Have you actually made friends from golfing ?

[clubchamp]

I've met 2 guys at my country club that I hang out with off the course but the downside when I joined a country club the average age is 14 years older than me. I have met a lot of guys that I play golf with for weekend groups, evening leagues, etc. but I don't really hang out with them off the course.

[kevin.chan]

Yes , we become friends and No , we only play in the same flight once.

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by Bullitt5339

I have made a lot of friends through walking at our club.  I don't know if I would have made the same friendships if I wasn't walking though.  There's actually two different groups that I play with consistently, depending on what time I can get to the course that day.

One group is a bunch of great golfers, they play from the tips (7000 yards), which is a bit long for me, but I play right back there with them and they're encouraging and friendly even though I'm always the worst player in the group.  I've never felt unwelcome because I'm not as good of a player as they are.  They're just fun to be around.

The other group are guys that play around my level or worse than me.  Whenever I can get out there around 2PM, I'll join up with them and we have a blast out on the course even though none of us are really good.

I think that most people who never meet many people on the course are usually riding, it seems.  I've ridden a few times lately because of the heat and you never get the same experience with the other players when you're in a cart.

Riding or walking has nothing to do with it.  Don't need to start that debate.  I've been riding for the last 10 years, and my regular fourball has been assembled since I quit walking.  None of us knew each other 10 years ago, and 2 of the guys still walk.

[BuckeyeNut]

I've met all of my regular golf partners over the past 15 years on the course...........

[David in FL]

The VAST majority of my closest friends I've met through golf......