Claire Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 This competition starts this week in Hoylake which is very near where I live (and Mark too!). Im really excited about it its madness here at the moment the place is full of fat americans and television cameras. The Conservative Office where I do a lot of work is actually on the golf course land so I think Im going to spend the week there so I can see all the famous people. Tiger Woods has actually booked the whole of the hotel which is in the woods behind my house and the Sky coverage is coming from my own school. However not everyone round here is looking forward to it. People are complaining about the fact that there will be no public transport for two weeks and the amount of council money being spent on suppose improvements to the town. Anyway heres a picture of the course looks very pretty i suppose not that I know anything about golf!! http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/course.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Its not causing me any problems so im not arsed. Wont it bring money in for the area anyway though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Its not causing me any problems so im not arsed. Wont it bring money in for the area anyway though? 39129[/snapback] Yeah in the next week maybe but I dont see that its going to have any long term effects on the area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hewson Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 was anyone gud there today i went past before and there was a big commotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 was anyone gud there today i went past before and there was a big commotion 39202[/snapback] It was the start of the practice sessions so it could have been any of the big names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hewson Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 o i would really know anyone except tiger woods anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 ino tiger woods and colin montgomery thats about it, dont like watching but love playing when i have a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Ooooooh George Clooney is apparently in town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Anyone play? I was very proud of my 11 handicap & was seriously looking @ single figures for a while. Then My self, My Motor cycle & some bitumen had an incident. As I bounced down the road on my head I also ruined me shoulder as well. No more golf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I would rather lick piss of nettles then watch golf (Thanks to saxondale for that ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Even as an ex addict, Ide agree Ian..Cant stick watchin on telly either...1 of those games better played than viewed IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I'd rather paint my balls with paint stripper while watching Ian lick piss off thistles that hear, read or see about golf. Sorry Claire. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I hate it even more than you lot but if it brings George Clooney and Justin Timberlake to my village its fine with me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Er...quite like it meself. Used to play a fair amount but not recently...don't mind watching a bit on the TV but I'll certainly not be sat in front of it for four days. If a Brit looks like winning I'll watch the end but if it's another Tiger fest forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Er...quite like it meself. Used to play a fair amount but not recently...don't mind watching a bit on the TV but I'll certainly not be sat in front of it for four days. If a Brit looks like winning I'll watch the end but if it's another Tiger fest forget it. 39891[/snapback] Look out for a golfer called Nick Dougherty hes a local lad from Liverpool met him a few times hope he does well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldfishMemory Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Look out for a golfer called Nick Dougherty hes a local lad from Liverpool met him a few times hope he does well 39896[/snapback] The spice boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Look out for a golfer called Nick Dougherty hes a local lad from Liverpool met him a few times hope he does well 39896[/snapback] V good player...big future I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 V good player...big future I think! 39898[/snapback] Awwww I hope so hes an absolute sweetie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hewson Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 i saw colin montgomerie (sp) today i wouldnt have known but ma feind pointed him out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 were about is hoylake, mite go up there and spend the day there with the old woman and the evil thing i call a brother try and get a famous person to buy me a pint or i buy me own either way i get a pint tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 were about is hoylake, mite go up there and spend the day there with the old woman and the evil thing i call a brother try and get a famous person to buy me a pint or i buy me own either way i get a pint tho 40036[/snapback] Its on the Wirral right at the top on the Welsh side by the River Dee And fish yeah nich dougherty is the spice boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Terry Curran Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Found out on BBC Sport today that Nick Dougherty is a Man U fan. Gone right off him now, I'll have to pin all my hopes on Monty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Australia's Ben Bunny is in the last group out. Rumour has it that American veteran Fred Funk shook his hand and said "thank you" on the practice green. When Bunny asked "thank you for what?", Funk replied: "Because I've no longer got the most ridiculous name in golf." ..my wife has a stuffed rabbit called "Benjamin Bunny", gives a new meaning to the crowd shouting, "Get in the hole!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Blue Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Just thought I would add my voice to the majority and add that golf sucks balls That's about all I have to add for the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluenose Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 heres something that political correctness hasnt picked up on. golf believe it or not stands for GENTLEMAN. ONLY. LADIES. FORBIDDEN now that women are allowed to compete dya think political correctness will take note and try and change the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Blue Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 I think ladies will agree that your post adds further credence to my post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Bollocks. Sadly it's just another "well known fact" that is really a modern myth. There is no universally accepted derivation for the word 'golf.' One of the most common misconceptions is that the word GOLF is an acronym for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. This at least is definitely not true. The first documented mention of the word 'golf' is in Edinburgh on 6th March 1457, when King James II banned ‘ye golf’, in an attempt to encourage archery practice, which was being neglected. Before the creation of dictionaries, there was no standardised spelling of any given word. People wrote words phonetically. Goff, gowf, golf, goif, gof, gowfe, gouff and golve have all been found in documents in Scotland. It seems most likely that the terms golf, chole and kolf, which were the names for a variety of medieval stick and ball games in Britain and in continental Europe, are all derived from a common word of a pre-modern European language, following Grimm's grammatical law, which details the clear phonetic similarities of these words. Golf (and chole and kolf) are all presumed to have originally meant 'club'. Golf has also been associated with the German word for club 'kolbe', (Der Kolben). It is also probably related to the Dutch word and game 'kolven'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 You are a fountain of knowledge, i applaud you. Not that i care so much because golf is shite, but its something to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted July 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 I went to Hoylake last night and the place was buzzing full of the most amazing looking men you've ever seen!! Cant wait to go back tomorrow night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 I went to Hoylake last night and the place was buzzing full of the most amazing looking men you've ever seen!! Cant wait to go back tomorrow night! 40462[/snapback] AND YOU SAY WE'VE GOT ONE TRACK MINDS, WITH SHEDS AND SEX AND SHEDS AND BEER AND SHEDS AND FOOTBALL AND SHEDS. Shame on you young lady. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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