Should Golf really be considered a sport?
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22 Responses
2.2.2010
Best Answer – Chosen by Voters It's not a sport. It's a game…like shuffleboard or poker.
2.2.2010
Yes. There is physical activity involved and the pros do walk!
2.2.2010
The pros don't use a cart, so it is a sport.
2.2.2010
I play a course in the Calif. Foothills,,,,,,,,. La Contenta. Come on down,,ya all can try to walk it…….. my guess is you can,, but you won't be able to play worth a darn,, carts are for the drinkers and individuals who have handicap placards on their cars………. Is golf a sport…?? To quote one of our great leaders " Depends on your definition of …is."
2.2.2010
do you see the pros using carts, nogolf is a sport and there is no running or major exercise, yes your correct, but its still should be considered a sport
2.2.2010
Real golfers walk. But even if you take a cart, it is a sport.
2.2.2010
maybe but it get me away from my wife and that will make me live longer
2.2.2010
Let me guess, you're a NASCAR fan and you've never picked up a golf club before in your life??
2.2.2010
sport /sp?rt, spo?rt/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[spawrt, spohrt] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation–noun1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.6. an object of derision; laughingstock.7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
2.2.2010
I consider golf a sport! I have been a fast-pitch softball player for years and when I first started golfing weeks ago……muscles in my body were sore! I didn't even know the names of the muscles that were causing me distress because they were the small short ones. In most sports we use our large motor skills that require use of our larger muscles…….just because your heart rate isnt at its max doesnt mean that you arent working out. I used to make fun of golfers until I picked up a club and I realized how hard it really is!
2.2.2010
Obviously, you have never watched an amateur or professional tournament. No carts used.
2.2.2010
I suggest you look up the word "sport"
2.2.2010
ya it should be a sport you dont need to exercise for it to be a sport
2.2.2010
Actually, carts are not allowed in professional competition. Walk an 18 hole course and then tell me if you think it doesn't count as exercise. It's exhausting! Also, behind hitting a baseball, golf is the 2nd most difficult sport in the world. If Golf isn't a sport then nothing is.
2.2.2010
Yes, because it requires more hand-eye coordination than checkers or monopoly.
2.2.2010
i dont use a cart
2.2.2010
I actually don't like using a cart, and lots of people feel the same way, but I agree; there's no physical part to golf so I don't consider it a sport. I call it a gameIt's akin to Monopoly in that sure you have to do some moving to hit your ball or move your piece a few spaces, but it's not physical in the way other sports like soccer or baseball even
2.2.2010
Get out there on a driving range and shank several dozen golf balls, then let me know how much of a sweat you worked-up.It's a sport. It's not high-impact, but it still requires skill. Are you at home sitting on your butt, or are you out moving around doing something? Yeah, it's a sport…
2.2.2010
You have a good point i guess im not sure.
2.2.2010
NASCAR then wouldn't be a sport. All they do is sit in a car driving around in an oval. Wasting gas, oil, and parts for wrecked, total cars not to mention the repairs for all the cars after a race. Golf is just an outside game where people get together having a good time. It does take skill to hit the ball from 300 to 400 yards down the green and getting it in a hole. But I think in a game where you are trying to win and have either skills and/or luck it can be a sport. According how you look at it, I guess.
2.2.2010
Shhhhhhh, quiet!! I'm trying to putt. Don't break my concentration. Hey those announcers 50 yards away are too loud. Make them whisper!No, it's not.
2.2.2010
In my opinion it is not a sport. Dont get me wrong, it's unbelievably difficult and I cant play it. I just think for something to be considered a sport there needs to be a way to play defense.