As technology continues to evolve (as it ever will), I often think of the movie WALL-E showing how all of us in the future are obese because we don’t even have to get up and go get something - it’s all brought right to us and we just have to sit there. TGL gets us closer to that because it doesn’t require walking! I watched TGL once. It was entertaining, but it wasn’t golf. It reminded me of playing Nintendo Wii games with my kids.
I was flipping channels in a motel room last week and I stumbled on that TGL thing. Goodness. It was compelling as a train wreck. Yeah, it got my attention but for as little as I watch TV I don't know if I'd watch it again. Hopefully nobody at PGA or LIV want to take a cue from MLB to make some of this a reality for their pros.
So true! It’s so Ginned up it couldn’t be further from the same area as Liv’s irrelevance other than the fact that folks seem, in a strange way to want to tune into TGL! Baffles my
Im not a golfer, and I do feel your pain here. But this sounds kinda like complaining about domed football and baseball stadiums. Yes, it is more pleasant to play and watch outside on a nice day. But jf you live in Arizona in July or Detroit in April, sometimes inside is a better way to play and watch.
A.) Yes, domed stadiums are sometimes a necessity.
B.) They are unquestionably a more hollow experience. I've been to the Georgia Dome for big college football games. It kind of sucked. I've also been the Rose Bowl for big college football games, and it is incredible.
C.) There are plenty of places to play golf that don't require domes. It is far more tied to the outdoors than any other sport, which is frankly the best thing about it.
Im definitely with you on B. I'm not sure it's entirely the dome tho - I think in general college football at neutral sites outside of rhe Rose Bowl feels hollow. College basketball has been doing it for so long but CFB isn't CBB. College football belongs on College campuses, and the Rose Bowl should be the semi every year (or the natty itself).
But some of the things that made me never look at golf - it's cost and preppiness- does this TGL thing help make it more accessible? Still isn't for me, but then again I do my outdoors time by hiking, not golfing. I guess my question is something like, while this may be not ideal, does it have some benefits that help golf breakout of its constraints, like domed football and baseball do for those games? Or indoor baseball and football gyms in the Midwest and the desert do for youth players?
I'm not a golfer - which means I don't have any tie to the old way. I also agree that this new way seems a bit like going to a batting cage - good for a bit of fun but less fun than getting 12-18 friends together and playing. But when you can't do the latter, you go to the cages, right? Just food for thought from a non golfer.
Finally, something more boring than watching outdoor golf on TV.
Fake golf. I can’t think of anything more boring.
As technology continues to evolve (as it ever will), I often think of the movie WALL-E showing how all of us in the future are obese because we don’t even have to get up and go get something - it’s all brought right to us and we just have to sit there. TGL gets us closer to that because it doesn’t require walking! I watched TGL once. It was entertaining, but it wasn’t golf. It reminded me of playing Nintendo Wii games with my kids.
Whoa...that White Lotus line....
I was flipping channels in a motel room last week and I stumbled on that TGL thing. Goodness. It was compelling as a train wreck. Yeah, it got my attention but for as little as I watch TV I don't know if I'd watch it again. Hopefully nobody at PGA or LIV want to take a cue from MLB to make some of this a reality for their pros.
So true! It’s so Ginned up it couldn’t be further from the same area as Liv’s irrelevance other than the fact that folks seem, in a strange way to want to tune into TGL! Baffles my
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Im not a golfer, and I do feel your pain here. But this sounds kinda like complaining about domed football and baseball stadiums. Yes, it is more pleasant to play and watch outside on a nice day. But jf you live in Arizona in July or Detroit in April, sometimes inside is a better way to play and watch.
Fair point. However...
A.) Yes, domed stadiums are sometimes a necessity.
B.) They are unquestionably a more hollow experience. I've been to the Georgia Dome for big college football games. It kind of sucked. I've also been the Rose Bowl for big college football games, and it is incredible.
C.) There are plenty of places to play golf that don't require domes. It is far more tied to the outdoors than any other sport, which is frankly the best thing about it.
Im definitely with you on B. I'm not sure it's entirely the dome tho - I think in general college football at neutral sites outside of rhe Rose Bowl feels hollow. College basketball has been doing it for so long but CFB isn't CBB. College football belongs on College campuses, and the Rose Bowl should be the semi every year (or the natty itself).
But some of the things that made me never look at golf - it's cost and preppiness- does this TGL thing help make it more accessible? Still isn't for me, but then again I do my outdoors time by hiking, not golfing. I guess my question is something like, while this may be not ideal, does it have some benefits that help golf breakout of its constraints, like domed football and baseball do for those games? Or indoor baseball and football gyms in the Midwest and the desert do for youth players?
I'm not a golfer - which means I don't have any tie to the old way. I also agree that this new way seems a bit like going to a batting cage - good for a bit of fun but less fun than getting 12-18 friends together and playing. But when you can't do the latter, you go to the cages, right? Just food for thought from a non golfer.