{"id":344,"date":"2011-03-18T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2011-03-18T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:50:00","slug":"making-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/making-cut.html","title":{"rendered":"Making The Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DM5lUjCsAcc\/TYOAeIs2FeI\/AAAAAAAAAR0\/8-uQUH7mdIQ\/s1600\/having%252Bfun.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DM5lUjCsAcc\/TYOAeIs2FeI\/AAAAAAAAAR0\/8-uQUH7mdIQ\/s200\/having%252Bfun.JPG\"><\/a><span>Never in my life have I ever see men acting like children as I did recently at a bar (actually, I guess it could be pretty easy to act like a child at a bar). But these guys were discussing their upcoming golf season and the foursome they want to play with. <\/p>\n<p>They were so intent on excluding people and making sure this guy plays and this one doesn&#8217;t &#8211; simply because they weren&#8217;t good golfers. It was like that feeling you got at gym class when they are picking teams; you know, that &#8220;I hope they don&#8217;t pick me last&#8221; feeling.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t even part of the conversation and I felt bad for the guy who was getting excluded. It was like a bad high school clique movie. The best part was that a couple of these gentlemen (and I use that term loosely) who were &#8220;calling the shots&#8221; weren&#8217;t even good golfers themselves. I know because one of them was my neighbor and I&#8217;ve played with him. His nickname was Hack-a-saurus Rex.<\/p>\n<p>The point I&#8217;m getting at is isn&#8217;t golf supposed to be fun? That incident actually made me feel bad. 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