Business & Golf

[Anonymous No.53776087]

Is Golf a good way to make connections in Business? Would it be worth investing in Golf clubs and lessons for the financial implications? I've been asked a bunch over the years to come Golfing with coworkers/bosses. Can any golfers here say if it's help their career or financial status?

[Anonymous No.53776104]

Never learned because I'm left handed and nobody ever had lefty clubs. If a driving range did have lefty clubs they wouldn't let a newbie use them. 26 so feel like now is the time

[Anonymous No.53776444]

Bump bros I'm serious

[Anonymous No.53776591]

>>53776444
just go play golf man... why do you need to ask?

[Anonymous No.53776830]

>>53776087
But I suck at Golf.
Can't even put for shit.

[Anonymous No.53776882]

>>53776087
Maybe, it’s more reliant on being personable then anything else. But if you’re going to try to use it for business connections then be really good at it. Boomers are weird about golf, like if you suck like they do then it’s like you’re one of the bros but if you’re really good (scratch golfer) then they’ll treat you like simps treats a woman. I’m a +1 handicap and get old dudes from my club bothering to play golf with them 4X a week

[Anonymous No.53776886]

>>53776830
We all gotta start somewhere anon

[Anonymous No.53777250]

>>53776882
>old dudes from my club bothering to play golf with them 4X a week
How are golf/country clubs? A good time or annoying Boomers?

[Anonymous No.53777331]

It's all about cycling these days. You also have to ride a couple different disciplines.

[Anonymous No.53777509]

I learned to golf as a kid, with a set of clubs and a handful of afternoon lessons with groups of other kids. I was a caddy at a private course for a few summers in high school. $300K+ for a membership, but I got to play for free once a week. I had a competent handle on my swing but the results were erratic. As a young adult, I played mostly with my own friends or the tradies I worked with at the time while paying for school. Average public golf course, blue collar, weekend player. Then one year I went and bought a one year membership at a local course, with unlimited range time, carts, and seven-days-a-week golf. It cost me about two grand for the year and the course was great for variety and replayability. I started golfing 5-7 times a week in the afternoons. I knew the club managers, staff, and often just grouped up with other members as I always played single and that’s frequently how it plays out. Everyone was friendly, some were corporate guys like me as. Senior managers, engineers, government workers, established career types. There were also small businesses owners and landlords, locals and people from out of town. I met a lot of people at my “home course”. Tournaments are fun. Chatting about golf at work was fun. Inviting girlfriends out to the range or the course. Lots of fun for barely $170/mo, and I got my handicap down to about a 12 in a year or so. Golf is a game of leisure. The type of people who truly “play” golf are the type of people you definitely can’t go wrong networking with. You’re going to have to put in about 10 hours a week minimum for practice, otherwise you’re going to embarrass yourself and damage your image. Golf is like a dance. It involves practice, preparation, knowledge of rules, care and maintenance of your equipment, and most of all, savoir faire. It is an EXCELLENT “arena” of soft skills, and attracts those who enjoy that aspect of the “game”.

[Anonymous No.53777559]

>>53777331

i've always found people that hate bikers interesting. i get it. bikers are annoying, roads arent designed a lot of the time to accomodate them, whatever. but whats funny is people who rage against them are all fat lazy douchebags (like jeremy clarkson, not saying i dont like top gear). they rage, but the reality is if ever got out of their car they'd be totally decked by these high test bikers. these dudes are going 15 mph up hill fucking raging out while you sit and stew in your car. it's hilarious. i would not fuck with a biker who is full of adrenaline from asshole car drivers

[Anonymous No.53778913]

>>53777331
I've only ever seen cyclists get bitched out

[Anonymous No.53778931]

>>53777509
>You’re going to have to put in about 10 hours a week minimum
Is this to maintain skills or just to learn over the years? Do you need to always be playing?

