General Chat

Funnily enough, I was in the Lodge Rooms yesterday and someone had dug out a trophy which is now on display.

The trophy was for an annual golfing competition between the three Lodges which use the building.......the last time the comp was held was back in 2012 :-)

The first comp was held in 2008

One brief, blazing star, for local Masonic golfing. :-D :-D

hmmmmm

No other golf widows.

A few masons.


:-)

OH is not a joiner of such things but we have also had friends before we moved here in The Round Table and Forty one club, Rotary and Lions. They all have their funny ways and cliquiness, but we were always made welcome at functions. And all do a lot for charity.

I know very little about Masons but one thing I will say, our good friend (yes he was a golfing buddy of OH) was a Mason. Sadly he died three years ago and you couldn't fault how the masons looked after his widow.

My father was a Mason and my mother was
in White Shrine neither played golf.

Det ~ I would if I could, but my body won't co-operate :-(

If its any consolation, my mother would have considered herself a Masonic 'widow' for a number of years :-D

Perhaps you could beat him at his own game and take up an activity outside the home ;-)

oops, my apologies to Masons........ and my grandad who was a HighPoobah, or some such title.

DH is a good golfer, we have a shelf at home covered with trophies, there are a lot of trophies in the cabinets at the club with his name on them, and his name appears many times on the winners' boards; he's also played in several Pro-Ams.

He's not a Mason.

When it comes to Masonic Lodges, it's not surprising if people with similar interests or those linked to a common occupation end up in the same one. Both my father and father-in-law were Masons. They and the majority of other members of their Lodge(s) had connections with heavy engineering.

On that basis, I can understand why Rollo relates golf club members to Masons not that either of my relatives played.

Scozz, the aprons are made of either lambskin or a synthetic material depending on how much you want to spend :-P :-D

As several people on these boards know, I'm a Mason and I detest golf.

Of the three local lodges, I only know of two or three avid golfers amongst the membership

One story about how golf began.......... shepherds in Fife (near St Andrews) were bored, so they started hitting stones into rabbit holes.......and that grew into a game....... which was hijacked by the US :-D

DH has a buggy (cart)...... when there's been a downpour of rain, the rule is buggies on paths only.

I don't object to him playing golf at all, I just get fed up with three days on my own.

I haven't seen anyone on the golf course wearing a goat apron.

btw......... a gg uncle of mine was a golf club maker at St Andrews.

Rollo, maybe it would be better if you prefaced your posts with 'In my opinion'. Instead of writing them as if they are a known fact. Other people's hobbies are only boring to those who don't share them. I am really pleased that at 76 my other half can still play 18 holes which is roughly 4 miles. Hopefully it keeps him healthy. OK he is tired when he gets home and sometimes 'closes his eyes for fifteen minutes. But, for example today he then did a full load of ironing (something else you don't agree with I remember).

As to being a Mason, he is not, 2 people out of his seniors group of about 20 are. Nothing wrong with Masons anyway, they do a lot for charity.

and I can't see why a golf course is ecologically unsound at all, care to explain that one?

Rollo there are no water shortages here in Scotland
for a start, plus the grass grows very quickly here due
to the amount of rain we get.

Know nothing about who is a golfing mason, why that
would make a difference beats me.

When my other half played many years ago I joined him
and loved every minute.

Each to their own I guess.

Golf was invented by the Scots as a diversion from watching grass grow which it just about does in Scotland though slowly. It must be the most ecologically unsound and boring activity known. Quite why people devote great chunks of their time and income to it is quite beyond me.

It is possibly significant that many golf aficionados are also Masons though which way round the cause and effect runs I know not. The judiciary do though.

Given the chance I'd turn over the golf courses to the 4WD fraternity for practice. It would be more fun and help no end with summer water shortages.

all I can say is just be grateful you've still got him :-)

These days it is not so bad for me. When younger and we had young children I used to get fed up with him being off all Saturday afternoon and sometimes into the evening and all Sunday mornings. However as we moved around he didn't play quite so much. Since we moved here and he retired (before I did), he is a five day only member, he was playing three days a week and, with us both being retired that gave us some space. He now at 76 finds that he can't carry so, when it is bad weather and trollies are banned he doesn't play more than once in the week. Trollies are back now so he will probably play twice a week, occasionally three.

It's 19th that worries me

:-D

Are you sure it's not 3 days to play one round? :-D
B

any more out there?

:-(

DH usually plays golf every Wednesday & every Saturday and the last Friday of every month.

He recently went away on a "male bonding" two day golf trip.

This weekend he will be playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday :-P

I'm not sure what is planned for the Easter weekend, but I expect he will be playing at least twice.

:-(

One of his "thoughtful" golf mates suggested I join them for a day....... I could sit in the buggy and drink champagne. I don't think so.

I don't object to DH playing golf, but I get a wee bit annoyed when it's three days in a row.