How much time do you spend golfing?

[Diobacco]

  NM Golf said:

I hear this a lot, everytime one of these types of threads get discussed.

My post was not "too serious". More than me feeling guilty is my wife feeling mad

If I spend a lot of time golfing she has to spend a lot of time minding the kids.

[NM Golf]

  Diobacco said:

My post was not "too serious". More than me feeling guilty is my wife feeling mad

I get that kind of "guilt" myself sometimes from the wife.

[golfchief]

Maybe I should'nt post this but, from spring thru fall I will play at lest 18 holes five days a week, Mon-Fri and some times on the weekends. I'm retired and work at a golf course so my golf is free there. I also belong at two other courses and play them also. somedays I play 18 at one course and meet other friends to play 18 on another course the same day.
During the summer I play so much I don't have time to practice and pars of the game seem to get away from me. During the winter I'll hit balls a couple of times a week then go Bowling. I was never this busy when I was working full time.

[shredfit]

  NM Golf said:

I hear this a lot, everytime one of these types of threads get discussed.

I too cannot understand the guilt trip thing. Thankfully, my wife doesn't mind that I like to golf and work on my game(about 3 time a week).

My wife loves to shop, that is, she loves the process of shopping and not necessarily buying anything. This of course, takes a lot of time...but, I would NEVER make her feel guilty about doing this, even though I personally don't like to shop in this manner. I also have an understanding that she likes to do this, and when we are on a trip I will take her to shops/flea markets etc.... but she also will let me golf(something she doesn't really have an interest in)... a compromise.

[Diobacco]

  shredfit said:

I too cannot understand the guilt trip thing. Thankfully, my wife doesn't mind that I like to golf and work on my game(about 3 time a week).

This is very healty in a couple. In my case Kids really turned around our "freedom" approach. Some of my friends with no kids have problems though... my wife agrees with me this is not understandable.

[ks8829]

I am lucky my wife never says I play too much golf. She may occasionally give me her look if I play 2-3 times a week.

I played golf with a friend and he told me that his friend's wife hides his golf shoes in the freezer, apparently he never look in there, so that he can't play golf. I was shocked and at the same time I realized that I needed to give my wife another hug today.

[MountainHip]

I would like to know how some people afford playing as much golf as they do.

My place of employment owns a golf course so I get an inexpensive membership.

I REALLY, and I mean REALLY don't anything else besides work,golf, eat and sleep during the golf season. Roughly once a month the girlfriend and I will go on a "date" - after all she wouldn't be my girlfriend if I didn't like to spend some time with her. (she doesn't golf)

In the off Season (November thru March) I make it up to the girlfriend and spend most of my time at home. She doesn't mind that I play so much golf (5 or six times a week) because she knows and respects how much I love the game. She finds it fulfilling that she feels she "gives" me the time to go play.

[Shindig]

  MountainHip said:

I would like to know how some people afford playing as much golf as they do.

Los Angeles has an amazing number of low-cost daily fee courses in decent shape. If you can play during the week, you're only looking at $20-$25. I can play two times a week for what I make in an hour of private tutoring.

[xixiviii]

I work my regular 40 hours and then I pick up 10 or so hours a week at a local range/par 3 course.

It allows me to hit for free which is good, but I have actually been suffering a bit from really working on bad habits. I probably need to slow down a bit until spring and just stick with some basics.

[Titan124]

Usually I get on the course once per week and go to the range 1-4 times a week , depending on the weather. The place where I hit balls seem to be very lazy, because they close if there is a 45% chance of rain, or if it rains lightly for 5 minutes (at least it seems like that), so sometimes I don't get to the range, or if I'm really unlucky my dad can't take me golfing during the weekend and I don't get to play either. Lately I've been getting to the range once or twice (sunday and another day), and golfing once.

This week, though, since it's thanksgiving and I have a lot of family here, my dad has taken me 3 days in a row (trying to get a 4th, lol), and we might go tomorrow.

[HartridgeKing]

I'm a sophomore in high school so I get my summers off. During the summer I usually get about twenty five hours of golf in. During school golf season I get about twenty hours a week. I can't go golfing in the winter months because I live in Iowa.

[Miney]

I am usually on my home course once a week. Usually on the weekend but i have been known to get out during the week if i manage to get the day off. Of course, if something important comes up then its quite impossible for me to get out. Like this week, im going away so i wont be able to play. Which is a shame because i have been quite happy with how i have been hitting over the recent weeks.

As for the driving range. I dont spend anytime at the driving range which gives me only the real thing to try new things. However, i have quite a large property (enough for a strong PW) so i tend to hit a couple of hundred balls a week. I have holidays coming up for Christmas time so hopefully i can play twice a week at least....

[DGStinner]

I went out today for the first time in 15 years and it took me 2.5 hours to play 9 holes. As I get better, I'm sure I'll be able to move quicker and get 9 holes done in 1.5-2.0 hours.