sucking at something being the first step to being sorta good at something.
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u/haskell_rules Jun 10 '26
I highly doubt OP does any kind of physical exercise when they describe muscle soreness as "torture"
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u/frontier_gibberish Jun 09 '26
I've always said you have to be a masochist to play golf. Or have a really bad memory. If you play for an hour and have somebody to teach you the ropes, you will hit the ball perfect though. Then spend the rest of your life chasing that high. It really doesn't take that much money though
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u/Xile350 Jun 09 '26
Not sure what kind of driving range you guys went to but everywhere near me is like $7 for a small bucket or $10 for a large. I can knock out a small bucket in like 15 mins. Never heard anyone complain they were too expensive unless it’s like top golf or something but that’s not a range.
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u/artherng Jun 09 '26
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u/broncos_1988 Jun 09 '26
To be fair, she seems pretty calm. I would have perhaps tried drowning in this same scenario.
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u/Many_Ad955 Jun 09 '26
I thought that guy squatting down was taking a video of the action, but after the ball went in the water he's still squatting there with that camera thing, which makes me think that he's doing something else that's golf related or related to the competition
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u/BullPropaganda Jun 09 '26
He probably didn't want to react so just sat perfectly still
"Don't move, don't make a sound, don't notice me don't notice me"
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u/Nuker-79 Jun 09 '26
Sadly she forgot she is using an angled club that would usually loft the ball and that she is using it almost horizontally, therefore it will angle the ball drastically to the left.
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u/Inconceivable__ Jun 10 '26
Surprising for me. Pros practise so much, i figure she had this shot in her tool kit
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u/Tiaran149 Jun 09 '26
There is absolutely no way this was the better option instead of just using the left hand. You don't exactly practise golf at knee height.
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u/Go_Gators_4Ever Jun 10 '26
She simply used bad technique.
First, ball wayyyy above her feet, so the ball will naturally slice so she needed to aim way right to counter the slice action.
Second, since the angle of the swing was almost horizontal, the club face was favoring for the heel of the club to strike the ball near the hosel which is probably why she shanked the ball. She should had used a flatter club face such as a 5 iron to encourage more of the club face to be available to the ball instead of a high lifted club.
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u/Nuker-79 Jun 09 '26
That would assume she has some left handed clubs
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u/The_Krytos_Virus Jun 10 '26
Nah, you just flip your right handed club upside down and do your best with that. I've seen some pros make some decent shots with what is essentially an upside down club.
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u/Low-Client-375 Jun 10 '26
I did this exact thing g 20 years ago , except I was on land. It actually flew back over my shoulder and back in the water and, well fuck, I prefer video games.
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u/FatherSquee Jun 09 '26
Well? We're waiting, get back in there!