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yankeepants

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59. My husband was a professional golfer for many years.

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 09:00 AM

Dec 2020

He is a lifelong Dem who hates Trump. Golf is a skilled sport with chess-like strategies. Try it Captain Truth you might like it.

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Golf great Greg Norman hospitalized with 'hideous' COVID-19 symptoms [View all] sabra Dec 2020 OP

So is that the treatment that only the rich, privileged Trump and friends get? LizBeth Dec 2020 #1

Just going to note that he sucks Dump.... CurtEastPoint Dec 2020 #2

Same with Jack Nicklaus, a trumpist, a MAGA supporter Escurumbele Dec 2020 #5

And Mickelson. Golf is a rich repube's game anyway. Fuck'em all. CurtEastPoint Dec 2020 #10

Something like 95 percent of PGA golfers are Republicans Orange Buffoon Dec 2020 #20

That's Too High ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #33

Golf is a game for rich white folks. Of course it's going to lean Republican. Like trying to find TeamPooka Dec 2020 #47

An Untrue Statement ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #48

data you can't provide or else you would have. I have data too. TeamPooka Dec 2020 #50

Nonsense ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #51

My green fees literally cost me the same as a movie ticket and a latte obamanut2012 Dec 2020 #67

That 95% figure is from a poll of PGA tour players. Orange Buffoon Dec 2020 #68

P.S.: I should further add that Brian Gay's sole contribution Orange Buffoon Dec 2020 #69

I've never understood the appeal of grown men (& women) hitting a small ball into a cup. CaptainTruth Dec 2020 #21

Even though I don't golf... JohnnyRingo Dec 2020 #24

You are missing the profits and monetary reasons for golf's popularity... Moostache Dec 2020 #25

Sigh! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #34

Exactly, my friend obamanut2012 Dec 2020 #55

Golf is a sport. It takes skill and hand-eye coordination as do other sports. brush Dec 2020 #36

it's sport-- a lot of strategy and finesse involved LymphocyteLover Dec 2020 #41

It did to me too for many years, I was a Soccer player and a Tennis player, and I did well Escurumbele Dec 2020 #46

This is just lovely obamanut2012 Dec 2020 #56

My husband was a professional golfer for many years. yankeepants Dec 2020 #59

I don't get it either Skittles Dec 2020 #64

But you are probably ok with grown men hitting a baseball olddad65 Dec 2020 #65

Even the other Pro Golfers called Mickelson FIG JAM yankeepants Dec 2020 #40

He's Quite Unpopular With The Other Players ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #49

He also got nabbed for insider trading but nothing came of it. Big Surprise there. yankeepants Dec 2020 #53

Yep! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #58

"...the Stars and Stripes running through his veins." 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #22

More like being groped and squeezed and assaulted. lunatica Dec 2020 #23

it's truly offensive... these people are grotesquely clueless LymphocyteLover Dec 2020 #42

Yep. Hospitals are keeping it for VIPs only. McCamy Taylor Dec 2020 #8

Isn't he special and then does not even acknowledge his treatment is only for some. Asshole. LizBeth Dec 2020 #9

Two Americas... Claire Oh Nette Dec 2020 #44

It bears mentioning, imo, that he seems to have caught it by playing at a golf tournament... RockRaven Dec 2020 #3

The PNC is the only tournament I know where parents and children can play together as a team Escurumbele Dec 2020 #6

He was at the tournament in Orlando FL last Sunday 12/20/20 FakeNoose Dec 2020 #52

He picked it up at a super spreader event in FL. Go figure. Snip from the link: AnotherMother4Peace Dec 2020 #4

Do stupid things, catch COVID durablend Dec 2020 #7

Good Friends Roy Rolling Dec 2020 #11

George said it - god, I miss him packman Dec 2020 #12

Brilliant rant. Couldn't agree more! SunSeeker Dec 2020 #15

Totally agree. Waste of resources, especially water kairos12 Dec 2020 #19

I'll be the second one to agree with that. llmart Dec 2020 #39

Awful waste of land Yeehah Dec 2020 #45

Oh my god that was great. I thought I'd already seen everything Carlin mahina Dec 2020 #16

Oh my god that was great. I thought I'd already seen everything Carlin mahina Dec 2020 #18

I always loved me some Carlin!! He's absolutely right about the golf, these people who play golf SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #27

Another reason to weep. lunatica Dec 2020 #29

Was just talking about Carlin with a friend earlier. I agree with everything he said about that niyad Dec 2020 #30

Also his rant about "Fear Of Germs" comes to mind! Initech Dec 2020 #37

Poor guy. I guess the only good thing to come from this is maybe mahina Dec 2020 #13

Hate to say it but Fuck Him. Trump-ass denier. Tommymac Dec 2020 #14

Come on now you don't wish that I hope mahina Dec 2020 #70

Fuck off snort Dec 2020 #17

"Covid isn't real," my sister-in-law told me on Christmas. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2020 #26

"Is that wrong?" Totally Tunsie Dec 2020 #31

Norman's collapse at the Masters is the stuff of legend...karma kicking him in the groin... Moostache Dec 2020 #28

May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Dec 2020 #32

Amateur. I had an axe stuck in my head. Warpy Dec 2020 #35

Warpy, how are you doing now? babylonsister Dec 2020 #57

I seem to have shaken it off Warpy Dec 2020 #60

I'm happy you're better. babylonsister Dec 2020 #61

We didn't know diddly squat in March when I had it Warpy Dec 2020 #62

Thanks for that. babylonsister Dec 2020 #63

With any luck we will never hear about him again. LiberalFighter Dec 2020 #38

Stories like this don't help. These are NORMAL symptoms JCMach1 Dec 2020 #43

Darwin. n/t AwakeAtLast Dec 2020 #54

Look Away... Captain Zero Dec 2020 #66