Life BG (Before Golf)

[JohnnyDee]

Young whippersnapper golf punks who've played since they were wee tots need not read on. If however like me you took to the game later in life what did you used to do?

i played in my teens but then virtually stopped until my 40s as I was gonna be a rock star. Played in a variety of bands and had a great time doing it too. However when the golf bug bit me again that was it. It took over all my rock star aspirations and made me realise 'the fame game was up'.

I don't really miss music these days to be fair, and still do the odd gig as a stand-in. But give me golf any day now.

So what about you? Astronaut, Olympian, Film Star?

 

[Hobbit]

Young whippersnapper golf punks who've played the game since wee tots need not read on. If however like me you took to the game later in life what did you used to do?

i played in my teens but then virtually stopped until my 40s as I was gonna be a rock star. Played in a variety of bands and had a great time doing it too. However when the golf bug bit me again that was it. It took over all my rock star aspirations and made me realise 'the fame game was up'.

I don't really miss music these days to be fair, and still do the odd gig as a stand-in. But give me golf any day now.

So what about you? Astronaut, Olympian Film Star?

Is your real name Alice Cooper?

I also started late in life, at 9 yrs old...

 

[JohnnyDee]

Is your real name Alice Cooper?

I also started late in life, at 9 yrs old...

Was it my snake that gave it away?

Regret I didn't keep playing. It was taking my son then aged 9 to our place that got me hooked second time around.

 

[AmandaJR]

I used to play hockey and cricket and then ran marathons and then competed in triathlon and eventually gave into injury and took up golf!

I did play golf a few times as a kid with my Dad but got bored of being told how to grip the club correctly so stopped in protest! So wish I'd kept playing though and at least had started to play "seriously" before my Dad passed away as he loved to talk to me about it. He always said he regretted nagging me to hold the club correctly as I could have been a contender - but he was biased

 

[virtuocity]

Always wanted to play but was working too hard, earning not enough money with no car to get me to the course.

Started in my late twenties.

 

[Scotty Cameron]

I used to be a really keen sea angler, then about 15 year ago I gave it up for golf. No fish to be caught off the coast so I jacked it in, sold all my gear and bought a set of Sam Snead irons. Wish I had done it 40 year ago.

 

[Beezerk]

Played a few games as a teenager and early 20's but didn't pick up a club again until a couple of years ago.
Back then I was too busy playing football 3 or 4 times a week to be interested in golf but I always said I'd take it up once my knees packed in.
Like OP I was in numerous bands for about 10 years, highlight was supporting Mansun when they were big at Norwich Uni in the late 90's. Gigging every weekend was great fun but it was getting in the way of family life and I haven't picked up a pair of drum sticks in earnest (apart from the odd home recording session) for about 4 years.

 

[louise_a]

I worked.

 

[SaintHacker]

Cycling for me. Mostly time trials and a bit of road racing. Unfortunately an old knee injurt reared its head and pretty much ended my 'career', and going self employed pretty much took up any spare time I had so serious training went out, and the waistline suffered because of it!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played golf from 10 so always been a big part of my life. Did the usual things like scouts and then played footie to an ok level, bit of club cricket. Jacked golf in for a while from 18 until later 20's for a number of reasons. In my day, we always seemed to have loads of things to do, mainly involving being outside.

 

[SocketRocket]

I gave it up for music and a free electric band!

 

[upsidedown]

Worked every other weekend till I was 40 and on weekends not working it was cricket one day family the other so once stopped playing cricket took up golf as said to first wife it wouldn't be all day like the cricket

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Played hockey to a national league standard as well as umpiring - also played football. In the summer it was cricket

Only starting playing golf in 2009

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If I could have my time again, I'd never have jacked golf in apart from injuries. Enjoyed my football but should have stuck to the golf alone

 

[c1973]

Played football, could have played at a decent level but preferred the 'kick about' mentality of the less talented.
Also done a bit of martial arts on and off, Karate, Tae Kwon Do and a kind of mish mash of boxing/karate/street fighting type thingy.
Played all the usual sports, golf, tennis, badminton etc as well when I was younger and done a bit of running too.

Only returned to golf a few years back. Really wish I had kept at it.

Niggly injuries meant I had to give up the footy and martial arts.....well, I could have carried on, but chose not to.
Unfortunately, constant niggly injuries (golfers elbow, lower back pain) has pretty much put the kibosh on golf (apart from the odd 'away day') as well.

Now, I'm pretty much left with the odd game of badminton and occasional round.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Football,sex and rock and (sausage rolls).

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Football and cycling took all my time up before golf.

Took up golf after a visit to a par 3 course and been addicted since, had a few years away when the stepkids was growing up and had no time for golf but since they discovered the xbox I haven't seen them since and now I have plenty of time to make my addiction worse

 

[GB72]

Rugby for me, training 2 or 3 times a week and when I was young I would play 2 games a weekend. Played from the age of 7 until I was 35 as a tight head prop. By that age the knocks and hangovers were taking longer and longer to recover and my wife was non too happy that I would leave the house at 10 on a Saturday morning and roll in worse for wear abour 3 on Sunday morning. When my shoulder went it was time to either hang up my boots or head for an inevitable shoulder reconstruction, I hung up my boots and bought golf clubs

 

[Dan2501]

I first got interested in golf at about 10 or 11. My Dad played every so often, and I remember popping to the range a couple of times with him. Got into it for a few weeks, had a Tiger Woods instruction book, one of those putting ball-return things but it just fizzled out. I enjoyed football too much, so that took over, despite being crap at it. Then in my late teens took to cricket, another sport I enjoyed, and was better at than football, but wish I'd stuck at the golf when I was younger, reckon I could have been half decent if I'd had the right amount of coaching.