In other news (apolitical thread)...

[Riffraft]

I hope so
I'm bored easily
need another hobby besides this board, golf, driving the Vette, and swilling beer

Dont drive a vette, but added smoking a good cigar, go out to bar to swill beer and play trivia.  Also spending the first 2 years doing a lot of traveling.

However the wife is complaining we spend too much time on the couch watching tv. 

[847badgerfan]

I'm semi-retired and busier than ever. Always something to do around here. Lots of really good friends.

[FearlessF]

I enjoy a good cigar on the back 9 once a week or so - try not to make it a 3 or 5 time a week habit, but if a buddy stops by.........
I walk to the small town bar for hot wings on Wednesdays - try not to make that a 4 or 5 times a week habit as well
I plan to do some traveling - driving trips - hopefully to meet some of youse fellas from the board

[847badgerfan]

Is Tiger Woods done? Lots of people writing on that these days.

[FearlessF]

hope so

[OrangeAfroMan]

I think it helps to be a toiler.  One who toils.  I look forward to retirement in 10-12 years because it'll give me more time to try all the little projects and ideas I can't get to with a career and a side business.

There must be things you never explored that you wanted to or intended to.  Or maybe write?  

[Brutus Buckeye]

What's the hardest that you can get away with pinching someone if they aren't wearing green on St Patrick's Day?

Can you aim for a pressure point?

[bayareabadger]

Is Tiger Woods done? Lots of people writing on that these days.

On the one hand, he is all banged up and out for an extended period.

On the other, it’s golf? You can play golf pretty late in life, right?

[847badgerfan]

Not at the level he wants to play. If he can't win, he won't play. He's said this.

[FearlessF]

he can make a lot of money on the senior tour

[betarhoalphadelta]

he can make a lot of money on the senior tour

Pretty sure Tiger's not hurting for money...

On the one hand, he is all banged up and out for an extended period.

On the other, it’s golf? You can play golf pretty late in life, right?

Of course. But can you be competitive? On the PGA Tour? With a bunch of people who are two+ decades your junior, AND in perfect physical condition?

The problem is twofold. One, the physical damage he's done to his body makes it very difficult for him to practice enough to keep his game at a high level. Second, the specific physical damage he's done to his legs/ankles makes it hard to walk 72 holes of golf in four days WHILE maintaining enough energy to be competitive. I.e. in last year's Masters, he played well enough on Thurs/Fri and made the cut, but by Saturday and Sunday his game was just falling apart because his body can't take all the walking. 

I think he's going to keep trying to chase PGA Tour win #83, because he's tied the record at 82 and one more gives him sole ownership of that record--one that may never fall. But he might just be too broken down to do it now. 

[bayareabadger]

Pretty sure Tiger's not hurting for money...

Of course. But can you be competitive? On the PGA Tour? With a bunch of people who are two+ decades your junior, AND in perfect physical condition?

The problem is twofold. One, the physical damage he's done to his body makes it very difficult for him to practice enough to keep his game at a high level. Second, the specific physical damage he's done to his legs/ankles makes it hard to walk 72 holes of golf in four days WHILE maintaining enough energy to be competitive. I.e. in last year's Masters, he played well enough on Thurs/Fri and made the cut, but by Saturday and Sunday his game was just falling apart because his body can't take all the walking.

I think he's going to keep trying to chase PGA Tour win #83, because he's tied the record at 82 and one more gives him sole ownership of that record--one that may never fall. But he might just be too broken down to do it now.

I’ll cop to this, I thought the old guys who won tournaments might have won at later ages than they did.

Yeah, he’s cooked.

[847badgerfan]

He can barely walk 18 now. He's not gonna walk on the senior tour. No way.

[SFBadger96]

I haven't followed it closely, but I feel like he never fully returned to form after his 2009 car wreck and the cheating scandle. And continued car wrecks just kept making things worse. Isn't there also a question about whether he was a steroid user, which might have lead to premature damage to his body? Definitely had trouble relating to drugs and alcohol. How must it feel to have come soooo close to being considered the greatest golfer ever, only to have that slip away?