Lorin you get it but I actually am more commenting on REAL golf... I'm in the 1% of amateur golfers from an ability standpoint so no I do not share much with the other 99% in terms of how I want golf to take place nor what it takes to get there.
For instance... how many folks in this discussion will hit bunker shots for 3 hours?
I'm guessing me lol and the very nature of that means that you don't really have social time during something like that.
Doesn't make me superior just means I work at it more... golf is NOT for yucks and good times it's what I do and I take it seriously and have since I was about 13. To be good at it you have to. I got in a debate that there are no natural golfers and I stick by it... to be scratch or better takes obscene amounts of sweat equity... nobody does that socially and nobody just does it because they were good at it. The best player of this generation is losing his game in front of our very eyes... it's not because of his back people it's because he doesn't practice like he used to. The back is just a convenient excuse.
So to say "golf is about playing with other people" is a statement that is about the same as "the sky is pink" in my eyes. Golf allowed me to stand out from other people which is what I loved about it.
To suggest I have some sort of social disorder because I don't have any desire to play with random people I've never interacted with? equally as puzzling.
I ran a golf store for 5 years... obviously that was a VERY social experience and one that taught me for the most part... golfers SUCK lol they're cheap, selfish, feel like you owe them everything for 5% over cost just because. They do things to demo golf clubs you can't even IMAGINE while they're at the range being "social" with their buddies seeing who can hit more balls over the net or steal the most range balls in one sitting. I once had a guy bargain with me on the price of a bucket of range balls...
so I basically just assume that random people that play computer golf are likely these people so no... I do not want to spend 30 minutes or more playing over the internet as if it somehow makes us real friends

There are people here who I wish I WERE real friends with... mainly some of the better designers because I appreciate their skill or some of the better players. You can ask JimGem or Reeb or anyone else if I am in any way shape or form boorish when we chat about the game and I think he'd tell you no.
I just don't need that with everyone

So thanks for seeing it from my side Lorin but if the group wants to throw rocks at the weirdo I'm a big feller I can take it

I may even pick a few up and throw em back lol
OR
I AM a nut job but so is Lorin obviously!
