Mark Wahlberg's Backyard Golf Practice Area is Unreal

[jamo]

 

[Ernest Jones]

Looks a bit like mine...

[mchepp]

Is it the picture or does it look quite steep?

[Jeremie Boop]

Mark seems to be a pretty cool guy, maybe it's time to make friends with him 

[Gunther]

Is the grass artificial?  That's freaking nuts!  He can practice virtually any shot he might encounter anywhere, esp if he grows up the grass in a few spots, provided it's really grass.

[nevets88]

I wonder if that's the same artificial make as David Pelz's. 

[Big C]

I knew that Mark Wahlberg was a golfer (The Entourage episode with him and Tom Brady playing at Riviera is an all time classic), but didn't know how serious he was. 

He recently did an interview where he confessed that for years, he harbored dreams of playing professionally. Apparently, he would practice golf obsessively when he wasn't on a shoot. He recently had to abandon the dream because he realized (and I quote) "I just suck."

Then again, if a natural athlete like Dan McLaughlin couldn't make it work, what chance does a schmuck like Mark Wahlberg have????

[Ernest Jones]

1 hour ago, mchepp said:

Is it the picture or does it look quite steep?

I thought the same thing. 

[14ledo81]

I wonder if he had that back when he was Marky Mark.....

[iacas]

3 hours ago, mchepp said:

Is it the picture or does it look quite steep?

I think the depth of field might make it look steeper. For all we know that green is 60 yards away from where they're standing.

3 hours ago, Gunther said:

Is the grass artificial?  That's freaking nuts!  He can practice virtually any shot he might encounter anywhere, esp if he grows up the grass in a few spots, provided it's really grass.

Pretty sure the hash tag "#BestArtificialTurf" gives it away…

[natureboy]

4 hours ago, nevets88 said:

I wonder if that's the same artificial make as David Pelz's. 

Probably since the vegetation in the background looks kinda chaparralish.

[iacas]

Pelz has a deal with SynLawn.

[Buckeyebowman]

5 hours ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Mark seems to be a pretty cool guy, maybe it's time to make friends with him 

Friends, hell! I'm available for adoption!

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, 14ledo81 said:

I wonder if he had that back when he was Marky Mark.....

He grew up in Dorchester. Back then, you would spend your off time trying not to get shot. It is better now, but "Dot" was a tough place back then. I doubt golf was in the picture.

[jamo]

9 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

He grew up in Dorchester. Back then, you would spend your off time trying not to get shot. It is better now, but "Dot" was a tough place back then. I doubt golf was in the picture.

You don't think he was spending his time at William J. Devine?

[boogielicious]

13 minutes ago, jamo said:

You don't think he was spending his time at William J. Devine?

He would have had to cross into JP. There were certain 'streets' you did not cross back then.  Maybe he did though. 

[Lihu]

15 hours ago, Big C said:

I knew that Mark Wahlberg was a golfer (The Entourage episode with him and Tom Brady playing at Riviera is an all time classic), but didn't know how serious he was. 

He recently did an interview where he confessed that for years, he harbored dreams of playing professionally. Apparently, he would practice golf obsessively when he wasn't on a shoot. He recently had to abandon the dream because he realized (and I quote) "I just suck."

He's a single digit handicap, and seems to have a decent swing. In another interview, he told people his handicap is 15

 

 

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Then again, if a natural athlete like Dan McLaughlin couldn't make it work, what chance does a schmuck like Mark Wahlberg have????

Good one, you almost had me on this one. Almost... 

 

29 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

He grew up in Dorchester. Back then, you would spend your off time trying not to get shot. It is better now, but "Dot" was a tough place back then. I doubt golf was in the picture.

I had a friend from Roxbury, and she said the race riots were exactly on the border. Ugh, said I.

 

 

 

[newtogolf]

My short game would be a lot better if I had that backyard.