So how much does your other half know / care about your round?

[haplesshacker]

Each time I get home after a round I get the question "did you win?" Sadly, the answer is often the same "nope; but I did......."

At this point I get the impression that she's trying to listen and understand, but (depending what's on TV at the time), really doesn't care.

I've explained par, birdies, net score, club distances, handicap, etc., but I just get the impression that she's just being polite.

Don't get me wrong, I love her dearly, especially given the fact she just coughed up for my membership for my birthday, but, does she really care?

Back to the question. How much does your other half share your enthusiasum for the game?

 

[madandra]

Hapless, she only cares about the time it takes me to get back home ..... She was excited when I won the Strathclyde Park Open in 1999 cos my winnings paid the phone bill

 

[Herbie]

This sounds familiar to me hapless, my wife seems keen to ask me and listen to how my game went but when I am explaining to her the different aspects of the game and how I did on various holes I get that expression that is a nodding dog listening but thinking.....must get the next wash load out, must ring my mum, must get the chicken out of the freezer and oh, I must remember to ring my pals about the group meeting they have each fortnight! Oh and maybe also thinking......You go to golf, I go to Amazon!

 

[Smiffy]

My Missus takes a great deal of interest in my golf. She always asks how I played, and will put a little pile of sweets (mars bars etc) in my bag without telling me.
I got a text from her about five minutes before my interview at Highwoods yesterday wishing me "good luck".
She used to play golf when she was a bit younger, so understands a lot of golfing terms, our 12 year old Son is just having lessons at the moment and she is keen on him learning so that he can come out and play with his old man. It wouldn't take much to persuade her to come down the driving range and hit a few balls, and maybe come out for a round now and again. She will quite happily walk around the golf course with me, (she loves walking), and will show a real interest in what I am doing.
She won't ever laugh at my misfortunes on the course though...she made that mistake the first time she ever came out with me at Celtic Manor. I drove a fairway bunker off the first tee, my ego told me a four iron would clear the lip and get me to the edge of the green, where in reality I should have taken something more lofted and played safe. Thinned it, ball hit the front lip of the bunker, went straight up in the air and landed behind me. I turned to see her standing there with a big grin on her face....me not happy!!
She learnt a valuable lesson that day.

 

[DCB]

My wife plays as well so it can sometimes be a two edged sword when discussing how I played. She knows the course and will often ask " how did you manage that ?" sort of questions when I'm describing a highlight or lowlight of my round.

I listen to her disection of her round after she plays as well. can be interesting over dinner on a saturday night sometimes!

Worst thing is she's had better seasons than me in the last three or so seasons. Must try and put that right this year.

 

[vig]

Not a jot!!!

She gets a £100 training allowance every April. I have asked her to get lessons but she has no interest. She is not very sporty apart from running. She used to do fun runs for charity and 10k races but nothing else.

Don't get me wrong, she wants me to play and relax but doesn't particularly want to know how I did.

i got a pair of footjoys off her allowance last year. I think I will get lessons this year.

 

[mansell]

I don't get the chance she already knows by the time I get home, father-in-law has already given her the lowdown

 

[brendy]

Absolutely doesnt care whatsoever. I tried telling her this afternoon about my personal best today and she was more interested in what was in the OK! mag and if I got her chocolate.....

 

[haplesshacker]

Absolutely doesnt care whatsoever. I tried telling her this afternoon about my personal best today and she was more interested in what was in the OK! mag and if I got her chocolate.....

Sorry Brendy. That made me laugh!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think most regular forum members know that my better half is a 24 carat diamond for the way she puts up with my sometime extravagent and spontaneous purchaes, the amount of time I play and the amount of time I put into my practice.

That said she'll always ask how I did after a game and as she knows one or two of the holes around the course will ask how I got on there. She'll ask how my practicing went and if she has come along to pick me up (the joys of being on a reduced budget and a one car family) she'll watch and pass comment. She actually knows my swing pretty well and can see things especially on video with an untrained innocence and ask "should you be doing that" to which the answer is normally no.

She did take lessons about 10 years ago and was happy to hit a basket at the range but just found it too boring (even on pitch and putt and 9 holers) to play the game. She is happy to do her own stuff at weekends (gardening, cooking, seeing her mum, buying more clothes etc) and let me do mine. Nothing beats meeting up afterwards though!

 

[jammydodger]

My other half is very supportive of my golf and always wishes me luck and asks how it went when I get home. Never complains about the money i spend on clubs/opens/balls/shoes/drinks etc etc and even says she's going to come round the course when it gets warmer this year (be nice to have someone to tend the flag and to show off my manly prowess too !!
can't wait to see her in some little shorts too

 

[Imurg]

She doesn't know
She doesn't care
She doesn't "get" golf.
Example :-
She's just had a shoulder op. I told her to call me today on the course in an emergency if she needed help. The guys in the 4 ball were fine with this. She called on the 9th to ask me to get some milk on the way home.
The case for the prosecution rests M'lud!

 

[HarryMonk]

My good lady dosnt get why I am interested, cant understand how we find it enjoyable and is sure my time could be spent doing something much more important (in her eyes).

She does try and did quite enjoy the ryder cup, but would much rather see the ball smashed into the crowd!

But like HJS after a round of golf (and maybe a pint) there is nothing better than home to her and my boy/boys.

 

[haplesshacker]

As has been said before on here. My wife doesn't understand why I spend all evening 'chatting' to some strange men on the internet that I've never met, and then agree to meet them in some car park out in the country for a game!

Unlike Facebook where people try and rekindle friendships that have been long past there sell by date. I'm on here making new friends, (maybe not!!), and learning something as opposed to watching soaps or some other 'light entertainment' rubbish!

 

[Canfordhacker]

Did you win?
How much?
How many goals did you score?

I've learned not to go into detail but just appreciate the fact that she understands I need to play!

 

[backwoodsman]

Interested enough to ask; not interested enough to want to listen to a hole by hole account of it. Fair enough...

 

[Macster]

Mine's not interested in the slightest, in fact rather views it as time wasted that I could have been doing other things that she would rather me do, like gardening, or go to the tip etc etc.

Cant live with 'em,....Cant live with 'em.

 

[Atticus_Finch]

Mine takes an interest in the generalities of my golf, ie Where I'm playing, who with?, Did I play well, Did I win?..You know, that kind of stuff, but as soon as I start to describe how I played a perfect 4 iron with a hint of fade into the 6th green, that's it. I've lost her.

 

[mattdeeks]

My lovely wife only cares about about 1 thing when I play and thats what time will I be back!

She will ask how did you get on but that is about the lot.

The other 1 I get is "Why do you have to play all the way over there when there is a golf course around the corner".

She just doesn't know...........

 

[TonyN]

Depends what mood she is in. Or should I say what she wants when I get home.

Generally though she has come to accept that golf is a big part of my lifeand so she likes me to enjoy it. She is always keen to hear how I get on but doesn't always understand. She knows half of the forum names and where they play because I am always on laptop next to her. And my meets plastered on her calender.