Golfing too much?

[right handed phil mickelson]

How much is too much golf? Is there ever too much golf? I think I might have come close today.

Had a tee time this morning at 9:30 am. Stayed at the course (2 rounds of golf and on the range in between) until 6:30 pm. Ah 9 and a half hours of golf. I have a sunburn like nobody's business.

Oh good news. I got a totally different swing yesterday. My teacher had me narrow my stance, step 4 inches back, bend my knees more, reach out toward the ball a bit more, and turn in the hips more because my head moves up and down too much. I shot a 79. With 36 putts. That says my iron game was great ;)

I love golf. But I think I'm going to take a break for a little while haha.

Any of you play golf for an extensive amount of time? I wanna see how many crazy people are out there like me.

[TheWarHound]

Not sure what too much golf is. I play 2-3 times a week, weather depending. Golf lessons on Thursday afternoon, driving range with the girls golf team 1-2 days a week. Before the girls show up for practice, and sometimes after, I usually hit a bucket of balls.

I guess I am doing golf stuff 5-6 times a week. Is that too much?

[right handed phil mickelson]

Well no. I play golf every day. Like at least 1 hour of either golfing on the course or hitting buckets of balls on the range. But I'm talking about too much in one day ;)

[titleist03]

Im in 10th grade and I golf everday atleast 18 holes with a large bucket of balls.
Sometimes i need to take a 2-3 day break though because you definatly dont want to overplay and get sick of golf. thats what my swing coach says anyways.

[right handed phil mickelson]

Oh you sound a lot like me. I'm going into 10th grade right now.

[Andy_Mac]

*checks bank account*

uh oh...

Yes. Yes you can play too much golf

[Bflynn23]

I play about 4-6 days per week weather permitting. I also like to get in about and hour on the range and an hour on the putting green a day or two a week. Longest day for me on the course is probably 7 hours.

[right handed phil mickelson]

*checks bank account*

Ha. I heard that one. My parents just started to make me pay for my own golf stuff because I had a summer job last summer, and I didn't realize how much it sucks to play golf (wallet-wise). My wallet gets thinner but my iron shots just keep getting fatter....

[right handed phil mickelson]

I play about 4-6 days per week weather permitting. I also like to get in about and hour on the range and an hour on the putting green a day or two a week. Longest day for me on the course is probably 7 hours.

Your up there.

[CG031]

I played six days per week last Summer. Sometimes 27 or 36 holes a day. lol.

[right handed phil mickelson]

I played six days per week last Summer. Sometimes 27 or 36 holes a day. lol.

Yea It wasn't a good idea to stay out there for 9 hours today. I have a crazy sunburn. Plus, I just took my temperature and its 99.7º F. Damn you viruses.

[wedge player]

How much is too much golf? Is there ever too much golf? I think I might have come close today.

in the week i practice after i get home from work about 4 till 6:30 eat dinner then practice more play at least 18 a day on weekend then practice for about another 5 hours.

[right handed phil mickelson]

in the week i practice after i get home from work about 4 till 6:30 eat dinner then practice more play at least 18 a day on weekend then practice for about another 5 hours.

Oo impressive. your handicap shows

[wedge player]

Oo impressive. your handicap shows

yea it should be droping soon i was shootin high 70's with a bad aiming problem

[anthonykim3]

i am 8th grade i play 3 times a week during school and at least 5 large buckets a week in the summer i will play 18 or 36 every day

[whip_it_out]

Jeez, you guys are out there a lot.
I thought my 2 days a week for the last 4 years, and about 2 hours of range time per week was a lot.

But you can only get so much time in with my schedule and distance from the course. And no license...

[timwalsh300]

When we were 15 or 16 years old it was not uncommon for my best friend and I to go out and play 30 holes of golf. We would get there right at 2 pm and pay a twilight rate (about $12 at the time) and play until past sunset. I remember looking for my ball with a flashlight. When we were done there wouldn't be a single car left in the parking lot. Oh, and we walked the whole way. THAT makes for a long day of golf.

Now I'm a college grad with a career, but that is not a bad thing so far. In January I moved down here to Alabama for my job, living about 2 minutes from a golf course. I bought a membership that gets me unlimited greens fees for $700/year. Since I don't have much going on down here besides work (no family, not much of a social circle yet), I basically get to play everyday. I'm not going out for 30 holes at a time anymore, but I usually play at least 9 everyday. Is it too much? Sometimes I wonder when I'm getting really frustrated. But my costs are fixed due to the membership, I'm out getting fresh air and exercise, and I'm occasionally meeting new people. So no, I don't think it's too much.

When it starts getting in the way of other things you should be doing (either due to time or money), then it's too much.

Tim

[iacas]

The summer before my senior year I averaged over 27 holes of golf for every day of summer - that includes days when it rained all day or days my course had a tournament and was closed. I'd get dropped off at sunrise, picked up at sunset, and if I wasn't playing I was hitting balls or putting for quarters or Cokes.

Everyone has their limits. Get to know yours. Don't burn out.