Hobbys outside of golf?

[PixlPutterman]

Im sure we all have things to keep us busy in the cold months, or in between rounds...........Lets see em!!

I make knives

Edited January 14, 2024 by PixlPutterman

[TiScape]

Awesome stuff PPM! Love a damascus blade. 

[Mrgreen36]

Does working count as a hobby?

[596]

Cycling and fishing. Indoor riding on a Wahoo Kickr bike using Fulgaz. Outdoors riding one of my 3 bikes. Trek Police 8000 mountain bike, Specialized Tarmac road bike, or Orbea Gain gravel bike. 

 

Fishing from my dock or my canoe. 

 

Edited January 12, 2024 by 596

[kmbean]

Dude those knives are awesome.  My other hobbies are bowling, fishing, playing basketball, guitar, poker and kettlebell workouts.

[EdY]

Another blade maker. Way cool. 😎 I’m only stock removal though. Haven’t tried forging yet. 

[Hickory4ever]

My other serious hobby is photography. I have small cameras for travelling light and a larger setup with several high end lenses. 

[PixlPutterman]

On 1/12/2024 at 4:25 PM, EdY said:

Another blade maker. Way cool. 😎 I’m only stock removal though. Haven’t tried forging yet. 

You'll get hooked once you do

[Argonne69]

Collecting and playing bass guitars is my other interest, although I haven't really played much since I've been on the road. I have 20 bass guitars in my collection. My pride and joy is a Fender Custom Shop '57 Precision reissue in sunburst. My '74 Fender Jazz is the most valuable in the collection. The one I've had the longest is my '84 Steinberger L2. Bought it new in 1984. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2024 by Argonne69

[kwcsports]

On 1/12/2024 at 1:57 PM, PixlPutterman said:

Im sure we all have things to keep us busy in the cold months, or in between rounds...........Lets see em!!

I make knives

Beautiful work, wow.

[EdY]

Wish I would have kept this one.

[sheepdawg]

I like to hunt the 10 ring with old military rifles.

 

[EdY]

And a little leathercraft. 

[kwcsports]

I play guitar quite a bit, used to be in bands in my younger years. I just play for myself now. I have a half dozen electrics, most in storage, couple of acoustics and a classical or two.

Also collect music- cd's, cassettes and vinyl. Listen to my system daily. I collect old tennis racquets that I used when I was an avid tournament player many years ago. 

Just retired so more collecting is in my future. 

[aenemated]

I enjoy hitting other things with sticks in a rhythmic fashion ... (I am, as usual, mostly obfuscated) ... 

 

 

 

Otherwise, very much into cooking, the occasional spot of poker and somewhat voraciously reading. 

[TiScape]

2 hours ago, aenemated said:

I enjoy hitting other things with sticks in a rhythmic fashion ... (I am, as usual, mostly obfuscated) ... 

 

 

 

Otherwise, very much into cooking, the occasional spot of poker and somewhat voraciously reading. 

Dropping obfuscated and  voraciously in one post… Reminds me of one of those bits where they challenge someone to integrate specific words into a response 😂 

Well done! 👏🏼 

[altess27]

I live in Minnesota (State of Hockey) so naturally I play in a couple of beer leagues in the winter months. 

[Kmagnuss]

wakeboarding (when my knee doesn't hurt)

basketball (when my knee doesn't hurt)

2 stroke dirt bikes (when my knee doesn't hurt)

fishing for tarpon and only tarpon (used to run a charter)

Wrastlin' gators! 

collecting/wrenching on fun cars

 

Edited January 19, 2024 by Kmagnuss

[mshills]

I used to LOVE fishing but I can’t find time for it now. If the weather is good enough for me to fish I’m going to play golf every day and twice on Sunday. Had to give up messing around with older cars too, my body won’t allow it any more. 
 

Love cooking, all types. My 16 year old son is a budding chef, am encouraging him to pursue as a career. 
 

I read a lot, when time permits. All nonfiction, mostly bios and histories.

 

Youth sports is a passion, and I spend a lot of time in wrestling rooms, gyms, and on soccer pitches, though I think we may be just about done with soccer. 

