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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:05 AM
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Poll question: Do Democrats play golf?
Do Democrats play golf?
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:07 AM
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1. Interesting
I switched to independent shortly after learning golf. Hmmmmm.

(Of couse, I swithced because the NC democratic party is anything but progressive.)
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Praline Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:25 AM
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2. Well, my bubble burst with this one!
I think it's an elitist crock, but I have a lot of very liberal friends who play golf. ewwwww What's next? Polo?
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:26 AM
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3. My dad absolutely loved golf
and the Democratic Party. He just died last year at 79, so ...
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Palacsinta Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:31 AM
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4. And where do Dems that play, play golf?
My husband plays, but on public courses. Could never afford to join a country club......nor would he want to......nor can he afford the tony fees at the swankier places.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:34 AM
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5. My dad always played on public courses. For one thing,
he was Catholic, and up until he was in his 50s or so, he couldn't have gotten into a club anyway.

He was so loved by the workers at the city course he played at that many were at his memorial service.
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Intelsucks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:41 AM
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6. Even public/municipal courses aren't always cheap
Playing a round on the weekend with green fees and a cart can easily set you back $50. That's not counting beer, the golf balls you lose in the woods or the water, or the $200 golf club that you smash on a tree trunk after hitting ANOTHER crappy shot into the woods.x(
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 11:19 AM
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7. You can go round for $50.00?
with a cart!
must be nice.
runs a little closer to $80.00+ around here but just so you know, even Greens play golf. At least this one does.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 11:21 AM
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8. Wasn't this just posted?
Dupe of a thread from earlier this week, isn't it?
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MAlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 11:24 AM
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9. My socialist leaning dad does
He votes democratic.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 01:32 PM
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10. I play. Look for me on the Austin Munis!
I can play a round (no cart - I walk mostly) for under 20 bucks. Anybody that gives me that elitist crap is gonna get a sand wedge up the hooha! :P
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 02:43 PM
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11. In a manner of speaking, yes
Edited on Sat Feb-07-04 02:45 PM by ewagner
hit it
go find it
hit it again

That's something like golf, right?

on edit: Municipal courses. Greens fees $16.00, have my own pull-cart........
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citizen snips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 03:30 PM
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12. I play golf.
n/t
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One Taste Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 04:14 PM
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13. Definitely
Golf is great! Don't know why it gets a rep as elitist..it's the people not the game.
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mrbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-04 07:25 AM
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14. will work for golf
Edited on Sun Feb-08-04 07:27 AM by mrbill
Muni golf is a totally different thing from country club golf.

Country club golf has this elitist smell and expensive pimento cheeze sandwiches.

My local muni has a great deal, green fee is 12 bucks after 2:00 PM. During the summer it doesn't get dark til 9.

Carts are $18.00 for 18 holes for those who don't realize that golf is a walking game. If you're a democrat or assorted liberal and talk to mrbill who runs the cart barn in the evenings, then you get a discount.

Not a bad course. The front nine was designed by Ralph Plummer. The back nine was designed by Jack Shafer and has some devious Augusta-type greens. On #13 you can putt the ball into the water from the back of the green.

Talk more about the weather than politics.

on edit: spell check and spacing error harpy
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