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I'll admit it...I'm a golfaholic.   I love to play it, practice it, read about it, write about it, think about it, and even fantasize about it.    Perhaps there is a twelve step program (maybe with go

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You know you're addicted to golf if... Before you pick up the salt shaker, you mark its position with a dime

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Warm up. 1 hr putting, 30 mins chipping and 100 balls on the range. Play 18 holes. When walking of the 18th green I have this feeling in my stomach, yes a craving, so I purchase a ticket for another 9

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Mine involves my bad habit, smoking. During the hot and cold months I smoke in a secondary bathroom in the house because it has a direct fan out, and is in the basement, so the smell doesn't linger. The basement bathroom is pretty bare, except for a couple of choice items. A laundry basket filled with old towels, a 60 degree wedge, a putter, and golf balls (some real, some wiffle style). Every time a go for a smoke, I chip/pitch with the whiffle balls, and sometimes hit a few putts. I normally smoke half of one cigarette each hour, so I am constantly practicing for 2-3 minutes all throughout the day. Combining addictions is not recommended. Stick to golf, chaps!

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1 hour ago, arturo28mx said:

When you use every minute of free time to go on-line to read Golf Digest articles

That sounds like a serious problem. We need to stage an intervention.

Bill

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2 minutes ago, billchao said:

That sounds like a serious problem. We need to stage an intervention.

I bet his swing thought catalog rivals the library of Alexandria.

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You know you are addicted to golf when....

  • You have the shaft on your ball retriever hard stepped to get to that in between flex you have been searching for and then purr it so that you get the most consistent bend profile. 
  • After you regripped your Bar-B-Q utensils with Golf Pride Cord grips you noticed the swing weight were off so you used hot melt to get back to D3. 
  • Thanksgiving is your favorite holiday because you love yelling, "Mashed Potatoes!" 

 

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