Golf is not a sport.

Golf is not a sport.

Are you being flippant or do you honestly believe that? I know you've posted it ump-teen times in this thread, but I can't tell if you're just being funny or if that is how you truly feel?

Truly feel. I have already explained the reason in another thread about this.

Also...on the question of Golf being a sport.......

How much training does a golf player need?

 

Not PRACTICE. Plenty of practice is needed... but physical training.

 

Like working on his endurance, breathing, weight training, running sprints, suicides, running routes, perfecting timing, developing teammate cohesiveness?

 

Nah....

 

Or the fact that you don't even have to carry your own clubs for crying out loud.

hahahahahaha....

Tiger has shown that physical conditioning improves your game tremendously.

 

Phil spent the offseason in a serious physical regimen to improve his game. He won at Pebble Beach this weekend.

 

And I would say at the least it takes the same amount of physical conditioning that a DH has. Or that David Wells has. Or for that matter, that the greatest baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth appeared to have.

Truly feel. I have already explained the reason in another thread about this.

To save me the search can you provide me the "reader's digest" version?

Here's the thread...

http://www.bluegrasspreps.com/showthread.php?t=113481&highlight=golf

I would say Tiger, but i don't consider golf a sport. It Isn't a sport if you can't directly affect the game of your opponent. JMO.

 

So the following are not sports?

Gymnastics

Swimming

Diving

Ice Skating

Surfing

Track and Field especially the sprints and field events

So the following are not sports?

Gymnastics

Swimming

Diving

Ice Skating

Surfing

Track and Field especially the sprints and field events

 

really ?

really ?

Some of the things they do, sure seem pretty athletic. And there is competition.

 

You are dodging the question on the others.

 

Carl Lewis did not participate in a sport according to your definition.

Tiger has shown that physical conditioning improves your game tremendously.

 

Phil spent the offseason in a serious physical regimen to improve his game. He won at Pebble Beach this weekend.

 

And I would say at the least it takes the same amount of physical conditioning that a DH has. Or that David Wells has. Or for that matter, that the greatest baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth appeared to have.

 

 

:thumb:

 

The News just said, "Points are part of sports, in fact GOLF deducts points for infractions....." However, it then went on to talk about Nascar being a sport and completely discredited it.

Sticking a shot on the 18th green when you're tied directly affects the other players shot. Missing the green affects his shot. Hitting it out of bounds would affect the shots too.....

 

Is golf a sport now?

Are you being flippant or do you honestly believe that? I know you've posted it ump-teen times in this thread, but I can't tell if you're just being funny or if that is how you truly feel?

He's just post padding. Can you not get reprimanded for something like that.

^Find out & get back with me on that..

Okay, it's been a while since I checked up on this thread, and my position has not changed.

 

Allow me to compare golf with foosball. Because unlike golf, I LOVE foosball. But foosball is a GAME, not a SPORT. If you play long enough, you can even break a sweat in foosball. Foosball comes naturally to me, but since I beat the heck out of most people I play, I think it's safe to say that it's not EASY (for them at least). The fundamentals are, but it takes some practice. It's still a GAME.

 

Now, to compare golf to something that I like even LESS than golf- Dance Dance Revolution. It's a videogame that basically has a machine tell you which of four square pads to step on. I have watched some ridiculously SICK people play this game at maybe 400 steps a minute (I don't know if that's literal or not, but either way, these guys are FAST). It's not easy. I still wouldn't call DDR a sport.

 

For the record, I have not once declared golf to be easy. I just see it as a game. I see golfers as golfers, not athletes (not to say they aren't in very good physical shape... I'm sure Tiger Woods could beat the heck out of some professional athletes).

Okay, it's been a while since I checked up on this thread, and my position has not changed.

 

Allow me to compare golf with foosball. Because unlike golf, I LOVE foosball. But foosball is a GAME, not a SPORT. If you play long enough, you can even break a sweat in foosball. Foosball comes naturally to me, but since I beat the heck out of most people I play, I think it's safe to say that it's not EASY (for them at least). The fundamentals are, but it takes some practice. It's still a GAME.

 

Now, to compare golf to something that I like even LESS than golf- Dance Dance Revolution. It's a videogame that basically has a machine tell you which of four square pads to step on. I have watched some ridiculously SICK people play this game at maybe 400 steps a minute (I don't know if that's literal or not, but either way, these guys are FAST). It's not easy. I still wouldn't call DDR a sport.

 

For the record, I have not once declared golf to be easy. I just see it as a game. I see golfers as golfers, not athletes (not to say they aren't in very good physical shape... I'm sure Tiger Woods could beat the heck out of some professional athletes).

Let's observe what you have to do with baseball. A grown man who can easily be out of shape and still be a coveted pitcher, David Wells, throws a ball that another player catches and throws back to him. On a good number of at bats, they do this 4-5 times before a player on the other team hits the ball.

 

That batted ball usually rolls or goes in the air to another grown man. He catches it unless his initials are AD and then there is a good chance he will drop it while all the while looking like David Wells:D, and then throws it to another grown man.

 

And all the while getting paid millions of dollars to do.