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A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

I *can* play. However, I choose not to. But I still have a set of clubs. I
might go out this weekend for a quick nine holes. But I reckon the clubs
will be back in the shed very quickly.

Basically, cycling takes up a lot of my time, and golf doesn't have any
leverage to get any of that time. So, I guess he's right.

Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

I love golfing, although I claim to be the world's worst golfer. I
also love cycling (I will not make a similar claim about my cycling
abilities: 26 years golfing, only broke 100 once).

I cycle much more than I golf because
a. cycling alone is enjoyable whereas I do not enjoy golfing alone
b. money is a bit tight at present: it is far cheaper to spend 4 hours
cycling than to spend 4 hours golfing.

That said, this time of year, my golf clubs are always in my car, ready
to be used.

Jeff

Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

I do both, as regularly as work commitments permit. As of the end of
September there will be no further work commitments so I will do both
rather more often - up to the point when my much better (though
non-golfing and non-cycling) half puts her foot firmly down. Please
don't ask whether I'm a man or a mouse - I've been ducking that one for
years :-)

--
Brian G

[email hidden] wrote on 12/07/2006 12:19 +0100:

Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

Why spoil a good walk when you can go for a good ride ;-)

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

I have been known to do both, but not recently or simultaneously. I did
try a few golf swings the other day and it looks like my ankle injury
(from cycling) will soon have cleared up enough to enable me to have
another go at golf if I can afford it.

--

JimP

" " - John Cage

I really enjoy golf, except when the Windmill sail gets in the way of the hole :-)

As for playing 'proper golf' dig up the courses and put in some more off road routes :-) I can't think of anything more boring than walking around some flat ground after a ball that you've just hit as far away from you as you can:-)

Bryan

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Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

I love golfing, although I claim to be the world's worst golfer. I
also love cycling (I will not make a similar claim about my cycling
abilities: 26 years golfing, only broke 100 once).

I cycle much more than I golf because
a. cycling alone is enjoyable whereas I do not enjoy golfing alone
b. money is a bit tight at present: it is far cheaper to spend 4 hours
cycling than to spend 4 hours golfing.

That said, this time of year, my golf clubs are always in my car, ready
to be used.

Jeff

I knew you guys would prove me wrong. I'll let the bloke at the pub
know.

Reg

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Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Quoted message said:

Discuss.

Golf kit is too heavy to be carried conveniently on a bicycle.

End of discussion.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Quoted message said:

Golf kit is too heavy to be carried conveniently on a bicycle.

End of discussion.

I am neither fat enough nor old enough to play golf.

Twice I have arrived at corporate events held at golf clubs.One of them
at an hotel ( Breadsall Priory)which has a gymn and pool. At both
places I was treated as a weird fitness fanatic. I was told nobody had
ever arrived by bike before.

TerryJ

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

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Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.
Discuss.

Golf kit is too heavy to be carried conveniently on a bicycle.
End of discussion.

OTOH, a Croquet mallet fits fine. Plenty of Croquet players seem to
cycle too - though as a means of transport rather than a leisure
activity. In Croquet circles, golf is seen as the opposition.

Colin McKenzie

--
On average in Britain, you're more likely to get a head injury walking
a mile than cycling it.
So why aren't we all exhorted to wear walking helmets?

Colin McKenzie said:

OTOH, a Croquet mallet fits fine.

There's me thinking you'd need two Jags to carry a croquet mallet, at the
very least.

Quoted message said:

A chap came up to me as I was parking my bike outside the pub the
other night and asked me if I played golf. When I said no, he said he
thought not, as he'd never met a regular cyclist who played golf and
had a theory that the two activities were "mutually exclusive". A
quick survey of my cycling friends and my golfing friends suggested he
was bang on - none of them do both.

Discuss.

Lance Armstrong mentions playing golf in a few
places in his autobiography.

BugBear

bugbear said:

Lance Armstrong mentions playing golf in a few
places in his autobiography.

Wouldn't the pages get stuck together by the bogeys?

IGMC
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JimP

" " - John Cage