is golf a sport?

Chi_archie · 01-31-09, 04:35 AM

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is this guy 100% in condition?

he's won what? 2-3 majors?

Chi_archie · 01-31-09, 04:39 AM

Originally posted by brooks85

"seriously should I go on?" no please dont. Because you have lost me. And, yes, you have to 100% be condition to play golf at a high level. The fact you would even think otherwise is crazy.

ok i'll go on...and dumb down the comparisons

how are football and golf not alike:

in football you HAVE to run
in golf you NEVER run

in football you often Jump
in golf you never jump (although I once saw sergio garcia run and jump)

in football there is a defense and and offense....

in golf there is no defense or offense...its you vs the course

in football players are washed up at age 30-35
in golf players are washed up around 60

In golf you use a club to hit things with.
in football you do not use a club to hit things with

BigAL · 01-31-09, 05:44 AM

wow I think people thought too much about this. Like I said it is a matter of semantics. when it comes down to it. there are a very small group of people that are able to do what people like tiger woods and yes even jon daly do. and a select few that can do what peyton manning, bob saunders, ect do.

I would be inclined to think that hitting baseball and golf are somewhat similar. I think Ted Williams equated swinging a bat and a club as very similar but different planes. Ted would say that hitting a baseball is the single most hardest thing to do in sports. True the ball is moving in baseball, as well as curving ect at over 90 mph's while a golfball is standing still. but do you ever have to hit a baseball onto a a sloped green over a pond and next to a big sand pile from 150 yards out with a cross wind?

Shortstop · 02-01-09, 04:45 AM

Arch, great comments. I have no respect for any "sport" where crowd noise is prohibited.

reno cool · 02-01-09, 05:34 AM

If 90% of your physical exertion is walking to the spot to play, that's a shiity sport.
If no one is trying to prevent you from doing something that's a shitty sport.
If there's no teammates to work off of, the game is one dimensional, and although there are many such sports I consider this a negative.
What makes golf a sport besides that it's hard to do, and one can possibly pull something? This can be said for shoveling snow.

Shortstop · 02-01-09, 05:39 AM

Let's see Tiger perform under these circumstances.

gummo · 02-01-09, 07:39 AM

John Daly was in 100% condition when he was winning majors?

oops didn't see chi archie's post but yeah.

Shortstop · 02-01-09, 07:55 AM

I'd like to see Tiger Woods put a Mariano Rivera ball in play.

CaneDawg · 02-01-09, 10:41 AM

i play as much golf as anyone at Sbr...6 handicap

in fact headed to the country club in thirty minutes

Golf is a game

a gentelmens game.....in which a few athletes (tiger) make a living

Once you learn the game....99% of it is between your ears..this is why Tiger and Jack are the best

Just my thoughts...enjoy your day

brooks85 · 02-24-09, 01:06 PM

archie try reading the name of this thread again. "Is golf a sport?" not which sport is tougher footbal or golf. And i did not ask which "motions" differ between each sport. Golf as much as squash as much as badminton as much as nfl has Wins, loses, ties, injuries, streaks etc...

curious · 02-24-09, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by BigAL

Might be a matter of semantics and how you define words like "sport" "athlete" ect.

Is indoor, nude, hot oil, coed wrestling a sport?

jjgold · 02-24-09, 01:10 PM

Not athletes because it is only sport where you can me clumsy and out if shape and do well

Golf although is the hardest sport to play

Go figure

curious · 02-24-09, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by BigAL

Might be a matter of semantics and how you define words like "sport" "athlete" ect.

I would like to see golf combined with football. THAT would be a sport.

"Johnson is trying to make this 30 yard putt on the 12th green..."

"OOOOO, Smith tackles Johnson, the ball goes wide of the hole and rolls off the green into the sandtrap, tough break for Johnson".

Chi_archie · 02-24-09, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by brooks85

He had a F'd up knee. After, every stroke he was in agonizing pain, you could see it on his face and his follow through. And he still won.
And he had the injury the whole year and didnt say a word about it being serious enough to require surgery.

why are you bringing this out again?

i'm pretty sure at numerous places I did say golf was a sport.... but my other posts were responding to your crazy assertions.

such as this one.... did you read the question "is golf a sport" I'm still not sure how tiger woods toughing out an injury and winning would prove that.

my mechanic has a really bad knee...doesn't make working on cars a sport

my mailman is blind in one eye and had a broken arm one time...doesn't make delivering the mail a sport.

golf is a sport... its just on a different tier

with bowling, darts, billiards, hunting ect..... you don't have to be in shape or a good athlete to do it

pavyracer · 02-24-09, 01:46 PM

Golf is not a sport. It's a hobby.

