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Campbell Toe

Campbell Toe

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If your passion for golf one day completely left you, what would fill that void?


This has been a question that I have thought of quite often and I personally do not have an answer. Golf is really the only hobby or sports activity that I am currently active in. I used to play men's league basketball in many different cities in my area. I also played in a lot of softball leagues. However, way back in 1999, I ruptured 2 vertebrae in my lower back and just kind of lost interest in both of those sports during the time it took for me to recover. I started playing golf for fun when I was 12. A bunch of my buddies and I thought it would be fun to try it. So we went to the local course and rented some clubs and began playing. I would play off and on until I was about 18. From 18 and on, basketball and softball took all my time. Once I was recovered enough to begin some activity, golf came back into my life and hasn't left. I have had many friends that played, suddenly leave the game, not to come back. I still have a passion to go out usually twice a week to play. Most of my rounds are at the same course I have been playing steadily for the last 6 years. Meeting fellow THPers over the last couple of years has kind of rekindled a fire in my game. However, to answer my own question, I have no clue. I have a wife and 4 kids. My kids are ages 20, 17, 14, and 12. None of them, or my wife care about golf. I guess I would sit in front of the TV and get fat.

Would love to hear your thoughts.
 
I'd probably dive back into the guitar.


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Moar barbells
 
My passion prior to golf was paintball and then hockey before that. I assume I'd go back to one of those two.
 
Like you, I don't have any other hobbies. Since there aren't any THPers in my area I'm trying different things (like joining a league) to try and meet more golfers and schedule rounds.

When I was younger I was into electronics but that interest has since passed. No clue as to what I would move on to. It would probably involve my daughter in some way though.
 
I'd probably get back in to drag racing.
 
During my hiatus from golf between 1996-2015, my passion was fishing.......mostly walleye and musky.
 
I've always had a primary hobby ever since I stopped playing competitive sports some 20+ years ago. I've always played golf, fished or drag raced to some degree but 1 has always been the primary hobbie.
I was mostly into drag racing for a 20 year stretch after sports with a 2 or 3 year break in the middle where I got into competitive bass fishing. Sold my race car 5 years ago and started playing golf after not touching a club for 15 years. Believe it or not, golf is a lot less expensive and less time consuming which is what I needed at the time. If I was to stop golfing, pretty sure I'll get back into racing. I like the challenge of getting better at golf, but I'm still a racer at heart.
 
Alan4014 said:
I've always had a primary hobby ever since I stopped playing competitive sports some 20+ years ago. I've always played golf, fished or drag raced to some degree but 1 has always been the primary hobbie.
I was mostly into drag racing for a 20 year stretch after sports with a 2 or 3 year break in the middle where I got into competitive bass fishing. Sold my race car 5 years ago and started playing golf after not touching a club for 15 years. Believe it or not, golf is a lot less expensive and less time consuming which is what I needed at the time. If I was to stop golfing, pretty sure I'll get back into racing. I like the challenge of getting better at golf, but I'm still a racer at heart.
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ALOT less expensive. lol
 
I would fish a lot more.
 
I would work. If I am not on the golf course or with friends I am working.

I enjoy working and for some reason never get sick of it. Like to have new challenges put in front of me and get a great deal amount of enjoyment out of meeting those challenges

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Long distance running, which I should be doing anyway! But I'm a little lazy and hence am FAT! Lol
 
lightningbolt44 said:
I would work. If I am not on the golf course or with friends I am working.

I enjoy working and for some reason never get sick of it. Like to have new challenges put in front of me and get a great deal amount of enjoyment out of meeting those challenges

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You are a millennial I did think you worked lol


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Fishing, camping, bowling, pool, cooking. Maybe even back into softball.
 
Would probably get back into racquetball and basketball and would be in much better shape after a couple of weeks of enduring much pain and soreness.
 
Shooting. It's my other passion. Hitting targets from a long ways off appeals to me, I guess.
 
there may only be a void because your not doing what your use to. I speculate we would all do whatever it is we would had we never played golf. I mean golf doesn't exactly really fill a void for most people since what it requires is a lot of extra time. If anything for most people it probably often cuts into time actually needed for other things.
 
With a 10 yr old son involved in 3 sports I would coach again to fill the free time. My 13 yr old daughter is a cheerleader and golf is actually my one legitimate escape from driving to and from games and practices.


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Surfing and whatever my kid was into

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Id do a lot more fishing, do it now but would do more and go hunting with my mate.
 
Archery!!!! My 2nd passion.
 
RC Car racing, 1/10th scale. It's what I did most when I wasn't golfing. Only really came to golf about 3 years ago from RC because golf is cheaper and I was getting too fat racing RC cars.
 
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