icroth
New member
Something that's been on my mind a lot lately relating to golf is who and how people play the game. When I watch people on the internet (EAL, Rick Sheils, Golfmates, Golf Sidekick, etc.) or read articles on the game, everyone likes to talk about how everyone can play golf and you can play it anywhere in the world. This is definitely true...but at least in my opinion...only to a point. Sure, anyone could theoretically pick up a club and go to a golf course and play a round. But to play decent golf, appropriate golf, to play golf a lot, is not for everyone.
For example, I am (to put it lightly) pretty poor. I don't have the money to be a member or to play golf at my local club at least once a month. I have 6 clubs and a putter and a pair of old golf shoes with some C grade balls I bought at Target. Now, I make it work (like a ~baus~ I must say) and I go swing at the local park and dodge the moms walking dogs and teenagers out for a run. I make up holes as I go and that's about the best I can be right now.
But for those that are worse off than I am, is it possible or even a remote possibility that they could ever be a good golfer? A second-hand bag of clubs isn't cheap ($200ish), plus balls that you will undoubedly lose, lessons, balls at the range, and to get a tee time is a lot of money. Not to mention, some clubs really are strict on attire and how one looks on the course and clothes aren't cheap either. Sure, you could play golf like me and practice all you want at the local park but for some it's just not that way.
I'm not trying to be downer, but I really want more people to experience golf like so many of us have because it's perhaps one of the truest tests of mental and physical finesse that exists in the world today. I was wondering what golfers thought about people who maybe can't play golf, do you want it to be more accessible? Should it be more accessible? Am I completely making no sense and nobody cares? Please let me know I really am interested to hear from everyone who maybe is like me all the way to someone who plays every week!
For example, I am (to put it lightly) pretty poor. I don't have the money to be a member or to play golf at my local club at least once a month. I have 6 clubs and a putter and a pair of old golf shoes with some C grade balls I bought at Target. Now, I make it work (like a ~baus~ I must say) and I go swing at the local park and dodge the moms walking dogs and teenagers out for a run. I make up holes as I go and that's about the best I can be right now.
But for those that are worse off than I am, is it possible or even a remote possibility that they could ever be a good golfer? A second-hand bag of clubs isn't cheap ($200ish), plus balls that you will undoubedly lose, lessons, balls at the range, and to get a tee time is a lot of money. Not to mention, some clubs really are strict on attire and how one looks on the course and clothes aren't cheap either. Sure, you could play golf like me and practice all you want at the local park but for some it's just not that way.
I'm not trying to be downer, but I really want more people to experience golf like so many of us have because it's perhaps one of the truest tests of mental and physical finesse that exists in the world today. I was wondering what golfers thought about people who maybe can't play golf, do you want it to be more accessible? Should it be more accessible? Am I completely making no sense and nobody cares? Please let me know I really am interested to hear from everyone who maybe is like me all the way to someone who plays every week!