Jokes are made about golf. I played 18 holes today so I guess the joke was on me. I felt tired by the end. Not exactly triumphant. The bad news-- my score was 119. The good news-- I came in second place in our threesome!
Does golf provide physical exercise if you use a golf cart to go from hole to hole? Yes, if you hit the ball all over the place. I spent time looking through weeds and walking on the edges of a lake.
You do commune with nature. You're outdoors and not checking your cellphone constantly. Those two things are beneficial right there.
I drank beer and ate pizza with one of my golf partners-- the guy that won. He was pretty generous in not giving me too many tips on how to be a better golfer. Advice was the last thing I needed. The beer helped us relax and we celebrated a good day.
I didn't take my pedometer with me. I preferred to focus on the golfing and not on the steps. Even using the cart, I bet I got several miles of walking done.
My most remarkable achievement-- I left 4 clubs behind in the process of playing 18 holes. I would take a sand wedge and a putter if I got in a sand trap. I'd play the ball and then use my putter on the green. I left the sand wedge behind and rode the cart to the next hole. I kept making the same mistake-- left my 9 iron, 8 iron and then 7 iron on various holes on the course-- and only realized the clubs were missing after progressing a few more holes. Guess what? Nice golfers retrieved my clubs and I got them all back at the pro shop in the clubhouse! People are good!
So here's a golf joke from the Internet:
A golfer walks off the 18th green, hands his putter to his caddie and says, "Kid, you've got to be the worst caddie in the world."
The caddie replies, "Sir, that would be too much of a coincidence."