If you have not yet taken a plunge into the GolfWRX Forums, I’d like to issue you a warning. Actually, two warnings:

1. You will probably find it difficult to leave.
2. You might find yourself inadvertently learning and/or sharing something.

Below, I will attempt to show you why those two warnings are actually two immense benefits.

Some of you might say: “Who’s interested in what golfers say to each other in a forum? I mean, who cares what they had for breakfast, you know?” Then I might say: Some consider what a golfer eats before, during, and after a good or terrible round a topic of high fascination and value. The bottom line is that the GolfWRX Forums are bigger than simply breakfast, my friends. This is golf. This is awesome. And this is personal.

So, pardon my backswing, I’m going in.

The GolfWRX Forums discussions spring from the grassroots of golf itself. Passionate people populate the GolfWRX Forums. If golf is in your blood and you like to laugh and learn, this gigantic forum is worth a long lurk. The knowledgeable international membership comes because they love golf: playing it, living it, sharing it.

The tidbits and topics that bubble to the surface tell you a great deal about how deep the threads of conversation run, and how robustly the people embrace this game in their lives. From face milling to long driving to tall tales telling, each forum bursts with discussions, reviews, debates, statistics, technology, personal stories, amazing feats, expert tutorials, photographs and virtually everything, large and small, concerning amateur and professional golf.

GolfWRX members make golf work.

I dove in for a closer look. My first stop was the Putters forum. The topic list is huge. I closed my eyes and chose one: “Forgiving Putters?” Why is that topic sort of an ambiguous, uncertain question? Does it refer to (a) putters that were specially designed to be forgiving and help on mis-hit shots, or (b) how to turn the other cheek and forgive your loyal putter for the crime of missing a putt or two?

GolfWRX forum member Manz60 from Canada answered option (a) by holding forth with an enlightening statement on the benefits of high-MOI putter designs as being the most forgiving, but Orangeology from the NY/NJ area chose to frame a reply via option (b):

“There’s no forgiving in the church of golf.”

Funny remark, except it’s probably true. There are a lot of unanswered prayers on the golf course. And a lot of naughty putters locked in dark closets until they learn their lesson and earn that rare second chance.

I jumped from the Putter forum into the WRX Club Techs forum and came face-to-face with the thread topic “Grinding a wedge!!!!” That’s right, four exclamation points. I had to take a peek.

Joey3108 from the Bay Area opened the thread with, “Some of you guys asked me before if I could show you guys a step-by-step process.” Joey3108 ain’t kidding. In a shop that looks like the lab where Frankenstein’s monster was created, Joey3108 shows us with photographs and mastery how to grind the heck out of a wedge and create a beautifully finished club. More than 238,000 views populate that thread, which is 125,000 fewer views than another of Joey3108’s threads, entitled: “For you guys asking for a help in picking a shaft!”

I am feeling that the GolfWRX forum has an unexpected surprise behind every door. Let’s open another one.

I entered the Classic Golf and Golfers forum. It’s a place for those with longer memories than others on the site (AKA seniors). Here, I found a wide range of cool information on hickory and other classic wood clubs, how to build the perfect set for all seasons, lots of stuff for collectors, help for senior swings, and a huge range of historic events, equipment, and golfers.

Member 70sSanO from Calif., who is 64, opened a discussion with this bombshell:“Why would anyone play with old clubs?” Oh, boy. Let’s just say that he got an answer. Actually, many of them, and not only from his peers.

Titleist87 from Utah said: “I play a set of 1987 Titleist Tour Model irons with DG S300. The head technology has not changed much when it comes to muscle back irons or DG shafts from that time. Yes, they are ‘old’ but technologically not outdated.”

Scruffynick from the UK said: “The main reason I like playing vintage is that it reminds me of being a kid again, which I like!”

There are plenty of good, factual, nostalgic, and debatable reasons why so many older and young golfers choose vintage equipment. You’ll find them all in the GolfWRX Forums, including the growing popularity of playing in a vintage golf league or outing. I backed out of the senior forum, gave my old Ping Zing a hug, and perused many of the GolfWRX resources right there in the forum:

• Info and advice for juniors and college students.
• Lists of groups and tourneys.
• The G. WRX Academy, with everything you’d expect to help and cure a golfer in need.
• From fashion to accessories to new equipment reviews.

11 p.m. came and went and I reluctantly shut down my computer. I’ll admit that I’m hooked on these forums. I like to laugh, learn, and never tire of talking, watching, listening, playing, tinkering, fantasizing, and living with golf… all among like-minded GolfWRXers. I’ll be back.

So, join us in the forum–and maybe even on the course. That’s right, GolfWRX Forums even offers regional course reviews and opportunities to find golfing friends near you.

Keep swinging!

Editor’s Note: To join the GolfWRX Forums, click here. Current GolfWRX Members can take advantage of the perks of ClubWRX Membership, which offers immediate BST privileges, special discounts and much more.