I also voted no. Golf requires skill and dedication to master. However, if you can't play defense, it's not a sport. Golf, like figure skating and archery, is a skill, but not a sport.

 

nice.

Training is completely necessary for golf. I dont think that needs to be covered, and if it does, its a lost cause for you.

 

Endurance is necessary in competitive golf. Many times you have to play 36 holes in a day, and walk it at that. I believe that takes some endurance. think of it like this, most golf courses are about 7000 yards. There are 1760 yards in a mile. That comes to about 4 miles of walking, not counting all the space from green to tee. You have to carry a bag with 14 long metal rods with a heavy piece of metal at the end of them, including all the materials in the bag that you would need. That doesnt require endurance?

 

Physical ability. A golf swing is an athletic move in which timing and fluidity are essential. There is nothing not physical about a golf swing.

 

Coaching. You can be your own coach, some people that play have swing coaches or teachers that give them lessons. College and high school teams have coaches. They fall under the athletic budget at both levels and count toward Title IX.

 

Strategy is a major part of golf. Taking the wind into account on a swing, you might change your ball position to hit it higher or lower. Choosing a spot in the fairway to hit the ball to have a good shot into the green, and actually hitting it there. Hitting a ball onto the right level of a multi level green. Hitting a 2 iron instead of driver on a tight driving hole. Strategy is incredibly necessary.

 

I'll give you defense.

 

Preach it brother. I saw you hit a shot into the 12th hole at Pineville last summer.....hit a tree limb, and bounce within 3 feet of the hole. Now that's some strategy!:lol:

I have a hard time agreeing with you guys when golf is on the athletic budget all over America.

 

What would you consider something like weightlifting at the competitive level?

Preach it brother. I saw you hit a shot into the 12th hole at Pineville last summer.....hit a tree limb, and bounce within 3 feet of the hole. Now that's some strategy!:lol:

You just gotta know the course...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf

Notice the first two lines of this article. 1) This article is about the SPORT. 2) Golf is a SPORT which......

If you click on SPORT you get the definition--An activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs often engaged in competively.

I also voted no. Golf requires skill and dedication to master. However, if you can't play defense, it's not a sport. Golf, like figure skating and archery, is a skill, but not a sport.

 

 

The Phoenix Suns don't play defense. There is no defense in skiing (which requires a lot of physical activity), bowling, track and field, etc. etc.

 

The defense in golf is played by the course.

Go play Devou Park in the summer and walk. Don't carry your clubs. Just walk the course. I'll ride behind you on a cart and watch..... John Daly would not play if he had to walk that course. He would withdraw.

Every arguement for golf not being a sport has been terrible.

The Phoenix Suns don't play defense.

 

I can't argue that. They could though.

 

There is no defense in skiing (which requires a lot of physical activity), bowling, track and field, etc. etc.

 

I see bowling, track and field, etc. etc. as skills too. I'm not saying they are easy or don't require dedication, they just don't meet my criteria for a sport.

 

 

The defense in golf is played by the course.

 

Yes, but it's not a like a course can change it's layout to play to the specific weaknesses of a particular player.

Golf is not a sport.

Read...

I can't argue that. They could though.

 

 

 

I see bowling, track and field, etc. etc. as skills too. I'm not saying they are easy or don't require dedication, they just don't meet my criteria for a sport.

 

 

 

 

Yes, but it's not a like a course can change it's layout to play to the specific weaknesses of a particular player.

 

 

They made Augusta longer because of Tiger. The pins are changed daily at good golf courses, so if you play in a tourament it typically gets harder as the days go by.

I can't argue that. They could though.

 

 

 

I see bowling, track and field, etc. etc. as skills too. I'm not saying they are easy or don't require dedication, they just don't meet my criteria for a sport.

 

 

 

 

Yes, but it's not a like a course can change it's layout to play to the specific weaknesses of a particular player.

 

 

It meets Merriam and Webster's. Are you the new authority?

Yes it is a sport. You swing the club and walk to the ball.:lol:

Go play Devou Park in the summer and walk. Don't carry your clubs. Just walk the course. I'll ride behind you on a cart and watch..... John Daly would not play if he had to walk that course. He would withdraw.

 

 

I experienced with a course in North Carolina years ago. I will have to come up with then name of it!