[deadsolid...shank]

Lately, my main hobby seems to be getting the hell beat out of me by two of the grandsons with styrofoam swords. The 3 year year old takes a wicked cut (need to translate it to a golf club, the weight transfer is really good😀) and he kind of sneaks up on you when your not prepared to defend yourself. And now the older one is getting pretty good with the nerf gun, he’s starting to hit what he’s aiming at. The basement is getting to be a dangerous place for this old guy!

[bigred90gt]

Does drinking count as a hobby? 

[Argonne69]

26 minutes ago, bigred90gt said:

Does drinking count as a hobby? 

 

I sure hope so, otherwise I have a serious drinking problem. Lol.

 

[bigred90gt]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

I sure hope so, otherwise I have a serious drinking problem. Lol.

 

I don't have a problem drinking, lol

 

 

On a more serious note to the topic at hand, I used to have fun cars as a hobby. When we sold our house to move to an apartment, I lost my garage, and had nowhere to work on the car anymore. With a nagging electrical issue that I had nowhere to tear into the car to trace, I sold it. I do love working on cars and building/fixing stuff, I just have nowhere to do it now. I have a 10x30 RV storage room where my work bench and all of my tools are, but it is a 45 minute drive to get to and I only have a 120v bulb socket adapter for a power supply. I've started tearing apart and rebuilding golf clubs again in my apartment just to give me something to do, lol. 

 

I also used to play guitar back in high school. But that was nearly 30 years ago and I don't even know if I still have my guitar (I think I sold it in my garage sale when we moved). I thought about dragging it back out if I have it, but would essentially be starting over from scratch learning how to play. 

 

I do have a habit of getting heavy into fishing every few years, then I get busy and next thing I know it's been 5 years. I have a fishing kayak that is in my buddy's garage, but again, it is a 45 minute drive to get to it, then I have to drive to the launch. 

 

The more I type, the more I'm realizing that as much as I love living in the middle of all of the restaurants and bars in Midtown Houston, and having no financial or maintenance responsibility to our apartment aside from rent, I miss having a house near the water, lol. 

Edited January 23, 2024 by bigred90gt

[knock it close]

Thankfully I live in the Rockies so I can ski while its freezing cold in the winter

 

[AngryGilmore]

Combatives, guns, golf and......I love the peace of fly fishing.

[PixlPutterman]

On 1/15/2024 at 4:37 PM, kwcsports said:

Beautiful work, wow.

Thank you

[CanFred]

Homebrewing!  Love the creativity associated with brewing beer, and a good change of pace from golf.

[bigred90gt]

On 1/24/2024 at 9:09 AM, AngryGilmore said:

Combatives, guns, golf and......I love the peace of fly fishing.

I have always wanted to fly fish, but just never have tried. I’ve fished all my life. I live in the gulf coast and do a ton of inshore saltwater fishing, and a lot of freshwater lakes. Fly fishing isn’t really big here but there are people that fly fish for redfish in saltwater. When my dad passed and I was cleaning out his storage room, I found a fly rod/reel in a case still wrapped in plastic. I think it’s in my storage room collecting dust. I moved further away from fishing and live in the middle of downtown houston now, so learning how will have to wait for the time being. 

[Desert Golf]

My other hobby is astrophotography from my backyard.

 

Image 1 - 90mm refractor on equatorial mount

Image 2 - Pelican Nebula

Image 3 - Pac-Man Nebula

Image 4 - Phantom of the Opera Nebula

 

Its almost as frustrating and expensive as golf 🙂

 

 

Edited February 10, 2024 by Desert Golf

[TiScape]

16 hours ago, Desert Golf said:

My other hobby is astrophotography from my backyard.

 

Image 1 - 90mm refractor on equatorial mount

Image 2 - Pelican Nebula

Image 3 - Pac-Man Nebula

Image 4 - Phantom of the Opera Nebula

 

Its almost as frustrating and expensive as golf 🙂

 

 

Wow! That’s the most legit at home set-up I’ve seen! Very cool.