they call me tiger

last week i was thinking to myself how i seemed to like to watch any sporting event that's on, all the more so if it's a final or a special event. it's just great to watch these athletes battle it out.

i watched the rugby world cup finals, some tennis occasionally, back in poly i used to go to the tv room to watch american football on monday mornings instead of going to class.

snooker, football, basketball, triathalons, track & field, swimming, curling, bowling, racing, aussie rules, rugby league, mma, skateboarding, bmx, bass fishing, boxing, rock climbing, i really watch everything if i get the chance to.

so i was wondering if there was any one sport that i was totally not interested in... and i realised it was GOLF. bores the shit outta me and i get so annoyed whenever it's shown on tv because it just means that it's taken the place of some other awesome sport that could otherwise be on.

golf... all i see are people swinging, and then they're walking, and then someone else takes a swing, and more people walking. there's no continuity and i have no clue what's going on. it seems hardly worth being called a sport.

and as luck would have it, a few days later i wound up at an indoor driving range simulator. you hit the ball and it flies onto a canvas with the golf course projected onto it, and some sensors will indicate where your shot ends up.

i never thought that golfing was easy by any stretch of my imagination, but neither did i ever think that i would suck so badly at it. i lined up my swing, adjusted my stance, everything seemed fine to me. i took a swing and SWOOSH went the club. the ball remained on the tee.

this happened enough times to make me work up a little sweat, until i finally decided that maybe i'm just not born to play golf. but just as well, since i hate it anyway...