Chi_archie · 02-24-09, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by brooks85

I dont get what is hard to understand. Tell me one thing that is different in football than golf. Beside physical contact.

why did I even come in this thread in the first place after seeing questions like this... lol

God Bless all who love and play the sport of Golf...

c-rok · 02-24-09, 02:21 PM

Golf is not a sport, it is a game. It is a great game that I love to play, but it is no sport. Tiger Woods is one of the greatest athletes of all time in my opinion, but golf is no sport.

You don't have to have teammates in a sport though. Tennis is an incredibly difficult sport to play at a very high level and unless you are in doubles there are no teammates.

Chi_archie · 02-24-09, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by BigAL

1 a: a source of diversion : recreation b: sexual play c (1): physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2): a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

according to this masturbation would be a sport

its semantics.....

how YOU define sports... above seems to be an official one...

thus hunting is a sport... or any other physical activity engaged in for pleasure

curious · 02-24-09, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

its semantics.....

how YOU define sports... above seems to be an official one...

thus hunting is a sport... or any other physical activity engaged in for pleasure

So banging two 20 something year olds (in a threesome) that you meet at a conference is a sport?

Chi_archie · 02-24-09, 02:32 PM

lol the best sport of all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chi_archie · 02-24-09, 02:34 PM

www.leagueusa.com
sport (spôrt, sprt)n.1. a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.

2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Shortstop · 02-25-09, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by brooks85

He had a F'd up knee. After, every stroke he was in agonizing pain, you could see it on his face and his follow through. And he still won.
And he had the injury the whole year and didnt say a word about it being serious enough to require surgery.

brooks, here is an "athlete"

Chi_archie · 02-25-09, 07:14 AM

and today that athlete has a super bowl ring....

Chi_archie · 02-25-09, 02:52 PM

well people in the sports world are certainly buzzing about it today....

I'm not a fan though

Shortstop · 06-14-09, 07:03 AM

Archie, I hope you and BigAL are doing well!

SBR_John · 06-14-09, 08:31 AM

If you walk a golf course you walk about 7 miles. A golf bag weighs about 30 lbs. Then you stop and make 200 swings including practice swings. Its a sport.

pavyracer · 06-14-09, 09:04 AM

Originally posted by SBR_John

If you walk a golf course you walk about 7 miles. A golf bag weighs about 30 lbs. Then you stop and make 200 swings including practice swings. Its a sport.

If competitive eating is a sport then golf is a sport.

Shortstop · 06-14-09, 09:45 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

If competitive eating is a sport then golf is a sport.

dbldown · 06-15-09, 11:38 PM

Are all events in the Olympics sports? Golf is more of a sport than some of the stuff I see there.

I have this argument every 4 years when I see Trampoline and Pellet Shooting in the Olympics.

unde0087 · 06-16-09, 12:52 AM

I am guessing that every person who doesn't think it is a sport can or will ever break par.......if it isn't a sport and anyone can do it, even fat people, than all of you should be on tour. But your not.

pavyracer · 06-16-09, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by unde0087

I am guessing that every person who doesn't think it is a sport can or will ever break par.......if it isn't a sport and anyone can do it, even fat people, than all of you should be on tour. But your not.

If it's a sport then why do they need a cart to move around or a caddy to carry the clubs?

Madukwe · 06-16-09, 06:04 PM

Yes, a lot of skill involved

SBR_John · 06-16-09, 10:36 PM

I guess it depends on your own cut off for what is a sport. If hunting or running track or things of that nature are sports then so is golf.

exstatman · 06-16-09, 11:17 PM

Of course it's a sport, it teaches how to deal with adversity better than most. MLB players go on the DL with a hangnail, pro golfers don't get paid. NBA players consider it a hardship to travel in less than first class, pro golfers can travel by car and Motel 6. NFL players think 16 weeks is a long season, pro golfers don't get 16 weeks off all year. NHL players get their field refreshed every 20 minutes, golfers play it as it lies.

And in the simplest terms, a 300 yard drive and a 10 foot putt still count as one stroke.

Roxxyfish · 06-29-09, 06:36 AM

ask Al Bundy , he have the answer guys