Anyone play Golf?

[Dizaster]

It is boring as hell to watch! But a couple of guys from my work go out once a month on Saturday morning, and i've had to turn them down every month as it's not my thing..
I played it once back when I was about 12, and from memory it was actually fun as hell! Unfortunately I only got the ball off the ground successfuly (a drive) about 5 or 6 times over the 9 or 18 holes, and probably 200 shots I played. My technique was just rubbish..
I've mainly had to say no to the guys because I would pretty much humiliate myself for sure in front of my working peers. I would at least want to be SOMEWHAT competitive...

I'm actually thinking of going to the driving range and just paying for 100 balls, and whacking the sh!t out of them until I can get the technique right to hit them in the air. Even then, I would be humiliting myself belting these bastards along the ground in front of everyone at the driving range, so i'd have to go at an offpeak time.. But at least i'd be able to keep up with the other guys to some extent.

My life isn't exactly going to get any worse if I don't bother learning golf. But i'm sort of considering it just for a social thing, and maybe a bit of exercise.

Does anyone think I should I bother with it? Or is it really as boring as it is on television, and I only had fun playing it last time because everything is fun when your 12?