[Anonymous No.53778995]

>>53776444
yeah man golfing is worth it but dont feel the need to buy expensive clubs. get on fb marketplace or craigslist and just buy somehting that fits you. play with ppl who play or get lessons. regardless, you're only gonna golf with valuable business connections if you make the tee times, or if you happen to play with them at your company's golf tournaments in my experience. that said, im decent at golf but it has never furthered my business life yet as a 26 year old. its a fun and relaxing time to get out into nature though! similar to skiing

[Anonymous No.53779030]

>>53777331

Fucking based. Cycling is so much better than golf.

Actually have to be fit to do it, scenic locations, larger groups, bikes are more $$$, etc. etc.

[Anonymous No.53779034]

>>53777559
Most cyclists I see are hipster twigs. I wouldn't say I hate them, but it would be amusing to me to see them get ran over when they don't follow traffic laws despite being in the road

[Anonymous No.53779043]

>>53776087
Golfing mega based anyone who disagrees is liberal plebbit cuck. But you gotta find a good crew to gamble with. I gamble just as much on the golf course as I do on shitcoins. Most rounds I’ll drink about 8 beers and win or lose ~$500. A couple years ago I had to report the income on my taxes cus it was like $15k realized gains. Golf courses are full of degens everyone there trades shitcoins/options/sports bets/poker etc. normies think it’s all old rich people when it’s actually all strip club people

[Anonymous No.53779092]

>>53779043

Golf is for boomers and unathletic fat slobs. Being able to smoke cigars and drink beer during an activity is not a good endorsement of it unless it's like a once a month activity with the boys. Anything more than that you are a unoriginal degenerate who would suck off someone like Dave Portnoy is given the chance

[Anonymous No.53779128]

>>53779092
Go back to anti work or aocs Instagram. Cycling is for women to look sexable

[Anonymous No.53779183]

>>53776087
my boss golfs so i'm getting into it
i work in very high value sales, the kind that require board approval to purchase
you'll golf with a senior executive and since it's golf you have a couple hours in a small group or 1:1 to sell them shit
if you golf you're also first in line on the team to go to the open or whatever "for work" which is basically a paid vacation to get drunk and shoot the shit with boomers
seems worth it for me
can also hang out with the boys on the weekends and golf, getting yourself some normie friends

[Anonymous No.53779245]

>>53779128

Enjoy getting yucky with the boys while I fuck your wife fatass, oh and nice heart attack at 55 lmao

[Anonymous No.53779255]

>>53779183

getting into a hobby because your boss does it.

Cucked.

[Anonymous No.53779269]

>>53779255
bikes are gay and i make more than you, post max bench

[Anonymous No.53779296]

>>53779245
You need to be 18 to post here

[Anonymous No.53779302]

>>53779245
lol ok health and fitness queer stop pretending you ever fuck anything. women in real life aren't attracted to your slim cycling body type or your contrarian loner personality. seriously go back

[Anonymous No.53779352]

now kiss

[Anonymous No.53779762]

Any of you been to top golf?

[Anonymous No.53779775]

>>53776087
Bro golf is good way to make connections and shit for sure
It’s the great equaliser. You’ll meet so many cunts that work too cos it’s pay to play and ask them bout the faggoty career

[Anonymous No.53779818]

>>53776087
It can't hurt.

[Anonymous No.53779841]

>>53779762
Just go to a driving range.
And no you don't meet people at the golf course. You go golfing with people. I.e. you're invited to a golf day and you mingle with cunts as you go round doing 18 holes. Then you get pissed together to solidify the bonding session.

[Anonymous No.53779860]

>>53779269

Lol bragging about having nicer chains, pure faggotry

[Anonymous No.53779868]

It's this simple

You hate golf? You are poor or a tech nerd

[Anonymous No.53779873]

>>53779302

200 pounds

11% body fat

1,000+ lifting total

5 min mile


Come again?

[Anonymous No.53779876]

>>53779868
Golf sucks because of all the faggots who play it though

[Anonymous No.53779925]

>>53779868

Golf is the sport of middle class pot bellies larping as upper class. There’s also no barriers to entry, any idiot can play it


Do triathlons and get back to me. Much more affluent base because it attracts alpha male personality types. Golf attracts non competitive faggots looking to escape their wife and kids

[Anonymous No.53779927]

>>53779868

[Anonymous No.53779954]

Yes Mr shekelberg this is my first game ever. I spent 9 months for saving up for these golf clubs. What are your secrets?

