[speaker001:] okay is uh that a sport you like to participate in
[speaker002:] no actually I'm a spectator and I'm a second hand spectator as a result of my first husband's or my late late husband's interest in golf
[speaker001:] uh-huh my husband likes golf also he's uh I guess he'd be a fanatic if he thought he could get away with it but he he limits it pretty good I um have tried to go out and play golf he would love it if I would go out and play with him but I stand there and swing and swing and I can't even hit the ball yeah I don't either
[speaker002:] um-hum  I can't even play miniature golf well well there are just some things that we're good at and other things that we're not but I am very good at watching it on television
[speaker001:] right um-hum
[speaker002:] and he was really uh enthusiastic about keeping up with the tournaments he could tell me exactly what day and what time of year and where the tournaments were going to be held and what the nature of the hole was and
[speaker001:] oh so he's really into it wow
[speaker002:] oh yeah he was a good golfer and as and did some you know instructions at the country club for a while
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] but uh golf tended to be so I am not really deeply involved in any following any of the sports but golf was one that I developed a working knowledge of a lot of the golfers and therefore I enjoyed following those particular players
[speaker001:] yeah right more because of their personalities than their sportsman
[speaker002:] uh-huh well part of it was the personality and their sportsmanship another part of it was I'd pick one out that was different than what my husband was rooting for so you know the competitor and I became involved in following his career
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] and uh I know that that my husband Tom Kite was his fair haired boy and he thought he was spectacular I said whoa I'm not going to I'm not going to stay interested in him so
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] I decided Andy Bean was good competition any time they both played why he was just real excited when Tom was you know shown on the television and
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I followed Andy Bean
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] we both followed Lee Trevino into the Seniors
[speaker001:] oh he's interesting I like to watch him yeah
[speaker002:] he is he is a character not just a golfer but he's quite a character
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and there are some really really wonderful people in the game of golf who do give wonderful role models
[speaker001:] yes yeah I think you're right
[speaker002:] and I think it's critical it's critical to have a good role model
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] in any field any sports
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I like to watch those skins games do you ever watch those where they just play for a certain amount you know for each hole they win they get the money for it I think those are pretty exciting
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh well I myself really have not seen a whole lot of point to the game of golf you hit a little ball you chase it you go find it and then you hit it again and lose it again
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and I know the whole point is to get it in that little bitty hole but seems to me like if they made the hole bigger it'd be easier
[speaker001:] yeah  oh really I sometimes wonder why men like it so much because they get so frustrated and mad at themselves when they don't do well
[speaker002:] oh I know oh yeah
[speaker001:] my husband and his buddies are not very good they play like maybe once a month or less and uh so they all hit like in the low nineties and they think they're having a really good game so
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum oh yeah well my husband's average ran in the mid seventies so he wasn't bad
[speaker001:] wow yeah that is good
[speaker002:] he was pretty good but as far as influencing young people I think that that is uh that is one of the sports that you can carry into old age you can't play football at fifty five
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] but it is a good healthy wholesome lifestyle and uh anything can be warped
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but I think that that is one of the sports that's a good healthy way to to move into maturity safely um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] uh-huh something to stay active at and for a long time
[speaker002:] that's right that's right and a lot of seniors a lot of elderly people don't even take up golf until they're you know in their later years
[speaker001:] yeah yeah yeah and they can still get good at it
[speaker002:] that's right that's absolutely right and it's something that
[speaker001:] yeah well maybe that's what I'll do when I have time later on
[speaker002:] yeah when you're too old to do anything else go play golf yeah but it's it's also something that husband and wife can participate in
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum
[speaker002:] or you can both enjoy the same sport and participate in separate circles
[speaker001:] true
[speaker002:] you know you can go to the country club together you can play with your friends he can play with his friends but you've both been out and exercised and you have enjoyed the day
[speaker001:] right yeah or my favorite just ride around in the cart with him go somewhere really nice like Hawaii and just look at the golf course
[speaker002:] you bet you get a lot of exercise that way um-hum well I'll tell you what if if they're not real good golfers sometimes it is not fun to ride around and listen to their exclamations all day long
[speaker001:] oh yeah no my husband's pretty tolerant so he's not too bad to watch
[speaker002:] um-hum oh mine had a very short fuse if he did something bad he's liable to take that club and throw it as far as he can throw it he's replaced almost as many clubs as he has balls I mean just get so mad he'd just wham that club up against a tree and break that rascal
[speaker001:] oh no yeah gosh now my husband has a temper but he doesn't seem to show it on the golf course he's because he'll talk about the other guys he plays with doing that and how immature immature he thought it was and stuff so I guess he's real laid back about it
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] he he'll come home though and I mean he'll shoot when he was shooting in the hundreds and he'd tell me what a great day he had and about this great shot he made and everything I try not to laugh yeah this one on this one hole
[speaker002:] uh-huh well I shot in the hundreds but I made this one good one
[speaker001:] did you have to listen to long stories about how on the seventeenth hole I hit it and went this way those are it's hard for me to act nice about that when he goes on and on
[speaker002:] um-hum  well the one thing that is a is a drawback about it I think is the cost
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] membership in the clubs is expensive the equipment is very expensive requires special shoes requires special you know special equipment there's so many
[speaker001:] right and then they want to play another course that's not they're not a member of and other fees it really is high
[speaker002:] that's right that's right that's right it it can get very expensive and I can imagine what kind of costs are involved if you're going to try to go pro because you spend hours and hours and hours practicing
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] and they don't give those sessions away and nor do they give uh instructions away
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] as a matter of fact a friend of mine asked me if I thought I'd be interested in g olf I said I don't know I'll have to try it and see I've always watched it and he said well fine he said we'll just take you over to the course he lives near Brookhaven
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] we'll just take you over to the course and get you some lessons and let you see if you like it if you do then we can go golf together
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I said oh whoa great I get to walk all around a little green field all day but those kinds of things happen though you you get a little taste of it and you say hey this is not bad
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and you really begin to develop an interest in it but I am not an athlete at all uh you know I'm always the one that got hit by the bat in baseball and
[speaker001:] me either
[speaker002:] and uh hung hung hung my fingernails in the net in volleyball so I am not an athlete maybe golf is a forgiving sport I don't know
[speaker001:] yeah at least you're just competing you're competing against yourself I guess more than everybody else out there yeah
[speaker002:] it doesn't appear to be um-hum I really I I haven't really acquired an interest in it but I'm open to try anything you know
[speaker001:] yeah that's kind of the way I feel
[speaker002:] the one thing that is also detrimental as far I'm concerned my skin is very fair so I'm going to have to golf in the evening or I'm going to have to golf at a time when the heat of the day does not cook me and I don't think
[speaker001:] oh right