"Golf is my boyfriend right now"
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"Golf is my boyfriend right now" lands with the sly candor of an athlete who knows exactly how lopsided an elite career can get. Karrie Webb isn’t being cute; she’s naming a commitment structure. A boyfriend implies time, attention, emotional investment, and the occasional fight. Swap in golf and the metaphor suddenly explains the daily grind of a top pro more cleanly than any talk about “dedication” ever could.
The intent is half boundary-setting, half self-mockery. It’s a preemptive answer to the questions athletes, especially women, get asked far too often: Are you dating? When will you settle down? Webb reframes the premise. If you’re looking for the central relationship in her life, it’s already booked. That’s not an apology; it’s a prioritization.
The subtext is about trade-offs and control. Calling golf a boyfriend makes the sport sound intimate and possessive, even a little jealous, because that’s how high-level competition behaves. It demands exclusivity: early mornings, constant travel, an obsessive relationship with tiny technical changes that can feel like mood swings. The line also suggests companionship. On tour, routines replace stability; the game becomes the one constant you carry city to city.
Context matters: women athletes have long had their ambition treated as a phase, something to be balanced against a “real” personal life. Webb flips that script with one pop-culture metaphor. It’s funny, but it’s also armor: a way to claim seriousness without sounding defensive, and to make the cost of excellence legible in one sentence.
The intent is half boundary-setting, half self-mockery. It’s a preemptive answer to the questions athletes, especially women, get asked far too often: Are you dating? When will you settle down? Webb reframes the premise. If you’re looking for the central relationship in her life, it’s already booked. That’s not an apology; it’s a prioritization.
The subtext is about trade-offs and control. Calling golf a boyfriend makes the sport sound intimate and possessive, even a little jealous, because that’s how high-level competition behaves. It demands exclusivity: early mornings, constant travel, an obsessive relationship with tiny technical changes that can feel like mood swings. The line also suggests companionship. On tour, routines replace stability; the game becomes the one constant you carry city to city.
Context matters: women athletes have long had their ambition treated as a phase, something to be balanced against a “real” personal life. Webb flips that script with one pop-culture metaphor. It’s funny, but it’s also armor: a way to claim seriousness without sounding defensive, and to make the cost of excellence legible in one sentence.
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