[Anonymous No.53780346]

>>53779927
Just play 9 holes and you're golden

[Anonymous No.53780677]

>>53776087
>Is Golf a good way to make connections in Business?
Could be. If you join a club or start playing regularly you'll meet a fuckload of new people and become acquaintances. You'll get into other peoples friend circles and that applies to business as well. People who wouldn't normally know you in an industry, you're now on their radar.
>Would it be worth investing in Golf clubs and lessons for the financial implications?
Impossible to quantify. I will say that if you get into golf it'll become a MASSIVE money sink. It's a hopeless addiction.
>I've been asked a bunch over the years to come Golfing with coworkers/bosses
I play golf with my boss and often discuss all things golf whenever I see him. It's probably the best way to build a relationship with a boss or clients outside of taking them to sporting events in corporate boxes. I can't think of a better way to get an "in" than playing golf simply because it's accessible to everyone who isn't a 3rd world street shitter.

[Anonymous No.53780723]

>>53779927
Why does the media hate honest presidents and try to take them down?

[Anonymous No.53780834]

>8th grade science teacher played golf
>know that golfers will buy golfballs from a lake or bush
>i ask if he would like me to go fetch a few for resale
>says yeah, i get a B in his class
fastforward 14 years
>customer at store says i should come work for him
>it's sales for industrial tech
>land interview with polo shirt head honcho who loves to golf
>told him i'd be willing to go pond swimming for golfballs if he'd buy em
>says yeah
>don't get the job
i told him i'd end up reading every single book on his shelf and that if i were hired i'd be one of the best he'd ever seen. i wasn't too keen on the job, but it's nice getting all dolled up for an important occasion like that kind of experience gives. had a lot of fun modernizing my resume too, despite the autistic variations of gray and silver but hey X)

[Anonymous No.53780883]

>>53777331
you'd be surprised, apparently those bikers will literally start kicking at each other's bikes at the end of some circuits, even the tour de france. best bud of mine cycles, and he told me when he sees this one dude in his hometown and everyone else notices him the guy goes from 0-60 in 2 seconds and fucks off like the lightning.
i'd wager that Icarus documentary didn't do the sport any pr favors, especially after that trans cyclist smashing all the womens records.
>>53777509
you ever flirt with the country club servers? i hear they're fine as hell ;)

[Anonymous No.53781400]

Bump

[Anonymous No.53781422]

>>53781400
oi

[Anonymous No.53781434]

>>53779762
mhm. it's like a hooters for golfers, the waitresses wear those skimpy polos and high skirts and flirt with the wealthiest middle class divorcees for a living. it's pretty cool, very lax drinking atmosphere.

[Anonymous No.53781863]

So Tiger Woods tied for 45th in this latest tournament since...
>Woods, 46, hasn't participated in an official Tour event since suffering serious leg injuries in a February 2021 car crash. His most recent Tour appearance was actually at the Masters in November 2020.
"The Masters Tournament is one of the four major championships in professional golf."
Scheffler at 10/1 and McIlroy at 7/1 odds for the Masters.. bets are live.. jesus christ, you can bet on games up to September!

Looks like this Thursday at 9am the Honda classic with a purse of 8.4mil will be the determiner for the FedEx Cup winner..? Palm Beach Gardens, FL at the PGA National Members Club course! Rham, McIlroy, and Scheffler are the top three here with Homa, Finau, and Schauffele behind.
90 hole total course with 5 playable rounds of 18 holes.. double digit winds come this weekend.
>https://thehondaclassic.com/course/
Bobo, we're putting money down months in advance now.

[Anonymous No.53783145]

>>53777331
Yeah, I annoyed with cyclists on roadways but this video is hilarious that cyclist is based. Fuck that truck driver guy